Woody Harrelson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

187

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 a European-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 Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Ella McCay

    Ella McCay

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Now You See Me: Now You Don't

    Now You See Me: Now You Don't

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • True Detective

    True Detective

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • Cheers

    Cheers

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • Spin City

    Spin City

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

  • 2012

    2012

  • Venom

    Venom

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Palmetto

    Palmetto

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

  • Now You See Me

    Now You See Me

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Now You See Me 2

    Now You See Me 2

  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage

    Venom: Let There Be Carnage

  • War for the Planet of the Apes

    War for the Planet of the Apes

  • Money Train

    Money Train

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • North Country

    North Country

  • Zombieland

    Zombieland

  • LBJ

    LBJ

  • Free Birds

    Free Birds

  • Wag the Dog

    Wag the Dog

  • The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games

  • Basketball: A Love Story

    Basketball: A Love Story

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

  • Doc Hollywood

    Doc Hollywood

  • Wildcats

    Wildcats

  • Bunraku

    Bunraku

  • Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

  • The Big White

    The Big White

  • Sleepwalking

    Sleepwalking

  • Go Further

    Go Further

  • Dear John

    Dear John

  • Champions

    Champions

  • Wilson

    Wilson

  • Cool Blue

    Cool Blue

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • Friends with Benefits

    Friends with Benefits

  • Scorched

    Scorched

  • Zombieland: Double Tap

    Zombieland: Double Tap

  • Nanking

    Nanking

  • Play It to the Bone

    Play It to the Bone

  • White House Plumbers

    White House Plumbers

  • Natural Born Killers

    Natural Born Killers

  • Indecent Proposal

    Indecent Proposal

  • Fruitloops

    Fruitloops

  • Triangle of Sadness

    Triangle of Sadness

  • Shock and Awe

    Shock and Awe

  • Midway

    Midway

  • Seven Pounds

    Seven Pounds

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Management

    Management

  • The Cowboy Way

    The Cowboy Way

  • Anger Management

    Anger Management

  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

  • She Hate Me

    She Hate Me

  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

  • I'll Do Anything

    I'll Do Anything

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • The Nineties

    The Nineties

  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

  • Surfer, Dude

    Surfer, Dude

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • For Our Children

    For Our Children

  • Lips Like Sugar

    Lips Like Sugar

  • Seven Psychopaths

    Seven Psychopaths

  • Last Breath

    Last Breath

  • Defendor

    Defendor

  • A Scanner Darkly

    A Scanner Darkly

  • The Edge of Seventeen

    The Edge of Seventeen

  • The Highwaymen

    The Highwaymen

  • Burma: It Can't Wait

    Burma: It Can't Wait

  • Kate

    Kate

  • After the Sunset

    After the Sunset

  • Fly Me to the Moon

    Fly Me to the Moon

  • David Blaine: Real or Magic

    David Blaine: Real or Magic

  • Triple 9

    Triple 9

  • White Men Can't Jump

    White Men Can't Jump

  • Girl from the North Country

    Girl from the North Country

  • Out of the Furnace

    Out of the Furnace

  • Ted & Venus

    Ted & Venus

  • The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

  • Semi-Pro

    Semi-Pro

  • Grass

    Grass

  • The Glass Castle

    The Glass Castle

  • The Messenger

    The Messenger

  • Kingpin

    Kingpin

  • EDtv

    EDtv

  • The People vs. Larry Flynt

    The People vs. Larry Flynt

  • The Freak Brothers

    The Freak Brothers

  • Breakthrough

    Breakthrough

  • The Duel

    The Duel

  • A Prairie Home Companion

    A Prairie Home Companion

  • The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

  • Game Change

    Game Change

  • She's Having a Baby

    She's Having a Baby

  • Rampart

    Rampart

  • L.A. Story

    L.A. Story

  • TransSiberian

    TransSiberian

  • True Believer

    True Believer

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • Kiss the Ground

    Kiss the Ground

  • Sailing

    Sailing

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

    Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

  • Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Suncoast

    Suncoast

  • The Grand

    The Grand

  • Lost in London

    Lost in London

  • The Sunchaser

    The Sunchaser

  • Full Phil

    Full Phil

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

    Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

  • The Walker

    The Walker

  • How to Make Money Selling Drugs

    How to Make Money Selling Drugs

  • Mickey's 60th Birthday

    Mickey's 60th Birthday

  • Zombieland 3

    Zombieland 3

  • Common Ground

    Common Ground

  • The Earth Day Special

    The Earth Day Special

  • The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

    The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

  • Welcome to Sarajevo

    Welcome to Sarajevo

  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

  • 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"

  • Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

    Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

  • Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

  • The Origins of Ebbing

    The Origins of Ebbing

  • Bay Coven

    Bay Coven

  • The Directors: Milos Forman

    The Directors: Milos Forman

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

    The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

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

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

  • 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"

  • Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

    Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

  • Criminology

    Criminology

  • 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 World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

    The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

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

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

  • Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

    Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

  • Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

    Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

  • 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

  • Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

    Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

  • The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

    The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

  • Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

    Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

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

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

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • Harper Valley P.T.A.

    Harper Valley P.T.A.

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

    Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • The Men of Midway

    The Men of Midway

  • Making True Detective

    Making True Detective

  • Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

    Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

  • Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

    Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

  • Killer Instinct

    Killer Instinct

  • Ethos

    Ethos

  • Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

    Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

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

    The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

  • Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

    Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

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

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

  • Hempsters: Plant the Seed

    Hempsters: Plant the Seed

  • This So-Called Disaster

    This So-Called Disaster

  • The Man with the Miraculous Hands

    The Man with the Miraculous Hands

  • Who Bombed Judi Bari?

    Who Bombed Judi Bari?

  • Raw for Life

    Raw for Life

  • American Saint

    American Saint

  • Kuleana

    Kuleana