About
Woody Harrelson
Overview
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Harrelson 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 a total of five nominations. He went on to receive three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), and Best Supporting Actor for both The Messenger (2009) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Harrelson was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Marty Hart in the crime anthology series True Detective (2014).
Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | Now You See Me 3 | Actor | Merritt McKinney | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | The Electric State | Actor | Mr. Peanut (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Last Breath | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | Fly Me to the Moon | Actor | Moe Berkus | 64 Fair |
| 2024 | Suncoast | Actor | Paul | 60 Fair |
| 2023 | Common Ground | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | White House Plumbers | Actor | E. Howard Hunt | 65 Fair |
| 2023 | Champions | Actor | Marcus | 62 Fair |
| 2023 | STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Actor | Hank Gordon (archive footage) (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 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 N/A |
| 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 Average |
| 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 N/A |
| 2020 | Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | Actor | Archie Bunker | 59 Average |
| 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 Average |
| 2019 | The Highwaymen | Actor | Manny Gault | 66 Fair |
| 2018 | Venom | Actor | Cletus Kasady / Carnage | 68 Fair |
| 2018 | Shock and Awe | Actor | Jonathan Landay | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | The Origins of Ebbing | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Actor | Tobias Beckett | 65 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 Average |
| 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 Average |
| 2016 | Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Triple 9 | Actor | Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Actor | Haymitch Abernathy | 68 Fair |
| 2015 | Song for Someone | Actor | Aaron Brown | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Actor | Self (Haymitch Abernathy) | 59 Average |
| 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 |
| 2014 | Making True Detective | Actor | Himself | 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 Average |
| 2013 | Now You See Me | Actor | Merritt McKinney | 72 Good |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Actor | Charlie Costello | 66 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 Average |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Actor | Haymitch Abernathy | 71 Good |
| 2012 | Who Bombed Judi Bari? | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 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 Average |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits | Actor | Tommy Bollinger | 66 Fair |
| 2011 | The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Ethos | Actor | Host | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Bunraku | Actor | The Bartender | 58 Average |
| 2010 | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2010 | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | 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 | 57 Average |
| 2009 | Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds | Actor | Ezra Turner | 74 Good |
| 2008 | Surfer, Dude | Actor | Jack | 56 Average |
| 2008 | Hempsters: Plant the Seed | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Burma: It Can't Wait | Actor | Divo | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Sleepwalking | Actor | Randall | 59 Average |
| 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 N/A |
| 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 | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Nanking | Actor | Bob Wilson | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' | Actor | Self / Luckman | 59 Average |
| 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 Average |
| 2005 | The Outsider | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 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 Average |
| 2003 | Scorched | Actor | Jason 'Woods' Valley | 58 Average |
| 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 Average |
| 2003 | This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss" | Actor | Taxi Driver | 58 Average |
| 2001 | American Saint | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Play It to the Bone | Actor | Vince Boudreau | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Grass | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Actor | Woody Harrelson | 62 Fair |
| 1999 | EDtv | Actor | Ray Pekurny | 59 Average |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country | Actor | Big Boy Matson | 59 Average |
| 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 Average |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog | Actor | Sergeant William Schumann | 66 Fair |
| 1997 | Welcome to Sarajevo | Actor | Flynn | 59 Average |
| 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 Average |
| 1995 | Money Train | Actor | Charlie | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Actor | Mickey Knox | 69 Fair |
| 1994 | The Cowboy Way | Actor | Pepper Lewis | 58 Average |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Actor | Ground Zero Hero | 58 Average |
| 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 Average |
| 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 N/A |
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| 1990 | Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Actor | Lou the Lamb | 58 Average |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Actor | Woody Boyd | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Cool Blue | Actor | Dustin | 58 Average |
| 1989 | True Believer | Actor | Man in Dodd's office | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Killer Instinct | Actor | Charlie Long | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Actor | Woody Boyd | 59 Average |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Actor | Woody Harrelson (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Bay Coven | Actor | Slater | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Wildcats | Actor | Krushinski | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Cheers | Actor | Woody Boyd | 75 Good |
| 1978 | Harper Valley P.T.A. | Actor | Extra (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| Lips Like Sugar | Actor | John Carr | N/A N/A |
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| Fruitloops | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Girl from the North Country | Actor | Nick Laine | N/A N/A |
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| Ella McCay | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Sailing | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| For Our Children | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| The Man with the Miraculous Hands | Actor | Felix Kersten | N/A N/A |
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| Brother from Another Mother | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 2017 | Lost in London | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 2017 | Lost in London | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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| 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 | 66 Fair |
| 2017 | Lost in London | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2014 | True Detective | Production | Executive Producer | 82 Very good |
| Sailing | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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| Lips Like Sugar | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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