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Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson October 2016.jpg
Harrelson at the LBJ premiere, October 2016
Born Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
(1961-07-23) July 23, 1961 (age 55)
Midland, Texas, U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater Hanover College
Occupation Actor, activist, director, playwright
Years active 1985–present
Spouse(s) Nancy Simon (1985–1986)
Laura Louie (2008–present)
Children 3
Parent(s) Charles Harrelson
Diane Lou (née Oswald)

Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor, activist and playwright. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee and has won one Emmy Award out of seven nominations. 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, Tallahassee in Zombieland, serial killer Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers, magazine publisher Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt, and country singer Dusty in A Prairie Home Companion. He will be portraying 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.


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