Woody Harrelson
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
Woody Boyd (voice)
1989
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Frasier
Woody Boyd
1993
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Woody Harrelson
2000
Series
True Detective
Martin Hart
2014
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Series
Cheers
Woody Boyd
1982
Series
Will & Grace
Nathan
1998
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
Spin City
Tommy Dugan
1996
Film
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Merritt McKinney
2025
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Film
No Country for Old Men
Carson Wells
2007
Film
Venom
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2018
Film
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2021
Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
Film
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Haymitch Abernathy
2014
Film
2012
Charlie Frost
2009
Film
Now You See Me
Merritt McKinney
2013
Film
Now You See Me 2
Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
2016
Series
Dear John
Richard
1988
Film
The Electric State
Mr. Peanut (voice)
2025
Film
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Haymitch Abernathy
2013
Film
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Tobias Beckett
2018
Film
Zombieland: Double Tap
Tallahassee
2019
Film
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Haymitch Abernathy
2015
Film
Triangle of Sadness
The Captain
2022
Film
Natural Born Killers
Mickey Knox
1994
Film
Zombieland
Tallahassee
2009
Film
The Hunger Games
Haymitch Abernathy
2012
Film
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Willoughby
2017
Film
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Colonel
2017
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
HBO First Look
1992
Film
The Thin Red Line
Sgt. William Keck
1998
Film
Indecent Proposal
David Murphy
1993
Film
Fly Me to the Moon
Moe Berkus
2024
Film
Midway
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
2019
Film
Friends with Benefits
Tommy Bollinger
2011
Film
The Man from Toronto
The Man from Toronto
2022
Film
The Edge of Seventeen
Mr. Bruner
2016
Series
White House Plumbers
E. Howard Hunt
2023
Film
Anger Management
Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
2003
Film
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Woody Harrelson
1999
Film
Triple 9
Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
2016
Film
Seven Psychopaths
Charlie Costello
2012
Film
Seven Pounds
Ezra Turner
2008
Film
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
1996
Film
After the Sunset
Stan Lloyd
2004
Film
The Glass Castle
Rex Walls
2017
Film
Free Birds
Jake (voice)
2013
Series
Brothers
Woody Harrelson
2026
Film
Last Breath
Duncan Allcock
2025
Film
Out of the Furnace
Harlan DeGroat
2013
Film
Ella McCay
Eddie McCay
2025
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Woody Boyd
1954
Film
Animal Farm
Boxer (voice)
2026
Film
White Men Can't Jump
Billy Hoyle
1992
Series
Mark Twain Prize
Self
1999
Film
Money Train
Charlie
1995
Film
Wag the Dog
Sergeant William Schumann
1997
Series
The Frame
Haymitch Abernathy
2013
Film
A Scanner Darkly
Ernie Luckman
2006
Series
The Freak Brothers
Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
2021
Series
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Highwaymen
Manny Gault
2019
Film
North Country
Bill White
2005
Film
Kingpin
Roy Munson
1996
Film
Semi-Pro
Monix
2008
Film
Play It to the Bone
Vince Boudreau
1999
Film
Kate
Varrick
2021
Film
Rampart
Dave Brown
2011
Film
Champions
Marcus
2023
Film
Shock and Awe
Jonathan Landay
2017
Film
The Messenger
Tony Stone
2009
Film
EDtv
Ray Pekurny
1999
Film
She's Having a Baby
Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
1988
Film
Doc Hollywood
Hank Gordon
1991
Film
Common Ground
Self
2023
Film
Bunraku
The Bartender
2010
Film
TransSiberian
Roy
2008
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
She Hate Me
Leland Powell
2004
Film
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Woody Boyd
1990
Film
The Big White
Raymond Barnell
2005
Film
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
Film
Defendor
Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2009
Film
Game Change
Steve Schmidt
2012
Film
The Duel
Abraham Brant
2016
Film
Battle in Seattle
Dale
2007
Film
Surfer, Dude
Jack
2008
Film
Wildcats
Krushinski
1986
Film
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
2017
Film
A Prairie Home Companion
Dusty
2006
Film
Scorched
Jason 'Woods' Valley
2003
Film
Wilson
Wilson
2017
Film
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
Film
Suncoast
Paul
2024
Film
L.A. Story
Harris' Boss (uncredited)
1991
Film
The Cowboy Way
Pepper Lewis
1994
Film
The Grand
One Eyed Jack Faro
2007
Film
True Believer
Man in Dodd's office
1989
Film
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
2010
Film
Welcome to Hollywood
Woody Harrelson
2000
Film
Welcome to Sarajevo
Flynn
1997
Film
Management
Jango
2009
Burma: It Can't Wait
Divo
2008
Film
Lost in London
Woody Harrelson
2017
Film
The Hi-Lo Country
Big Boy Matson
1998
Film
The Earth Day Special
Woody Boyd
1990
Film
Palmetto
Harry Barber
1998
Film
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Archie Bunker
2019
Film
The Walker
Carter Page III
2007
Film
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
2013
Film
Sleepwalking
Randall
2008
Film
The Sunchaser
Dr. Michael Reynolds
1996
Film
I'll Do Anything
Ground Zero Hero
1994
Film
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
2009
Film
Kiss the Ground
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Film
The Outsider
Self
2005
Film
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Kelly Ryan
2005
Film
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
2012
Film
Full Phil
Philip Doom
2026
Film
Grass
Narrator (voice)
1999
Film
Groundswell
Narrator (voice)
2026
Film
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
2015
Film
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2010
Film
The Origins of Ebbing
Self
2018
Film
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
2014
The Cackling of the Dodos
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Narrator (voice)
2002
Film
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
2022
Film
Cool Blue
Dustin
1990
Film
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2016
Film
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Woody Boyd
1988
Film
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Self
1987
Film
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
2006
Film
Nanking
Bob Wilson
2007
Film
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
2011
Film
Ted & Venus
Homeless Vietnam Veteran
1991
Lips Like Sugar
John Carr
Film
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Self
2012
Film
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Archie Bunker
2019
Film
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Self
2026
Film
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Extra (uncredited)
1978
Film
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Lou the Lamb
1990
Film
Bay Coven
Slater
1987
Film
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Self - Host
2003
Film
For Our Children
Self
1993
Film
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
Self
2009
Film
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Self
2011
Film
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Luckman
2006
Film
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
2008
Film
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
2023
Film
Kuleana
Narrator (voice)
2025
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Felix Kersten
Film
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
2004
Film
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Film
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Film
Ethos
Host
2011
The Men of Midway
Self
2020
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Self
2020
Film
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
Narrator (voice)
2021
Film
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
2000
Film
Breakthrough
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
Killer Instinct
Charlie Long
1988
Sailing
Film
American Saint
Self
2001
Film
Go Further
Self
2003
Film
This So-Called Disaster
Taxi Driver
2003
Film
Raw for Life
Self
2007
Film
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
Himself
2008
The Hempire Strikes Back
Self
2008
Fruitloops
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003