Woody Harrelson

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

July 23, 1961 (64 yrs)

place of birth

Midland, Texas, USA

also known as

Woodrow Tracy Harrelson

total credits

50 movies

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 (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).

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Known For

Filmography

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Now You See Me: Now You Don't
6.5

Now You See Me: Now You Don't

2025as Merritt McKinney
No Country for Old Men
8.0

No Country for Old Men

2007as Carson Wells
2012
5.9

2012

2009as Charlie Frost
Now You See Me
7.3

Now You See Me

2013as Merritt McKinney
Venom
6.8

Venom

2018as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
6.8

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014as Haymitch Abernathy
Now You See Me 2
6.8

Now You See Me 2

2016as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
Indecent Proposal
6.4

Indecent Proposal

1993as David Murphy
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
6.7

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

2021as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.4

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013as Haymitch Abernathy
War for the Planet of the Apes
7.2

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017as The Colonel
Zombieland
7.3

Zombieland

2009as Tallahassee
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
6.9

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

2015as Haymitch Abernathy
Solo: A Star Wars Story
6.6

Solo: A Star Wars Story

2018as Tobias Beckett
The Electric State
6.5

The Electric State

2025as Mr. Peanut (voice)
Friends with Benefits
6.6

Friends with Benefits

2011as Tommy Bollinger
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8.1

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017as Willoughby
The Thin Red Line
7.4

The Thin Red Line

1998as Sgt. William Keck
Animal Farm
6.4

Animal Farm

2026as Boxer (voice)
Midway
7.1

Midway

2019as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
The Hunger Games
7.2

The Hunger Games

2012as Haymitch Abernathy
Zombieland: Double Tap
6.9

Zombieland: Double Tap

2019as Tallahassee
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
6.3

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1999as Woody Harrelson
Anger Management
6.2

Anger Management

2003as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Natural Born Killers
7.1

Natural Born Killers

1994as Mickey Knox
Last Breath
6.9

Last Breath

2025as Duncan Allcock
Seven Pounds
7.6

Seven Pounds

2008as Ezra Turner
Triangle of Sadness
7.0

Triangle of Sadness

2022as The Captain
The Highwaymen
6.8

The Highwaymen

2019as Manny Gault
The Edge of Seventeen
7.2

The Edge of Seventeen

2016as Mr. Bruner
Ella McCay
5.5

Ella McCay

2025as Eddie McCay
Kate
6.6

Kate

2021as Varrick
Fly Me to the Moon
6.8

Fly Me to the Moon

2024as Moe Berkus
The Man from Toronto
6.4

The Man from Toronto

2022as The Man from Toronto
Seven Psychopaths
6.8

Seven Psychopaths

2012as Charlie Costello
Wag the Dog
6.9

Wag the Dog

1997as Sergeant William Schumann
Triple 9
6.0

Triple 9

2016as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
North Country
7.2

North Country

2005as Bill White
Champions
6.7

Champions

2023as Marcus
Money Train
5.9

Money Train

1995as Charlie
Semi-Pro
5.6

Semi-Pro

2008as Monix
Out of the Furnace
6.6

Out of the Furnace

2013as Harlan DeGroat
The Glass Castle
7.1

The Glass Castle

2017as Rex Walls
Kingpin
6.5

Kingpin

1996as Roy Munson
After the Sunset
6.2

After the Sunset

2004as Stan Lloyd
Free Birds
5.9

Free Birds

2013as Jake (voice)
A Scanner Darkly
6.8

A Scanner Darkly

2006as Ernie Luckman
EDtv
5.9

EDtv

1999as Ray Pekurny
The People vs. Larry Flynt
7.0

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996as Larry Flynt
Rampart
5.5

Rampart

2011as Dave Brown