Actor
· Acting
Woody Harrelson
Born 1961-07-23
📍 Midland, Texas, USA
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).
Filmography 176
Full Phil
as Philip Doom
2026
Animal Farm
as Boxer (voice)
2026
Ella McCay
as Eddie McCay
2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Merritt McKinney
2025
Kuleana
as Narrator (voice)
2025
The Electric State
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
2025
Last Breath
as Duncan Allcock
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
Fly Me to the Moon
as Moe Berkus
2024
Suncoast
as Paul
2024
Common Ground
as Self
2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
as Self
2023
White House Plumbers
as E. Howard Hunt
2023
Champions
as Marcus
2023
The Man from Toronto
as The Man from Toronto
2022
Triangle of Sadness
as The Captain
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
as Self
2022
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
2021
Kiss the Ground
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
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
2019
Breakthrough
as Narrator (voice)
2019
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
2018
Shock and Awe
as Jonathan Landay
2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as 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
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
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
Triple 9
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Haymitch Abernathy
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Hot Ones
as Self
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
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
True Detective
as Martin Hart
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
The Frame
as Haymitch Abernathy
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
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Game Change
as Steve Schmidt
2012
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
2011
Rampart
as Dave Brown
2011
Friends with Benefits
as Tommy Bollinger
2011
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
as Self
2011
Ethos
as Host
2011
Bunraku
as The Bartender
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
2010
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
Defendor
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2009
Management
as Jango
2009
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
as Self
2009
Seven Pounds
as Ezra Turner
2008
Surfer, Dude
as Jack
2008
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
as Himself
2008
Sleepwalking
as Randall
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
as Self
2008
Semi-Pro
as Monix
2008
TransSiberian
as Roy
2008
No Country for Old Men
as Carson Wells
2007
Raw for Life
as Self
2007
Battle in Seattle
as Dale
2007
The Grand
as One Eyed Jack Faro
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
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
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
as Self
2006
A Scanner Darkly
as Ernie Luckman
2006
A Prairie Home Companion
as Dusty
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
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
as Self
2004
After the Sunset
as Stan Lloyd
2004
She Hate Me
as Leland Powell
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
Scorched
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
This So-Called Disaster
as Taxi Driver
2003
American Saint
as Self
2001
Welcome to Hollywood
as Woody Harrelson
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Woody Harrelson
2000
The Directors: Milos Forman
as Self
2000
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
Will & Grace
as Nathan
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
Spin City
as Tommy Dugan
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Daily Show
as Self
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
Frasier
as Woody Boyd
1993
Indecent Proposal
as David Murphy
1993
For Our Children
as Self
1993
HBO First Look
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
1992
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
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
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
1990
The Simpsons
as Woody Boyd (voice)
1989
True Believer
as Man in Dodd's office
1989
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
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
Cheers
as Woody Boyd
1982
Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Extra (uncredited)
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Girl from the North Country
as Nick Laine