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.
Money in that house was short. Harrelson said in a 2008 Financial Times interview that his family was poor, “But my mom always took care of us [and] we always had food,” a line Fox News reprinted in a 2023 profile.
His first job came at 9 or 10, a Houston Chronicle paper route that he ran as independent contractor: he bought papers in bulk and saw a profit only when customers paid.
New York, early 1980s. He waited tables and went door to door for a cheap gym so shop owners would hang its posters.
In 1985 he landed an understudy spot in Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues, and that same year he was cast as Woody Boyd.
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.
He almost passed on the role. “I kind of had an idea that I didn’t want to do television,” Harrelson told The Hollywood Reporter in 2017, about his mindset at 23.
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.
That movie came with a bill. On 17 March 1992 he made a verbal deal to play Benny in Benny & Joon, and early next month he signed written “pay or play” contract (a deal where a studio owes an actor his fee whether it uses him or not), the AFI Catalog records.
When Indecent Proposal came along, he left.
His stated reason was friction with director Jeremiah Chechik, though MGM learned that Paramount had restarted his rehearsals with the promise of an offer.
“I had to pay like $400,000 to pull out at the last minute,” he told Backstage.
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 the 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.
Sarajevo came in August 2026, with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the festival’s 32nd edition, where his 1997 movie Welcome to Sarajevo was shown again.
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.
“I didn’t want to be attracted to my amazing assistant,” Harrelson said in 2017.
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.
On 17 September 2026 Louie came with him to the Brothers premiere at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Height
Woody Harrelson is 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m) tall.
Woody Harrelson attends the Evian Live Young Suite at The Championship at Wimbledon on July 14, 2018 in London – @Getty
Woody Harrelson – Net Worth
So, how much is Woody Harrelson worth? 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. Therefore, Woody Harrelson has an estimated net worth of $75 million.
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.
Biggest of his side bets opened its doors on 13 May 2022 on Santa Monica Boulevard. “It’s the greatest day that I’ve had in a long time,” he said to the crowd.
His partners, per THR, include Bill Maher, people from Schoos Design and Erba founders Jay Handal and Devon Wheeler. CNW says the size of his stake is not public.
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.
Paydays
| Year | Payday or deal | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Beverly Hills house bought | $1.8 million |
| 1992 | “Pay or play” Benny & Joon exit | About $400,000 paid |
| 1995 | Money Train salary | $5.5 million |
| 1995 | Hempstead Company gross sales | $1.5 million |
| 1999 | Land near Hana, Maui | $1.95 million |
| 2014 | Baltimore inn, with partner | $4.5 million |
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