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Full Name:Woody Harrelson - Contact Woody Harrelson
Birth Name:Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
Famous As: Actor
Date of Birth: July 23, 1961
Place of Birth: Midland, Texas, USA
Height: 5' 11
Nationality: American
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Relationships: Carol Kane, Penelope Ann Miller, Glenn Close, Ally Sheedy, Moon Unit Zappa
Father: Charles Voyde Harrelson
Mother: Diane Lou Oswald
Brother(s): Jordan Harrelson (older, actor), Brett Harrelson (younger, actor, professional motorcycle racer)
Spouse: Nancy Simon (June 29, 1985 - 1986), Laura Louie (since January 11, 1998)
Daughter(s): Deni Montana (b. 03/05/1994), Zoe Giordano (b. 09/22/1997), Makani Ravello (06/0
Education: Attended Lebanon High School in Lebanon. Ohio
Graduated from Hanover College, Indiana in 1983 with a BA degree in Theater Arts & English
Claim to Fame: As Woody Boyd in TV Series Cheers (1985-1993)

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Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson, April 2007
Born July 23, 1961 (1961-07-23) (age 47)
Midland, Texas, USA
Spouse(s) Laura Louie (1998-present)
Nancy Simon (1985-1986)

Woodrow Telwayne "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor. Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the classic sitcom Cheers as Woody Boyd. Notable film roles include Roy Munson in Kingpin, Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers, Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt, Dusty in A Prairie Home Companion and Carson Wells in No Country for Old Men and most recently Nathan from the earlier seasons of Will & Grace.

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Biography

Early life

Harrelson was born in Midland, Texas, the son of Diane Lou (née Oswald) and Charles Voyde Harrelson, who divorced in 1964; he has two brothers, Jordan and Brett, the latter of whom is a professional motorcycle racer. In 1979, in San Antonio, Federal Judge John H. Wood, Jr. was shot and killed by rifle fire by Charles Harrelson, who was a free-lance contract killer.1 He was convicted and eventually died during his life sentence in maximum security prison.1

Harrelson grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, with his mother. Harrelson attended Lebanon High School and later Hanover College in Indiana, becoming a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts and English in 1983.

Career

After graduation, Harrelson moved to New York City. In 1985, he was cast as the naive but genial Midwestern bartender Woody Boyd on the classic television series Cheers, and won an Emmy for the role. His first film was 1986's Wildcats with Goldie Hawn. Harrelson became friends with Wesley Snipes and starred with him in the box-office hits White Men Can't Jump and Money Train. He appeared in mostly minor roles until he starred in Robert Redford's Indecent Proposal in 1993, a role which helped open doors for Harrelson in the film industry.

In 1994 Harrelson starred in arguably his best known role to date, Mickey Knox in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. During this time he also starred in the Farrelly brothers cult classic Kingpin. In 1996, he starred in the title role of the controversial film The People vs. Larry Flynt, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Following this performance Harrelson went to star in films such as Wag the Dog, EDtv, The Thin Red Line and Palmetto.

More recently, he had a fairly long run on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace as Grace's love interest Nathan and played FBI agent Stan in 2004's After the Sunset. He will star in the upcoming 2008 films Management and Seven Pounds.

Personal life

In 1985, Harrelson married Nancy Simon, daughter of playwright Neil Simon, in Tijuana. The two intended to divorce the following day, but the storefront marriage/divorce parlor was closed when they had returned to it, and the two remained married for ten months.2

On January 11, 1998, Harrelson married Laura Louie, his former assistant of two years and a co-founder of Yoganics, an organic food delivery service.3 The couple, who have been together since 1990, have three daughters, Deni Montana (born February 28, 1993), Zoe Giordano (born September 22, 1996), and Makani Ravello (born June 3, 2006). When announcing Makani's birth, the couple referred to the three as their "goddess trilogy". 4 In July of 2008, a sex tape featuring Harrelson and wife Laura Louie, was stolen from the couples home and released on the internet. The tape was eventually removed after Harrelson threatened to sue the internet site.

Activist work

Woody Harrelson in 2004

Harrelson is a supporter and activist for the legalization of marijuana and hemp in the US.5 On June 1, 1996, he was arrested in Kentucky after he symbolically planted four hemp seeds to challenge state law that failed to distinguish between industrial hemp and marijuana. Harrelson won the case.

Harrelson is also an environmental activist. He once scaled the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco with members of North Coast Earth First! group to unfurl a banner that said, "Hurwitz. Aren't ancient redwoods more precious than gold?" in protest of PALCO CEO Charles Hurwitz, who once stated, "He who has the gold, makes the rules".5 Harrelson, an ethical vegan and raw foodist, has also denounced animal experiments in the cosmetics industry.

He has travelled the American West Coast on a bike and domino caravan with a hemp oil-fueled biodiesel bus (the subject of the independent documentary, Go Further) and has narrated the documentary Grass. Harrelson briefly owned an oxygen bar in West Hollywood called "O2". He is a peace activist and has often spoken publicly against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Woody Harrelson lives in San Jose, Costa Rica

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Wildcats Krushinski film debut
1987 Bay Coven Slater
1988 Cool Blue Dustin Direct-to-video
Mickey's 60th Birthday Woodrow Tiberius "Woody" Boyd TV-Movie
Killer Instinct Charlie Long TV-Movie
1990 L.A. Story Harris' Boss Cameo
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Lou the Lamb Cameo
1991 Doc Hollywood Hank Gordon
Ted and Venus Homeless Vietnam Veteran Cameo
1992 White Men Can't Jump Billy Hoyle
1992 Cheers: Last Call! Woodrow Tiberius "Woody" Boyd NBC special
1993 Indecent Proposal David Murphy
1994 Natural Born Killers Mickey Knox
The Cowboy Way Pepper Lewis
I'll Do Anything Ground Zero Hero
1995 Money Train Charlie
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. Nominated for an Oscar: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Kingpin Roy Munson
The Sunchaser Dr. Michael Reynolds
1997 Wag the Dog Sgt. William Schumann
Welcome to Sarajevo Jordan Flynn
1998 The Thin Red Line Sgt. Keck
Palmetto Harry Barber
The Hi-Lo Country Big Boy Matson
1999 Play It to the Bone Vince Boudreau
EDtv Ray Pekurny
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Himself Cameo
2003 Anger Management Galaxia/Security Gary
Go Further Himself documentary
Scorched Jason 'Woods' Valley
2004 After the Sunset Stanley "Stan" P. Lloyd
She Hate Me Lenald Power
2005 North Country Bill White
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Leo "Kelly" Ryan Limited
The Big White Raymond "Ray" Barnell
2006 Free Jimmy Roy Arnie (voice) English version
A Scanner Darkly Ernie Luckman
A Prairie Home Companion Dusty
2007 The Walker Carter Page III
No Country for Old Men Carson Wells
Battle in Seattle Dale
The Grand One Eyed Jack Faro
Nanking Bob Wilson
2008 Semi-Pro Ed Monix
Sleepwalking Randall
Transsiberian Roy
Surfer, Dude Jack
Management Jango awaiting release
Seven Pounds TBA post-production
2009 The Messenger Anthony 'Tony' Stone post-production
Bunraku The Bartender post-production
2012 TBA filming

References

  1. ^ a b "Woody Harrelson's Father Dies in Prison", Associated Press, ABC News (2007-05-21). 
  2. ^ "Woody Harrelson" (HTML). hollywood.com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-09. "whimsically married in Tijuana in 1985 intending to divorce the following day, but when the couple returned to the storefront marriage/divorce parlor, they found it closed because it was Sunday; marriage lasted 10 months; Harrelson would later tell USA TODAY's Tom Green, "We had to get a summary dissolution through Jacoby and Meyers. I think at the time Neil was a little bit worried I might try to go after her money."
  3. ^ "Woody Harrelson" (HTML). yahoo (2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-09. "wife Laura Louie: born c. 1965; co-founded Yoganics, an organic food home delivery service in 1996; worked as Harrelson's assistant for over two years (1987 to c. 1990)"
  4. ^ "Woody Harrelson, Wife Welcome Daughter" (HTML). PEOPLE (JUNE 05, 2006 07:15 PM EDT). Retrieved on 2007-09-09. "We are proud to announce the completion of our goddess trilogy with the birth of our third daughter, Makani Ravello, born on June 3rd"
  5. ^ a b "Woody Harrelson - Cannabis activist and personal freendom supporter" (HTML). e-stoned.com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-09. "among other prominent activists opposed to marijuana prohibition. He has consistently lent his celebrity status to the cause of reforming marijuana laws. Harrelson Backs Medical Pot Grower in California"

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