Woody Harrelson
Acting
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Biography
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 n...
Known For
Filmography
Animal Farm
2026
as Boxer (voice)
Full Phil
2026
as Philip Doom
Groundswell
2026
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
2026
as Self
Brothers
2026
as Woody Harrelson
Last Breath
2025
as Duncan Allcock
Ella McCay
2025
as Eddie McCay
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
as Merritt McKinney
The Electric State
2025
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
Kuleana
2025
as Narrator (voice)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Suncoast
2024
as Paul
Fly Me to the Moon
2024
as Moe Berkus
Champions
2023
as Marcus
Common Ground
2023
as Self
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023
as Self
White House Plumbers
2023
as E. Howard Hunt
Triangle of Sadness
2022
as The Captain
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
as Self
The Man from Toronto
2022
as The Man from Toronto
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Kate
2021
as Varrick
The Freak Brothers
2021
as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
The Men of Midway
2020
as Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020
as Self
Kiss the Ground
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Highwaymen
2019
as Manny Gault
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
as Tallahassee
Midway
2019
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Breakthrough
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
as Archie Bunker
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
as Archie Bunker
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Tobias Beckett
Venom
2018
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
The Origins of Ebbing
2018
as Self
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Wilson
2017
as Wilson
LBJ
2017
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Willoughby
The Glass Castle
2017
as Rex Walls
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
as The Colonel
Lost in London
2017
as Woody Harrelson
Shock and Awe
2017
as Jonathan Landay
The Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Triple 9
2016
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Now You See Me 2
2016
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
The Duel
2016
as Abraham Brant
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
as Mr. Bruner
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Haymitch Abernathy
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Haymitch Abernathy
True Detective
2014
as Martin Hart
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Now You See Me
2013
as Merritt McKinney
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Haymitch Abernathy
Out of the Furnace
2013
as Harlan DeGroat
Free Birds
2013
as Jake (voice)
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
The Frame
2013
as Haymitch Abernathy
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games
2012
as Haymitch Abernathy
Game Change
2012
as Steve Schmidt
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Charlie Costello
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012
as Self
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Friends with Benefits
2011
as Tommy Bollinger
Rampart
2011
as Dave Brown
Ethos
2011
as Host
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
2011
as Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self
Bunraku
2010
as The Bartender
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Management
2009
as Jango
The Messenger
2009
as Tony Stone
Defendor
2009
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2012
2009
as Charlie Frost
Zombieland
2009
as Tallahassee
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
2009
as Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
Seven Pounds
2008
as Ezra
TransSiberian
2008
as Roy
Semi-Pro
2008
as Monix
Surfer, Dude
2008
as Jack
Sleepwalking
2008
as Randall
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
2008
as Himself
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
2008
as Self
Burma: It Can't Wait
2008
as Divo
The Hempire Strikes Back
2008
as Self
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Carson Wells
The Walker
2007
as Carter Page III
Battle in Seattle
2007
as Dale
The Grand
2007
as One Eyed Jack Faro
Nanking
2007
as Bob Wilson
Raw for Life
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
A Scanner Darkly
2006
as Ernie Luckman
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
as Dusty
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
as Self / Luckman
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006
as Self
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005
as Kelly Ryan
The Big White
2005
as Raymond Barnell
North Country
2005
as Bill White
The Outsider
2005
as Self
After the Sunset
2004
as Stan Lloyd
She Hate Me
2004
as Leland Powell
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
as Self
Scorched
2003
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
Anger Management
2003
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Go Further
2003
as Self
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
as Self - Host
This So-Called Disaster
2003
as Taxi Driver
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
as Narrator (voice)
American Saint
2001
as Self
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Woody Harrelson
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000
as Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Woody Harrelson
Play It to the Bone
1999
as Vince Boudreau
Grass
1999
as Narrator (voice)
EDtv
1999
as Ray Pekurny
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Woody Harrelson
Mark Twain Prize
1999
as Self
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
as Big Boy Matson
Palmetto
1998
as Harry Barber
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Sgt. William Keck
Will & Grace
1998
as Nathan
Wag the Dog
1997
as Sergeant William Schumann
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997
as Flynn
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
as Larry Flynt
Kingpin
1996
as Roy Munson
The Sunchaser
1996
as Dr. Michael Reynolds
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Spin City
1996
as Tommy Dugan
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Money Train
1995
as Charlie
Natural Born Killers
1994
as Mickey Knox
The Cowboy Way
1994
as Pepper Lewis
I'll Do Anything
1994
as Ground Zero Hero
Indecent Proposal
1993
as David Murphy
For Our Children
1993
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Woody Boyd
White Men Can't Jump
1992
as Billy Hoyle
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
HBO First Look
1992
Doc Hollywood
1991
as Hank Gordon
Ted & Venus
1991
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
L.A. Story
1991
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
as Lou the Lamb
Cool Blue
1990
as Dustin
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Woody Boyd
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Woody Boyd
True Believer
1989
as Man in Dodd's office
The Simpsons
1989
as Woody Boyd (voice)
Killer Instinct
1988
as Charlie Long
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Woody Boyd
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Dear John
1988
as Richard
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
as Self
Bay Coven
1987
as Slater
Wildcats
1986
as Krushinski
Cheers
1982
as Woody Boyd
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1978
as Extra (uncredited)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Woody Boyd
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee