Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson
Date of Birth: 23 Jul 1961
Country: USA
Biography: Woodrick Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor and comedian. Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd. Notable film characters include basketball hustler Billy Hoyle in White Men Can't Jump, bowler Roy Munson in Kingpin, serial killer Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers, magazine publisher Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt, country singer Dusty in A Prairie Home Companion...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 104 (Actor), 1 (Director), 1 (Writer)
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After the Sunset
This high-stakes action comedy begins where most great heist movies end - with a pair of master thieves escaping to a tropical paradise to enjoy the spoils of their labor. But when an FBI agent, who has pursued them for seven years, becomes convinced that they are actually plotting to pull off a million-dollar theft from a nearby "diamond cruise," a riveting game of cat and mouse begins.
Anger Management
Dave Buznik is usually a mild-mannered, non-confrontational guy. But after an altercation aboard an airplane, he is remanded to the care of an anger management therapist, Dr. Buddy Rydell, who could probably use some anger management himself.
EdTV
A comedy about a video store clerk Ed (Matthew McConaughey) whose life is thrown into chaos when he agrees to let an executive of a televison studio (Ellen DeGeneres) film him for 24 hours. (imdb)
Go Further
This documentary explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change. Award-winning documentary director Ron Mann joins actor/activist Woody Harrelson as he pilots a hemp-fuelled bus on an eco-consciousness raising incursion down the beautiful Pacific Coast. (Mongrel Media)
Grass
This film explores the history of the American government's official policy on marijuana in the 20th century. Rising with nativist xenophobia with Mexican immigration and their taste for smoking marijuana, we see the establishment of a wrong headed federal drug policy as a crime issue as oppposed to a public health approach. Fuelled by prejudice, hysterical propaganda and political opportunism undeterred by voices of reason on the subject, we follow the story of a costly and futile crusade against a substance with questionable ill effects that has damaged basic civil liberites. (imdb)
Kingpin
Woody Harrelson and Randy Quaid portray a mismatched duo intent on conning their way to a bowling tournament in Reno, Nevada. (MGM)
L.A. Story
Harris Telemacher is the "Wacky Weather" presenter for a Los Angeles television station. He finds himself battling the insane conditions and people caused by the manic chaos that is Los Angeles. Striving to achieve happiness (or at least a date), he finds a helping hand from the last person he expected: the city of Los Angeles itself. (imdb)
Palmetto
Woody Harrelson plays a small-timer suckered into a fake kidnapping plot and facing hard time if he can't untangle a mystery involving three women (Shue, Gershon, Sevigny), false identities, cold corpses and assorted clues framing him. (Warner Home Video)
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Woody Harrelson stars as publishing maverick Larry Flynt, who becomes the unlikely champion of the First Amendment when he takes his fight against the Rev. Jerry Falwell all the way to the Supreme Court. (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Play It to the Bone
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas. On the trip, we see flashbacks to their previous title shots, their competitive friendship, and Grace's motivational wiles... (imdb)
She Hate Me
When biotech executive Jack Armstrong (Mackie) gets fired and branded a whistle-blower, his desperation to make a living and the suggestion of a former girlfriend lead him into the baby-making business. Between the attempts by his former employers to frame him for securities fraud and his dubious fathering activities, Jack finds life, all at once, becoming very complicated.
The Thin Red Line
"The Thin Red Line" tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who took part in the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal, but the way in which this story is told transcends the boundaries of the war film genre.
This So-Called Disaster
After appearing in Michael Almereyda's film version of Hamlet (in which he played the ghost), Sam Shepard invited the filmmaker to document the staging of his most recent play, "The Late Henry Moss," when it premiered in San Francisco in the fall of 2000. The resulting documentary is a remarkable group portrait - a vivid look at masterful performers working their way through a process of creative discovery. (IFC Films)
Wag the Dog
Wickedly fictional with historical overtones truer than many care to admit, Wag The Dog examines the blurred lines between politics, the media and show business.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Based on a true story, this film features Julianne Moore as a 1950's mother who defies the conventions of the day and finds a way to keep her family together by applying her remarkable resourcefulness and uncommon wit. (Go Fish Pictures)
North Country
Inspired by a true story, North Country follows a woman's journey on a road that will take her farther than she ever imagined, ultimately inspiring countless others, and leading to the nation's first-ever class action lawsuit for sexual harassment. (Warner Bros.)
The Big White
A destitute Alaskan travel agent with a deranged wife finds the answer to his financial problems in the form of a get rich quick insurance scam involving a frozen body in the dumpster behind his office. Just a few things stand in his way -- a determined insurance investigator, an irate sibling and two would be gangsters. (Ascendant Pictures)
Natural Born Killers
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the media.
White Men Can\
Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances (imdb)
The Cowboy Way
Two buddies and championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar... (imdb)
Indecent Proposal
A married woman agrees to have sex with another man for $1,000,000. (imdb)
Doc Hollywood
A young doctor causes a traffic accident in a small town and is sentenced to work for some days at the town hospital. (imdb)
Wildcats
Molly is a highschool track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet... (imdb)
Welcome to Sarajevo
Journalist Floyd from US, Michael Henderson from UK and their teams meet the beginning of Bosnian war in Sarajevo... (imdb)
A Prairie Home Companion
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren (Streep), and a host of others hold court. (imdb)
A Scanner Darkly
Based on legendary science-fiction author Philip K. Dick's own experiences, A Scanner Darkly tells the darkly comedic, caustic, but deeply tragic tale of drug use in the modern world. The film plays like a graphic novel come to life with live-action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process -- a method known as interpolated rotoscoping, first employed in writer/director Richard Linklater's 2001 film "Waking Life" -- to create a haunting version of America, seven years from now. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Money Train
A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him. (imdb)
Bay Cove
Bay Cove (1987) - TV Movie
A young newlywed couple move into a remote village in middle America only to find a secret coven of... (imdb)
Free Jimmy
Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant. (imdb)
True Believer
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mom, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he did not commit. (imdb)
Scorched
Three mischievous employees (Paulo Costanzo, Woody Harrelson, Alicia Silverstone) of a bank in a small deserted town all make plans to rob at the same time, however none of them knows about the others. Meanwhile, a clothing store employee (Rachel Leigh Cook) has plans for revenge against a local millionaire (John Cleese). (imdb)
No Country for Old Men
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande. (imdb)
The Sunchaser
Michael Reynolds is a rich oncologist who has a $175,000 sports car, a multi-million dollar home, and a new boost in his career. Brandon 'Blue' Monroe is a dying patient who kidnaps Reynolds. They are going to a legendary Navajo healing place while manhunt closes in. Soon the men get closer in understanding and to the place that may save them both. (imdb)
The Hi-Lo Country
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart. (imdb)
The Walker
An escort (Harrelson) who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case. (imdb)
Nanking
Nanking is a powerful reminder of the heartbreaking toll that war takes on the innocent, and a testament to the courage and conviction of a few individuals determined to act in the face of evil. The film tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a safety zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. (THINKFilm)
Battle in Seattle
Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings. (imdb)
Transsiberian
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers. (imdb)
Semi-Pro
Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true (imdb)
Sleepwalking
The drama follows an 11-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment. (imdb)
The Grand
An improvisational comedy using a handful of actors playing characters competing in an actual poker tournament. (imdb)
Surfer, Dude
A wave twisting tale of a soul searching surfer experiencing an existential crisis.
Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone
A documentary that celebrates and examines an unabashed vulgarian. (imdb)
Mother Goose Rock \
Rhymeland is the home of Mother Goose, inhabited by her and many characters from the nursery rhymes she wrote, but one day Mother Goose vanishes. Her son Gordon, with the help of Little Bo Peep (looking for her sheep, of course), must find her and before all Rhymeland's wacky inhabitants and Rhymeland itself disappear as well.
Seven Pounds
The emotional story of a man who will change the lives of seven strangers
The Messenger
Will is in the US Army. He has just returned from active service in Iraq, but still has another three months of service. A transfer to the "casualty notification office" provides him with his first opportunity for a fresh start. But behind the innocuous-sounding name lies a department that has the unenviable task of informing relatives of the deaths of their loved ones killed in action. (berlinale.de)
Management
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Zombieland
After America is ravaged by a zombie plague, a band of survivors fights the living dead while they cross the nation.
2012
An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.
Defendor
A comedy centered around three characters: an everyday guy who comes to believe he's a superhero, his psychiatrist, and the teenager he befriends. (imdb)
Ted & Venus
Ted Whitley (Bud Cort) is a poet who is stalking the woman of his dreams, Linda Turner (Kim Adams). She was volunteering at a community resource project when he came in to find out about low cost housing. (imdb)
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Now most of people, particularly on PTA board think that she is a little too liberal for them. So they are making things tough for her and her daughter. She then decides to get back at them by pulling all sorts of pranks on them. She also decides to run for the position of PTA President, which infuriates them. (imdb)
Friends with Benefits
This raucous rom-com chronicles the relationship of two busy singles, Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis), who agree to include sex in their friendship -- minus the emotions and commitment. But things get complicated when Dylan (inevitably?) falls for his gal pal. Patricia Clarkson co-stars as Jaime's hip mom and Woody Harrelson plays Dylan's practical confidante, who advises him to man up when he pursues the newly dating Jamie.
Rampart
Woody Harrelson gives a ferocious performance as a dirty cop, balancing a home life with two ex-wives as he becomes embroiled in the Los Angeles Police Department's infamous Rampart corruption scandal. (tiff.net)
Bunraku
The story of a a young man who has spent his life searching for revenge only to find himself up against a bigger challenge than he originally bargained for. (imdb)
The Hunger Games
Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match. (imdb)
Game Change
Follows John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, from his selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate to their ultimate defeat in the general election. (imdb)
Cool Blue
Dustin, an aspiring painter meets this woman named Christiane. Dustin is on a search for love, sex, and inspiration. When Christiane dumps him and disapears as quickly as she dropped in, Dustin embarks on an obsessive search in Southern California to search for her. (imdb)
Ethos
Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor Woody Harrelson, Ethos explores the mechanisms in our systems that work against democracy, the environment and our own personal liberty. (imdb)
Seven Psychopaths
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu. (imdb)
Now You See Me
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem. (imdb)
Out of the Furnace
When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement fails to follow through, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. (imdb)
Free Birds
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history - and get turkey off the holiday menu for good. (imdb)
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming \
A documentary on the filming of the movie "A Scanner Darkly."
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
A documentary on the animation for the movie "A Scanner Darkly" (2006).
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. (imdb)
True Detective
An anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law. (imdb)
Cheers
Cheers (1982) - TV Series
The regulars of the Boston bar Cheers share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name. (imdb)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
After being symbolized as the "Mockingjay," Katniss Everdeen and District 13 engage in an all-out revolution against the autocratic Capitol. (imdb)
Triple 9
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town. (imdb)
Now You See Me 2
The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet. (imdb)
Wilson
Harrelson stars as Wilson, a lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged misanthrope who reunites with his estranged wife (Laura Dern) and gets a shot at happiness when he learns he has a teenage daughter (Isabella Amara) he has never met. In his uniquely outrageous and slightly twisted way, he sets out to connect with her. (imdb)
Killer Instinct
The story of psychiatrist Lisa DaVito and her battle to save a tortured man whose past has turned him to violence. One tragic incident seals his fate and shakes Lisa's faith in her profession.
The Duel
A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena
LBJ
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House. (imdb)
The Edge of Seventeen
Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy (Hayden Szeto) gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all. (imdb)
Lost in London
Within the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in prison. (imdb)
The Glass Castle
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty. (imdb)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder, when they fail to catch the culprit.
War for the Planet of the Apes
After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. (imdb)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion. (imdb)
Shock and Awe
A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the president's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
Venom
When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
The Highwaymen
A pair of police officers come out of retirement to catch the infamous outlaws Bonnie & Clyde.
Zombieland: Double Tap
Columbus, Tallahasse, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
Midway
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it. (imdb)
Kiss the Ground
A revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians band together in a global movement of "Regenerative Agriculture" that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world (imdb)
True Detective - Season 1
Kate
A female assassin has 24 hours to get vengeance on her murderer before she dies.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Eddie Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution. (imdb)
Triangle of Sadness
A pair of models find themselves at a crossroads in their careers.
The Man From Toronto
The world's deadliest assassin and New York's biggest screw-up are mistaken for each other at an Airbnb rental. (imdb)
Cheers - Season 8
Cheers - Season 5
Champions
A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined. (imdb)
White House Plumbers
A five-part series that tells the true story of how Nixon's own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, accidentally toppled the presidency they were trying to protect. (imdb)
White House Plumbers - Season 1
Cheers - Season 11
The Freak Brothers
In 1969, during Woodstock and the "Summer of Love", three stoners living in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, Phineas, Franklin, and Fat Freddy, manage to obtain a chemical that will supposedly bring them to a new and ultimate high. The resulting high leaves them in stasis for just over fifty years, and they wake up in the year 2020.
Suncoast
While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother , a teenager strikes up a friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time. (imdb)
Fly Me to the Moon
Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as back-up.
Last Breath
A feature film remake of the 2019 documentary with the same name. A true story that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crew mate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. (imdb)
The Electric State
An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick. (Netflix)