Woody Harrelson is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his role as Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games film series, Merritt Mckinney in the Now You See Me film series, Tallahassee in Zombieland and Zombieland:Double Tap and many more. He was also nominated for Academy Awards three times. He was nominated for Emmy Award five times and won for his role in Cheers.
Woody Tracy Harrelson was born on 23rd July 1961 in Midland, Texas, United States. He belongs to white ethnicity and his birth sign is Leo.
Talking about his family, he is the son of Diane and Charles Voyde Harrelson. He was raised by his mother with his two brothers Jordan and Brett in Presbyterian household. His father was convicted hitman who received a life sentence for the 1979 killing of judge John H. Wood Jr.
Woody attended Lebanon High School, he spent his summer working at Kings Island amusement park. Later he joined Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana after that he received a BA in Theater and English in 1983. He was also awarded Doctor of Humane Letters from Hanover College in 2014.
The American actor is interested in a chess game and also attended the first game of the World Chess Championship in London for which he made the first move for the ceremonial for the game.
Talking about Woody's relationship, he was married to Nancy Simon in 1985 at Tijuana. They were not intended for a serious relationship so two planned to divorce the following day.But divorce parlor was closed and they got divorced after ten months.
Later in 2008, he married Laura Louie. They first met in 1987 while she worked as his personal assistant. Woody and his wife shared three daughters Deni, Zoe, and Makani. They all live together at their home at Maui, Hawaii.
As of 2019, Woody Harrelson has an estimated net worth of $65 million. Mila Kunis also had the same net worth as Woody Harrelson.
He earned his wealth as an actor in Hollywood films and television series for more than 3 decades. He took $5,500,000 as a salary for the movie Movie Train in 1995.
Harrelson began his career as an actor from the movie Harper Valley P.T.A but his role was uncredited, so he debuted film became Wildcats in 1986. He appeared in various movies and television series after that. He became famous after his role as Billy Hoyle in White Men Can't Jump in 1992.
He shared his screen presence with Emma Stone and Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland in 2009. His notable work is The Hunger Games film series with Jennifer Lawrence, Now You See Me film series Solo: A Star Wars Story, Venom and many more. His movie Zombieland: Double Tap and Midway will be released in 2019.
Woody Harrelson is an American actor and playwright.
Woody Harrelson stands 5 feet 10 inches or 178 in cm.
As of 2019, Woody has an estimated net worth of $65 million.
Woody Harrelson's father was a hitman.