Woody Harrelson Woody Harrelson Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. His breakout role came in 1985 as bartender Woody Boyd in the television sitcom "Cheers". He later became known for his portrayals of Billy Hoyle in "White Men Can't Jump" (1992), Mickey Knox in "Natural Born Killers" (1994), Larry Flynt in "The People vs. Larry Flynt" (1996), Tallahassee in "Zombieland" (2009), Capt. Tony Stone in "The Messenger" (2009), Dave Brown in "Rampart" (2011), Haymitch Abernathy in "The Hunger Games" film series (2012–2015), Merritt McKinney in the "Now You See Me" film series (2013–2016), the Colonel
The Boys in the Bar The Boys in the Bar "The Boys in the Bar" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the American situation comedy television series "Cheers". It originally aired on January 27, 1983 on NBC. It is co-written by Ken Levine and David Isaacs and directed by James Burrows. This episode's narrative deals with homosexuality, coming out, and homophobia. It was inspired by the coming out story of former Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player, Glenn Burke. In this episode, Sam's former teammate, Tomportrayed by Alan Autryreveals his homosexuality and Sam slowly becomes supportive of him. The bar's regular customers express