Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas, to Diane Lou in the 80s, and later married his former assistant, Laura Louie, with whom he has three daughters.
Is a vegan.
Moonlights as the lead singer in the band Manly Moondog and the Three Kool Hats.
Graduated from Hanover College in 1983 with a degree in theater arts & English. Member Sigma Chi fraternity.
Was married to Neil Simon s daughter, Nancy Simon. Has had relationships with: Carol Kane , Ally Sheedy and Moon Unit Zappa.
Was arrested in Columbus (Ohio) in June 1983, charged of disorderly conduct - he was dancing in the street, halting traffic; he later jumped out of a moving police van laughing maniacally and finally punched one of the two arresting officers to the ground.
Brother of Brett Harrelson and Jordan Harrelson.
Admits to having been a sex addict.
Claims to have had 17 jobs in one year.
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People.
Activist for the legalization of marijuana.
(25 August 2000) A jury in Beattyville, Kentucky dismissed a marijuana possession charge against him. He was arrested in 1996 for planting 4 marijuana hemp seeds in rural Kentucky and in his defence he said he was challenging a state law that makes no distinction between marijuana and hemp, even though hemp contains little of the drug found in marijuana and can be used to make a variety of industrial products.
(April-May 2001) Woody and approximately a dozen other hemp activists and environmentalists took a bicycle tour down the west coast of America, starting in Seattle, Washington and 1000 miles later ending at the University of Santa Barbara in California. The tour was escorted by the Mothership, a Chicago city transit bus fueled by hemp oil and powered by solar panels.
The ex-son-in-law of playwright Neil Simon , one of Woodys first plays was Simons "Biloxi Blues" in 1984.
He is on the board of the directors for the Expression Center For New Media, an art school in Emeryville, California.
Is the owner of an oxygen bar in West Hollywood, California.
Lives with Laura Louie and their children in Costa Rica
Was set to star in the Danny Boyle s firefighter drama "Worcester Cold Storage" with Ed Harris , but the project never came to fruition.
He is the first and, as of 2005, only regular cast member from "Cheers" to receive a nomination for an Academy Award.
Wanted to play Jake Brigance in A Time to Kill , but author John Grisham objected to his casting.
Good friends with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Lovingly refers to his three daughters as the "Goddess trilogy".
Although he is a vegan, he is a raw foodist (which means he only eats raw and dried foods).
He climbed the Golden Gate Bridge and put up a sign that read, "Hurwitz. Arent ancient redwoods more precious than gold?" in protest of MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber CEO Charles Hurwitz, who once stated, "He who has the gold, makes the rules".
He and Nancy Simon were married in Tijuana, Mexico.
Daughters: Deni Montana Harrelson (born March 5, 1994), Zoe Giordano Harrelson (born September 22, 1996) and Makani Ravello Harrelson (born June 3, 2006).
Lives in Hawaii [2006].
Friend of Owen Wilson.
His friends Darius Rucker , Mark Bryan , Dean Felber and Jim Soni Sonefeld of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish wrote the song "Woody" about him. The number can be found on the groups eponymous 2003 album.
Close friend of Michael J. Fox.
In 1991 he went to Nairobi, Kenya and lived in a tent on the outskirts of town for a few weeks to experience Africa and get away from it all.
He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2003 in Austin, Texas.
Was considered for the role of Lester Burnham in American Beauty .
Maintains his residence on Hana in Maui, and his neighbors include Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. The three have been known to play poker together.
He has played the same character (Woody Boyd) in three different series: "Cheers" , "The Simpsons" and "Frasier" .
Big fan of Bill Murray. Bill appeared in Zombieland as a favor to Woody.
His ancestry includes English, Scottish, German, and distant Dutch and Welsh.
(July 2009) Attended the 2009 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
(April 2008) Along with Owen Wilson , he attended the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida on April 5th.
(April 2005) Attended the 10th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival in Florida.
(February 2006) Attended the 56th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.
(November 2002) Attended the 2002 London Film Festival in England.
(September 2007) Attended the 32nd Annual Toronto International Film Festival in Canada.
(June 2004) Attended the 2004 Maui Film Festival in Hawaii.
(February 2009) Attended The Messenger premiere at the 59th Berlin Film Festival in Germany.
(May 2008) Attended the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in France.
(January 2009) Attended the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
(February 2006) Attended the North County premiere in London, England on Feb. 1st.
Is close friends with Wesley Snipes.
He became co-owner of the boutique organic hotel Inn at the Black Olive located in Baltimore, Maryland.
Was cast in Benny and Joon but dropped out to do Indecent Proposal and because he dropped out so did Laura Dern.
Shares the same birthday (July 23rd) with his "Hunger Games" film series co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Has worked with 8 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: James L. Brooks , Oliver Stone , Michael Cimino , Milos Forman , Barry Levinson , Ron Howard , and Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.
Father Charles Voyde Harrelson, who was a hitman, was arrested in 1979 for killing Federal Judge John H. Wood Jr. in San Antonio, Texas.
Roomed with good friend Rob Moran in New York when both were starting out.
His father was Charles Harrelson, a contract killer for the Mafia who also confessed to have participated to the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
When I let up from the weed, and the drinking too, I cried every day.
I was about 24 years old and I had tons of acne and mucus. I met some,random girl on a bus who told me to quit dairy and all those symptoms,would go away three days later. By God, she was right!,I personally get freaked out watching horror films. I liked,Shaun of the Dead (2004) because I like horror comedies. But,28 Days Later. . . (2002) ? I was sleepless, man.
[on his daughter going to college] It was one of the single most,difficult experiences of my life when it was time to separate and she,walked off to the dorm and we drove away. I bawled my eyes out.
The war against terrorism is terrorism.
But I just felt at one point that I was on a hamster wheel, you know? Just doing movie after movie and thinking so much about career related things and I think missing out on hanging with my friends and family as much I needed to.
