Woody Harrelson Research Paper

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Woody Harrelson an american actor with a daredevil personality. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and Best Actor for The People. Woody harrelson's early life with dark family past, has set an image for him but he has overcome that barrier and shaped his own career path. “...Harrelson is old school. He rarely takes offence at questions, answers honestly, is slow to big himself up, quick to put himself down, describing himself, for example, as “a pretty lazy guy, at heart”(Palmer,2018). Not only as he brought up the family name but he created a path for his brothers could follow.
EARLY LIFE
Woody was born on July 23, 1961 in a small city in west Texas called Midland. He was born to Charles Harrelson, who is now deceased and Diane Lou …show more content…

District Judge John Howland Wood, Jr, and as if the crimes that he is convicted of are not enough he is also tied up with another assassination. “Conspiracy theorists believe that Charles Harrelson was actually one of the “Three Tramps,” along with Charles Rogers and Chauncey Holt, who on November 22, 1963” were involved in the assassination of JFK(Chalakoski,2018). Now onto another shocking fact about Harrelson's family is Diana's relation with Lee Harvey Oswald. Diana's actual last name is Oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald was a former U.S. Marine who killed President John F. Kennedy “Oswald allegedly assassinated President John. F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. While being taken to county jail, on November 24, 1963, Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby”(A&E networks television,2017). Woody had a hard life growing up with the curse of a dark family past and a bad …show more content…

After moving to ohio with his mom and brothers, he was in side of a very spiritual environment. This along with the dedication he put in to his school, he landed a college scholarship. Harrelson then degreed in english and theatrical arts, after college Woody left off to new york city to begin his career in acting. His career started in small plays, films, and TV shows. Though his big break came in some part of the year in 1985 in the sitcom Cheers. He got the part of a bartender in the show that was in its fourth season. The big break was that the performance earned him five Emmy nominations, which led up to a 1989 Emmy win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. “...the actor has carved a unique place for himself in the entertainment pantheon, one that defies characterization. He has gone from being the affable barman of NBC's Cheers to the Hollywood heavyweight”( Galloway, 2017). Some of these movies are White Men Can't Jump, Natural Born Killers, The Hunger Games and his current untitled Star Wars project. He is now popular around the world to as in london. Harrelson an carved a path and made it even with everything he has been through in his early

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