== Opvækst ==
Harrelson blev født i [[Midland]], [[Texas]] den [[23. juli]] [[1961]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Cooper|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-574706-welcome-to-woody-world.do|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505102545/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-574706-welcome-to-woody-world.do|url-status=dead|archive-date=5. maj 2013|title=Welcome to Woody World|publisher=Thisislondon.co.uk|date=19. juli 2002|access-date=30. september 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sipchen|first=Bob|title=The Life of Woody|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/20/magazine/tm-55786/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715050926/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/20/magazine/tm-55786/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=15. juli 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=20. december 1998}}</ref> som søn af sekretæren Diane Lou (''født'' Oswald) og den dømte [[lejemorder]] [[Charles Harrelson|Charles Voyde Harrelson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Diane-Harrelson/6000000020268987592|title=Diane Lou Harrelson|website=geni_family_tree}}</ref><ref name=filmref>{{cite web| url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Woody-Harrelson.html | title=Woody Harrelson Biography (1961-)| publisher= FilmReference.com| access-date= 11. januar 2017| archive-date= 23. oktober 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151023175539/http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Woody-Harrelson.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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