Woody Harrelson filmography

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Woody Harrelson is an American actor who made his film debut as an uncredited extra in Harper Valley PTA (1978). His breakthrough role was as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1985–1993), which garnered Harrelson a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from a total of five nominations.[1] He would later reprise the character in other television shows, such as Frasier and The Simpsons. In 1992, Harrelson starred opposite Wesley Snipes in White Men Can't Jump. He then appeared in the Oliver Stone-directed Natural Born Killers (1994) alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Downey Jr. For his performance as free-speech activist Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Actor.[2][3] In Harrelson's own words, The People vs. Larry Flynt is his favorite movie he's made and the best movie he's made.[4] He next appeared in The Thin Red Line (1998).

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Harrelson at the 2009 premiere of Zombieland

From 1999 to 2000, Harrelson acted in the Broadway revival of The Rainmaker. He then had a minor role in the 2003 comedy Anger Management. From 2005 to 2006, Harrelson played Rev. Shannon in a London production of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana. His next film role was as bounty hunter Carson Wells in the Coen brothers-directed No Country for Old Men (2007), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.[5] That year he also portrayed physician Robert O. Wilson in the documentary Nanking. In 2008, Harrelson starred opposite Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro and Will Smith in Seven Pounds. His work in The Messenger (2009) garnered him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.[6] He then starred in Zombieland (2009), later returning to the franchise in Zombieland: Double Tap (2019).

Harrelson starred as Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games (2012). He would return to the role for three more films: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014), and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015). He then played the title role in the 2016 biopic LBJ. For his performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Harrelson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, but he lost both to co-star Sam Rockwell.[7][8] That year, he also portrayed the militaristic "Colonel" in War for the Planet of the Apes. The following year, he appeared in the Ron Howard-directed Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He then portrayed Admiral Chester Nimitz in the Roland Emmerich-directed Midway (2019), after having a minor role in Emmerich's 2012 (2009). During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, he portrayed candidate Joe Biden for multiple episodes of Saturday Night Live.[9] In 2021, Harrelson portrayed serial killer Cletus Kasady and voiced the symbiote Carnage in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Venom: Let There Be Carnage, having first played the former character in a mid-credits cameo in Venom (2018). Music video Blues Traveler song Anyway

Film

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Harrelson at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
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Harrelson at the premiere of Rampart (2011) at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival
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Harrelson promoting LBJ at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in 2016
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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1978 Harper Valley PTA Extra Uncredited [10]
1986 Wildcats Krushinski [11]
1990 Cool Blue Dustin [12]
1991 L.A. Story Station manager Uncredited [13]
Doc Hollywood Hank Gordon [14]
Ted & Venus Homeless Vietnam Veteran [15]
1992 White Men Can't Jump Billy Hoyle [16]
1993 Indecent Proposal David Murphy [17]
1994 Natural Born Killers Mickey Knox [18]
The Cowboy Way Pepper Lewis [19]
I'll Do Anything Ground Zero Hero [13]
1995 Money Train Charlie Robinson [20]
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Larry Flynt [11]
Kingpin Roy Munson [11]
The Sunchaser Dr. Michael Reynolds [21]
1997 Wag the Dog Sgt. William Schumann [11]
Welcome to Sarajevo Jordan Flynn [11]
1998 The Thin Red Line Sgt. William Keck [22]
Palmetto Harry Barber [23]
The Hi-Lo Country Big Boy Matson [24]
1999 Play It to the Bone Vince Boudreau [25]
EDtv Ray Pekurny [26]
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Himself [27]
Grass Narrator (voice) [28]
2000 Welcome To Hollywood Himself Cameo
2003 Anger Management Galaxia / Security Gary [29]
Go Further Himself [30]
Scorched Jason "Woods" Valley [31]
2004 After the Sunset Stanley "Stan" P. Lloyd [32]
She Hate Me Lenald Power [33]
2005 North Country Bill White [34]
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Leo "Kelly" Ryan [35]
The Big White Raymond "Ray" Barnell [36]
2006 Free Jimmy Roy Arnie (voice) [37]
A Scanner Darkly Ernie Luckman [38]
A Prairie Home Companion Dusty [39]
2007 The Walker Carter Page III [40]
No Country for Old Men Carson Wells [41]
Battle in Seattle Dale [42]
The Grand One Eyed Jack Faro [43]
Nanking Robert O. "Bob" Wilson [44]
2008 Semi-Pro Ed Monix [45]
Sleepwalking Randall [46]
Transsiberian Roy [47]
Surfer, Dude Jack Mayweather [48]
Management Jango [11]
Seven Pounds Ezra Turner [49]
2009 The Messenger Captain Anthony "Tony" Stone [50]
Defendor Arthur Poppington / Defendor [50]
Zombieland Tallahassee [50]
2012 Charlie Frost [50]
2010 Bunraku The Bartender [51]
Hempsters: Plant the Seed Himself [52]
2011 Friends with Benefits Tommy Bollinger [53]
Ethos Narrator (voice) [54]
Rampart David Douglas "Dave" Brown [55]
2012 The Hunger Games Haymitch Abernathy [56]
Seven Psychopaths Charlie Costello [57]
2013 How to Make Money Selling Drugs Himself [58]
Now You See Me Merritt McKinney [59]
Out of the Furnace Harlan DeGroat [60]
Free Birds Jake (voice) [61]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Haymitch Abernathy [62]
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 [63]
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 [64]
2016 Triple 9 Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen [65]
Now You See Me 2 Chase McKinney / Merritt McKinney [66]
The Duel Abraham Brant [67]
LBJ Lyndon B. Johnson [68]
The Edge of Seventeen Max Bruner [69]
2017 Lost in London Himself Also director, producer and writer [70]
Wilson Wilson [71]
War for the Planet of the Apes Colonel J. Wesley McCullough [72]
The Glass Castle Rex Walls [73]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sheriff Bill Willoughby [74]
Shock and Awe Jonathan Landay [75]
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Tobias Beckett [76]
Venom Cletus Kasady / Red Mid-credits cameo [77]
2019 The Highwaymen Maney Gault Also executive producer [78]
Zombieland: Double Tap Tallahassee [79]
Midway Admiral Chester Nimitz [80]
2020 Kiss the Ground Narrator [81]
2021 Kate Varrick [82]
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Cletus Kasady / Carnage (voice) [83]
2022 Triangle of Sadness Captain Thomas Smith [84]
The Man from Toronto Randy [85]
2023 Champions Marcus Marakovich Also executive producer [86]
Common Ground Himself [87]
2024 Suncoast Paul Warren [88]
Fly Me to the Moon Moe Berkus [89]
2025 Last Breath Duncan Allcock [90]
The Electric State Mr. Peanut (voice) [91]
Animal Farm Boxer (voice) Voice, theatrical release in 2026 [92]
Now You See Me: Now You Don't Merritt McKinney [93]
Ella McCay Eddie McCay [94]
TBA Full Phil † Philip Doom Post-production [95]
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Television

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Harrelson on the red carpet at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1988
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1985–1993 Cheers Woody Boyd 196 episodes [96]
1987 Bay Coven Slater Television film [97]
1988 Mickey's 60th Birthday Woody Boyd Television special [98]
1989 Dear John Richard Episode: "Love and Marriage" [99]
1989–2023 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) 5 episodes [13]
1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Lou the Lamb Television film [13]
1994 The Simpsons Woody Boyd (voice) Episode: "Fear of Flying" [100]
1996 Spin City Tommy Dugan Episode: "Meet Tommy Dugan" [13]
1999 Frasier Woody Boyd Episode: "The Show Where Woody Shows Up" [101]
2001–2002 Will & Grace Nathan 7 episodes [102]
2012 Game Change Steve Schmidt Television film [103]
2013 David Blaine: Real or Magic Himself Television special [104]
2014 True Detective Martin "Marty" Hart 8 episodes; also executive producer [105]
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience Archie Bunker 2 episodes [106]
Saturday Night Live Joe Biden 3 episodes [9]
2020–present The Freak Brothers Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice) Main role; also executive producer [107]
2021 Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself Episode: "The Watermelon" [108]
2023 White House Plumbers E. Howard Hunt 5 episodes; also executive producer [109]
TBA Brothers † Himself Main role, also executive producer [110]
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Theatre

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1985–1986 Biloxi Blues Joseph Wykowski,
Roy Selridge (standbys)		 Neil Simon Theatre [111]
1987–1988 The Boys Next Door Jack Lamb's Theatre [112]
1999–2000 The Rainmaker Bill Starbuck Brooks Atkinson Theatre [113]
2002 On an Average Day Bob Harold Pinter Theatre, London [114]
2005–2006 The Night of the Iguana Shannon Lyric Theatre, London [115]
2012 Bullet for Adolf — New World Stages Stage IV Director and playwright [116]
2023–2024 Ulster American Jay Riverside Studios, London [117]
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Music videos

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2015 "Song for Someone" U2 Songs of Innocence (single) [118]
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2023 White House Plumbers Podcast Himself 3 episodes
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