Woody Harrelson Biography
Woody Harrelson is born Woodrow Tracy Harrelson, is an American actor, activist, and playwright. He was born on July 23, 1961, in Midland, Texas, to Diane and Charles Voyde Harrelson.
He attended Lebanon High School. He attended Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, where he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. He received a Bachelor of Arts in theater and English in 1983.
His breakout role came in 1985, joining the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd, for which he earned five Emmy Award nominations (one win).
Some notable film characters include basketball hustler Billy Hoyle in White Men Can’t Jump, one-handed bowler Roy Munson in Kingpin, Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games film series, Pepper Lewis in The Cowboy Way, Tallahassee in Zombieland, serial killer Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers, magazine publisher Larry Flynt in The People Vs. Larry Flynt, country singer Dusty in A Prairie Home Companion, magician/mentalist Merritt McKinney in Now You See Me, and the Colonel in War for the Planet of the Apes.
For The People vs. Larry Flynt and The Messenger, Harrelson earned Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. In 2014, he starred as Detective Martin Hart in the first season of the HBO crime drama True Detective with Matthew McConaughey, which earned him and McConaughey nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Woody Harrelson Age
He was born on July 23, 1961.
Woody Harrelson Wife
His wife is Laura Louis. They met in 1987 on set while filming the classic TV show Cheers. She was Harrelson’s assistant for two years. The two married on December 28, 2008, at their Maui home.
Harrelson was previously married in 1985 to Nancy Simon, daughter to famed playwright Neil Simon. The couple tied the knot in Tijuana and stayed married for about 10 months.
Woody Harrelson Children – Woody Harrelson Daughters
Harrelson and Louie have three daughters together; Deni Montana born on February 28, 1993, Zoe Giordano born on September 22, 1996, and Makani Ravello born on June 3, 2006.
Woody Harrelson Oscar
Woody Harrelson has been nominated three times for Oscar awards. He was first nominated in 1997 for best actor in a leading role in The People vs. Larry Flynt. He was also nominated in 2010 for Best supporting actor in a role in The Messenger. He is a nominee for the best supporting actor in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2018.
Woody Harrelson Movies and TV Shows
Woody Harrelson Movies – Woody Harrelson Films
- Harper Valley PTA (1978)
- Wildcats (1986)
- She’s Having a Baby (1989)
- Cool Blue (1990)
- L.A. Story (1990)
- Doc Hollywood (1991)
- Ted & Venus (1991)
- White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
- Indecent Proposal (1993)
- Natural Born Killers (1994)
- The Cowboy Way (1994)
- I’ll Do Anything (1994)
- Money Train (1995)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
- Kingpin (1996)
- The Sunchaser (1996)
- Wag the Dog (1997)
- Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- Palmetto (1998)
- The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
- Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
- Play It to the Bone (1999)
- EDtv (1999)
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
- Grass (1999)
- Anger Management (2003)
- Go Further (2003)
- Scorched (2003)
- After the Sunset (2004)
- She Hates Me (2004)
- North Country (2005)
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
- The Big White (2005)
- Free Jimmy (2006)
- A Scanner Darkly (2006)
- A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
- The Walker (2007)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Battle in Seattle (2007)
- The Grand (2007)
- Nanking (2007)
- Semi-Pro (2008)
- Sleepwalking (2008)
- Transsiberian (2008)
- Surfer, Dude (2008)
- Management (2008)
- Seven Pounds (2008)
- The Messenger (2009)
- Defendor (2009)
- Zombieland (2009)
- 2012 (2009)
- Friends with Benefits (2011)
- Bunraku (2011)
- Ethos (2011)
- Rampart (2011)
- The Hunger Games (2012)
- Seven Psychopaths (2012)
- How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2013)
- Now You See Me (2013)
- Out of the Furnace (2013)
- Free Birds (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
- Triple 9 (2016)
- Now You See Me 2 (2016)
- The Duel (2016)
- LBJ (2016)
- The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
- Lost in London (2017)
- Wilson (2017)
- War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
- The Glass Castle (2017)
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
- Shock and Awe (2017)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Venom (2018)
TV Shows
- 2014 – True Detective
- 2014 – Saturday Night Live
- 2013 – David Blaine: Real or Magic
- 2012 – Game Change
- 2001–2002 – Will & Grace
- 1999 – Frasier
- 1998 – Ellen
- 1996 – Spin City
- 1994 – The Simpsons
- 1992 – Saturday Night Live
- 1990 – Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color
- 1990 – Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme
- 1989 – Dear John
- 1989 – Saturday Night Live
- 1988 – Mickey’s 60th Birthday
- 1988 – Killer Instinct
- 1987 – Bay Coven
- 1985–1993 – Cheers
Woody Harrelson Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $70 million.
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