Also in 1999, he appeared as boxer Vince Boudreau in the Ron Shelton film Play It to the Bone. Harrelson made other films such as The Hi-Lo Country and portrayed Ray Pekurny in the comedy EDtv. In 1998, Harrelson starred in the thriller Palmetto and played Sergeant Keck in The Thin Red Line, a war film nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1999. He starred in the 1997 war film Welcome to Sarajevo and in 1997 had a featured role as Sergeant Schumann in Wag the Dog and as Will Huffman in the 1997 family film Road to Manhattan. After that, Harrelson was cast in more serious film roles. The film was a success and Harrelson's performance was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor. Larry Flynt, in which he played Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine. Harrelson's career gained momentum when he starred in the Miloš Forman film The People vs. In 1996, he starred in the comedy Kingpin for the Farrelly brothers. Starred alongside Keifer Sutherland in The Cowboy Way (1994). Michael Raynolds in the Michael Cimino film The Sunchaser.
He then played Mickey Knox in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers and Dr. In 1993, Harrelson starred opposite Robert Redford and Demi Moore in the drama Indecent Proposal, which was a box office success, earning a worldwide total of over $265,000,000.
He reunited with Wesley Snipes (who also had debuted in Wildcats) in the box-office hit White Men Can't Jump (1992) and the action movie Money Train (1995). He followed his performance in Wildcats with the 1990 romantic comedy Cool Blue, alongside Hank Azaria. His first movie had been Wildcats, a 1986 football comedy with Goldie Hawn. While still working on Cheers, Harrelson restarted his film career. Harrelson also took part in Soccer Aid 2012 on May 27, 2012. When later interviewed, he claimed that he "didn't even remember the moment of scoring." Despite being initially unaware of exactly from where his kick had to be taken, Harrelson scored to win the game for "The Rest of the World" team, beating England for the first time since the tournament began. After being brought on as a substitute for Gordon Ramsay, Harrelson took the final penalty in the penalty shootout, following a 2–2 draw after 91.2 minutes. The match was broadcast live on UK's ITV television. On June 6, 2010, Harrelson took part playing in Soccer Aid 2010 for UNICEF UK at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Harrelson returned to television in 2014, starring along with Matthew McConaughey in the first season of the HBO crime series True Detective, where he played Marty Hart, a Louisiana cop investigating murders that took place over a timespan of 17 years. In response to Colbert's questioning of his support for the troops, Harrelson agreed to let Colbert shave his head on camera. On the November 12, 2009, episode of the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report, Harrelson was interviewed by Stephen Colbert, to promote his movie The Messenger. He appeared in several 2001 episodes of Will & Grace as Grace's new boyfriend Nathan. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for this performance. In 1999, Harrelson guest-starred in the Cheers spin-off success Frasier, in which he reprised the role of Woody Boyd. His character, Woody Boyd, was from Hanover, Indiana, where Harrelson attended college. For this role, Harrelson was nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning once in 1989. He joined the cast in 1985 in season four, spending the final eight seasons (1985–1993) on the show. He played bartender Woody Boyd, who replaced Coach (played by Nicholas Colasanto, who died in February 1985). Harrelson is widely known for his work on the NBC sitcom Cheers. While there, he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and also friends with former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence. Harrelson attended Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, where he studied theatre and English. He spent the summer of 1979 working at Kings Island amusement park.
In 1973, he moved to his mother's native city of Lebanon, Ohio, where he attended Lebanon High School, from which he graduated in 1979. Harrelson's family was poor and relied on his mother's wages.
Charles died in the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility on March 15, 2007. Harrelson has stated that his father was rarely around during his childhood. Their father received a life sentence for the 1979 killing of federal judge John H. He was raised in a Presbyterian household alongside his two brothers, Jordan and Brett, the latter of whom also became an actor. Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born in Midland, Texas, on July 23, 1961, to secretary Diane (née Oswald) and convicted hitman Charles Voyde Harrelson.