Acting credits
173
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Woody Harrelson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
5.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 144Series: 31Crew credits: 9
TMDB ID: 57755
IMDb ID: nm0000437
Known for: Acting
Born: July 23, 1961
Age: 64
Place of birth: Midland, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
Wikidata: Q201279
Also known as
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
Other jobs
Executive Producer (6)Producer (2)Thanks (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Woody Harrelson.
May 1
Animal Farm
as Boxer (voice)
2026 Movie
5.7
Ella McCay
as Eddie McCay
2025 Movie
6.5
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Merritt McKinney
2025 Movie
Kuleana
as Narrator (voice)
2025 Movie
6.5
The Electric State
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
2025 Movie
6.9
Last Breath
as Duncan Allcock
2025 Movie
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025 Movie
6.8
Fly Me to the Moon
as Moe Berkus
2024 Movie
6.7
Suncoast
as Paul
2024 Movie
6.1
Common Ground
as Self
2023 Movie
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
as Self
2023 Movie
6.7
Champions
as Marcus
2023 Movie
8.2
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
6.4
The Man from Toronto
as The Man from Toronto
2022 Movie
7.0
Triangle of Sadness
as The Captain
2022 Movie
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
as Self
2022 Movie
6.0
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
as Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
6.8
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2021 Movie
6.6
Kate
as Varrick
2021 Movie
7.7
Kiss the Ground
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020 Movie
6.1
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Archie Bunker
2019 Movie
7.1
Midway
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
2019 Movie
6.9
Zombieland: Double Tap
as Tallahassee
2019 Movie
6.6
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Archie Bunker
2019 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Woody Harrelson.
6.2
White House Plumbers
as E. Howard Hunt • 5 eps
2023 Series
5.6
The Freak Brothers
as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice) • 16 eps
2021 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.3
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.9
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
8.3
True Detective
as Martin Hart • 8 eps
2014 Series
10.0
The Frame
as Haymitch Abernathy • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
4.0
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Woody Harrelson • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.8
Will & Grace
as Nathan • 8 eps
1998 Series
7.1
Spin City
as Tommy Dugan • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
2 eps
1996 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.7
Frasier
as Woody Boyd • 1 eps
1993 Series
4.9
HBO First Look
1 eps
1992 Series
8.1
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1992 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Woody Boyd (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series