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Academy Award-nominee Woody Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas. He grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, and, after receiving degrees in theater arts and English from Hannover College, had a brief stint in New York theater. He was soon cast as Woody on TV series Cheers, which wound up... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (73 titles)
2013 Free Birds (post-production)
Jake (voice)
 
2013 True Detective (TV series)
Martin Hart
 
2012 Game Change (TV movie)
Steve Schmidt
 
2011 Friends with Benefits
Tommy
 
2009/I 2012
Charlie Frost
 
2008 Seven Pounds
Ezra
 
2008 Management
Jango
 
2008 Semi-Pro
Monix
 
2008 Transsiberian
Roy
 
2006 Free Jimmy
Roy Arnie (voice: English version)
 
2005 The Big White
Raymond Barnell
 
2004 She Hate Me
Leland Powell
 
2003/I Scorched
Jason 'Woods' Valley
 
2001 Will & Grace (TV series)
Nathan
Past and Presents (2001) … Nathan
Sons and Lovers (2001) … Nathan
 
1999 Edtv
Ray Pekurny
 
1999 Frasier (TV series)
Woody Boyd
 
1998 The Hi-Lo Country
Big Boy Matson
 
1998 Ellen (TV series)
Henry
Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 2 (1998) … Henry (uncredited)
 
1997 Wag the Dog
Sergeant William Schumann
 
1996 Spin City (TV series)
Tommy Dugan
Meet Tommy Dugan (1996) … Tommy Dugan
 
1996 The Sunchaser
Dr. Michael Reynolds
 
1994 The Simpsons (TV series)
Woody Boyd
Fear of Flying (1994) … Woody Boyd (voice)
 
1994 I'll Do Anything
Ground Zero Hero
 
1985-1993 Cheers (TV series)
Woody Boyd
One for the Road (1993) … Woody Boyd
 
1991 Ted & Venus
Homeless Vietnam Veteran
 
1991 L.A. Story
Harris' Boss (uncredited)
 
1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (TV movie)
Lou the Lamb
 
1990 Cool Blue (video)
Dustin
 
1989 Dear John (TV series)
Richard
Love and Marriage (1989) … Richard
 
1989 True Believer
Man in Dodd's office (uncredited)
 
1988 Killer Instinct (TV movie)
Charlie Long
 
1988 Mickey's 60th Birthday (TV movie)
Woody Boyd
 
1987 Bay Coven (TV movie)
Slater
 
1987 Paul Reiser Out on a Whim (TV movie)
 
1978 Harper Valley P.T.A.
Extra (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
2006 A Prairie Home Companion (performer: "I Used To Work In Chicago", "Whoop-I-Ti-Yi-Yo", "She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured", "Bad Jokes")
 
2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (performer: "Sitting on Top of the World" 1925, "Bye Bye Blues" 1930)
 
1985-1993 Cheers (TV series)
Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey (1993) (performer: "Getting To Know You" - uncredited)
Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real (1992) (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" - uncredited)
One Hugs, the Other Doesn't (1992) (performer: "555-6792" - uncredited)
Severe Crane Damage (1990) (performer: "We Will Rock You" - uncredited)
Please Mr. Postman (1989) (performer: "Ballad of the Green Berets" - uncredited)
 
1992 White Men Can't Jump (writer: "GLORIA")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1992 The Panama Deception (documentary) (additional supporter)
 
Show ShowThanks (8 titles)
2011/I Ethos (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2010 A Backyard Story (grateful acknowledgment)
 
2008 The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2008 HBO First Look (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
Semi-Pro (2008) (special thanks)
 
2006 Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2003 Skull Session: The Making of 'Anger Management' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1995 Fast Track (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (109 titles)
2009-2013 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.30 (2013) … Himself
Episode dated 19 March 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode #5.8 (2009) … Himself
 
2013 Weekend Ticket (TV series short)
Himself
Episode #1.12 (2013) … Himself
 
1997-2013 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
Episode dated 22 May 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
Episode #19.168 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode #19.83 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode #17.18 (2009) … Himself
Episode #15.77 (2008) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #1.768 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 How to Make Money Selling Drugs (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (TV series)
Himself
Sitcom Stars (2012) … Himself
 
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008-2012 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 August 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 20 March 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 29 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 27 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2009-2012 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Woody Harrelson (2012) … Himself - Guest
Woody Harrelson (2009) … Himself - Guest
 
2010-2012 Soccer Aid (TV mini-series)
Himself / Himself - Rest of the World Team
Episode #4.4 (2012) … Himself
Soccer Aid 2010 (2010) … Himself - Rest of the World Team
 
2012 Milos Forman, un outsider à Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2004-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 9 February 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 8 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2012 MSN Exclusives (TV series)
Himself
 
2008-2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #10.102 (2012) … Himself
Episode #8.24 (2009) … Himself
Episode #6.38 (2008) … Himself
 
2012 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 1 January 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Comedy of a Sexomedy (video short)
Himself
 
2011 55th BFI London Film Festival (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.130 (2011) … Himself
 
2011/I Ethos (documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2011 The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Hempsters: Plant the Seed (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Moving Pictures Live! (TV series)
Himself
Fantasy (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Cove: My Friend is... (short)
Himself
 
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2010 The Fabulous Picture Show (TV series)
Himself
Team Qatar (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Roland Emmerich: Master of the Modern Epic (video short)
Himself
 
2010 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.106 (2010) … Himself
 
2008-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 February 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 8 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 24 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 1 January 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 24 December 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2010 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Guión busca estrella (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2010 Sundance Skippy (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2010 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008-2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 December 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 14 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 25 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2009 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.47 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Roland Emmerich - Mein Leben (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2009 NBK Evolution: How Would It All Go Down Now? (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008-2009 The View (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 29 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2009 Scream Awards 2009 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Milos Forman: What doesn't kill you... (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days. (documentary)
Himself
 
2008/I Fuel (documentary)
Himself - Actor/Environmentalist
 
2008 Cartelera (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Charity Poker Festival (TV movie)
Himself - Poker player #7
 
2000-2008 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
Charlize Theron (2008) … Himself
Michael J. Fox (2006) … Himself
Jennifer Lopez (2004) … Himself
Cheers (2000) … Himself
 
2008 Weekend Sunrise (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
1995-2008 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
Semi-Pro (2008) … Himself
Money Train (1995) … Himself
 
2008 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Cast in a Motion Picture
 
2008 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
Sundance Film Festival: Part I (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Fields of Fuel (documentary)
Himself - Actor/Environmentalist
 
2007 Ecoist (TV series)
Himself
Woody Harrelson … Himself
 
2007 Nanking (documentary)
Bob Wilson
 
2006 The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Luckman'
 
2006 One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Luckman'
 
2006 Sp!t (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Bigger Picture (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.6 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 A Prairie Home Companion: Exclusive Sneak Peek (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
Episode #9.9 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Outsider (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Before, During and 'After the Sunset' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Every Twenty One Seconds (documentary)
Narrator (unconfirmed)
 
2004 The Art Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
Woody Harrelson (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
1993-2004 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #12.189 (2004) … Himself
Episode dated 16 December 1998 (1998) … Himself
Episode dated 17 February 1998 (1998) … Himself
Episode #2.58 (1993) … Himself
 
2003 Skull Session: The Making of 'Anger Management' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Larry Flynt Exposed (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Host
 
2003 Go Further (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.3 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 American Saint
Himself
 
2001 Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 December 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Power Vision - Pop Galerie (TV series documentary)
Himself
Courtney Love (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Grass (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Films of Adrian Lyne … Himself
The Films of Barry Levinson … Himself
The Films of Milos Forman … Himself
 
1999 Edtv: Caught in the Camera's Eye (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Music Bridges Over Troubled Waters (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Welcome to Hollywood
Himself
 
1998 Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (TV special)
Himself - Audience (uncredited)
 
1998 1998 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1997 I Think I Cannes
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1997 The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
 
1996 The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1993 Cheers: Last Call! (TV short)
Himself (also archive footage) / Woody Boyd (also archive footage)
 
1993 The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Himself - Accepting Special Award for Cheers
 
1989-1992 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself / Various
Woody Harrelson/Vanessa Williams (1992) … Himself - Host
Kirstie Alley/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1991) … Himself (uncredited)
Woody Harrelson/David Byrne (1989) … Himself - Host/Various
 
1990 Cheers (TV series)
Himself / Woody Boyd
200th Anniversary Special (1990) … Himself / Woody Boyd
 
1990 The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1990 Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 The Earth Day Special (TV special)
Woody Boyd
 
1990 Comedy Club All-Star 4 with Woody Harrelson (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1989 Kenny Rogers Classic Weekend (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 The 40th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1988 A.M. Los Angeles (TV series)
Himself
Episode #18.5 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 She's Having a Baby
Himself (uncredited)
 
1987 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 August 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 The 39th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (20 titles)
2013 The Frame (TV series)
 
2013 Movie Guide (TV series)
 
2013 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee
 
2008-2012 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
 
2012 Chelsea Lately (TV series)
 
2009 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas (TV movie)
Vince Boudreau
 
2007 Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Opening Soon (TV series)
 
2005 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
2005 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2004 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (TV special documentary)
Himself - #71: Woody Harrelson's Oxygen Bar
 
2003-2004 Celebrities Uncensored (TV series)
 
2004 Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (TV documentary)
 
2002 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Sings backing vocals on the 2003-song "Little Brother" by Hootie & The Blowfish. See more »

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Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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I was about 24 years old and I had tons of acne and mucus. I met some random girl on a bus who told me to quit dairy and all those symptoms would go away three days later. By God, she was right! See more »

Trivia:

Close friend of Michael J. Fox. See more »

Trademark:

Southern accent See more »

Star Sign:

Leo