Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
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 received 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).
Acted in 117
2020s
- 2026
Full Phil
Philip Doom
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Archie Bunker
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Archie Bunker
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
The Grand
One Eyed Jack Faro
Nanking
Bob Wilson
- 2006
- 2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Kelly Ryan
- 2004
- 2003
This So-Called Disaster
Taxi Driver
- 2000
Welcome to Hollywood
Woody Harrelson
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
Ted & Venus
Homeless Vietnam Veteran
- 1990
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Movie
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Woody Boyd
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Lou the Lamb
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Killer Instinct
Charlie Long
- 1987
- 1986
- 1982
1970s
- 1978
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Extra (uncredited)
Produced 8
2020s
- 2026
- 2023
- 2022
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2014
Wrote 2
2020s
- 2026
2010s
- 2017
Directed 1
2010s
- 2017
Created 1
2020s
- 2026
Appearances61
2020s
- 2026
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Self
- 2025
Kuleana
Narrator (voice)
- 2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
- 2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Breakthrough
Narrator (voice)
- 2018
The Origins of Ebbing
Self
- 2017
- 2016
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
- 2015
- 2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
- 2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
- 2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Self
Ethos
Host
- 2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2000s
- 2009
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
Self
- 2008
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
Himself
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
Self
- 2007
Raw for Life
Self
- 2006
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Luckman
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
- 2005
The Outsider
Self
- 2004
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
- 2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 2 episodes
Go Further
Self
- 2001
American Saint
Self
- 2000
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
1990s
- 1999
- 1996
- 1993
For Our Children
Self
- 1992
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Self
1970s
- 1978
- 1975
1950s
- 1953
1940s
- 1949
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 episode
- 1944
Thanked in the credits1
1990s
- 1992
The Panama Deception
Thanks