Woody Harrelson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

181

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-07-23 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Midland, Texas, USA

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

    The Simpsons

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • True Detective

    True Detective

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Cheers

    Cheers

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Spin City

    Spin City

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

  • Venom

    Venom

  • Now You See Me: Now You Don't

    Now You See Me: Now You Don't

  • 2012

    2012

  • Now You See Me

    Now You See Me

  • No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

  • Dear John

    Dear John

  • Zombieland: Double Tap

    Zombieland: Double Tap

  • Basketball: A Love Story

    Basketball: A Love Story

  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage

    Venom: Let There Be Carnage

  • Now You See Me 2

    Now You See Me 2

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Zombieland

    Zombieland

  • Friends with Benefits

    Friends with Benefits

  • Indecent Proposal

    Indecent Proposal

  • The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games

  • Triangle of Sadness

    Triangle of Sadness

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

  • War for the Planet of the Apes

    War for the Planet of the Apes

  • Midway

    Midway

  • The Glass Castle

    The Glass Castle

  • Seven Pounds

    Seven Pounds

  • The Grand

    The Grand

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • After the Sunset

    After the Sunset

  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • The People vs. Larry Flynt

    The People vs. Larry Flynt

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • L.A. Story

    L.A. Story

  • The Edge of Seventeen

    The Edge of Seventeen

  • Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story

  • The Messenger

    The Messenger

  • Bunraku

    Bunraku

  • Fly Me to the Moon

    Fly Me to the Moon

  • The Duel

    The Duel

  • Semi-Pro

    Semi-Pro

  • TransSiberian

    TransSiberian

  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

  • Common Ground

    Common Ground

  • The Highwaymen

    The Highwaymen

  • The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

  • Last Breath

    Last Breath

  • Sleepwalking

    Sleepwalking

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

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

  • Wildcats

    Wildcats

  • Seven Psychopaths

    Seven Psychopaths

  • Suncoast

    Suncoast

  • The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

    The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

  • Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

    Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

  • Palmetto

    Palmetto

  • Natural Born Killers

    Natural Born Killers

  • Out of the Furnace

    Out of the Furnace

  • LBJ

    LBJ

  • Money Train

    Money Train

  • A Scanner Darkly

    A Scanner Darkly

  • White Men Can't Jump

    White Men Can't Jump

  • The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

  • Anger Management

    Anger Management

  • Who Bombed Judi Bari?

    Who Bombed Judi Bari?

  • North Country

    North Country

  • Ella McCay

    Ella McCay

  • For Our Children

    For Our Children

  • Triple 9

    Triple 9

  • Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

    Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

  • Kingpin

    Kingpin

  • Free Birds

    Free Birds

  • Lost in London

    Lost in London

  • Rampart

    Rampart

  • Wag the Dog

    Wag the Dog

  • White House Plumbers

    White House Plumbers

  • The Sunchaser

    The Sunchaser

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

    Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

  • Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

    Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

  • Management

    Management

  • Scorched

    Scorched

  • Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle

  • The Men of Midway

    The Men of Midway

  • The Nineties

    The Nineties

  • Doc Hollywood

    Doc Hollywood

  • Game Change

    Game Change

  • Kate

    Kate

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

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

  • EDtv

    EDtv

  • 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

  • Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

    Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

  • Champions

    Champions

  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

  • Nanking

    Nanking

  • The Big White

    The Big White

  • Welcome to Sarajevo

    Welcome to Sarajevo

  • The Walker

    The Walker

  • She's Having a Baby

    She's Having a Baby

  • She Hate Me

    She Hate Me

  • The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

    The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

  • I'll Do Anything

    I'll Do Anything

  • Cool Blue

    Cool Blue

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • Harper Valley P.T.A.

    Harper Valley P.T.A.

  • Ted & Venus

    Ted & Venus

  • True Believer

    True Believer

  • Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

    Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

  • The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

    The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

  • Full Phil

    Full Phil

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • The Freak Brothers

    The Freak Brothers

  • Ethos

    Ethos

  • Play It to the Bone

    Play It to the Bone

  • Defendor

    Defendor

  • Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

    Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

  • Kiss the Ground

    Kiss the Ground

  • Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

  • Girl from the North Country

    Girl from the North Country

  • Surfer, Dude

    Surfer, Dude

  • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

  • Shock and Awe

    Shock and Awe

  • A Prairie Home Companion

    A Prairie Home Companion

  • Lips Like Sugar

    Lips Like Sugar

  • Fruitloops

    Fruitloops

  • Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

    Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Go Further

    Go Further

  • Wilson

    Wilson

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • Burma: It Can't Wait

    Burma: It Can't Wait

  • The Cowboy Way

    The Cowboy Way

  • Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

    Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

  • David Blaine: Real or Magic

    David Blaine: Real or Magic

  • The Earth Day Special

    The Earth Day Special

  • Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

    Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

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

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

  • The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

    The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

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

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

  • The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

    The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

  • American Saint

    American Saint

  • The Directors: Milos Forman

    The Directors: Milos Forman

  • Grass

    Grass

  • Hempsters: Plant the Seed

    Hempsters: Plant the Seed

  • How to Make Money Selling Drugs

    How to Make Money Selling Drugs

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

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

  • Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • Raw for Life

    Raw for Life

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

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

  • The Man with the Miraculous Hands

    The Man with the Miraculous Hands

  • The Origins of Ebbing

    The Origins of Ebbing

  • Killer Instinct

    Killer Instinct

  • This So-Called Disaster

    This So-Called Disaster

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • Bay Coven

    Bay Coven

  • Sailing

    Sailing

  • Mickey's 60th Birthday

    Mickey's 60th Birthday

  • Breakthrough

    Breakthrough

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

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

  • Kuleana

    Kuleana

  • Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

    Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story