Acting
Woody Harrelson
EN, CS cinema · 155 credits
Born
23 July 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Midland, Texas, USA
Also known as Woodrow Tracy 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 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
Filmography
Lips Like Sugar
Lips Like Sugar
as John Carr, Producer
The Cackling of the Dodos
The Cackling of the Dodos
Actor, Executive Producer
Summer of Roses
Summer of Roses
as Thomas, Executive Producer
Armadillo World Headquarters
Armadillo World Headquarters
Executive Producer
Animal Farm
as Boxer (voice), Executive Producer
Full Phil
as Philip Doom
Groundswell
as Narrator (voice)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Haymitch Abernathy
Last Breath
as Duncan Allcock
Ella McCay
as Eddie McCay
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Merritt McKinney
The Electric State
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
Kuleana
as Narrator (voice)
Suncoast
as Paul
Fly Me to the Moon
as Moe Berkus
Champions
as Marcus, Executive Producer
Common Ground
as Self
Triangle of Sadness
as The Captain
The Man from Toronto
as The Man from Toronto
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Executive Producer
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
as Narrator (voice)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Kate
as Varrick
Kiss the Ground
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Highwaymen
as Manny Gault, Executive Producer
Zombieland: Double Tap
as Tallahassee
Midway
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Breakthrough
as Narrator (voice)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Archie Bunker
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Archie Bunker
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Tobias Beckett
Venom
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Wilson
as Wilson
LBJ
as Lyndon B. Johnson
The Glass Castle
as Rex Walls
War for the Planet of the Apes
as The Colonel
Lost in London
as Woody Harrelson, Producer, Director, Writer
Shock and Awe
as Jonathan Landay
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Triple 9
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Now You See Me 2
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
The Duel
as Abraham Brant
The Edge of Seventeen
as Mr. Bruner
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Haymitch Abernathy
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Haymitch Abernathy
Now You See Me
as Merritt McKinney
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Haymitch Abernathy
Out of the Furnace
as Harlan DeGroat
Free Birds
as Jake (voice)
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games
as Haymitch Abernathy
Game Change
as Steve Schmidt
Seven Psychopaths
as Charlie Costello
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Friends with Benefits
as Tommy Bollinger
Rampart
as Dave Brown
Ethos
as Host
Bunraku
as The Bartender
Management
as Jango
The Messenger
as Tony Stone
Defendor
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2012
as Charlie Frost
Zombieland
as Tallahassee
Seven Pounds
as Ezra
Semi-Pro
as Monix
Surfer, Dude
as Jack
Sleepwalking
as Randall
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
as Himself
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
as Self
No Country for Old Men
as Carson Wells
The Walker
as Carter Page III
The Grand
as One Eyed Jack Faro
Nanking
as Bob Wilson
A Scanner Darkly
as Ernie Luckman
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
as Kelly Ryan
The Big White
as Raymond Barnell
North Country
as Bill White
The Outsider
as Self
After the Sunset
as Stan Lloyd
She Hate Me
as Leland Powell
Scorched
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
Anger Management
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Go Further
as Self
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
as Self - Host
This So-Called Disaster
as Taxi Driver
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Narrator (voice)
American Saint
as Self
Welcome to Hollywood
as Woody Harrelson
Play It to the Bone
as Vince Boudreau
Grass
as Narrator (voice)
EDtv
as Ray Pekurny
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Woody Harrelson
The Hi-Lo Country
as Big Boy Matson
Palmetto
as Harry Barber
The Thin Red Line
as Sgt. William Keck
Wag the Dog
as Sergeant William Schumann
Welcome to Sarajevo
as Flynn
The People vs. Larry Flynt
as Larry Flynt
Kingpin
as Roy Munson
The Sunchaser
as Dr. Michael Reynolds
Money Train
as Charlie
Natural Born Killers
as Mickey Knox
The Cowboy Way
as Pepper Lewis
I'll Do Anything
as Ground Zero Hero
Indecent Proposal
as David Murphy
For Our Children
as Self
White Men Can't Jump
as Billy Hoyle
Doc Hollywood
as Hank Gordon
Ted & Venus
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
L.A. Story
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
as Lou the Lamb
Cool Blue
as Dustin
The Earth Day Special
as Woody Boyd
True Believer
as Man in Dodd's office
Killer Instinct
as Charlie Long
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Woody Boyd
She's Having a Baby
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
Bay Coven
as Slater
Wildcats
as Krushinski
Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Extra (uncredited)