
Woody Harrelson
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).
TV Shows(30)
Brothers
Woody Harrelson

White House Plumbers
E. Howard Hunt

The Freak Brothers
Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self

Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)

The Nineties
Self (archive footage)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest

Hot Ones
Self

True Detective
Martin Hart

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self

The Frame
Haymitch Abernathy

The Graham Norton Show
Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self

Celebrities Uncensored
Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self

Real Time with Bill Maher
Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Woody Harrelson

Will & Grace
Nathan