Actor Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson
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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).
Place of birth
Midland, Texas, USA Midland, Texas, USA
Date of birth
23rd July 1961
Movies that starred Woody Harrelson (43 in total)
Suncoast poster

Suncoast [2024]

Paul
Fly Me to the Moon poster

Fly Me to the Moon [2024]

Moe Berkus
Venom: Let There Be Carnage poster

Venom: Let There Be Carnage [2021]

Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Kate poster

Kate [2021]

Varrick
Zombieland: Double Tap poster

Zombieland: Double Tap [2019]

Tallahassee
Midway poster

Midway [2019]

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Venom poster

Venom [2018]

Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Solo: A Star Wars Story poster

Solo: A Star Wars Story [2018]

Tobias Beckett
War for the Planet of the Apes poster

War for the Planet of the Apes [2017]

The Colonel
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri poster

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017]

Bill Willoughby
Now You See Me 2 poster

Now You See Me 2 [2016]

Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
The Edge of Seventeen poster

The Edge of Seventeen [2016]

Mr. Bruner
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 [2015]

Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 [2014]

Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire poster

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [2013]

Haymitch Abernathy
Now You See Me poster

Now You See Me [2013]

Merritt McKinney
Out of the Furnace poster

Out of the Furnace [2013]

Harlan DeGroat
The Hunger Games poster

The Hunger Games [2012]

Haymitch Abernathy
Friends with Benefits poster

Friends with Benefits [2011]

Tommy Bollinger
Bunraku poster

Bunraku [2010]

The Bartender
2012 poster

2012 [2009]

Charlie Frost
Zombieland poster

Zombieland [2009]

Tallahassee
Seven Pounds poster

Seven Pounds [2008]

Ezra Turner
TransSiberian poster

TransSiberian [2008]

Roy
Semi-Pro poster

Semi-Pro [2008]

Monix
No Country for Old Men poster

No Country for Old Men [2007]

Carson Wells
The Walker poster

The Walker [2007]

Carter Page III
Battle in Seattle poster

Battle in Seattle [2007]

Dale
A Scanner Darkly poster

A Scanner Darkly [2006]

Ernie Luckman
A Prairie Home Companion poster

A Prairie Home Companion [2006]

Dusty
North Country poster

North Country [2005]

Bill White
The Big White poster

The Big White [2005]

Raymond Barnell
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio poster

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio [2005]

Kelly Ryan
After the Sunset poster

After the Sunset [2004]

Stan Lloyd
The Hi-Lo Country poster

The Hi-Lo Country [1998]

Big Boy Matson
The Thin Red Line poster

The Thin Red Line [1998]

Sgt. William Keck
Palmetto poster

Palmetto [1998]

Harry Barber
Wag the Dog poster

Wag the Dog [1997]

Sergeant William Schumann
Kingpin poster

Kingpin [1996]

Roy Munson
The People vs. Larry Flynt poster

The People vs. Larry Flynt [1996]

Larry Flynt
Natural Born Killers poster

Natural Born Killers [1994]

Mickey Knox
Indecent Proposal poster

Indecent Proposal [1993]

David Murphy
White Men Can't Jump poster

White Men Can't Jump [1992]

Billy Hoyle
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