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1961-07-23Place of Birth
Midland, Texas, USABiography
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).Free Trial Channels
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
5.9
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as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2021
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
2021
7.7
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
7.7
as Archie Bunker
2019
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
8.1
as Bill Willoughby
2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
7.4
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as The Colonel
2017
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
6.6
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as Haymitch Abernathy
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
6.6
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as Haymitch Abernathy
2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
7.5
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as Haymitch Abernathy
2013