Acting · Midland, Texas, USA · Born July 23, 1961
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).
MovieThe Hunger Games Series
2026
as Haymitch Abernathy
TVBrothers
2026
as Woody Harrelson
MovieRobert Richardson: The White Devil
2026
as Self
MovieFull Phil
2026
as Philip Doom
MovieGroundswell
2026
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAnimal Farm
2026
as Boxer (voice)
MovieElla McCay
2025
as Eddie McCay
MovieNow You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
as Merritt McKinney
MovieKuleana
2025
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLast Breath
2025
as Duncan Allcock
MovieThe Electric State
2025
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
MovieGirl from the North Country
2024
as Nick Laine
MovieFly Me to the Moon
2024
as Moe Berkus
MovieSuncoast
2024
as Paul
MovieCommon Ground
2023
as Self
MovieWillie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023
as Self
TVWhite House Plumbers
2023
as E. Howard Hunt
MovieChampions
2023
as Marcus
MovieThe Man from Toronto
2022
as The Man from Toronto
MovieTriangle of Sadness
2022
as The Captain
MovieHomeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
as Self
TVThe Freak Brothers
2021
as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
MovieDear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieVenom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
MovieKate
2021
as Varrick
MovieKiss the Ground
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men of Midway
2020
as Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020
as Self
MovieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
as Archie Bunker
MovieMidway
2019
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
MovieZombieland: Double Tap
2019
as Tallahassee
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
as Archie Bunker
MovieThe Highwaymen
2019
as Manny Gault
MovieBreakthrough
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieVenom
2018
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
TVBasketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Origins of Ebbing
2018
as Self
MovieSolo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Tobias Beckett
MovieShock and Awe
2017
as Jonathan Landay
MovieThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Willoughby
MovieLBJ
2017
as Lyndon B. Johnson
MovieThe Glass Castle
2017
as Rex Walls
MovieWar for the Planet of the Apes
2017
as The Colonel
TVThe Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWilson
2017
as Wilson
MovieLost in London
2017
as Woody Harrelson
MovieThe Edge of Seventeen
2016
as Mr. Bruner
MovieThe Duel
2016
as Abraham Brant
MovieNow You See Me 2
2016
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
MoviePawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
MovieMust See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
MovieTriple 9
2016
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
MovieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Haymitch Abernathy
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TVHot Ones
2015
as Self
MovieThe Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
MovieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Haymitch Abernathy
MovieSurviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVTrue Detective
2014
as Martin Hart
MovieDavid Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
MovieThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Haymitch Abernathy
MovieOut of the Furnace
2013
as Harlan DeGroat
MovieFree Birds
2013
as Jake (voice)
MovieNow You See Me
2013
as Merritt McKinney
TVThe Frame
2013
as Haymitch Abernathy
MovieSeven Psychopaths
2012
as Charlie Costello
MovieHow to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012
as Self
MovieThe World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
MovieThe Hunger Games
2012
as Haymitch Abernathy
MovieWho Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieGame Change
2012
as Steve Schmidt
MovieMethod to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self
MovieRampart
2011
as Dave Brown
MovieFriends with Benefits
2011
as Tommy Bollinger
MovieThe (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
2011
as Self
MovieEthos
2011
as Host
MovieBunraku
2010
as The Bartender
Movie2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
MovieThe End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
MovieThe Messenger
2009
as Tony Stone
Movie2012
2009
as Charlie Frost
MovieMiloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
MovieZombieland
2009
as Tallahassee
MovieDefendor
2009
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
MovieManagement
2009
as Jango
MovieSimply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
2009
as Self
MovieSeven Pounds
2008
as Ezra Turner
The Hempire Strikes Back
2008
as Self
MovieSurfer, Dude
2008
as Jack
MovieHempsters: Plant the Seed
2008
as Himself
Burma: It Can't Wait
2008
as Divo
MovieSleepwalking
2008
as Randall
MovieNo Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
as Self
MovieSemi-Pro
2008
as Monix
MovieTransSiberian
2008
as Roy
MovieNo Country for Old Men
2007
as Carson Wells
MovieRaw for Life
2007
as Self
MovieBattle in Seattle
2007
as Dale
MovieThe Grand
2007
as One Eyed Jack Faro
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieThe Walker
2007
as Carter Page III
MovieNanking
2007
as Bob Wilson
MovieOne Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
as Self / Luckman
MovieThe Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006
as Self
MovieA Scanner Darkly
2006
as Ernie Luckman
MovieA Prairie Home Companion
2006
as Dusty
MovieThe Outsider
2005
as Self
MovieThe Big White
2005
as Raymond Barnell
MovieThe Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005
as Kelly Ryan
MovieNorth Country
2005
as Bill White
MovieLinklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
as Self
MovieAfter the Sunset
2004
as Stan Lloyd
MovieShe Hate Me
2004
as Leland Powell
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVCelebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
MovieScorched
2003
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
MovieThree Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
as Self - Host
MovieAnger Management
2003
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
MovieGo Further
2003
as Self
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThis So-Called Disaster
2003
as Taxi Driver
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAmerican Saint
2001
as Self
MovieWelcome to Hollywood
2000
as Woody Harrelson
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Woody Harrelson
MovieThe Directors: Milos Forman
2000
as Self
MoviePlay It to the Bone
1999
as Vince Boudreau
MovieGrass
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Woody Harrelson
MovieEDtv
1999
as Ray Pekurny
MovieThe Hi-Lo Country
1998
as Big Boy Matson
MovieThe Thin Red Line
1998
as Sgt. William Keck
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Nathan
MoviePalmetto
1998
as Harry Barber
MovieWag the Dog
1997
as Sergeant William Schumann
MovieWelcome to Sarajevo
1997
as Flynn
MovieThe People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
as Larry Flynt
TVSpin City
1996
as Tommy Dugan
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieKingpin
1996
as Roy Munson
MovieThe Sunchaser
1996
as Dr. Michael Reynolds
MovieMoney Train
1995
as Charlie
MovieNatural Born Killers
1994
as Mickey Knox
MovieThe Cowboy Way
1994
as Pepper Lewis
MovieI'll Do Anything
1994
as Ground Zero Hero
TVFrasier
1993
as Woody Boyd
MovieIndecent Proposal
1993
as David Murphy
MovieFor Our Children
1993
as Self
TVHBO First Look
1992
TVMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
MovieWhite Men Can't Jump
1992
as Billy Hoyle
MovieTed & Venus
1991
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
MovieDoc Hollywood
1991
as Hank Gordon
MovieL.A. Story
1991
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
MovieThe American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
MovieDisneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Woody Boyd
MovieMother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
as Lou the Lamb
MovieThe Earth Day Special
1990
as Woody Boyd
MovieCool Blue
1990
as Dustin
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Woody Boyd (voice)
MovieTrue Believer
1989
as Man in Dodd's office
MovieKiller Instinct
1988
as Charlie Long
MovieMickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Woody Boyd
TVDear John
1988
as Richard
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
MovieShe's Having a Baby
1988
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
MoviePaul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
as Self
MovieBay Coven
1987
as Slater
MovieWildcats
1986
as Krushinski
TVCheers
1982
as Woody Boyd
MovieHarper Valley P.T.A.
1978
as Extra (uncredited)
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Woody Boyd
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Sailing
Lips Like Sugar
as John Carr
Fruitloops
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
as Felix Kersten
The Cackling of the Dodos
