Name: Woody Harrelson
Birth Name: Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
Birthdate: July 23, 1961
Birthplace: Midland, TX
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR WOODY HARRELSON
After working as an understudy in a New York production of
Biloxi Blues, Woody Harrelson landed the role of a lifetime as the dufus bartender Woody in the monster-hit sitcom
Cheers.
The role earned him a number of Emmy Awards and ensured that even when
the show ended, everyone would know his name. He proved to be more than
just a dimb-witted hunk in feature films like Oliver Stone's
uber-violent
Natural Born Killers, the comedy
White Men Can't Jump and the docu-drama
The People vs. Larry Flynt, which garnered him an Oscar nomination.
5 Things:
1. The avid environmentalist/animal activist is a strict vegan,
drives a car that runs on biodiesel fuel, made from cooking oil, and
regularly stages protests.
2. Instead of sending the IRS his taxes, he sent a letter decrying
the government's spending policies and anti-environmental actions,
3. He was asked to play the lead in Jerry Maguire, but declined.
4. He was arrested in 2002 for an altercation after he broke a London cab driver's ashtray,
5. He and wife Laura Louie met on the set of Cheers, when she was in the audience. He needed an assistant to type a screenplay, and she got the job.
Quote:
"I don't know if you've ever sat down next to a thousand-year-old tree.
It is something to behold, and it's not just the tree, it's the
wildlife around it. It's a place that connects you with your spirit. A
big part of the problem in the world today is that we've lost our
connection with nature… We are getting walled in, drinking bottled
water, and we can't see the forest for the trees."
—
E magazine, May/June 1997
Family:
Wife: Laura Louie, married Jan. 11, 1998
Wife: Nancy Simon, daughter of Neil Simon; married June 29, 1985, divorced 1986
Daughters: Deni Montana, born 1994; Zoe Giordano, born 1997
Awards:
1997: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor in a Leading Role, The People vs. Larry Flynt
1997: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), The People vs. Larry Flynt
FILMS
Semi-Pro - (2008) - Actor
Nanking - (2007 ) - Featured
The Walker - (2007 ) - Actor
No Country for Old Men - (2007) - Actor
A Scanner Darkly - (2006) - Actor
A Prairie Home Companion - (2006) - Actor
North Country - (2005) - Actor
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio - (2005) - Actor
The Big White - (2005) - Actor
Go Further - (2004) - Actor
After the Sunset - (2004) - Actor
She Hate Me - (2004) - Actor
Anger Management - (2003) - Featured
Scorched - (2003) - Actor
Edtv - (1999) - Actor
Play It to the Bone - (1999) - Actor
Palmetto - (1998) - Actor
The Thin Red Line - (1998) - Actor
The Hi-Lo Country - (1998) - Actor
Welcome to Sarajevo - (1997) - Actor
Wag the Dog - (1997) - Actor
Sunchaser - (1996) - Actor
Kingpin - (1996) - Actor
The People vs. Larry Flynt - (1996) - Actor
Money Train - (1995) - Actor
Natural Born Killers - (1994) - Actor
The Cowboy Way - (1994) - Actor
Indecent Proposal - (1993) - Actor
White Men Can't Jump - (1992) - Actor
Ted & Venus - (1992) - Actor
L.A. Story - (1991) - Cameo
Doc Hollywood - (1991) - Actor
Mother Goose Rock 'N Rhyme - (1990) - Actor
Cool Blue - (1988) - Actor
She's Having a Baby - (1988) - Cameo
Deadly Observation - (1988) - Actor
Bay Cove - (1987) - Actor
Wildcats - (1986) - Actor
