Woody Harrelson

ActorProducerDirectorWriterCrew Jul 23 (age 64) Midland, Texas, USA 1962–2026 (64 year career)

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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

Film

No Country for Old Men

Carson Wells

Film

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Willoughby

Film

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Haymitch Abernathy

Film

The Hunger Games

Haymitch Abernathy

Film

Now You See Me

Merritt McKinney

Film

True Detective

Martin Hart

Film

Zombieland

Tallahassee

Film

Seven Pounds

Ezra Turner

Filmography

Acting (185)

Movies (152)

Animal Farm

2026 Upcoming

as Boxer (voice)

May 1

Now You See Me: Now You Don't

as Merritt McKinney

Ella McCay

as Eddie McCay

The Electric State

as Mr. Peanut (voice)

6.5

Last Breath

2025

as Duncan Allcock

6.9

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

as Self

7.8

Kuleana

2025

as Narrator (voice)

Fly Me to the Moon

as Moe Berkus

Suncoast

as Paul

Champions

as Marcus

Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

2023

as Self

Common Ground

as Self

Triangle of Sadness

as The Captain

The Man from Toronto

as The Man from Toronto

6.4

Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon

2022

as Self

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

2021

as Cletus Kasady / Carnage

6.7

Kate

2021

as Varrick

6.6

Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

2021

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

The Men of Midway

2020

as Self

Kiss the Ground

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.7

Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

2020

as Self

Midway

2019

as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

7.1

Zombieland: Double Tap

as Tallahassee

The Highwaymen

as Manny Gault

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

as Archie Bunker

Breakthrough

as Narrator (voice)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

2019

as Archie Bunker

6.6

Venom

2018

as Cletus Kasady / Carnage

6.8

Solo: A Star Wars Story

2018

as Tobias Beckett

6.6

The Origins of Ebbing

2018

as Self

6.0

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

as The Colonel

7.2

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

as Willoughby

Wilson

as Wilson

LBJ

as Lyndon B. Johnson

The Glass Castle

as Rex Walls

Shock and Awe

as Jonathan Landay

Lost in London

as Woody Harrelson

Now You See Me 2

as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney

6.8

The Edge of Seventeen

2016

as Mr. Bruner

7.2

Triple 9

2016

as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen

6.0

Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

2016

as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)

7.6

The Duel

2016

as Abraham Brant

5.4

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

2016

as Self

4.1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

2015

as Haymitch Abernathy

6.9

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

2015

as Self - Haymitch Abernathy

7.2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014

as Haymitch Abernathy

6.8

Making True Detective

2014

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2014

as Self - Haymitch Abernathy

6.4

Now You See Me

2013

as Merritt McKinney

7.3

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013

as Haymitch Abernathy

Free Birds

as Jake (voice)

Out of the Furnace

as Harlan DeGroat

David Blaine: Real or Magic

2013

as Self

6.7

Making True Detective

2013

as Self / Martin Hart

The Hunger Games

2012

as Haymitch Abernathy

Seven Psychopaths

as Charlie Costello

Game Change

as Steve Schmidt

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

2012

as Self - Haymitch Abernathy

8.5

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

2012

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

How to Make Money Selling Drugs

2012

as Self

7.1

Friends with Benefits

as Tommy Bollinger

Rampart

as Dave Brown

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

2011

as Self

5.6

The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

as Self

Ethos

as Host

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

as Self

Bunraku

as The Bartender

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

as Self

2012

as Charlie Frost

Zombieland

as Tallahassee

Defendor

as Arthur Poppington / Defendor

The Messenger

as Tony Stone

Management

as Jango

Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

2009

as Self

6.8

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

as Self

Seven Pounds

as Ezra Turner

Surfer, Dude

as Jack

Semi-Pro

as Monix

TransSiberian

as Roy

Hempsters: Plant the Seed

as Himself

Sleepwalking

as Randall

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

2008

as Self

6.9

Burma: It Can't Wait

2008

as Divo

No Country for Old Men

2007

as Carson Wells

7.9

The Grand

2007

as One Eyed Jack Faro

Battle in Seattle

as Dale

Nanking

as Bob Wilson

The Walker

as Carter Page III

Raw for Life

as Self

A Scanner Darkly

2006

as Ernie Luckman

6.8

A Prairie Home Companion

2006

as Dusty

6.3

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

2006

as Self / Luckman

8.2

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

as Self

North Country

as Bill White

The Big White

as Raymond Barnell

The Outsider

as Self

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

2005

as Kelly Ryan

6.6

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

2004

as Self

After the Sunset

as Stan Lloyd

She Hate Me

as Leland Powell

Anger Management

as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary

6.2

Scorched

2003

as Jason 'Woods' Valley

5.5

Go Further

2003

as Self

6.4

This So-Called Disaster

2003

as Taxi Driver

4.6

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

2003

as Self - Host

10.0

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

2002

as Narrator (voice)

American Saint

as Self

Welcome to Hollywood

as Woody Harrelson

The Directors: Milos Forman

2000

as Self

EDtv

1999

as Ray Pekurny

6.0

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

as Woody Harrelson

Grass

as Narrator (voice)

Play It to the Bone

as Vince Boudreau

The Thin Red Line

as Sgt. William Keck

Palmetto

as Harry Barber

The Hi-Lo Country

as Big Boy Matson

Wag the Dog

as Sergeant William Schumann

6.9

Welcome to Sarajevo

1997

as Flynn

6.4

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

I'll Do Anything

as Ground Zero Hero

The Cowboy Way

as Pepper Lewis

Indecent Proposal

as David Murphy

For Our Children

as Self

White Men Can't Jump

as Billy Hoyle

L.A. Story

as Harris' Boss (uncredited)

Doc Hollywood

as Hank Gordon

Ted & Venus

as Homeless Vietnam Veteran

4.0

Cool Blue

1990

as Dustin

4.4

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Woody Boyd

6.3

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

1990

as Lou the Lamb

4.8

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

1990

as Self

6.0

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1990

True Believer

1989

as Man in Dodd's office

6.2

She's Having a Baby

1988

as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)

5.9

Mickey's 60th Birthday

as Woody Boyd

Killer Instinct

as Charlie Long

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

1987

as Self

Bay Coven

as Slater

Wildcats

as Krushinski

Harper Valley P.T.A.

as Extra (uncredited)

7.1

The Man with the Miraculous Hands

as Felix Kersten

Full Phil

as Philip Doom

Fruitloops

Zombieland 3

as Tallahassee

Lips Like Sugar

as John Carr

Sailing

Girl from the North Country

as Nick Laine

7.0

The Cackling of the Dodos

Television (33)

Criminology

2025

as Richard Moore

White House Plumbers

2023

as E. Howard Hunt

6.2

The Freak Brothers

2021

as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)

5.6

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

Basketball: A Love Story

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

The Nineties

2017

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Hot Ones

as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

True Detective

as Martin Hart

The Frame

as Haymitch Abernathy

10.0

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

as Self

6.0

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

Celebrities Uncensored

as Self

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Woody Harrelson

Will & Grace

as Nathan

The Daily Show

as Self

Spin City

as Tommy Dugan

E! True Hollywood Story

Frasier

as Woody Boyd

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

HBO First Look

The Simpsons

as Woody Boyd (voice)

8.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

Dear John

as Richard

Cheers

as Woody Boyd

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Brothers

as Woody Harrelson

Crew (12)

Movies (10)

Animal Farm

2026 Upcoming

Executive Producer

May 1

Champions

2023

Executive Producer

6.7

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Executive Producer

The Highwaymen

Executive Producer

Lost in London

Director

Lost in London

Producer

Lost in London

Writer

The Panama Deception

Thanks

Lips Like Sugar

Producer

Sailing

Producer

Television (2)

White House Plumbers

Executive Producer

True Detective

Executive Producer