Woodrow Tracy\u00a0“Woody”\u00a0Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender\u00a0Woody Boyd\u00a0on the\u00a0NBC\u00a0sitcom\u00a0Cheers\u00a0(1985\u20131993), for which he won a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series\u00a0from five nominations. Harrelson received three\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0nominations:\u00a0Best Actor\u00a0for\u00a0The People vs. Larry Flynt\u00a0(1996), \u00a0Best Supporting Actor\u00a0for\u00a0The Messenger\u00a0(2009) and\u00a0Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\u00a0(2017).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other notable films include\u00a0White Men Can’t Jump(1992),\u00a0Natural Born Killers\u00a0(1994),\u00a0The Thin Red Line\u00a0(1998),\u00a0No Country for Old Men\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Seven Pounds\u00a0(2008),\u00a0Zombieland\u00a0(2009),\u00a0Seven Psychopaths\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Now You See Me\u00a0(2013),\u00a0The Edge of Seventeen\u00a0(2016),\u00a0War for the Planet of the Apes\u00a0(2017),\u00a0Venom: Let There Be Carnage\u00a0(2021), and\u00a0Triangle of Sadness\u00a0(2022). He also played\u00a0Haymitch Abernathy\u00a0in\u00a0The Hunger Games\u00a0film series\u00a0(2012\u20132015).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Harrelson received further\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0nominations for his portrayal of\u00a0Steve Schmidt\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0film\u00a0Game Change\u00a0(2012) and a detective in the HBO crime anthology series\u00a0True Detective\u00a0(2014). He also portrayed\u00a0E. Howard Hunt\u00a0in the HBO political limited series\u00a0White House Plumbers\u00a0(2023).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Woodrow Tracy\u00a0“Woody”\u00a0Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender\u00a0Woody Boyd\u00a0on the\u00a0NBC\u00a0sitcom\u00a0Cheers\u00a0(1985\u20131993), for which he won a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series\u00a0from five nominations. Harrelson received three\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0nominations:\u00a0Best Actor\u00a0for\u00a0The People vs. Larry Flynt\u00a0(1996), \u00a0Best Supporting Actor\u00a0for\u00a0The Messenger\u00a0(2009) and\u00a0Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8218","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n