Person Details
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Aliases: Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Midland, Texas, USA
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Movie Involvements: 93
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
Biography
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Harrelson 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 a total of five nominations. He went on to receive three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), and Best Supporting Actor for both The Messenger (2009) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Harrelson was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Marty Hart in the crime anthology series True Detective (2014).
Most Famous Work
True Detective
(2014) Martin HartHonest Trailers
(2012) Haymitch Abernathy (archive footage)Basketball: A Love Story
(2018) Self (archive footage)Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(2021) Cletus Kasady / CarnageVenom
(2018) Cletus Kasady / CarnageWar for the Planet of the Apes
(2017) The ColonelThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(2014) Haymitch AbernathyThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(2013) Haymitch AbernathyActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2025 | Merritt McKinney | |
N/A | ||
2024 | Moe Berkus | |
Paul | ||
2023 | Self | |
N/A | ||
E. Howard Hunt | ||
Marcus | ||
Hank Gordon (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
2022 | The Man From Toronto | |
The Captain | ||
Self | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2021 | Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice) | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
Cletus Kasady / Carnage | ||
Varrick | ||
2020 | Narrator (voice) | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
2019 | Archie Bunker | |
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz | ||
Tallahassee | ||
Archie Bunker | ||
Manny Gault | ||
2018 | Cletus Kasady / Carnage | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
Jonathan Landay | ||
Self | ||
Tobias Beckett | ||
2017 | Bill Willoughby | |
Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
Rex Walls | ||
The Colonel | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
Wilson | ||
Woody Harrelson | ||
2016 | Mr. Bruner | |
Abraham Brant | ||
Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney | ||
Self (Haymitch Abernathy) | ||
Self | ||
Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen | ||
2015 | Haymitch Abernathy | |
N/A | ||
Aaron Brown | ||
Self (Haymitch Abernathy) | ||
2014 | Haymitch Abernathy | |
Self (Haymitch Abernathy) | ||
Self | ||
Martin Hart | ||
2013 | Self | |
Haymitch Abernathy | ||
Harlan DeGroat | ||
Jake (voice) | ||
Merritt McKinney | ||
Haymitch Abernathy | ||
2012 | Charlie Costello | |
Self | ||
Self (Haymitch Abernathy) | ||
Haymitch Abernathy | ||
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
Steve Schmidt | ||
Haymitch Abernathy (archive footage) | ||
2011 | Self | |
Dave Brown | ||
Tommy Bollinger | ||
Self | ||
Host | ||
2010 | The Bartender | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
2009 | Tony Stone | |
Charlie Frost | ||
Self | ||
Tallahassee | ||
Arthur Poppington / Defendor | ||
Jango | ||
Self | ||
2008 | Ezra Turner | |
Jack | ||
Himself | ||
Divo | ||
Randall | ||
Self | ||
Monix | ||
Roy | ||
2007 | Self | |
Dale | ||
Carson Wells | ||
One Eyed Jack Faro | ||
Self | ||
Carter Page III | ||
Bob Wilson | ||
2006 | Self / Luckman | |
Ernie Luckman | ||
Dusty | ||
Roy Arnie (voice) | ||
2005 | Self | |
Raymond Barnell | ||
Kelly Ryan | ||
Bill White | ||
2004 | Stan Lloyd | |
Leland Powell | ||
2003 | Self | |
Self | ||
Jason 'Woods' Valley | ||
Host | ||
Galaxia / Security Guard Gary | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Taxi Driver | ||
2001 | Self | |
2000 | Woody Harrelson | |
1999 | Vince Boudreau | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
Woody Harrelson | ||
Ray Pekurny | ||
1998 | Big Boy Matson | |
Sgt. William Keck | ||
Woody Harrelson | ||
Nathan | ||
Harry Barber | ||
1997 | Sergeant William Schumann | |
Flynn | ||
1996 | Larry Flynt | |
Tommy Dugan | ||
N/A | ||
Self | ||
Roy Munson | ||
Dr. Michael Reynolds | ||
1995 | Charlie | |
1994 | Mickey Knox | |
Pepper Lewis | ||
Ground Zero Hero | ||
1993 | Woody Boyd | |
David Murphy | ||
Self | ||
1992 | N/A | |
Self / Presenter | ||
Billy Hoyle | ||
1991 | Homeless Vietnam Veteran | |
Hank Gordon | ||
Harris' Boss (uncredited) | ||
1990 | N/A | |
Self | ||
Lou the Lamb | ||
Woody Boyd | ||
Dustin | ||
1989 | Woody Boyd (voice) | |
Man in Dodd's office | ||
1988 | Charlie Long | |
Woody Boyd | ||
Richard | ||
N/A | ||
Woody Harrelson (uncredited) | ||
1987 | Self | |
Slater | ||
1986 | Krushinski | |
1982 | Woody Boyd | |
1978 | Extra (uncredited) | |
1975 | Self - Host | |
Self - Cameo (uncredited) | ||
1962 | Self | |
1953 | Self | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
John Carr | ||
Nick Laine | ||
Felix Kersten | ||
Self | ||
Himself | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2023 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2022 | Executive Producer | |
2019 | Executive Producer | |
2017 | Producer | |
2014 | Executive Producer | |
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2017 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2017 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |