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Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Birthday: 1961-07-23 | Place of Birth: Midland, Texas, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Breakthrough

as    Narrator (voice)

2022
Triangle of Sadness

as    The Captain

2022
The Man from Toronto

as    The Man From Toronto

2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage

as    Cletus Kasady / Carnage

2021
The Freak Brothers

as    Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)

2021
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

as    Narrator (voice)

2021
Kate

as    Varrick

2020
Kiss the Ground

as    Narrator (voice)

2019
Midway

as    Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

2019
The Highwaymen

as    Manny Gault

2019
Zombieland: Double Tap

as    Tallahassee

2018
Venom

as    Cletus Kasady / Carnage

2018
Shock and Awe

as    Jonathan Landay

2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story

as    Tobias Beckett

2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

as    Bill Willoughby

2017
LBJ

as    Lyndon B. Johnson

2017
The Glass Castle

as    Rex Walls

2017
War for the Planet of the Apes

as    The Colonel

2017
Wilson

as    Wilson

2017
Lost in London

as    Woody Harrelson

2016
The Duel

as    Abraham Brant

2016
Now You See Me 2

as    Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney

2016
The Edge of Seventeen

as    Mr. Bruner

2016
Triple 9

as    Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen

2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

as    Haymitch Abernathy

2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

as    Haymitch Abernathy

2013
Out of the Furnace

as    Harlan DeGroat

2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as    Haymitch Abernathy

2013
Now You See Me

as    Merritt McKinney