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Known credits:
157
Birthday:
1961-07-23
Place of birth:
Midland, Texas, USA
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Woody Harrelson

Overview

Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from five nominations. Harrelson received three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996),  Best Supporting Actor for The Messenger (2009) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). 

Other notable films include White Men Can't Jump(1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), The Thin Red Line (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Zombieland (2009), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Now You See Me (2013), The Edge of Seventeen (2016), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), and Triangle of Sadness (2022). He also played Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015). 

Harrelson received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his portrayal of Steve Schmidt in the HBO film Game Change (2012) and a detective in the HBO crime anthology series True Detective (2014). He also portrayed E. Howard Hunt in the HBO political limited series White House Plumbers (2023).

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Known for

Acting
2025 Now You See Me 3 Actor Merritt McKinney N/A
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2025 The Electric State Actor Mr. Peanut (voice) N/A
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2025 Last Breath Actor Duncan Allcock N/A
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2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Actor Self 59
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2024 Fly Me to the Moon Actor Moe Berkus 64
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2024 Suncoast Actor Paul 60
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2023 Common Ground Actor Self 58
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2023 White House Plumbers Actor E. Howard Hunt 65
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2023 Champions Actor Marcus 62
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2022 The Man from Toronto Actor The Man From Toronto 61
Fair
2022 Triangle of Sadness Actor The Captain 68
Fair
2022 Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon Actor Self N/A
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2022 Breakthrough Actor Narrator (voice) 60
Fair
2021 The Freak Brothers Actor Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice) 66
Fair
2021 Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story Actor Narrator (voice) 58
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2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Actor Cletus Kasady / Carnage 67
Fair
2021 Kate Actor Varrick 64
Fair
2020 Kiss the Ground Actor Narrator (voice) 61
Fair
2020 The Men of Midway Actor Self N/A
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2020 Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission Actor Self N/A
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2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" Actor Archie Bunker 59
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2019 Midway Actor Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 69
Fair
2019 Zombieland: Double Tap Actor Tallahassee 68
Fair
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" Actor Archie Bunker 59
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2019 The Highwaymen Actor Manny Gault 65
Fair
2018 Venom Actor Cletus Kasady / Carnage 68
Fair
2018 The Origins of Ebbing Actor Self 59
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2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Actor Tobias Beckett 65
Fair
2017 Shock and Awe Actor Jonathan Landay 60
Fair
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Actor Bill Willoughby 79
Good
2017 LBJ Actor Lyndon B. Johnson 60
Fair
2017 The Glass Castle Actor Rex Walls 66
Fair
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes Actor The Colonel 71
Good
2017 Wilson Actor Wilson 59
Average
2017 Lost in London Actor Woody Harrelson 59
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2016 The Edge of Seventeen Actor Mr. Bruner 70
Good
2016 The Duel Actor Abraham Brant 56
Average
2016 Now You See Me 2 Actor Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney 67
Fair
2016 Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Actor Self (Haymitch Abernathy) 59
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2016 Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows Actor Self 58
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2016 Triple 9 Actor Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen 59
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2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Actor Haymitch Abernathy 68
Fair
2015 Song for Someone Actor Aaron Brown N/A
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2015 The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Actor Self (Haymitch Abernathy) 59
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2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Actor Haymitch Abernathy 67
Fair
2014 Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Actor Self (Haymitch Abernathy) 59
Average
2013 David Blaine: Real or Magic Actor Self 60
Fair
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Actor Haymitch Abernathy 73
Good
2013 Out of the Furnace Actor Harlan DeGroat 64
Fair
2013 Free Birds Actor Jake (voice) 58
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2013 Now You See Me Actor Merritt McKinney 72
Good
2012 Seven Psychopaths Actor Charlie Costello 67
Fair
2012 How to Make Money Selling Drugs Actor Self 60
Fair
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games Actor Self (Haymitch Abernathy) 59
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2012 The Hunger Games Actor Haymitch Abernathy 71
Good
2012 Who Bombed Judi Bari? Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) N/A
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2012 Game Change Actor Steve Schmidt 62
Fair
2011 Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis Actor Self 59
Average
2011 Rampart Actor Dave Brown 57
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2011 Friends with Benefits Actor Tommy Bollinger 66
Fair
2011 The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique Actor Self 59
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2011 Ethos Actor Host 59
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2010 Bunraku Actor The Bartender 58
Average
2010 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Actor Self 59
Average
2010 The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Actor Self 59
Average
2009 The Messenger Actor Tony Stone 62
Fair
2009 2012 Actor Charlie Frost 58
Average
2009 Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… Actor Self 59
Average
2009 Zombieland Actor Tallahassee 72
Good
2009 Defendor Actor Arthur Poppington / Defendor 61
Fair
2009 Management Actor Jango 56
Average
2009 Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days Actor Self 58
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2008 Seven Pounds Actor Ezra Turner 74
Good
2008 Surfer, Dude Actor Jack 56
Average
2008 Hempsters: Plant the Seed Actor Himself 59
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2008 Burma: It Can't Wait Actor Divo N/A
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2008 Sleepwalking Actor Randall 59
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2008 No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes Actor Self 59
Average
2008 Semi-Pro Actor Monix 57
Average
2008 TransSiberian Actor Roy 61
Fair
2007 Raw for Life Actor Self N/A
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2007 Battle in Seattle Actor Dale 60
Fair
2007 No Country for Old Men Actor Carson Wells 78
Good
2007 The Grand Actor One Eyed Jack Faro 59
Average
2007 The Walker Actor Carter Page III 57
Average
2007 Nanking Actor Bob Wilson 60
Fair
2006 One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' Actor Self / Luckman 59
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2006 A Scanner Darkly Actor Ernie Luckman 65
Fair
2006 A Prairie Home Companion Actor Dusty 60
Fair
2006 Free Jimmy Actor Roy Arnie (voice) 58
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2005 The Outsider Actor Self 59
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2005 The Big White Actor Raymond Barnell 60
Fair
2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Actor Kelly Ryan 60
Fair
2005 North Country Actor Bill White 66
Fair
2004 After the Sunset Actor Stan Lloyd 60
Fair
2004 She Hate Me Actor Leland Powell 57
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2003 Scorched Actor Jason 'Woods' Valley 58
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2003 Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special Actor Host 59
Average
2003 Anger Management Actor Galaxia / Security Guard Gary 61
Fair
2003 Go Further Actor Self 59
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2003 This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss" Actor Taxi Driver 58
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2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2001 American Saint Actor Self N/A
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1999 Play It to the Bone Actor Vince Boudreau 58
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1999 Grass Actor Narrator (voice) 59
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1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Actor Woody Harrelson 62
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1999 EDtv Actor Ray Pekurny 59
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1998 The Hi-Lo Country Actor Big Boy Matson 59
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1998 The Thin Red Line Actor Sgt. William Keck 72
Good
1998 Welcome to Hollywood Actor Woody Harrelson 58
Average
1998 Palmetto Actor Harry Barber 58
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1997 Wag the Dog Actor Sergeant William Schumann 65
Fair
1997 Welcome to Sarajevo Actor Flynn 59
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1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Actor Larry Flynt 66
Fair
1996 Kingpin Actor Roy Munson 62
Fair
1996 The Sunchaser Actor Dr. Michael Reynolds 59
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1995 Money Train Actor Charlie 58
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1994 Natural Born Killers Actor Mickey Knox 69
Fair
1994 The Cowboy Way Actor Pepper Lewis 58
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1994 I'll Do Anything Actor Ground Zero Hero 58
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1993 Indecent Proposal Actor David Murphy 62
Fair
1992 White Men Can't Jump Actor Billy Hoyle 64
Fair
1991 Ted & Venus Actor Homeless Vietnam Veteran 58
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1991 Doc Hollywood Actor Hank Gordon 61
Fair
1991 L.A. Story Actor Harris' Boss (uncredited) 61
Fair
1990 The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? Actor N/A
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1990 Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special Actor Self 58
Average
1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Actor Lou the Lamb 58
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1990 The Earth Day Special Actor Woody Boyd 59
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1990 Cool Blue Actor Dustin 58
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1989 True Believer Actor Man in Dodd's office 59
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1988 Killer Instinct Actor Charlie Long 58
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1988 Mickey's 60th Birthday Actor Woody Boyd 59
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1988 She's Having a Baby Actor Woody Harrelson (uncredited) 58
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1987 Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim Actor Self N/A
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1987 Bay Coven Actor Slater 58
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1986 Wildcats Actor Krushinski 59
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1982 Cheers Actor Woody Boyd 75
Good
1978 Harper Valley P.T.A. Actor Extra (uncredited) 59
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For Our Children Actor N/A
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Lips Like Sugar Actor John Carr N/A
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Fruitloops Actor N/A
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The Man with the Miraculous Hands Actor Felix Kersten N/A
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Girl from the North Country Actor Nick Laine N/A
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Sailing Actor N/A
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Brother from Another Mother Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2017 Lost in London Directing Director 59
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Writing
2017 Lost in London Writing Writer 59
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Production
2023 White House Plumbers Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
2023 Champions Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
2022 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2019 The Highwaymen Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
2017 Lost in London Production Producer 59
Average
2014 True Detective Production Executive Producer 82
Very good
Sailing Production Producer N/A
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Lips Like Sugar Production Producer N/A
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