
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).

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

Mickey Knox
Natural Born Killers

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

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

Big Boy Matson
The Hi-Lo Country

Sergeant William Schumann
Wag the Dog

Billy Hoyle
White Men Can't Jump

Larry Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt

Stan Lloyd
After the Sunset

Ernie Luckman
A Scanner Darkly

Jason 'Woods' Valley
Scorched

David Murphy
Indecent Proposal

The Bartender
Bunraku

Vince Boudreau
Play It to the Bone

Charlie
Money Train

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Grass

Ray Pekurny
EDtv

Roy Munson
Kingpin

Jango
Management

Nick Laine
Girl from the North Country

The Captain
Triangle of Sadness

Ezra Turner
Seven Pounds

Roy
TransSiberian

Hank Gordon
Doc Hollywood

Carson Wells
No Country for Old Men

Harry Barber
Palmetto

Narrator (voice)
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

Sgt. William Keck
The Thin Red Line

Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Anger Management

Dusty
A Prairie Home Companion

Kelly Ryan
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

Carter Page III
The Walker

Raymond Barnell
The Big White

Monix
Semi-Pro

Self
Go Further

Bill White
North Country

Dale
Battle in Seattle

Self - Host
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

Tony Stone
The Messenger

Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Defendor

Jack
Surfer, Dude

Charlie Frost
2012

Krushinski
Wildcats

Randall
Sleepwalking

Flynn
Welcome to Sarajevo

One Eyed Jack Faro
The Grand

Dr. Michael Reynolds
The Sunchaser

Lou the Lamb
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

Sailing

Bob Wilson
Nanking

Himself
Hempsters: Plant the Seed

Tallahassee
Zombieland

Pepper Lewis
The Cowboy Way

Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games

Tommy Bollinger
Friends with Benefits

Marcus
Champions

Steve Schmidt
Game Change

Dustin
Cool Blue

Self
Common Ground

Dave Brown
Rampart

Merritt McKinney
Now You See Me

Host
Ethos

Self
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

Homeless Vietnam Veteran
Ted & Venus

Charlie Costello
Seven Psychopaths

Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Self
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

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Raw for Life

Self
How to Make Money Selling Drugs

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The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

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Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

John Carr
Lips Like Sugar

Slater
Bay Coven

Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

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The Outsider

Harlan DeGroat
Out of the Furnace

Duncan Allcock
Last Breath

Jake (voice)
Free Birds

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David Blaine: Real or Magic

Eddie McCay
Ella McCay

Paul
Suncoast

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

Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Triple 9

Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
Now You See Me 2

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The Men of Midway

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Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

Abraham Brant
The Duel

Wilson
Wilson

Charlie Long
Killer Instinct

Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ

Harris' Boss (uncredited)
L.A. Story

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

Moe Berkus
Fly Me to the Moon

Mr. Bruner
The Edge of Seventeen

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Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

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For Our Children

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Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

Bill Willoughby
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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

Rex Walls
The Glass Castle

The Colonel
War for the Planet of the Apes

Woody Boyd
Mickey's 60th Birthday

Mr. Peanut (voice)
The Electric State

Tobias Beckett
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Woody Harrelson
Lost in London

Woody Harrelson
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
She's Having a Baby

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

Taxi Driver
This So-Called Disaster

Ground Zero Hero
I'll Do Anything

Man in Dodd's office
True Believer

Woody Harrelson
Welcome to Hollywood

Leland Powell
She Hate Me

Jonathan Landay
Shock and Awe

Manny Gault
The Highwaymen

Tallahassee
Zombieland: Double Tap

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Midway

Self
Miloš Forman: Co tě nezabije…

Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Venom

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

Narrator (voice)
Breakthrough

Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Venom: Let There Be Carnage

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

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

Self
The Origins of Ebbing

Fruitloops

Varrick
Kate

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

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

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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

The Man from Toronto
The Man from Toronto

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

Divo
Burma: It Can't Wait

Self
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

Narrator (voice)
Kiss the Ground

Felix Kersten
The Man with the Miraculous Hands

Self
American Saint

Woody Boyd
The Earth Day Special

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

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

Self
The Directors: Milos Forman

Boxer (voice)
Animal Farm

Self
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

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Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

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Kuleana

Philip Doom
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Known For
Acting
Known Credits
148
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-07-23
Place of Birth
Midland, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson