Woody Harrelson AKA Woodrow Tracy Harrelson Born: 23-Jul-1961 Birthplace: Midland, TX
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States Executive summary: Woody from Cheers Woody Harrelson is an American actor, best known as the bartender on the long-running sit-com Cheers. In movies, he has played a serial killer in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, a pornographer in Milos Forman's The People vs. Larry Flynt, and a buffoonish FBI agent in After the Sunset.
Harrelson made his Broadway debut understudying Matthew Broderick in the lead of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, and was briefly married to Simon's daughter. With his second wife, Laura Louis, Harrelson runs VoiceYourself, a mildly but enthusiastically subversive group for environmental activists, organic foods enthusiasts, and lefties in general. An outspoken environmentalist and marijuana consumer, Harrelson once climbed the Golden Gate Bridge to make some political point, and feigned surprise when police had to shut down traffic on the bridge, holding up thousands of commuters for hours. He has also put his money where his mouth is on some occasions, posting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bail for friends busted on marijuana charges. Harrelson narrated the 1999 pro-pot documentary Grass.
Harrelson is part-owner of a hemp-clothing company, and in June 1996, he planted four industrial hemp seeds in Kentucky, with video cameras rolling. His intent was to publicly challenge that state's law, which does not distinguish between industrial hemp and marijuana. He lost his philosophical argument when the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that industrial hemp was as illegal as its reefer cousin, but he was spared a jail term when jurors refused to convict him of planting the seeds, despite the videotape.
Harrelson's life took an odd turn at the age of 17, when his father was hired to kill U.S. District Judge John H. Wood, and did the deed. It sounds like a wild rumor, and the Harrelson family disputes the charges, but the verdict is in and a requested retrial has been denied. There is no substantial evidence, however, to back up the persistently whispered rumor that Harrelson's father was also one of three homeless men arrested on the "grassy knoll" in the aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Charles Voyde Harrelson died in 2007 at the Supermax facility in Colorado. Father: Charles Voyde Harrelson (hit man/assassin, d. 2007 at Supermax prison) Mother: Dianne Brother: Brett Harrelson Brother: Jordan Harrelson Wife: Nancy Simon (daughter of Neil Simon, m. 1985, div. 1986) Wife: Laura Louie (together since late 1980s, m. 28-Dec-2008, three daughters) Daughter: Deni Montana (b. 1994) Daughter: Zoe Girodano (b. 1997) Daughter: Makani Ravello (b. circa 2006) Girlfriend: Moon Unit Zappa (ex-) Girlfriend: Ally Sheedy (ex-) Girlfriend: Carol Kane (ex-) Girlfriend: Glenn Close Girlfriend: Brooke Shields
University: Theater Arts, English, Hanover College
Amnesty International MoveOn.org Nader for President 2004 National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Young Republicans Hanover College Sigma Chi Fraternity Resisting Arrest Columbus, OH 12-Oct-1982 Disorderly Conduct Columbus, OH 12-Oct-1982 Disorderly Conduct Columbus, OH June 1983 Drug Possession: Marijuana Arrested 1996 in Kentucky for planting hemp seeds Wedding: Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek (2009) Risk Factors: Vegetarian, Dyslexia, Marijuana, Yoga
TELEVISION True Detective Det. Marty Hart (2014-) Will & Grace Nathan (2001) Cheers Woody Boyd (1985-93)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR The Highwaymen (10-Mar-2019) Venom (1-Oct-2018) Solo: A Star Wars Story (10-May-2018) Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (Jan-2018) · Himself Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (4-Sep-2017) The Glass Castle (11-Aug-2017) War for the Planet of the Apes (11-Jul-2017) Wilson (22-Jan-2017) The Edge of Seventeen (16-Sep-2016) LBJ (9-Sep-2016) The Duel (23-Jun-2016) Now You See Me 2 (2-Jun-2016) Triple 9 (19-Feb-2016) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (4-Nov-2015) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (10-Nov-2014) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (11-Nov-2013) Out of the Furnace (9-Nov-2013) Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013) · Himself Free Birds (26-Sep-2013) [VOICE] Now You See Me (21-May-2013) Seven Psychopaths (7-Sep-2012) How to Make Money Selling Drugs (7-Sep-2012) · Himself The Hunger Games (21-Mar-2012) Game Change (28-Feb-2012) · Steve Schmidt Rampart (10-Sep-2011) · David Douglas Brown Friends with Benefits (22-Jul-2011) · Tommy Ethos (10-Feb-2011) · Himself Bunraku (11-Sep-2010) · The Bartender 2012 (11-Nov-2009) · Charlie Frost Zombieland (25-Sep-2009) · Tallahassee Defendor (12-Sep-2009) The Messenger (19-Jan-2009) · Capt. Tony Stone Seven Pounds (19-Dec-2008) Fuel (17-Oct-2008) · Himself Management (7-Sep-2008) · Jango Surfer, Dude (5-Sep-2008) Semi-Pro (19-Feb-2008) Sleepwalking (22-Jan-2008) Transsiberian (18-Jan-2008) · Roy Battle in Seattle (8-Sep-2007) · Dale The Grand (7-Jun-2007) · One Eyed Jack Faro No Country for Old Men (19-May-2007) Nanking (30-Mar-2007) The Walker (13-Feb-2007) · Carter Page III A Scanner Darkly (25-May-2006) A Prairie Home Companion (12-Feb-2006) The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (28-Sep-2005) North Country (12-Sep-2005) · Bill White The Big White (13-May-2005) · Raymond The Outsider (22-Apr-2005) · Himself After the Sunset (10-Nov-2004) She Hate Me (28-Jul-2004) · Leland Powell Anger Management (5-Mar-2003) · Galaxia Scorched (17-May-2002) · Woods Welcome to Hollywood (27-Oct-2000) · Himself Play It to the Bone (25-Dec-1999) Grass (15-Sep-1999) · Narrator [VOICE] Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (8-Jun-1999) · Himself Ed TV (26-Mar-1999) · Ray The Hi Lo Country (30-Dec-1998) The Thin Red Line (25-Dec-1998) · Sgt. Keck Palmetto (20-Feb-1998) Wag the Dog (25-Dec-1997) · Sgt. William Schumann Welcome to Sarajevo (9-May-1997) · Flynn The People vs. Larry Flynt (13-Oct-1996) · Larry Flynt Kingpin (4-Jul-1996) · Roy Munson Sunchaser (29-May-1996) Money Train (22-Nov-1995) · Charlie Natural Born Killers (26-Aug-1994) · Mickey The Cowboy Way (3-Jun-1994) · Pepper I'll Do Anything (4-Feb-1994) · Ground Zero Hero Indecent Proposal (7-Apr-1993) · David Murphy White Men Can't Jump (27-Mar-1992) Ted and Venus (20-Dec-1991) Doc Hollywood (2-Aug-1991) · Hank Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (19-May-1990) Cool Blue (27-Feb-1990) Bay Coven (25-Oct-1987) Wildcats (14-Feb-1986)
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