Woody Harrelson
Known For
Acting
Born
1961-07-23 in Midland, Texas, USA
Biography
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is a European-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).
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Woody Boyd (voice)
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Merritt McKinney
True Detective
as Martin Hart
Frasier
as Woody Boyd
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Woody Harrelson
Cheers
as Woody Boyd
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Hot Ones
as Self
Will & Grace
as Nathan