Woody Harrelson
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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
Credits
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)
as Merritt McKinney
2012 (2009)
as Charlie Frost
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
No Country for Old Men (2007)
as Carson Wells
Venom (2018)
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
as Haymitch Abernathy
Now You See Me (2013)
as Merritt McKinney
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
as Tobias Beckett
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
as Haymitch Abernathy
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
as The Colonel
Zombieland (2009)
as Tallahassee
The Electric State (2025)
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
as Haymitch Abernathy
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
as Tallahassee
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
as Willoughby
The Hunger Games (2012)
as Haymitch Abernathy
Natural Born Killers (1994)
as Mickey Knox
Indecent Proposal (1993)
as David Murphy
Friends with Benefits (2011)
as Tommy Bollinger
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
as The Captain
Midway (2019)
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
as Mr. Bruner
The Thin Red Line (1998)
as Sgt. William Keck
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
as Woody Harrelson
Anger Management (2003)
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
The Man from Toronto (2022)
as The Man from Toronto
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
as Larry Flynt
Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
as Moe Berkus
Seven Pounds (2008)
as Ezra Turner
Triple 9 (2016)
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Free Birds (2013)
as Jake (voice)
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
as Charlie Costello
Out of the Furnace (2013)
as Harlan DeGroat
Last Breath (2025)
as Duncan Allcock
Animal Farm (2026)
as Boxer (voice)
After the Sunset (2004)
as Stan Lloyd
Money Train (1995)
as Charlie
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
as Ernie Luckman
The Highwaymen (2019)
as Manny Gault
White Men Can't Jump (1992)
as Billy Hoyle
Kate (2021)
as Varrick
The Glass Castle (2017)
as Rex Walls
Ella McCay (2025)
as Eddie McCay
Wag the Dog (1997)
as Sergeant William Schumann
TransSiberian (2008)
as Roy
EDtv (1999)
as Ray Pekurny
Kingpin (1996)
as Roy Munson
Rampart (2011)
as Dave Brown
Bunraku (2010)
as The Bartender
Doc Hollywood (1991)
as Hank Gordon
Play It to the Bone (1999)
as Vince Boudreau
Shock and Awe (2017)
as Jonathan Landay
North Country (2005)
as Bill White
The Messenger (2009)
as Tony Stone
Lost in London (2017)
as Woody Harrelson
Defendor (2009)
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
She Hate Me (2004)
as Leland Powell
The Cowboy Way (1994)
as Pepper Lewis
The Duel (2016)
as Abraham Brant
Semi-Pro (2008)
as Monix
Champions (2023)
as Marcus
True Believer (1989)
as Man in Dodd's office
L.A. Story (1991)
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Surfer, Dude (2008)
as Jack
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
as Dusty
Suncoast (2024)
as Paul
LBJ (2017)
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Palmetto (1998)
as Harry Barber
The Big White (2005)
as Raymond Barnell
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
as Flynn
She's Having a Baby (1988)
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
Game Change (2012)
as Steve Schmidt
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
Wildcats (1986)
as Krushinski
Wilson (2017)
as Wilson
Battle in Seattle (2007)
as Dale
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
as Self
The Sunchaser (1996)
as Dr. Michael Reynolds
Scorched (2003)
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self
Management (2009)
as Jango
The Grand (2007)
as One Eyed Jack Faro
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
as Woody Boyd
Common Ground (2023)
as Self
Burma: It Can't Wait (2008)
as Divo
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
as Woody Harrelson
The Earth Day Special (1990)
as Woody Boyd
Kiss the Ground (2020)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (2012)
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
as Big Boy Matson
David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013)
as Self
The Walker (2007)
as Carter Page III
Grass (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
I'll Do Anything (1994)
as Ground Zero Hero
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010)
as Self
Sleepwalking (2008)
as Randall
Nanking (2007)
as Bob Wilson
The Outsider (2005)
as Self
Groundswell (2026)
as Narrator (voice)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" (2019)
as Archie Bunker
Full Phil (2026)
as Philip Doom
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015)
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010)
as Self
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
as Kelly Ryan
Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
as Woody Boyd
Ted & Venus (1991)
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
as Lou the Lamb
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
as Self
Kuleana (2025)
as Narrator (voice)
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011)
as Self
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2014)
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
as Self
Cool Blue (1990)
as Dustin
Breakthrough (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
The Cackling of the Dodos (—)
Actor
Bay Coven (1987)
as Slater
The Origins of Ebbing (2018)
as Self
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987)
as Self
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2016)
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (2003)
as Self - Host
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short (2023)
as Self
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990)
Actor
Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
as Extra (uncredited)
Robert Richardson: The White Devil (2026)
as Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin (2004)
as Self
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (2006)
as Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019)
as Archie Bunker
Lips Like Sugar (—)
as John Carr
The Directors: Milos Forman (2000)
as Self
This So-Called Disaster (2003)
as Taxi Driver
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon (2022)
as Self
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique (2011)
as Self
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (2006)
as Self / Luckman
Ethos (2011)
as Host
Killer Instinct (1988)
as Charlie Long
American Saint (2001)
as Self
For Our Children (1993)
as Self
The Men of Midway (2020)
as Self
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days (2009)
as Self
Sailing (—)
Actor
Who Bombed Judi Bari? (2012)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Go Further (2003)
as Self
Hempsters: Plant the Seed (2008)
as Himself
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes (2008)
as Self
Raw for Life (2007)
as Self
The Hempire Strikes Back (2008)
as Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission (2020)
as Self
The Man with the Miraculous Hands (—)
as Felix Kersten
Fruitloops (—)
Actor