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Harrelson attended Hanover College in Indiana, where he studied drama. After college, he moved to New York City and became an understudy in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues . In 1982 he was cast as the innocent Midwesterner Woody Boyd on the television series Cheers. His first film was Wildcats with Goldie Hawn. His early films were forgettable, until he portrayed Michael J. Fox's enemy in love in Doc Hollywood . From there on, films have been Harrelson's career.
Harrelson has appeared in such films as White Men Can't Jump , Indecent Proposal and Natural Born KillersNatural Born Killers is a 1994 motion picture directed by Oliver Stone and starring Juliette Lewis and Woody Harrelson. Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey Jr. Tom Sizemore and Tommy Lee Jones are also featured. The screenplay is based on a script by Quenti. In 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan he starred in The People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 film directed by Milos Forman which tells the true story of the rise and legal problems of pornographic magazine editor Larry Flynt. It stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Brett Harrelson, Donna Hanove, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best ActorThe Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen b.
Harrelson is an activist for the legalization of marijuana, and has been arrested several times for his activities.