Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor Woody Harrelson first caught the public eye on the television series Cheers playing the character of the dumb but lovable Woody Boyd.

Woody Harrelson was nominated for a 2010 Oscar as Actor in a supporting role for the movie The Messenger

He went on to star in films including Natural Born Killers, The People vs. Larry Flynt, No Country for Old Men and many more. Harrelson works as an activist for the legalization of marijuana and hemp in the United States and is an ethical vegan and raw foodist and works as a peace activist making very public his dislike of the invasion of Iraq.

Harrelson is being investigated in April of 2009 for an alleged attack on a paparazzo at New York's La Guardia airport. He was said to have punched the photographer, grabbed his neck and smashed his camera to the ground.TMZ: Woody Harrelson Attacks Another TMZ Photog (April 9, 2009) The attack was caught on video by the assaulted member of the paparazzi.

Harrelson and Louie married on December 28, 2008, on the island of Maui. The couple have three children together, Makani Ravello, Zoe Giordano and Denni Montana. Alanis Morissette performed at the wedding ceremony. Harrelson's rep made this comment, "Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie were officially married yesterday on the island of Maui.

The ceremony was attended by family and friends. The couple have been together 20 years and are the proud parents of three daughters." The couple met in 1987 on the set of Cheers.http://www.usmagazine.com/news/woody-harrelson-gets-married

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1961: Born on July 23

• 1982-93: Cheers

• 1986: Wildcats

• 1991: Doc Hollywood

• 1992: White Men Can't Jump

• 1993: Indecent Proposal

• 1994: I'll Do Anything

• 1994: The Cowboy Way

• 1994: Natural Born Killers

• 1995: Money Train

• 1996: Kingpin

• 1996: The People vs. Larry Flynt

• 2004: She Hate Me

• 2005: North Country

• 2007: The Walker

• 2007: No Country for Old Men

• 2008: Transsiberian

• 2008: Sleepwalking

• 2008: Semi-Pro

• 2008: Management

• 2008: Seven Pounds