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Woody Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an
American actor.  Born Woodrow Tracy Harrelson in
Midland, Texas, he grew up in Lebanon, Ohio.  His
father, Charles Harrelson, was twice convicted of
taking money to commit
murders,http://sports.texnews.com/1998/texas/
harrel0803.html including that of federal
judge John H. Wood, Jr.  His father for a time
claimed to be one of the "hobos" taken off the
"grassy knoll" in Dallas, Texas at the time of the
John_F._Kennedy_assassination|assassination of
President Kennedy, or even one of the shooters.
Harrelson has frequently said that his father's
past has colored his own present.

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 1985 he was cast as the
innocent Midwesterner Woodrow 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, The Cowboy Way, Indecent Proposal, The
Hi-Lo Country, Natural Born Killers.  In 1996 he
starred in The People vs. Larry Flynt, for which
he received a nomination for the Academy Award for
Best Actor.

Harrelson is an activist for the legalization of
marijuana and hemp, and has been arrested several
times for his activities. He is also an antiwar
activist and has spoken out often publicly against
the 2003 invasion of Iraq.  Harrelson, an ethical
vegan and raw foodist, has also spoken out against
animal experiments in the cosmetics industry.

==External links==
*imdb name | id=0000437 | name=Woody Harrelson
* http://www.voiceyourself.com/ VoiceYourself
(Harrelson established this site)