Biography
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).
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).
2026
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Character : Self
2026
Full Phil
Character : Philip Doom
2026
Groundswell
Character : Narrator (voice)
2026
Animal Farm
Character : Boxer (voice)
2025
Ella McCay
Character : Eddie McCay
2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Character : Merritt McKinney
2025
Kuleana
Character : Narrator (voice)
2025
The Electric State
Character : Mr. Peanut (voice)
2025
Last Breath
Character : Duncan Allcock
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Character : Self
2024
Girl from the North Country
Character : Nick Laine
2024
Fly Me to the Moon
Character : Moe Berkus
2024
Suncoast
Character : Paul
2023
Common Ground
Character : Self
2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Character : Self
2023
Champions
Character : Marcus
2022
The Man from Toronto
Character : The Man from Toronto
2022
Triangle of Sadness
Character : The Captain
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Character : Self
2021
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
Character : Narrator (voice)
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Character : Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2021
Kate
Character : Varrick
2020
Kiss the Ground
Character : Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
The Men of Midway
Character : Self
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- A.V. McDowell (1 time) The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Aaron Eckhart (3 times) The Men of Midway, Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission, Midway
- Aaron Heffernan (1 time) Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Aaron Hughes (1 time) Champions
- Aaron Lustig (2 times) L.A. Story, I'll Do Anything
- Aaron Mitchell (3 times) LBJ, Shock and Awe, The Highwaymen
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- Aaron Toney (2 times) Bunraku, Out of the Furnace
- Abbie Cornish (2 times) Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Abigail Breslin (2 times) Zombieland, Zombieland: Double Tap
- Achilles Vatrikas (1 time) Triangle of Sadness
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Adam Sandler (2 times) Anger Management, Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music - Adam Shapiro (1 time) Now You See Me
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- Aaron Lustig (2 times) L.A. Story, I'll Do Anything
- Aaron Mitchell (3 times) LBJ, Shock and Awe, The Highwaymen
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- Aaron Toney (2 times) Bunraku, Out of the Furnace
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- Aida Turturro (2 times) Play It to the Bone, Money Train
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Alec Baldwin (3 times) Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis, She's Having a Baby, Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music - Alex E. Jones (2 times) A Scanner Darkly, Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
- Alex Trebek (2 times) White Men Can't Jump, The Earth Day Special
- Alexander Ludwig (3 times) The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games, The Hunger Games, Midway
- Alexandra Castillo (2 times) 2012, Champions
- Amanda Peet (3 times) 2012, 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic, The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
- Amanda Warren (2 times) Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Amandla Stenberg (2 times) The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games, The Hunger Games
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Amber Heard (2 times) North Country, Zombieland - Amzie Strickland (2 times) Doc Hollywood, Harper Valley P.T.A.
- Andrea Martin (2 times) Wag the Dog, Ted & Venus
- Andrew Najar (2 times) Ella McCay, Shock and Awe
- André 3000 (2 times) Semi-Pro, Battle in Seattle
2012 (2009)
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