Woody Harrelson

Biography
Woody Harrelson was born in Texas, grew up in Ohio and studied acting at the University of Hanover, Indiana, before moving to New York City in 1983 to devote himself to acting. His father, Charles Harrelson Voyd, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1978 for murdering a federal judge while acting as a bully of a drug trafficking organization. In 1985 Woody was married to actress Nancy Simon, daughter of famed playwright Neil Simon, but the marriage proved unsuccessful and after a year the couple were divorced. Later romances involved was Carol Kane, Ally Sheedy, Glenn Close, Brooke Shields and Moon Unit Zappa, daughter of musician Frank Zappa. Harrelson attained international popularity in the same year marriage to Nancy, to join the cast of the television series Cheers. In this soap opera, which won an Emmy, it would go on untill 1993.

His film debut came with Wildcats (1986). From the early 90s, Woody left the tip on the television to the movies with titles like White Men Can't Jump (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993) and Natural Born Killers (1994). One of his biggest hits was The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), directed by Milos Forman title by which Harrelson was nominated for a Golden Glod and Oscar. Other titles of his films are Scorched (2003), Anger Management (2003), After the Sunset (2004), North Country (2005), a social film with Charlize Theron and No Country for Old Men (2007), by the Coen Brothers

In the thriller Transsiberian (2008) was starred with Emily Mortimer. In Seven Pounds (2008) he shared credits with Will Smith and Rosario Dawson. In Zombieland (2009) he played Tallahassee, a hunter of zombies. For the film The Messenger (2009) he recieved an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Actor

 * 2009 - 2012 (Charlie Frost)
 * 2009 - Zombieland (Tallahassee)
 * 2009 - The Messenger (Captain Tony Stone)
 * 2008 - Transsiberian (Roy)
 * 2007 - No Country for Old Men (Carson Wells)
 * 2006 - A Scanner Darkly (Ernie Luckman)

Saturn Award

 * Nominated
 * 2010 - Best Supporting Actor for Zombieland
 * 2009 - Best Supporting Actor for Transsiberian