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
| Birth Location | Midland, Texas, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961-07-23 |
Movies
Fly Me to the Moon
as Moe Berkus
2024
Suncoast
as Paul
2024
2023
Champions
as Marcus
2023
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
as Hank Gordon (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
The Man from Toronto
as The Man From Toronto
2022
Triangle of Sadness
as Thomas, The Captain
2022
Breakthrough
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2021
Kate
as Varrick
2021
Kiss the Ground
as Narrator (voice)
2020
2020
The Men of Midway
as Self
2020
2019
Midway
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
2019
Zombieland: Double Tap
as Tallahassee
2019
The Highwaymen
as Manny Gault
2019
Venom
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2018
Shock and Awe
as Jonathan Landay
2018
The Origins of Ebbing
as Self
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Tobias Beckett
2018
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
Wilson
as Wilson
2017
Lost in London
as Woody Harrelson
2017
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
2016
Triple 9
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Haymitch Abernathy
2015
Song for Someone
as Aaron Brown
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Haymitch Abernathy
2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2014
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
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
2011
Rampart
as Dave Brown
2011
Friends with Benefits
as Tommy Bollinger
2011
2011
Ethos
as Host
2011
Bunraku
as The Bartender
2010
2010
2010
The Messenger
as Tony Stone
2009
2012
as Charlie Frost
2009
2009
Zombieland
as Tallahassee
2009
Defendor
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2009
Management
as Jango
2009
2009
Seven Pounds
as Ezra Turner
2008
Surfer, Dude
as Jack
2008
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
as Himself
2008
Burma: It Can't Wait
as Divo
2008
Sleepwalking
as Randall
2008
Semi-Pro
as Monix
2008
TransSiberian
as Roy
2008
Raw for Life
as Self
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 Walker
as Carter Page III
2007
Nanking
as Bob Wilson
2007
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
as Self / Luckman
2006
A Scanner Darkly
as Ernie Luckman
2006
A Prairie Home Companion
as Dusty
2006
Free Jimmy
as Roy Arnie (voice)
2006
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
2005
After the Sunset
as Stan Lloyd
2004
She Hate Me
as Leland Powell
2004
Scorched
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
2003
2003
Anger Management
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
2003
Go Further
as Self
2003
2003
American Saint
as Self
2001
Play It to the Bone
as Vince Boudreau
1999
Grass
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Woody Harrelson
1999
Edtv
as Ray Pekurny
1999
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
Palmetto
as Harry Barber
1998
Wag the Dog
as Sergeant William Schumann
1997
Welcome to Sarajevo
as Flynn
1997
The People vs. Larry Flynt
as Larry Flynt
1996
Kingpin
as Roy Munson
1996
The Sunchaser
as Dr. Michael Reynolds
1996
Money Train
as Charlie
1995
Natural Born Killers
as Mickey Knox
1994
The Cowboy Way
as Pepper Lewis
1994
I'll Do Anything
as Ground Zero Hero
1994
Indecent Proposal
as David Murphy
1993
White Men Can't Jump
as Billy Hoyle
1992
Ted & Venus
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
1991
Doc Hollywood
as Hank Gordon
1991
L.A. Story
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
1991
1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
as Lou the Lamb
1990
The Earth Day Special
as Woody Boyd
1990
Cool Blue
as Dustin
1990
True Believer
as Man in Dodd's office
1989
Killer Instinct
as Charlie Long
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Woody Boyd
1988
She's Having a Baby
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
1988
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
as Self
1987
Bay Coven
as Slater
1987
Wildcats
as Krushinski
1986
Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Extra (uncredited)
1978
Now You See Me 3
as Merritt McKinney
-
Lips Like Sugar
as John Carr
-
-
Girl from the North Country
as Nick Laine
-
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
as Felix Kersten
-
Movies
Champions
Executive Producer
2023
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Executive Producer
2022
The Highwaymen
Executive Producer
2019
Lost in London
Writer
2017
Lost in London
Director
2017
Lost in London
Producer
2017
Lips Like Sugar
Producer
-
Sailing
Producer
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