- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 23, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Midland, Texas, USA
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 Th…
Filmography
tvBrothers
2026 · Woody Harrelson, Executive Producer
movieRobert Richardson: The White Devil
2026 · Self
movieFull Phil
2026 · Philip Doom
movieGroundswell
2026 · Narrator (voice)
movieAnimal Farm
2026 · Boxer (voice), Executive Producer
movieElla McCay
2025 · Eddie McCay
movieNow You See Me: Now You Don't
2025 · Merritt McKinney
movieKuleana
2025 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Electric State
2025 · Mr. Peanut (voice)
movieLast Breath
2025 · Duncan Allcock
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self
movieFly Me to the Moon
2024 · Moe Berkus
movieSuncoast
2024 · Paul
movieCommon Ground
2023 · Self
movieWillie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023 · Self
tvWhite House Plumbers
2023 · E. Howard Hunt, Executive Producer
movieChampions
2023 · Marcus, Executive Producer
movieThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 · Executive Producer
movieThe Man from Toronto
2022 · The Man from Toronto
movieTriangle of Sadness
2022 · The Captain
movieHomeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022 · Self
tvThe Freak Brothers
2021 · Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
movieDear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
2021 · Narrator (voice)
movieVenom: Let There Be Carnage
2021 · Cletus Kasady / Carnage
movieKate
2021 · Varrick
movieKiss the Ground
2020 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men of Midway
movieThe Men of Midway
2020 · Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
movieRoland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020 · Self
movieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019 · Archie Bunker
movieMidway
2019 · Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
movieZombieland: Double Tap
2019 · Tallahassee
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
movieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019 · Archie Bunker
movieThe Highwaymen
2019 · Manny Gault, Executive Producer
movieBreakthrough
2019 · Narrator (voice)
movieVenom
2018 · Cletus Kasady / Carnage
tvBasketball: A Love Story
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Origins of Ebbing
2018 · Self
movieSolo: A Star Wars Story
2018 · Tobias Beckett
movieShock and Awe
2017 · Jonathan Landay
movieThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017 · Willoughby
movieLBJ
2017 · Lyndon B. Johnson
movieThe Glass Castle
2017 · Rex Walls
movieWar for the Planet of the Apes
2017 · The Colonel
tvThe Nineties
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieWilson
2017 · Wilson
movieLost in London
2017 · Woody Harrelson, Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Edge of Seventeen
2016 · Mr. Bruner
movieThe Duel
2016 · Abraham Brant
movieNow You See Me 2
2016 · Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
moviePawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016 · Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
movieMust See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016 · Self
movieTriple 9
2016 · Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · Haymitch Abernathy
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest, Self - Guest
tvHot Ones
2015 · Self
movieThe Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015 · Self - Haymitch Abernathy
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Haymitch Abernathy
movieSurviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014 · Self - Haymitch Abernathy
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
tvTrue Detective
2014 · Martin Hart, Executive Producer
movieDavid Blaine: Real or Magic
2013 · Self
movieThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Haymitch Abernathy
movieOut of the Furnace
2013 · Harlan DeGroat
movieFree Birds
2013 · Jake (voice)
movieNow You See Me
2013 · Merritt McKinney
tvThe Frame
2013 · Haymitch Abernathy
movieSeven Psychopaths
2012 · Charlie Costello
movieHow to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012 · Self
movieThe World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012 · Self - Haymitch Abernathy
movieThe Hunger Games
2012 · Haymitch Abernathy
movieWho Bombed Judi Bari?
2012 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieGame Change
2012 · Steve Schmidt
movieMethod to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011 · Self
movieRampart
2011 · Dave Brown
movieFriends with Benefits
2011 · Tommy Bollinger
movieThe (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
2011 · Self
movieEthos
2011 · Host
movieBunraku
2010 · The Bartender
movie2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010 · Self
movieThe End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010 · Self
movieThe Messenger
2009 · Tony Stone
movie2012
2009 · Charlie Frost
movieMiloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009 · Self
movieZombieland
2009 · Tallahassee
movieDefendor
2009 · Arthur Poppington / Defendor
movieManagement
2009 · Jango
movieSimply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
2009 · Self
movieSeven Pounds
2008 · Ezra Turner
The Hempire Strikes Back
movieThe Hempire Strikes Back
2008 · Self
movieSurfer, Dude
2008 · Jack
movieHempsters: Plant the Seed
2008 · Himself
Burma: It Can't Wait
movieBurma: It Can't Wait
2008 · Divo
movieSleepwalking
2008 · Randall
movieNo Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008 · Self
movieSemi-Pro
2008 · Monix
movieTransSiberian
2008 · Roy
movieNo Country for Old Men
2007 · Carson Wells
movieRaw for Life
2007 · Self
movieBattle in Seattle
2007 · Dale
movieThe Grand
2007 · One Eyed Jack Faro
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
movieThe Walker
2007 · Carter Page III
movieNanking
2007 · Bob Wilson
movieOne Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006 · Self / Luckman
movieThe Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006 · Self
movieA Scanner Darkly
2006 · Ernie Luckman
movieA Prairie Home Companion
2006 · Dusty
movieThe Outsider
2005 · Self
movieThe Big White
2005 · Raymond Barnell
movieThe Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005 · Kelly Ryan
movieNorth Country
2005 · Bill White
movieLinklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004 · Self
movieAfter the Sunset
2004 · Stan Lloyd
movieShe Hate Me
2004 · Leland Powell
tvThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
tvCelebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
movieScorched
2003 · Jason 'Woods' Valley
movieThree Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003 · Self - Host
movieAnger Management
2003 · Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
movieGo Further
2003 · Self
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
movieThis So-Called Disaster
2003 · Taxi Driver
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
movieReel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002 · Narrator (voice)
movieAmerican Saint
2001 · Self
movieWelcome to Hollywood
2000 · Woody Harrelson
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Woody Harrelson
movieThe Directors: Milos Forman
2000 · Self
moviePlay It to the Bone
1999 · Vince Boudreau
movieGrass
1999 · Narrator (voice)
movieAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999 · Woody Harrelson
movieEDtv
1999 · Ray Pekurny
movieThe Hi-Lo Country
1998 · Big Boy Matson
movieThe Thin Red Line
1998 · Sgt. William Keck
tvWill & Grace
1998 · Nathan
moviePalmetto
1998 · Harry Barber
movieWag the Dog
1997 · Sergeant William Schumann
movieWelcome to Sarajevo
1997 · Flynn
movieThe People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 · Larry Flynt
tvSpin City
1996 · Tommy Dugan
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
movieKingpin
1996 · Roy Munson
movieThe Sunchaser
1996 · Dr. Michael Reynolds
movieMoney Train
1995 · Charlie
movieNatural Born Killers
1994 · Mickey Knox
movieThe Cowboy Way
1994 · Pepper Lewis
movieI'll Do Anything
1994 · Ground Zero Hero
tvFrasier
1993 · Woody Boyd
movieIndecent Proposal
1993 · David Murphy
movieFor Our Children
1993 · Self
movieThe Panama Deception
1992 · Thanks
tvHBO First Look
1992
tvMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self - Presenter
movieWhite Men Can't Jump
1992 · Billy Hoyle
movieTed & Venus
1991 · Homeless Vietnam Veteran
movieDoc Hollywood
1991 · Hank Gordon
movieL.A. Story
1991 · Harris' Boss (uncredited)
movieThe American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
movieDisneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990 · Self
movieMother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990 · Lou the Lamb
movieThe Earth Day Special
1990 · Woody Boyd
movieCool Blue
1990 · Dustin
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Woody Boyd (voice)
movieTrue Believer
1989 · Man in Dodd's office
movieKiller Instinct
1988 · Charlie Long
movieMickey's 60th Birthday
1988 · Woody Boyd
tvDear John
1988 · Richard
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
movieShe's Having a Baby
1988 · Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
moviePaul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987 · Self
movieBay Coven
1987 · Slater
movieWildcats
1986 · Krushinski
tvCheers
1982 · Woody Boyd
movieHarper Valley P.T.A.
1978 · Extra (uncredited)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
movieGirl from the North Country
— · Nick Laine
Sailing
movieSailing
— · , Producer
Lips Like Sugar
movieLips Like Sugar
— · John Carr, Producer
Fruitloops
movieFruitloops
—
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
movieThe Man with the Miraculous Hands
— · Felix Kersten
The Cackling of the Dodos
movieThe Cackling of the Dodos
— · , Executive Producer