Woody Harrelson
23 July, 1961
| 1.77 m
Actor
Producer
Director
Biography
Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas, to Diane Lou (Oswald) and Charles Harrelson. He grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, where his mother was from. After receiving degrees in theater arts and English from Hanover College, he had a brief stint in New York theater. He was soon cast as Woody on TV series Zdrówko! (1982), which wound up being one of the most-popular TV shows ever and also earned Harrelson an Emmy for his performance in 1989.While he dabbled in film during his time on Zdrówko! (1982), that area of his career didn't fully take off until towards the end of the show's run. In 1991, Doktor Hollywood (1991) gave him his first widely-seen movie role, and he followed that up with Biali nie potrafią skakać (1992), Niemoralna propozycja (1993) and Urodzeni mordercy (1994). More recently, Harrelson was seen in To nie jest kraj dla starych ludzi (2007), Zombieland (2009), 2012 (2009), and To tylko seks (2011), along with the acclaimed HBO movie Zmiana w grze (2012).In 2011, Harrelson snagged the coveted role of fan-favorite drunk Haymitch Abernathy in the big-screen adaptation of Igrzyska śmierci (2012), which ended up being one of the highest-grossing movies ever at the domestic box office. Harrelson is set to reprise that role for the sequels, which are scheduled for release in November 2013, 2014 and 2015. Harrelson has received two Academy Award nominations, first for his role as controversial Hustler founder Larry Flynt in Skandalista Larry Flynt (1996) and then for a role in W imieniu armii (2009). He also received Golden Globe nominations for both of these parts. In 2016, he had a stand-out role as a wise teacher in the teen drama Gorzka siedemnastka (2016).Harrelson was briefly married to... show more
Movies
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
During an adventure in the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebel Alliance.
The Four Horsemen resurface, and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.
A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Eddie Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution.
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
The untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.
The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.
Two basketball hustlers, black Sidney Deane and white Billy Hoyle, join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts as well as in a tournament.
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.
A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.
Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true.
A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife.
A jaded assassin assigned to target a yakuza clan has 24 hours to find out who poisoned her and get vengeance before she dies.
The world's deadliest assassin and New York's biggest screw-up are mistaken for each other at an Airbnb rental.
