Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Harrelson 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 a total of five nominations. He went on to receive three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), and Best Supporting Actor for both The Messenger (2009) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Harrelson was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Marty Hart in the crime anthology series True Detective (2014).
Acted in
Now You See Me 3
2025
as Merritt McKinney
The Electric State
2025
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
Last Breath
2025
Girl from the North Country
2024
as Nick Laine
Fly Me to the Moon
2024
as Moe Berkus
Suncoast
2024
as Paul
Common Ground
2023
as Self
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023
as Self
White House Plumbers
2023
as E. Howard Hunt
Champions
2023
as Marcus
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023
as Hank Gordon (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man from Toronto
2022
as The Man From Toronto
Triangle of Sadness
2022
as The Captain
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
as Self
Breakthrough
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Freak Brothers
2021
as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Kate
2021
as Varrick
Kiss the Ground
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Men of Midway
2020
as Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020
as Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
as Archie Bunker
Midway
2019
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
as Tallahassee
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
as Archie Bunker
The Highwaymen
2019
as Manny Gault
Venom
2018
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Shock and Awe
2018
as Jonathan Landay
The Origins of Ebbing
2018
as Self
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Tobias Beckett
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Bill Willoughby
LBJ
2017
as Lyndon B. Johnson
The Glass Castle
2017
as Rex Walls
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
as The Colonel
The Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Wilson
2017
as Wilson
Lost in London
2017
as Woody Harrelson
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
as Mr. Bruner
The Duel
2016
as Abraham Brant
Now You See Me 2
2016
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
Triple 9
2016
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Haymitch Abernathy
Song for Someone
2015
as Aaron Brown
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Haymitch Abernathy
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
True Detective
2014
as Martin Hart
Making True Detective
2014
as Himself
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Haymitch Abernathy
Out of the Furnace
2013
as Harlan DeGroat
Free Birds
2013
as Jake (voice)
Now You See Me
2013
as Merritt McKinney
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Charlie Costello
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012
as Self
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
The Hunger Games
2012
as Haymitch Abernathy
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Game Change
2012
as Steve Schmidt
Honest Trailers
2012
as Haymitch Abernathy (archive footage)
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self
Rampart
2011
as Dave Brown
Friends with Benefits
2011
as Tommy Bollinger
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
2011
as Self
Ethos
2011
as Host
Bunraku
2010
as The Bartender
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
The Messenger
2009
as Tony Stone
2012
2009
as Charlie Frost
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
Zombieland
2009
as Tallahassee
Defendor
2009
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Management
2009
as Jango
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
2009
as Self
Seven Pounds
2008
as Ezra Turner
Surfer, Dude
2008
as Jack
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
2008
as Himself
Burma: It Can't Wait
2008
as Divo
Sleepwalking
2008
as Randall
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
as Self
Semi-Pro
2008
as Monix
TransSiberian
2008
as Roy
Raw for Life
2007
as Self
Battle in Seattle
2007
as Dale
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Carson Wells
The Grand
2007
as One Eyed Jack Faro
The Walker
2007
as Carter Page III
Nanking
2007
as Bob Wilson
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
as Self / Luckman
A Scanner Darkly
2006
as Ernie Luckman
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
as Dusty
Free Jimmy
2006
as Roy Arnie (voice)
The Outsider
2005
as Self
The Big White
2005
as Raymond Barnell
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005
as Kelly Ryan
North Country
2005
as Bill White
After the Sunset
2004
as Stan Lloyd
She Hate Me
2004
as Leland Powell
Scorched
2003
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
as Host
Anger Management
2003
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Go Further
2003
as Self
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
2003
as Taxi Driver
American Saint
2001
as Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Woody Harrelson
Play It to the Bone
1999
as Vince Boudreau
Grass
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Woody Harrelson
EDtv
1999
as Ray Pekurny
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
as Big Boy Matson
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Sgt. William Keck
Welcome to Hollywood
1998
as Woody Harrelson
Will & Grace
1998
as Nathan
Palmetto
1998
as Harry Barber
Wag the Dog
1997
as Sergeant William Schumann
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997
as Flynn
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
as Larry Flynt
Spin City
1996
as Tommy Dugan
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Kingpin
1996
as Roy Munson
The Sunchaser
1996
as Dr. Michael Reynolds
Money Train
1995
as Charlie
Natural Born Killers
1994
as Mickey Knox
The Cowboy Way
1994
as Pepper Lewis
I'll Do Anything
1994
as Ground Zero Hero
Frasier
1993
as Woody Boyd
Indecent Proposal
1993
as David Murphy
For Our Children
1993
as Self
HBO First Look
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self / Presenter
White Men Can't Jump
1992
as Billy Hoyle
Ted & Venus
1991
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
Doc Hollywood
1991
as Hank Gordon
L.A. Story
1991
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
1990
as Self
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
as Lou the Lamb
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Woody Boyd
Cool Blue
1990
as Dustin
The Simpsons
1989
as Woody Boyd (voice)
True Believer
1989
as Man in Dodd's office
Killer Instinct
1988
as Charlie Long
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Woody Boyd
Dear John
1988
as Richard
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
as Self
Bay Coven
1987
as Slater
Wildcats
1986
as Krushinski
Cheers
1982
as Woody Boyd
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1978
as Extra (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Sailing
Lips Like Sugar
as John Carr
Ella McCay
Fruitloops
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
as Felix Kersten
Brother from Another Mother
as Self