Woody Harrelson
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Biography
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).
Known For
The Oscars
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
E! True Hollywood Story
Real Time with Bill Maher
Will & Grace
Frasier
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Honest Trailers
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Simpsons
The Graham Norton Show
Curb Your Enthusiasm
HBO First Look
The Daily Show
Celebrities Uncensored
Dear John
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
She's Having a Baby
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Wildcats
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
True Detective
Anger Management
Venom
Cheers
2012
A Prairie Home Companion
Friends with Benefits
Triple 9
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
The Thin Red Line
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Surfer, Dude
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Wag the Dog
No Country for Old Men
Now You See Me
The Electric State
Kate
After the Sunset
Out of the Furnace
Suncoast
Triangle of Sadness
Fly Me to the Moon
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Seven Pounds
Indecent Proposal
Bunraku
Midway
Now You See Me 2
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The Edge of Seventeen
Money Train
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Highwaymen
The Glass Castle
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
The Messenger
Brother from Another Mother
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Man from Toronto
Zombieland
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Now You See Me 3
Free Jimmy
Natural Born Killers
White House Plumbers
Zombieland: Double Tap
Kingpin
Champions
Production Credits
Originals for Netflix
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