Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson 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
- 2025 · Ella McCay as Eddie McCay
- 2025 · Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Merritt McKinney
- 2025 · Animal Farm as Boxer (voice)
- 2025 · The Electric State as Mr. Peanut (voice)
- 2025 · Last Breath as Duncan Allcock
- 2023 · Common Ground as Self
- 2023 · Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as E. Howard Hunt
- 2022 · Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self
- 2020 · Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
- 2017 · Shock and Awe as Jonathan Landay
- 2017 · Lost in London as Woody Harrelson
- 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 · The Frame as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2012 · The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2012 · Game Change as Steve Schmidt
- 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 · Defendor as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
- 2009 · Management as Jango
- 2008 · Surfer, Dude as Jack
- 2008 · Sleepwalking as Randall
- 2008 · TransSiberian as Roy
- 2007 · Battle in Seattle as Dale
- 2007 · The Walker as Carter Page III
- 2006 · A Scanner Darkly as Ernie Luckman
- 2006 · A Prairie Home Companion as Dusty
- 2005 · The Big White as Raymond Barnell
- 2005 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Kelly Ryan
- 2005 · North Country as Bill White
- 2004 · Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Leland Powell
- 2003 · Scorched as Jason 'Woods' Valley
- 2002 · Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Play It to the Bone as Vince Boudreau
- 1998 · The Hi-Lo Country as Big Boy Matson
- 1993 · For Our Children as Self
- 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
- 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
- Future · Fruitloops as
- Future · Lips Like Sugar as John Carr
- 2025 · Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
- 2024 · Girl from the North Country as Nick Laine
- 2024 · Fly Me to the Moon as Moe Berkus
- 2024 · Suncoast as Paul
- 2023 · Champions as Marcus
- 2022 · The Man from Toronto as The Man from Toronto
- 2022 · Triangle of Sadness as The Captain
- 2022 · Breakthrough as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Kiss the Ground as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Men of Midway as Self
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Archie Bunker
- 2019 · Midway as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
- 2019 · Zombieland: Double Tap as Tallahassee
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 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 · The Origins of Ebbing as Self
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 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 · 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
- 2012 · Seven Psychopaths as Charlie Costello
- 2012 · How to Make Money Selling Drugs as Self
- 2012 · The Hunger Games as Haymitch Abernathy
- 2012 · Who Bombed Judi Bari? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 · Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
- 2011 · Rampart as Dave Brown
- 2011 · Friends with Benefits as Tommy Bollinger
- 2010 · Bunraku as The Bartender
- 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 · Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days as Self
- 2008 · Seven Pounds as Ezra Turner
- 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 · Raw for Life as Self
- 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 · Nanking as Bob Wilson
- 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
- 2005 · The Outsider 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 · This So-Called Disaster as Taxi Driver
- 2001 · American Saint as Self
- 2000 · Welcome to Hollywood as Woody Harrelson
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Woody Harrelson
- 2000 · The Directors: Milos Forman as Self
- 1999 · Grass as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Woody Harrelson
- 1999 · EDtv as Ray Pekurny
- 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
- 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
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1992 · White Men Can't Jump as Billy Hoyle
- 1991 · Ted & Venus as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
- 1991 · Doc Hollywood as Hank Gordon
- 1991 · L.A. Story as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
- 1990 · The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? as
- 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
- 1986 · Wildcats as Krushinski
- 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
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Brothers as Woody Harrelson
- 1978 · Harper Valley P.T.A. as Extra (uncredited)
- Future · Sailing as
- Future · The Man with the Miraculous Hands as Felix Kersten