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 in the United States has been more noted for situation comedies such as "I Love Lucy", "The Honeymooners", "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "All in the Family", "Happy Days", "Family Ties", "Cheers", "The Cosby Show", "Seinfeld", "Friends", "Frasier", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "The King of Queens", "How I Met Your Mother", "The Big Bang Theory" and "Modern Family". However, there have also existed sketch comedy/variety series during prime time such as "Texaco Star Theatre", "The Carol Burnett Show" and "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In". The most prominent as well as the longest-running sketch comedy program is "Saturday