What is Woody Harrelson’s net worth? Who is Woody Harrelson’s wife?
Introduction
Woody Harrelson is an American actor best known for roles in Cheers, The Hunger Games franchise, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and No Country for Old Men.
Barbara Walters once described him as “Hollywood’s poster child for civil disobedience.”
Biography
He was born on July 23, 1961, in Midland, Texas, as Woodrow Tracy Harrelson.
His mother, Diane (née Oswald), worked as a secretary.
His parents divorced when he was three.
His dad, Charles Voyde Harrelson, was a hitman who received two life sentences for the assassination of District Judge John H Wood
“I was born on his birthday,” Woody said about his father in an interview with The Guardian. “They have a thing in Japan where they say if you’re born on your father’s birthday, you’re not like your father, you are your father.”
Charles V Harrelson died in prison in 2007.
When Woody was 12 years old, he moved with his mother and two siblings moved from Texas to Ohio.
In 1979, he graduated from Lebanon High School.
In 1982, he was arrested by Columbus police and charged with disturbing the peace.
Woody Harrelson in a mug shot following his arrest for disturbing the peace, Columbus, Ohio, October 1982 – @Getty
In 1983, Harrelson graduated from Hanover College in Indiana.
After graduating from college, Harrelson moved to New York in order to start his acting career.
Cheers
In 1985, Harrelson shot to fame with his role on the sitcom Cheers, playing loveable barman Woody Boyd.
George Wendt, Shelley Long, Kelsey Grammer, Ted Danson and John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, and Rhea Perlman – @Getty
He replaced Nicholas Colasanto and his character Coach following the actor’s death. He played in 200 episodes.
In 1986, Woody played in the football comedy Wildcats, with Goldie Hawn.
In 1992, he portrayed Billy Hoyle in White Men Can’t Jump. The film grossed over $90 million worldwide.
In 1993, Harrelson alongside Robert Redford and Demi Moore starred in Indecent Proposal.
In 1996, he was arrested in Kentucky for planting four hemp seeds.
In 1989, Woody won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
In 2003, Harrelson was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame.
Woody Harrelson during rehearsals for the play ‘On An Average Day’ – @Getty
In 2012, he was named PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian.
Also in 2012, Harrelson played Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games. The film also stars Donald Sutherland, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, and Jennifer Lawrence. It grossed $695 million.
In 2013, Woody voiced Jake the Turkey in the animated film Free Birds.
In 2014, Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey starred in the first season of the HBO crime series True Detective.
In 2017, he portrayed The Colonel in War for the Planet of the Apes.
In 2018, the American actor played Tobias Beckett, a former mentor of Han Solo (portrayed by Harrison Ford) and a thief working for the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate, in Lucas film’s Solo: A Star Wars Story.
In 2019, he played with Kevin Costner in crime drama The Highwaymen. The film follows two former Texas Rangers who try to apprehend criminals Bonnie and Clyde.
The 12th Zurich Film Festival on September 30, 2016 in Zurich – @Getty
In 2023, Harrelson performed as The Man from Toronto in the dark comedy — “The Man from Toronto.”
In 2024, Woody played in Fly Me to the Moon and Suncoast.
Wife
In 1985, Woody Harrelson married Nancy Simon, as a joke, intending to divorce the following day. However, their marriage lasted ten months since when they arrived at the divorce parlor, it was closed because it was Sunday.
Nancy’s father was a Pulitzer winner.
Second Marriage
In 2008, Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie married in Hawaii.
Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie at the Premiere of ‘EDtv’ 1999 – @Getty
“I never believed in the concept,” Harrelson said about marriage in an interview in 2017.
Woody and Louie met in 1987 when he hired her as his assistant. For three years she worked as his assistant.
On March 5, 1994, daughter Deni Montana, was born.
In 1995, they went on the red carpet at the premiere of The Money Train.
On September 22, 1996, their second daughter, Zoe Giordano, was born.
In 2002, Harrelson was photographed in bed with three other women. Somehow, his wife forgave him.
2002 – @Getty
“She forgave me, and we’re still together,” Woody said.
The two welcomed their daughter, Makani Ravello, on June 3, 2006.
Height
Woody Harrelson is 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m) tall.
Woody Harrelson – Net Worth
So, how much is Woody Harrelson worth?
Woody Harrelson attends the Evian Live Young Suite at The Championship at Wimbledon on July 14, 2018 in London – @Getty
Harrelson earned most of his wealth from performing in 111 movies and TV series, including — True Detective, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Cheers, The Highwaymen, Venom, and The People vs. Larry Flynt.
In May 2022, the actor opened a legal cannabis dispensary — The Woods.
“Hopefully, we can make the West Hollywood Citizens a little bit higher,” he said at the time. Therefore, Woody Harrelson has an estimated net worth of $75 million.
Real estate
In 1989, Harrelson paid $1.8 million for a 3,200-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills.
Woody Harrelson attends the ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ – @Getty
He owns two homes in Maui. In 1999, Woody bought his first property near Hana, Maui, for $1.95 million.
“Nobody in our neighborhood has any power lines — we’re all solar,” Harrelson revealed about his property in Maui. “It’s really a loving community and I’m blessed to be a part of it.”
In March 2014, he and banker Jack Dwyer paid $4.5 million for a hotel in Baltimore called the Inn at the Black Olive. Dimitris Spiliadis and his family used to own
the boutique hotel.
Dimitris and Harrelson became friends when the actor stayed at the Inn at the Black Olive for seven weeks, in 2011, during the filming of ”Game Change.” Dimitris will continue to manage the 12-suite inn.
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