Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is a European-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
- 2025 · Ella McCay as Eddie McCay
- 2025 · Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Merritt McKinney
- 2025 · The Electric State as Mr. Peanut (voice)
- 2025 · Last Breath as Duncan Allcock
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as E. Howard Hunt
- 2023 · Champions as Marcus
- 2022 · Triangle of Sadness as The Captain
- 2021 · Venom: Let There Be Carnage as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
- 2021 · Kate as Varrick
- 2019 · Midway as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
- 2019 · Zombieland: Double Tap as Tallahassee
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · Venom as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
- 2018 · Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Solo: A Star Wars Story as Tobias Beckett
- 2017 · Shock and Awe as Jonathan Landay
- 2017 · Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Bill Willoughby
- 2017 · LBJ as Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2017 · War for the Planet of the Apes as The Colonel
- 2017 · The Nineties as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Wilson as Wilson
- 2016 · The Edge of Seventeen as Mr. Bruner
- 2016 · Now You See Me 2 as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
- 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
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 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 · 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 · The Hunger Games as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2011 · Friends with Benefits as Tommy Bollinger
- 2010 · Bunraku as The Bartender
- 2009 · 2012 as Charlie Frost
- 2009 · Zombieland as Tallahassee
- 2009 · Defendor as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
- 2008 · Seven Pounds as Ezra Turner
- 2008 · Surfer, Dude as Jack
- 2008 · Sleepwalking as Randall
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Carson Wells
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Nanking as Bob Wilson
- 2006 · A Scanner Darkly as Ernie Luckman
- 2005 · The Outsider as Self
- 2005 · The Big White as Raymond Barnell
- 2005 · North Country as Bill White
- 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 · Go Further as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2000 · Welcome to Hollywood as Woody Harrelson
- 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
- 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 · Spin City as Tommy Dugan
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 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
- 1991 · Doc Hollywood as Hank Gordon
- 1990 · Cool Blue as Dustin
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Woody Boyd (voice)
- 1988 · Dear John as Richard
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1982 · Cheers as Woody Boyd
- 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
- Future · Fruitloops as
- 1986 · Wildcats as Krushinski
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Lips Like Sugar as John Carr
- 2026 · Animal Farm as Boxer (voice)
- 2025 · Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
- 2024 · Fly Me to the Moon as Moe Berkus
- 2024 · Suncoast as Paul
- 2023 · Common Ground as Self
- 2022 · The Man from Toronto as The Man from Toronto
- 2021 · The Freak Brothers as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
- 2020 · Kiss the Ground as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Manny Gault
- 2019 · Breakthrough as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · The Glass Castle as Rex Walls
- 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
- 2016 · Triple 9 as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
- 2013 · Out of the Furnace as Harlan DeGroat
- 2012 · How to Make Money Selling Drugs as Self
- 2012 · Game Change as Steve Schmidt
- 2011 · Rampart as Dave Brown
- 2010 · 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- 2009 · The Messenger as Tony Stone
- 2009 · Management as Jango
- 2008 · Burma: It Can't Wait as Divo
- 2008 · Semi-Pro as Monix
- 2008 · TransSiberian as Roy
- 2007 · Battle in Seattle as Dale
- 2007 · The Grand as One Eyed Jack Faro
- 2006 · A Prairie Home Companion as Dusty
- 2005 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Kelly Ryan
- 2004 · After the Sunset as Stan Lloyd
- 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 People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
- 1996 · Kingpin as Roy Munson
- 1992 · White Men Can't Jump as Billy Hoyle
- 1991 · L.A. Story as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
- Future · Brothers as Woody Harrelson
- Future · Sailing as
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · The Sunchaser as Dr. Michael Reynolds
- 1991 · Ted & Venus as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Woody Boyd
- 1989 · True Believer as Man in Dodd's office
- 1988 · She's Having a Baby as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
- Future · Girl from the North Country as Nick Laine
- 2007 · The Walker as Carter Page III
- Future · Zombieland 3 as Tallahassee
- 2025 · Kuleana as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
- 2022 · Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self
- 2021 · Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Men of Midway as Self
- 2020 · Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
- 2016 · Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
- Future · Full Phil as Philip Doom
- 2025 · Criminology as Richard Moore
- 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
- 2018 · The Origins of Ebbing as Self
- 2015 · The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2014 · Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2014 · Making True Detective as
- 2012 · The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2012 · Who Bombed Judi Bari? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 · Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
- 2011 · The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique as Self
- 2011 · Ethos as Host
- 2010 · The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective 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 · No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2007 · Raw for Life as Self
- 2006 · The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales as Self
- 2006 · One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Luckman
- 2004 · Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special as Self - Host
- 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 · The Directors: Milos Forman as Self
- 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
- 1988 · Killer Instinct as Charlie Long
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Woody Boyd
- 1987 · Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Self
- 1987 · Bay Coven as Slater
- 1978 · Harper Valley P.T.A. as Extra (uncredited)
- Future · The Man with the Miraculous Hands as Felix Kersten