Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson is an American actor, best known for his role as Woody Boyd on the long-running TV series “Cheers.” He has a long career of success, awards, and nominations including a Primetime Emmy Award. He has also been nominated for three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Harrelson gained popularity for his role as the 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. His first notable film roles include White Men Can’t Jump (1992) with Wesley Snipes and Natural Born Killers (1994) with Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., and Tommy Lee Jones.
Harrelson has an impressive body of work that spans multiple decades and mediums. His portrayal of Woody Boyd on “Cheers” was a significant stepping stone that led to other diverse roles in both television and cinema. He is also well-known for his roles in films such as “Natural Born Killers,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” and “Zombieland.” In recent years, he gained acclaim for his role as Haymitch Abernathy in “The Hunger Games” franchise.
Harrelson also portrays Marvel Comics character Cletus Kasady/Carnage in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe first appearing in the mid-credits scene of Venom (2018) and then as the primary antagonist in the sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), playing opposite Tom Hardy.
Harrelson has a knack for collaborating with other artists, bringing out the best in each other. He’s shared the screen with a wide array of talents including Matthew McConaughey in “True Detective,” Wesley Snipes in “White Men Can’t Jump,” Tommy Lee Jones in “No Country for Old Men,” Julianne Moore in “The Hours,” Cate Blanchett in “Thor: Ragnarok,” Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone in “Zombieland,” Bill Murray in “Kingpin,” Robert Redford in “Indecent Proposal,” and Jennifer Lawrence in “The Hunger Games.”
He has received three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) and Best Supporting Actor for The Messenger (2009), and for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Marty Hart in the first season of the crime anthology series True Detective, which also starred Matthew McConaughey and Alexandria Daddario. He’s also bagged an Emmy for his role in “Cheers,” and has received nominations for other prestigious awards, such as the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards.