Woody Harrelson

Full Name

Woodrow Tracy Harrelson

Born

July 23, 1961

Occupation

Actor

Years Active

1978–present

Woody Harrelson is an American actor, activist, double Academy Award nominee, seven time Emmy Award nominee and one time winner. In 2009, he starred in Roland Emmerich's 2012 where he played Charlie Frost, a man who warns of the end of the world.

Career[]

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, 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 and a drunk in The Hunger Games.