Woody Harrelson

63, from Midland, Texas, USA

Artwork for The Hunger Games: Catching FireImage of Woody Harrelson

Biography

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).

Timeline

2025Aged 64

  • Poster for Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Self

  • Poster for Last Breath

    Duncan Allcock

  • Poster for The Electric State

    Mr. Peanut (voice)

  • Poster for Animal Farm

    Boxer (voice)

  • Poster for Now You See Me: Now You Don't

    Merritt McKinney

  • Poster for Ella McCay

    (Unknown)

2024Aged 63

  • Poster for Suncoast

    Paul

  • Poster for Fly Me to the Moon

    Moe Berkus

2023Aged 62

  • Poster for Champions

    Marcus

  • Poster for Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

    Self

  • Poster for Common Ground

    Self

2022Aged 61

  • Poster for Breakthrough

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon

    Self

  • Poster for Triangle of Sadness

    The Captain

  • Poster for The Man from Toronto

    The Man From Toronto

  • Poster for The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

    Executive Producer

2021Aged 60

  • Poster for Kate

    Varrick

  • Poster for Venom: Let There Be Carnage

    Cletus Kasady / Carnage

  • Poster for Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

    Narrator (voice)

2020Aged 59

2019Aged 58

  • Poster for The Highwaymen

    Manny Gault

  • Poster for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's

    Archie Bunker

  • Poster for Zombieland: Double Tap

    Tallahassee

  • Poster for Midway

    Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

  • Poster for Live in Front of a Studio Audience:

    Archie Bunker

2018Aged 57

  • Poster for Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Tobias Beckett

  • Poster for The Origins of Ebbing

    Self

  • Poster for Venom

    Cletus Kasady / Carnage

2017Aged 56

  • Poster for Lost in London

    Woody Harrelson

  • Poster for Wilson

    Wilson

  • Poster for War for the Planet of the Apes

    The Colonel

  • Poster for The Glass Castle

    Rex Walls

  • Poster for LBJ

    Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Poster for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Bill Willoughby

  • Poster for Shock and Awe

    Jonathan Landay

2016Aged 55

  • Poster for Triple 9

    Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen

  • Poster for Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

    Self

  • Poster for Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

    Self (Haymitch Abernathy)

  • Poster for Now You See Me 2

    Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney

  • Poster for The Duel

    Abraham Brant

  • Poster for The Edge of Seventeen

    Mr. Bruner

2015Aged 54

  • Poster for The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

    Self (Haymitch Abernathy)

  • Poster for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    Haymitch Abernathy

2014Aged 53

  • Poster for Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Self (Haymitch Abernathy)

  • Poster for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    Haymitch Abernathy

2013Aged 52

  • Poster for Now You See Me

    Merritt McKinney

  • Poster for Free Birds

    Jake (voice)

  • Poster for Out of the Furnace

    Harlan DeGroat

  • Poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Haymitch Abernathy

  • Poster for David Blaine: Real or Magic

    Self

2012Aged 51

  • Poster for Game Change

    Steve Schmidt

  • Poster for Who Bombed Judi Bari?

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Hunger Games

    Haymitch Abernathy

  • Poster for The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

    Self (Haymitch Abernathy)

  • Poster for How to Make Money Selling Drugs

    Self

  • Poster for Seven Psychopaths

    Charlie Costello

2011Aged 50

  • Poster for Ethos

    Host

  • Poster for The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

    Self

  • Poster for Friends with Benefits

    Tommy Bollinger

  • Poster for Rampart

    Dave Brown

  • Poster for Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Self

2010Aged 49

  • Poster for The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

    Self

  • Poster for 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    Self

  • Poster for Bunraku

    The Bartender

2009Aged 48

  • Poster for Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

    Self

  • Poster for Management

    Jango

  • Poster for Defendor

    Arthur Poppington / Defendor

  • Poster for Zombieland

    Tallahassee

  • Poster for Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

    Self

  • Poster for 2012

    Charlie Frost

  • Poster for The Messenger

    Tony Stone

2008Aged 47

2007Aged 46

  • Poster for Nanking

    Bob Wilson

  • Poster for The Walker

    Carter Page III

  • Poster for The Grand

    One Eyed Jack Faro

  • Poster for No Country for Old Men

    Carson Wells

  • Poster for Battle in Seattle

    Dale

  • Poster for Raw for Life

    Self

2006Aged 45

  • Poster for A Prairie Home Companion

    Dusty

  • Poster for A Scanner Darkly

    Ernie Luckman

  • Poster for One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

    Self / Luckman

2005Aged 44

  • Poster for North Country

    Bill White

  • Poster for The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

    Kelly Ryan

  • Poster for The Big White

    Raymond Barnell

  • Poster for The Outsider

    Self

2004Aged 43

  • Poster for She Hate Me

    Leland Powell

  • Poster for After the Sunset

    Stan Lloyd

2003Aged 42

  • Poster for This So-Called Disaster

    Taxi Driver

  • Poster for Go Further

    Self

  • Poster for Anger Management

    Galaxia / Security Guard Gary

  • Poster for Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

    Host

  • Poster for Scorched

    Jason 'Woods' Valley

2001Aged 40

  • Poster for American Saint

    Self

2000Aged 39

  • Poster for The Directors: Milos Forman

    Self

1999Aged 38

  • Poster for EDtv

    Ray Pekurny

  • Poster for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Woody Harrelson

  • Poster for Grass

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Play It to the Bone

    Vince Boudreau

1998Aged 37

  • Poster for Palmetto

    Harry Barber

  • Poster for Welcome to Hollywood

    Woody Harrelson

  • Poster for The Thin Red Line

    Sgt. William Keck

  • Poster for The Hi-Lo Country

    Big Boy Matson

1997Aged 36

  • Poster for Welcome to Sarajevo

    Flynn

  • Poster for Wag the Dog

    Sergeant William Schumann

1996Aged 35

  • Poster for The Sunchaser

    Dr. Michael Reynolds

  • Poster for Kingpin

    Roy Munson

  • Poster for The People vs. Larry Flynt

    Larry Flynt

1995Aged 34

  • Poster for Money Train

    Charlie

1994Aged 33

  • Poster for I'll Do Anything

    Ground Zero Hero

  • Poster for The Cowboy Way

    Pepper Lewis

  • Poster for Natural Born Killers

    Mickey Knox

1993Aged 32

  • Poster for For Our Children

    Self

  • Poster for Indecent Proposal

    David Murphy

1992Aged 31

  • Poster for White Men Can't Jump

    Billy Hoyle

  • Poster for The Panama Deception

    Thanks

1991Aged 30

  • Poster for L.A. Story

    Harris' Boss (uncredited)

  • Poster for Doc Hollywood

    Hank Gordon

  • Poster for Ted & Venus

    Homeless Vietnam Veteran

1990Aged 29

  • Poster for Cool Blue

    Dustin

  • Poster for The Earth Day Special

    Woody Boyd

  • Poster for Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

    Lou the Lamb

  • Poster for Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

    Self

  • Poster for The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

    (Unknown)

1989Aged 28

  • Poster for True Believer

    Man in Dodd's office

1988Aged 27

  • Poster for She's Having a Baby

    Woody Harrelson (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mickey's 60th Birthday

    Woody Boyd

  • Poster for Killer Instinct

    Charlie Long

1987Aged 26

  • Poster for Bay Coven

    Slater

  • Poster for Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

    Self

1986Aged 25

  • Poster for Wildcats

    Krushinski

1978Aged 17

  • Poster for Harper Valley P.T.A.

    Extra (uncredited)

Year unknown