Woody Harrelson
Acting
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).
TV Shows(32)
White House Plumbers
E. Howard Hunt
2023
The Freak Brothers
Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
True Detective
Martin Hart
2014
The Frame
Haymitch Abernathy
2013
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Woody Harrelson
2000
Will & Grace
Nathan
1998
Spin City
Tommy Dugan
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Frasier
Woody Boyd
1993
HBO First Look
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
The Simpsons
Woody Boyd (voice)
1989
Dear John
Richard
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Cheers
Woody Boyd
1982
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Oscars
Self
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Brothers
Woody Harrelson
Movies(150)
Animal Farm
Boxer (voice)
2026
Ella McCay
Eddie McCay
2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Merritt McKinney
2025
Kuleana
Narrator (voice)
2025
The Electric State
Mr. Peanut (voice)
2025
Last Breath
Duncan Allcock
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
Fly Me to the Moon
Moe Berkus
2024
Suncoast
Paul
2024
Common Ground
Self
2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
2023
Champions
Marcus
2023
The Man from Toronto
The Man from Toronto
2022
Triangle of Sadness
The Captain
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
2022
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
Narrator (voice)
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2021
Kate
Varrick
2021
Kiss the Ground
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
The Men of Midway
Self
2020
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Self
2020
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Archie Bunker
2019
Midway
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
2019
Zombieland: Double Tap
Tallahassee
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Archie Bunker
2019
The Highwaymen
Manny Gault
2019
Breakthrough
Narrator (voice)
2019
Venom
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2018
The Origins of Ebbing
Self
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Tobias Beckett
2018
Shock and Awe
Jonathan Landay
2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Willoughby
2017
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
2017
The Glass Castle
Rex Walls
2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Colonel
2017
Wilson
Wilson
2017
Lost in London
Woody Harrelson
2017
The Edge of Seventeen
Mr. Bruner
2016
The Duel
Abraham Brant
2016
Now You See Me 2
Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
2016
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
Triple 9
Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Haymitch Abernathy
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Haymitch Abernathy
2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
2014
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Haymitch Abernathy
2013
Out of the Furnace
Harlan DeGroat
2013
Free Birds
Jake (voice)
2013
Now You See Me
Merritt McKinney
2013
Seven Psychopaths
Charlie Costello
2012
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Self
2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
2012
The Hunger Games
Haymitch Abernathy
2012
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Game Change
Steve Schmidt
2012
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
2011
Rampart
Dave Brown
2011
Friends with Benefits
Tommy Bollinger
2011
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Self
2011
Ethos
Host
2011
Bunraku
The Bartender
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2010
The Messenger
Tony Stone
2009
2012
Charlie Frost
2009
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
2009
Zombieland
Tallahassee
2009
Defendor
Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2009
Management
Jango
2009
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
Self
2009
Seven Pounds
Ezra Turner
2008
The Hempire Strikes Back
Self
2008
Surfer, Dude
Jack
2008
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
Himself
2008
Burma: It Can't Wait
Divo
2008
Sleepwalking
Randall
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
2008
Semi-Pro
Monix
2008
TransSiberian
Roy
2008
No Country for Old Men
Carson Wells
2007
Raw for Life
Self
2007
Battle in Seattle
Dale
2007
The Grand
One Eyed Jack Faro
2007
The Walker
Carter Page III
2007
Nanking
Bob Wilson
2007
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Luckman
2006
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
2006
A Scanner Darkly
Ernie Luckman
2006
A Prairie Home Companion
Dusty
2006
The Outsider
Self
2005
The Big White
Raymond Barnell
2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Kelly Ryan
2005
North Country
Bill White
2005
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
2004
After the Sunset
Stan Lloyd
2004
She Hate Me
Leland Powell
2004
Scorched
Jason 'Woods' Valley
2003
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Self - Host
2003
Anger Management
Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
2003
Go Further
Self
2003
This So-Called Disaster
Taxi Driver
2003
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Narrator (voice)
2002
American Saint
Self
2001
Welcome to Hollywood
Woody Harrelson
2000
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
2000
Play It to the Bone
Vince Boudreau
1999
Grass
Narrator (voice)
1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Woody Harrelson
1999
EDtv
Ray Pekurny
1999
The Hi-Lo Country
Big Boy Matson
1998
The Thin Red Line
Sgt. William Keck
1998
Palmetto
Harry Barber
1998
Wag the Dog
Sergeant William Schumann
1997
Welcome to Sarajevo
Flynn
1997
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
1996
Kingpin
Roy Munson
1996
The Sunchaser
Dr. Michael Reynolds
1996
Money Train
Charlie
1995
Natural Born Killers
Mickey Knox
1994
The Cowboy Way
Pepper Lewis
1994
I'll Do Anything
Ground Zero Hero
1994
Indecent Proposal
David Murphy
1993
For Our Children
Self
1993
White Men Can't Jump
Billy Hoyle
1992
Ted & Venus
Homeless Vietnam Veteran
1991
Doc Hollywood
Hank Gordon
1991
L.A. Story
Harris' Boss (uncredited)
1991
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Self
1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Lou the Lamb
1990
The Earth Day Special
Woody Boyd
1990
Cool Blue
Dustin
1990
True Believer
Man in Dodd's office
1989
Killer Instinct
Charlie Long
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Woody Boyd
1988
She's Having a Baby
Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
1988
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Self
1987
Bay Coven
Slater
1987
Wildcats
Krushinski
1986
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Extra (uncredited)
1978
Girl from the North Country
Nick Laine
Sailing
Lips Like Sugar
John Carr
Fruitloops
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Felix Kersten
Full Phil
Philip Doom
The Cackling of the Dodos