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
Television comedy 1980s when a new generation of stand-ups challenged what they saw as racist and sexist humour and revolutionised the form under the banner alternative comedy. In the US, stand-up comedy programs became popular on many cable television channels beginning in the mid-1980s, as such "brick wall" shows (nicknamed for the stereotypical use of a fake brick wall as a backdrop) were cheap to produce and air. Stand-up humour later had mixed fortunes on the small screen, often shunted away to the small hours or as part of a larger entertainment extravaganza. Improvisational comedy has recently been popular with television audiences