Woody Harrelson
Acting
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).
Born: July 23, 1961
Place of Birth: Midland, Texas, USA
Known For
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Woody Harrelson hosts a special tribute to the Three Stooges in honor of their 75th Anniversary. In addition to classic Stooges routines, there are feature film clips, ultra-rare shorts, solo appearances, and TV performances, rare home movies, and interviews with Stooge family members and special guest stars. A must for any Stooge fan? Why soitenly!
The Frame
A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and marketing. This is an amazing in-depth piece and it's notable how many women were involved in this production, from several Lionsgate executives to novelist Suzanne Collins herself. Jennifer Lawrence talks about her "hypocrisy" in not wanting to do a big budget blockbuster after having devoted herself to indies (despite X-Men, which she seems to discount somewhat). There's also a nice sequence on the strength and weight training the actors went through and the stunts that are so notable in the film, as well as having to dance around the violence implicit in the story due to the planned PG-13 rating the filmmakers were aiming for.
True Detective
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
A unique documentary that interlaces archival interviews with author Philip K. Dick with chats featuring cast and crew. Discussed are the origins of the story, parallels the cast and crew sees to the goings-on in today's world, and adapting the story for film, modern audiences, and its unique look.
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The annual film & TV awards show presented by MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV with winners decided online by the general public.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
The Simpsons
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Filmography
as Boxer (voice)
as Eddie McCay
as Merritt McKinney
as Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
as Duncan Allcock
as Moe Berkus
as Paul
as Self
as E. Howard Hunt
as Marcus
as The Man from Toronto
as The Captain
as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
as Varrick
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
as Tallahassee
as Self
as Manny Gault
as Narrator (voice)
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Tobias Beckett
as Jonathan Landay
as Bill Willoughby
as Lyndon B. Johnson
as Rex Walls
as The Colonel
as Self (archive footage)
as Wilson
as Woody Harrelson
as Mr. Bruner
as Abraham Brant
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
as Haymitch Abernathy
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
as Haymitch Abernathy
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
as Self
as Martin Hart
as Self
as Haymitch Abernathy
as Harlan DeGroat
as Jake (voice)
as Merritt McKinney
as Haymitch Abernathy
as Charlie Costello
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
as Haymitch Abernathy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Steve Schmidt
as Dave Brown
as Tommy Bollinger
as Host
as The Bartender
as Tony Stone
as Charlie Frost
as Tallahassee
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
as Jango
as Ezra Turner
as Jack
as Himself
as Randall
as Monix
as Roy
as Carson Wells
as Self
as Dale
as One Eyed Jack Faro
as Self
as Carter Page III
as Bob Wilson
as Self / Luckman
as Ernie Luckman
as Dusty
as Self
as Raymond Barnell
as Kelly Ryan
as Bill White
as Stan Lloyd
as Leland Powell
as Self
as Self
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
as Self - Host
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Taxi Driver
as Self
as Woody Harrelson
as Woody Harrelson
as Self
as Vince Boudreau
as Narrator (voice)
as Woody Harrelson
as Ray Pekurny
as Big Boy Matson
as Sgt. William Keck
as Nathan
as Harry Barber
as Sergeant William Schumann
as Flynn
as Larry Flynt
as Tommy Dugan
as Self
as Roy Munson
as Dr. Michael Reynolds
as Charlie
as Mickey Knox
as Pepper Lewis
as Ground Zero Hero
as Woody Boyd
as David Murphy
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Billy Hoyle
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
as Hank Gordon
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
as Lou the Lamb
as Woody Boyd
as Dustin
as Woody Boyd (voice)
as Man in Dodd's office
as Charlie Long
as Woody Boyd
as Richard
as Self
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
as Self
as Slater
as Krushinski
as Woody Boyd
as Extra (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Nick Laine
as John Carr