Woody Harrelson
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Full Phil as Philip Doom
- 2026 · Groundswell as Narrator (voice)
- 2026 · Animal Farm as Boxer (voice)
- 2025 · Ella McCay as Eddie McCay
- 2025 · Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Merritt McKinney
- 2025 · Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
- 2020 · Kiss the Ground as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Archie Bunker
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Archie Bunker
- 2017 · Shock and Awe as Jonathan Landay
- 2017 · Wilson as Wilson
- 2017 · Lost in London as Woody Harrelson
- 2016 · The Duel as Abraham Brant
- 2016 · Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 2015 · The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2013 · David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
- 2012 · Game Change as Steve Schmidt
- 2011 · Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
- 2009 · Management as Jango
- 2008 · Sleepwalking as Randall
- 2008 · TransSiberian as Roy
- 2007 · Battle in Seattle as Dale
- 2007 · The Grand as One Eyed Jack Faro
- 2007 · The Walker as Carter Page III
- 2007 · Nanking as Bob Wilson
- 2006 · A Prairie Home Companion as Dusty
- 2005 · The Outsider as Self
- 2005 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Kelly Ryan
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Leland Powell
- 2003 · Scorched as Jason 'Woods' Valley
- 2000 · Welcome to Hollywood as Woody Harrelson
- 1999 · Play It to the Bone as Vince Boudreau
- 1999 · Grass as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · EDtv as Ray Pekurny
- 1998 · The Hi-Lo Country as Big Boy Matson
- 1997 · Welcome to Sarajevo as Flynn
- 1996 · The Sunchaser as Dr. Michael Reynolds
- 1994 · The Cowboy Way as Pepper Lewis
- 1994 · I'll Do Anything as Ground Zero Hero
- 1991 · Ted & Venus as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
- 1991 · L.A. Story as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
- 1990 · Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Woody Boyd
- 1990 · Cool Blue as Dustin
- 1989 · True Believer as Man in Dodd's office
- 1988 · She's Having a Baby as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
- 1987 · Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Self
- 1987 · Bay Coven as Slater
- 1986 · Wildcats as Krushinski
- Future · Brothers as Woody Harrelson
- 2025 · Kuleana as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · The Electric State as Mr. Peanut (voice)
- 2025 · Last Breath as Duncan Allcock
- 2024 · Fly Me to the Moon as Moe Berkus
- 2024 · Suncoast as Paul
- 2023 · Common Ground as Self
- 2023 · Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as E. Howard Hunt
- 2023 · Champions as Marcus
- 2022 · The Man from Toronto as The Man from Toronto
- 2022 · Triangle of Sadness as The Captain
- 2022 · Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self
- 2021 · The Freak Brothers as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
- 2021 · Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Venom: Let There Be Carnage as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
- 2021 · Kate as Varrick
- 2020 · The Men of Midway as Self
- 2020 · Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
- 2019 · Midway as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
- 2019 · Zombieland: Double Tap as Tallahassee
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Manny Gault
- 2019 · Breakthrough as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Venom as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
- 2018 · Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Origins of Ebbing as Self
- 2018 · Solo: A Star Wars Story as Tobias Beckett
- 2017 · Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Willoughby
- 2017 · LBJ as Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2017 · The Glass Castle as Rex Walls
- 2017 · War for the Planet of the Apes as The Colonel
- 2017 · The Nineties as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · The Edge of Seventeen as Mr. Bruner
- 2016 · Now You See Me 2 as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
- 2016 · Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
- 2016 · Triple 9 as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
- 2015 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2014 · Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · True Detective as Martin Hart
- 2013 · The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2013 · Out of the Furnace as Harlan DeGroat
- 2013 · Free Birds as Jake (voice)
- 2013 · Now You See Me as Merritt McKinney
- 2013 · The Frame as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2012 · Seven Psychopaths as Charlie Costello
- 2012 · How to Make Money Selling Drugs as Self
- 2012 · The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2012 · The Hunger Games as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2012 · Who Bombed Judi Bari? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 · Rampart as Dave Brown
- 2011 · Friends with Benefits as Tommy Bollinger
- 2011 · The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique as Self
- 2011 · Ethos as Host
- 2010 · Bunraku as The Bartender
- 2010 · The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- 2010 · 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- 2009 · The Messenger as Tony Stone
- 2009 · 2012 as Charlie Frost
- 2009 · Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
- 2009 · Zombieland as Tallahassee
- 2009 · Defendor as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
- 2009 · Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days as Self
- 2008 · Seven Pounds as Ezra Turner
- 2008 · The Hempire Strikes Back as Self
- 2008 · Surfer, Dude as Jack
- 2008 · Hempsters: Plant the Seed as Himself
- 2008 · Burma: It Can't Wait as Divo
- 2008 · No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2008 · Semi-Pro as Monix
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Carson Wells
- 2007 · Raw for Life as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Luckman
- 2006 · The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales as Self
- 2006 · A Scanner Darkly as Ernie Luckman
- 2005 · The Big White as Raymond Barnell
- 2005 · North Country as Bill White
- 2004 · Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
- 2004 · After the Sunset as Stan Lloyd
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special as Self - Host
- 2003 · Anger Management as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
- 2003 · Go Further as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · This So-Called Disaster as Taxi Driver
- 2002 · Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · American Saint as Self
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Woody Harrelson
- 2000 · The Directors: Milos Forman as Self
- 1999 · Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Woody Harrelson
- 1998 · The Thin Red Line as Sgt. William Keck
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Nathan
- 1998 · Palmetto as Harry Barber
- 1997 · Wag the Dog as Sergeant William Schumann
- 1996 · The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
- 1996 · Spin City as Tommy Dugan
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Kingpin as Roy Munson
- 1995 · Money Train as Charlie
- 1994 · Natural Born Killers as Mickey Knox
- 1993 · Frasier as Woody Boyd
- 1993 · Indecent Proposal as David Murphy
- 1993 · For Our Children as Self
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1992 · White Men Can't Jump as Billy Hoyle
- 1991 · Doc Hollywood as Hank Gordon
- 1990 · The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? as
- 1990 · Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Lou the Lamb
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Woody Boyd (voice)
- 1988 · Killer Instinct as Charlie Long
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Woody Boyd
- 1988 · Dear John as Richard
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1982 · Cheers as Woody Boyd
- Future · Lips Like Sugar as John Carr
- 1978 · Harper Valley P.T.A. as Extra (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · The Cackling of the Dodos as
- Future · Girl from the North Country as Nick Laine
- Future · Fruitloops as
- Future · The Man with the Miraculous Hands as Felix Kersten
- Future · Sailing as