
Cast
Woody Harrelson
Acting
Cast
Woody Harrelson
Known for
Acting
Born
1961-07-23
From
Midland, Texas, USA
Also known as Woodrow Tracy 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 (1985â1993), 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 (2012â2015). 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).

Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Merritt McKinney

Animal Farm
as Boxer (voice)

No Country for Old Men
as Carson Wells

2012
as Charlie Frost

Venom
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Haymitch Abernathy

Now You See Me
as Merritt McKinney

Now You See Me 2
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Haymitch Abernathy

Indecent Proposal
as David Murphy

War for the Planet of the Apes
as The Colonel

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage

The Hunger Games
as Haymitch Abernathy

Zombieland
as Tallahassee

Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Tobias Beckett

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Haymitch Abernathy

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Willoughby

The Electric State
as Mr. Peanut (voice)

Friends with Benefits
as Tommy Bollinger

Midway
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

The Thin Red Line
as Sgt. William Keck

Zombieland: Double Tap
as Tallahassee

Ella McCay
as Eddie McCay

Seven Psychopaths
as Charlie Costello

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Woody Harrelson

Natural Born Killers
as Mickey Knox

Triangle of Sadness
as The Captain

Seven Pounds
as Ezra Turner

Fly Me to the Moon
as Moe Berkus

Money Train
as Charlie

North Country
as Bill White

Last Breath
as Duncan Allcock

Anger Management
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary

Free Birds
as Jake (voice)

Triple 9
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen

After the Sunset
as Stan Lloyd

Out of the Furnace
as Harlan DeGroat

The Edge of Seventeen
as Mr. Bruner

A Scanner Darkly
as Ernie Luckman

Kingpin
as Roy Munson

The Man from Toronto
as The Man from Toronto

The Highwaymen
as Manny Gault

Wilson
as Wilson

The People vs. Larry Flynt
as Larry Flynt

The Glass Castle
as Rex Walls

Semi-Pro
as Monix

Bunraku
as The Bartender

Kate
as Varrick

The Duel
as Abraham Brant

Doc Hollywood
as Hank Gordon

Defendor
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor

The Messenger
as Tony Stone

Wag the Dog
as Sergeant William Schumann

LBJ
as Lyndon B. Johnson

Management
as Jango

The Grand
as One Eyed Jack Faro

TransSiberian
as Roy

Champions
as Marcus

The Sunchaser
as Dr. Michael Reynolds

Rampart
as Dave Brown

The Earth Day Special
as Woody Boyd

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self

EDtv
as Ray Pekurny

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self

Game Change
as Steve Schmidt

Sleepwalking
as Randall

Suncoast
as Paul

Surfer, Dude
as Jack

White Men Can't Jump
as Billy Hoyle

Wildcats
as Krushinski

L.A. Story
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)

She's Having a Baby
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)

Scorched
as Jason 'Woods' Valley

Palmetto
as Harry Barber

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy

Welcome to Hollywood
as Woody Harrelson

The Outsider
as Self

Battle in Seattle
as Dale

A Prairie Home Companion
as Dusty

True Believer
as Man in Dodd's office

Lost in London
as Woody Harrelson

She Hate Me
as Leland Powell

The Cowboy Way
as Pepper Lewis

Play It to the Bone
as Vince Boudreau

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
as Self

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self

David Blaine: Real or Magic
as Self

The Big White
as Raymond Barnell

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

Shock and Awe
as Jonathan Landay

The Hi-Lo Country
as Big Boy Matson

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

Kiss the Ground
as Self - Narrator (voice)

I'll Do Anything
as Ground Zero Hero

For Our Children
as Self

Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Woody Boyd

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self

Ted & Venus
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
as Kelly Ryan

Common Ground
as Self

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
as Self

Grass
as Narrator (voice)

Nanking
as Bob Wilson

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
as Lou the Lamb

Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
as Self

The Walker
as Carter Page III

Welcome to Sarajevo
as Flynn

Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)

Bay Coven
as Slater

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
as Self / Luckman

How to Make Money Selling Drugs
as Self

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self

Girl from the North Country
as Nick Laine

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Narrator (voice)

Ethos
as Host

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy

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

The Men of Midway
as Self

Full Phil
as Philip Doom

Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
as Self

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
as Self - Host

Cool Blue
as Dustin

The Directors: Milos Forman
as Self

Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
as Narrator (voice)

The Man with the Miraculous Hands
as Felix Kersten

Lips Like Sugar
as John Carr

This So-Called Disaster
as Taxi Driver

Fruitloops

MiloĆĄ Forman: What Doesn't Kill YouâŠ
as Self

The Origins of Ebbing
as Self

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

Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Extra (uncredited)

The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
as Self

Burma: It Can't Wait
as Divo

Go Further
as Self

The Cackling of the Dodos

Who Bombed Judi Bari?
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Killer Instinct
as Charlie Long

Breakthrough
as Narrator (voice)

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
as Self

American Saint
as Self

Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
as Self

Sailing

Hempsters: Plant the Seed
as Himself

Raw for Life
as Self

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
as Self

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

Kuleana
as Narrator (voice)

The Hempire Strikes Back
as Self