Woody Harrelson
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
Credits
- 2025 · Now You See Me 3 as Merritt McKinney
- 2025 · The Electric State as Mr. Peanut (voice)
- 2024 · Fly Me to the Moon as Moe Berkus
- 2024 · Suncoast as Paul
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as E. Howard Hunt
- 2023 · Champions as Marcus
- 2023 · STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie as Hank Gordon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · The Man from Toronto as The Man From Toronto
- 2022 · Triangle of Sadness as The Captain
- 2021 · The Freak Brothers as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
- 2021 · Venom: Let There Be Carnage as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
- 2021 · Kate as Varrick
- 2020 · Kiss the Ground as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Archie Bunker
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Manny Gault
- 2018 · Venom as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
- 2018 · Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Shock and Awe as Jonathan Landay
- 2018 · Solo: A Star Wars Story as Tobias Beckett
- 2017 · Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Bill 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)
- 2017 · Wilson as Wilson
- 2017 · Lost in London as Woody Harrelson
- 2016 · The Edge of Seventeen as Mr. Bruner
- 2016 · The Duel as Abraham Brant
- 2016 · Now You See Me 2 as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
- 2016 · Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 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
- 2015 · The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
- 2014 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · True Detective as Martin Hart
- 2013 · David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
- 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 · Game Change as Steve Schmidt
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Haymitch Abernathy (archive footage)
- 2011 · Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
- 2011 · Rampart as Dave Brown
- 2011 · Friends with Benefits as Tommy Bollinger
- 2011 · The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique as Self
- 2010 · Bunraku as The Bartender
- 2009 · The Messenger as Tony Stone
- 2009 · 2012 as Charlie Frost
- 2009 · Zombieland as Tallahassee
- 2009 · Defendor as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
- 2009 · Management as Jango
- 2008 · Seven Pounds as Ezra Turner
- 2008 · Surfer, Dude as Jack
- 2008 · Sleepwalking as Randall
- 2008 · No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2008 · Semi-Pro as Monix
- 2008 · TransSiberian as Roy
- 2007 · Battle in Seattle as Dale
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Carson Wells
- 2007 · The Grand as One Eyed Jack Faro
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Walker as Carter Page III
- 2007 · Nanking as Bob Wilson
- 2006 · A Scanner Darkly as Ernie Luckman
- 2006 · A Prairie Home Companion as Dusty
- 2006 · Free Jimmy as Roy Arnie (voice)
- 2005 · The Outsider as Self
- 2005 · The Big White as Raymond Barnell
- 2005 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Kelly Ryan
- 2005 · North Country as Bill White
- 2004 · After the Sunset as Stan Lloyd
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Leland Powell
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Scorched as Jason 'Woods' Valley
- 2003 · Anger Management as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Woody Harrelson
- 1999 · Play It to the Bone as Vince Boudreau
- 1999 · Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Woody Harrelson
- 1999 · EDtv as Ray Pekurny
- 1998 · The Hi-Lo Country as Big Boy Matson
- 1998 · The Thin Red Line as Sgt. William Keck
- 1998 · Welcome to Hollywood as Woody Harrelson
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Nathan
- 1998 · Palmetto as Harry Barber
- 1997 · Wag the Dog as Sergeant William Schumann
- 1997 · Welcome to Sarajevo as Flynn
- 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
- 1996 · The Sunchaser as Dr. Michael Reynolds
- 1995 · Money Train as Charlie
- 1994 · Natural Born Killers as Mickey Knox
- 1994 · The Cowboy Way as Pepper Lewis
- 1994 · I'll Do Anything as Ground Zero Hero
- 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
- 1991 · L.A. Story as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Woody Boyd (voice)
- 1989 · True Believer as Man in Dodd's office
- 1988 · Dear John as Richard
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · She's Having a Baby as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
- 1986 · Wildcats as Krushinski
- 1982 · Cheers as Woody Boyd
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Future · Ella McCay as
- 1978 · Harper Valley P.T.A. as Extra (uncredited)
- Future · The Man with the Miraculous Hands as Felix Kersten
- 2025 · Last Breath as
- 2023 · Common Ground as Self
- 2023 · Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
- 2022 · Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self
- 2022 · Breakthrough as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Archie Bunker
- 2018 · The Origins of Ebbing as Self
- 2016 · Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
- 2015 · Song for Someone as Aaron Brown
- 2014 · Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
- 2014 · Making True Detective as Himself
- 2012 · Who Bombed Judi Bari? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 · Ethos as Host
- 2010 · The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- 2010 · 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- 2009 · Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
- 2009 · Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days as Self
- 2008 · Hempsters: Plant the Seed as Himself
- 2008 · Burma: It Can't Wait as Divo
- 2007 · Raw for Life as Self
- 2006 · One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Luckman
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special as Host
- 2003 · Go Further as Self
- 2003 · This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss" as Taxi Driver
- 2001 · American Saint as Self
- 1999 · Grass as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Ted & Venus as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
- 1990 · The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? as
- 1990 · Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1990 · Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Lou the Lamb
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Woody Boyd
- 1990 · Cool Blue as Dustin
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Woody Boyd
- 1987 · Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Self
- 1987 · Bay Coven as Slater
- Future · Brother from Another Mother as Self
- Future · Lips Like Sugar as John Carr
- Future · Girl from the North Country as Nick Laine
- Future · Sailing as
- 1988 · Killer Instinct as Charlie Long
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Fruitloops as