Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an 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 rec ... eived 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Woody Harrelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | The Cowboy Way | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | Angel Wars: The Messengers | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | The Messenger | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Messenger | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Hurt Locker | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Up in the Air | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | The Messenger | Nominated |
| Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Edge of Seventeen | Won |
Cheers
as Woody Boyd
Episodes: 200
First Aired: Sep 30, 1982
The Freak Brothers
as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Nov 14, 2021
Will & Grace
as Nathan
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 21, 1998
True Detective
as Martin Hart
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jan 12, 2014
White House Plumbers
as E. Howard Hunt
Episodes: 5
First Aired: May 01, 2023
The Simpsons
as Woody Boyd (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Spin City
as Tommy Dugan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1996
Frasier
as Woody Boyd
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1993
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Woody Harrelson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 2000
The Frame
as Haymitch Abernathy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 2013
Honest Trailers
as Haymitch Abernathy (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 2012
Dear John
as Richard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1988
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 04, 2003
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 21, 2003
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self / Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1992
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 09, 2017
Brother from Another Mother
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
HBO First Look
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 12, 1992
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