Woody Harrelson

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 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

The Simpsons

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (151)

• Full Phil2026 · as Philip Doom
• Groundswell2026 · as Narrator (voice)
• Animal Farm2026 · as Boxer (voice)
• Ella McCay2025 · as Eddie McCay
• Now You See Me: Now You Don't2025 · as Merritt McKinney
• Kuleana2025 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Electric State2025 · as Mr. Peanut (voice)
• Last Breath2025 · as Duncan Allcock
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self
• Fly Me to the Moon2024 · as Moe Berkus
• Suncoast2024 · as Paul
• Common Ground2023 · as Self
• Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short2023 · as Self
• Champions2023 · as Marcus
• The Man from Toronto2022 · as The Man from Toronto
• Triangle of Sadness2022 · as The Captain
• Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon2022 · as Self
• Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story2021 · as Narrator (voice)
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021 · as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
• Kate2021 · as Varrick
• Kiss the Ground2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Men of Midway2020 · as Self
• Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission2020 · as Self
• Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"2019 · as Archie Bunker
• Midway2019 · as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
• Zombieland: Double Tap2019 · as Tallahassee
• Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"2019 · as Archie Bunker
• The Highwaymen2019 · as Manny Gault
• Breakthrough2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• Venom2018 · as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
• The Origins of Ebbing2018 · as Self
• Solo: A Star Wars Story2018 · as Tobias Beckett
• Shock and Awe2017 · as Jonathan Landay
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri2017 · as Willoughby
• LBJ2017 · as Lyndon B. Johnson
• The Glass Castle2017 · as Rex Walls
• War for the Planet of the Apes2017 · as The Colonel
• Wilson2017 · as Wilson
• Lost in London2017 · as Woody Harrelson
• The Edge of Seventeen2016 · as Mr. Bruner
• The Duel2016 · as Abraham Brant
• Now You See Me 22016 · as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
• Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 22016 · as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
• Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows2016 · as Self
• Triple 92016 · as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015 · as Haymitch Abernathy
• The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 12015 · as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 12014 · as Haymitch Abernathy
• Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2014 · as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
• David Blaine: Real or Magic2013 · as Self
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013 · as Haymitch Abernathy
• Out of the Furnace2013 · as Harlan DeGroat
• Free Birds2013 · as Jake (voice)
• Now You See Me2013 · as Merritt McKinney
• Seven Psychopaths2012 · as Charlie Costello
• How to Make Money Selling Drugs2012 · as Self
• The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games2012 · as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
• The Hunger Games2012 · as Haymitch Abernathy
• Who Bombed Judi Bari?2012 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Game Change2012 · as Steve Schmidt
• Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis2011 · as Self
• Rampart2011 · as Dave Brown
• Friends with Benefits2011 · as Tommy Bollinger
• The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique2011 · as Self
• Ethos2011 · as Host
• Bunraku2010 · as The Bartender
• 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic2010 · as Self
• The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective2010 · as Self
• The Messenger2009 · as Tony Stone
• 20122009 · as Charlie Frost
• Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…2009 · as Self
• Zombieland2009 · as Tallahassee
• Defendor2009 · as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
• Management2009 · as Jango
• Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days2009 · as Self
• Seven Pounds2008 · as Ezra Turner
• The Hempire Strikes Back2008 · as Self
• Surfer, Dude2008 · as Jack
• Hempsters: Plant the Seed2008 · as Himself
• Burma: It Can't Wait2008 · as Divo
• Sleepwalking2008 · as Randall
• No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes2008 · as Self
• Semi-Pro2008 · as Monix
• TransSiberian2008 · as Roy
• No Country for Old Men2007 · as Carson Wells
• Raw for Life2007 · as Self
• Battle in Seattle2007 · as Dale
• The Grand2007 · as One Eyed Jack Faro
• The Walker2007 · as Carter Page III
• Nanking2007 · as Bob Wilson
• One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'2006 · as Self / Luckman
• The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales2006 · as Self
• A Scanner Darkly2006 · as Ernie Luckman
• A Prairie Home Companion2006 · as Dusty
• The Outsider2005 · as Self
• The Big White2005 · as Raymond Barnell
• The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio2005 · as Kelly Ryan
• North Country2005 · as Bill White
• Linklater: St. Richard of Austin2004 · as Self
• After the Sunset2004 · as Stan Lloyd
• She Hate Me2004 · as Leland Powell
• Scorched2003 · as Jason 'Woods' Valley
• Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special2003 · as Self - Host
• Anger Management2003 · as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
• Go Further2003 · as Self
• This So-Called Disaster2003 · as Taxi Driver
• Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• American Saint2001 · as Self
• Welcome to Hollywood2000 · as Woody Harrelson
• The Directors: Milos Forman2000 · as Self
• Play It to the Bone1999 · as Vince Boudreau
• Grass1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me1999 · as Woody Harrelson
• EDtv1999 · as Ray Pekurny
• The Hi-Lo Country1998 · as Big Boy Matson
• The Thin Red Line1998 · as Sgt. William Keck
• Palmetto1998 · as Harry Barber
• Wag the Dog1997 · as Sergeant William Schumann
• Welcome to Sarajevo1997 · as Flynn
• The People vs. Larry Flynt1996 · as Larry Flynt
• Kingpin1996 · as Roy Munson
• The Sunchaser1996 · as Dr. Michael Reynolds
• Money Train1995 · as Charlie
• Natural Born Killers1994 · as Mickey Knox
• The Cowboy Way1994 · as Pepper Lewis
• I'll Do Anything1994 · as Ground Zero Hero
• Indecent Proposal1993 · as David Murphy
• For Our Children1993 · as Self
• White Men Can't Jump1992 · as Billy Hoyle
• Ted & Venus1991 · as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
• Doc Hollywood1991 · as Hank Gordon
• L.A. Story1991 · as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
• The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?1990
• Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration1990 · as Self
• Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme1990 · as Lou the Lamb
• The Earth Day Special1990 · as Woody Boyd
• Cool Blue1990 · as Dustin
• True Believer1989 · as Man in Dodd's office
• Killer Instinct1988 · as Charlie Long
• Mickey's 60th Birthday1988 · as Woody Boyd
• She's Having a Baby1988 · as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
• Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim1987 · as Self
• Bay Coven1987 · as Slater
• Wildcats1986 · as Krushinski
• Harper Valley P.T.A.1978 · as Extra (uncredited)
• Girl from the North Country— · as Nick Laine
• Sailing—
• Lips Like Sugar— · as John Carr
• Fruitloops—
• The Man with the Miraculous Hands— · as Felix Kersten
• The Cackling of the Dodos—

All TV Shows (37)

• Brothers2026 · as Woody Harrelson
• White House Plumbers2023 · as E. Howard Hunt
• The Freak Brothers2021 · as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Basketball: A Love Story2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Nineties2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• True Detective2014 · as Martin Hart
• The Frame2013 · as Haymitch Abernathy
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Curb Your Enthusiasm2000 · as Woody Harrelson
• Will & Grace1998 · as Nathan
• Spin City1996 · as Tommy Dugan
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Woody Boyd
• HBO First Look1992
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Simpsons1989 · as Woody Boyd (voice)
• Dear John1988 · as Richard
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• Cheers1982 · as Woody Boyd
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee