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

Birth Location Midland, Texas, USA
Born 1961-07-23

Movies

Now You See Me 3 as Merritt McKinney
2025
Fly Me to the Moon as Moe Berkus
2024
Suncoast as Paul
2024
Common Ground as Self
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 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
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
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story as Tobias Beckett
2018
LBJ as Lyndon B. Johnson
2017
The Glass Castle as Rex Walls
2017
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
Triple 9 as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
2016
2015
Song for Someone as Aaron Brown
2015
2014
2014
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
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2012
The Hunger Games as Haymitch Abernathy
2012
Who Bombed Judi Bari? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Game Change as Steve Schmidt
2012
Rampart as Dave Brown
2011
Friends with Benefits as Tommy Bollinger
2011
Ethos as Host
2011
Bunraku as The Bartender
2010
The Messenger as Tony Stone
2009
2012 as Charlie Frost
2009
Zombieland as Tallahassee
2009
Defendor as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2009
Management as Jango
2009
Seven Pounds as Ezra Turner
2008
Surfer, Dude as Jack
2008
2008
2008
Sleepwalking as Randall
2008
Semi-Pro as Monix
2008
TransSiberian as Roy
2008
Raw for Life as Self
2007
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
A Scanner Darkly as Ernie Luckman
2006
2006
Free Jimmy as Roy Arnie (voice)
2006
The Outsider as Self
2005
The Big White as Raymond Barnell
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
Anger Management as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
2003
Go Further as Self
2003
American Saint as Self
2001
Play It to the Bone as Vince Boudreau
1999
Grass as Narrator (voice)
1999
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
1997
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
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
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
Bay Coven as Slater
1987
Wildcats as Krushinski
1986
Harper Valley P.T.A. as Extra (uncredited)
1978
The Electric State as Mr. Peanut (voice)
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Lips Like Sugar as John Carr
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Movies

Champions Executive Producer
2023
The Highwaymen Executive Producer
2019
Lost in London Producer
2017
Lost in London Director
2017
2017
Sailing Producer
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Lips Like Sugar Producer
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