Born 1961 (age 64) · Midland, Texas, USA
Appears in 184 titles

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

The Hunger Games
7.2
The Hunger Games
2012
as Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.4
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Haymitch Abernathy
Venom
6.8
Venom
2018
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Now You See Me
7.3
Now You See Me
2013
as Merritt McKinney
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
6.8
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
6.9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Haymitch Abernathy
No Country for Old Men
8.0
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Carson Wells
Zombieland
7.3
Zombieland
2009
as Tallahassee
2012
5.9
2012
2009
as Charlie Frost
Now You See Me 2
6.8
Now You See Me 2
2016
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
6.7
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
War for the Planet of the Apes
7.2
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
as The Colonel
Solo: A Star Wars Story
6.6
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Tobias Beckett
Friends with Benefits
6.6
Friends with Benefits
2011
as Tommy Bollinger
Seven Pounds
7.6
Seven Pounds
2008
as Ezra Turner
Zombieland: Double Tap
6.9
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
as Tallahassee
Seven Psychopaths
6.8
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Charlie Costello
The Edge of Seventeen
7.2
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
as Mr. Bruner
Natural Born Killers
7.1
Natural Born Killers
1994
as Mickey Knox