Woody Harrelson
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).
Acting
Movie
The Hunger Games
as Haymitch Abernathy
2012
Movie
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Haymitch Abernathy
2013
Movie
Venom
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2018
Movie
Now You See Me
as Merritt McKinney
2013
Movie
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Haymitch Abernathy
2014
Movie
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Haymitch Abernathy
2015
Movie
No Country for Old Men
as Carson Wells
2007
Movie
Zombieland
as Tallahassee
2009
Movie
2012
as Charlie Frost
2009
Movie
Now You See Me 2
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
2016
Movie
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2021
Movie
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Willoughby
2017
TV
The Simpsons
as Woody Boyd (voice)
1989
Movie
War for the Planet of the Apes
as The Colonel
2017
Movie
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Tobias Beckett
2018
Movie
Friends with Benefits
as Tommy Bollinger
2011
Movie
Seven Pounds
as Ezra Turner
2008
Movie
Zombieland: Double Tap
as Tallahassee
2019
Movie
Seven Psychopaths
as Charlie Costello
2012
Movie
The Edge of Seventeen
as Mr. Bruner
2016
TV
True Detective
as Martin Hart
2014
Movie
Natural Born Killers
as Mickey Knox
1994
Movie
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Woody Harrelson
1999
Movie
Anger Management
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
2003
Crew
TV
True Detective
Executive Producer
2014
Movie
The Highwaymen
Executive Producer
2019
Movie
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Executive Producer
2022
Movie
Champions
Executive Producer
2023
Movie
Lost in London
Writer
2017
TV
White House Plumbers
Executive Producer
2023
Movie
Animal Farm
Executive Producer
2026
Movie
The Panama Deception
Thanks
1992
Movie
Lips Like Sugar
Producer
Movie
Sailing
Producer
Movie
The Cackling of the Dodos
Executive Producer
TV
Brothers
Executive Producer