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Willie Nelson

Actor

Willie Nelson

  • Born: 29 April 1933, Abbott, Texas, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $25 million

Willie Nelson is a legendary American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his iconic roles in films like 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'The Electric Horseman.' With a career spanning decades, he is celebrated for his distinctive voice and…

About Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson is a legendary American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his iconic roles in films like 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'The Electric Horseman.' With a career spanning decades, he is celebrated for his distinctive voice and influence on the outlaw country genre, earning a reputation as a cultural icon in music and film.

Born
29 April 1933, Abbott, Texas, USA
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Spouses
Annie D'Angelo (1991-present) Marilyn Smith (1971-1988) Sara Nelson (1963-1971)
Children
7 children: Lana, Susie, Will, Paula, Amy, Lukas, and Micah
Parents
Mycylynn (mother), Ira Nelson (father)
Estimated net worth
$25 million

Fun facts about Willie Nelson

  • Willie Nelson is also a skilled guitarist and has developed a unique playing style that combines elements of country, jazz, and blues.
  • He founded Farm Aid in 1985 to support American farmers, raising millions through concerts and awareness campaigns.

Famous Willie Nelson quotes

“The life I have is all that I have.”
Honeysuckle Rose, 1980
“You can't get ahead while you are getting even.”
The Electric Horseman, 1979
“I'm not a bad guy. I just like to drink and have a good time.”
Songwriter, 1984

Willie Nelson filmography

Cast (207)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026The Man with the Big Hat MovieSelf (archive footage)
2025Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies MovieSelf
2024Willie and Me MovieWillie Nelson / Bones6.3
2024The Greatest Night in Pop MovieSelf (archive footage)7.9
2023Willie Nelson & Family TVSelf9.0
2023Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration MovieSelf
2023June MovieSelf5.9
2023Joke Man MovieSelf5.0
2023Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short MovieSelf
2023Heartbreakers at the BBC MovieSelf (archive footage)6.5
Show 197 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2022Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas MovieSelf6.6
20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MovieSelf (archive footage)8.2
2022Willie Nelson: Live at Budokan MovieSelf (archive footage)
2021Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute MovieSelf6.7
2021This Is Pop TVSelf (archive footage)5.9
2020Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President MovieSelf6.9
2020My Darling Vivian MovieSelf (archive footage)7.1
2020Willie Nelson American Outlaw MovieSelf
2019Waiting for the Miracle to Come MovieJimmy Riggs5.8
2019Charley Pride: I'm Just Me MovieSelf4.6
2019Willie Nelson at Austin City Limits MovieSelf9.0
2018Quincy MovieSelf7.3
2018Also Starring Austin MovieUnknown character7.0
2018Paradox MovieRed3.9
2017OBJECTified TVSelf5.0
2017Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties MovieUnknown character
2017Pure Country: Pure Heart MovieHimself7.1
2017American Epic TVSelf7.4
2017Lost in London MovieWillie Nelson6.0
2016The Best Democracy Money Can Buy MovieSelf7.2
2016Road to Austin MovieSelf8.0
2016The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End MovieSelf - Performer
2016The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws MovieSelf9.0
2016The American Epic Sessions MovieSelf7.0
2016Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke MovieSelf7.0
2016Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl MovieSelf7.8
2016Zoolander 2 MovieWillie Nelson4.9
2016Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song MovieSelf
2015The Muppets TVSelf7.0
2015Johnny Cash: American Rebel MovieSelf8.2
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf - Musical Guest6.1
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf - Guest/Musical Guest6.1
2015I Am Johnny Cash MovieSelf6.6
2014Country Kings at the BBC MovieUnknown character6.2
2014Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years MovieSelf - Performer
2014The Art of McCartney MovieSelf2.0
2014All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State MovieSelf7.7
2014Willie Nelson Live @ SXSW Movieself8.0
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVSelf5.1
2013Angels Sing MovieNick5.5
2013Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon MovieSelf7.1
2012We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash MovieSelf7.1
2012John Mellencamp: It's About You MovieSelf5.0
2011Country at the BBC MovieSelf (archive footage)7.5
20119/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up MovieSelf5.8
2011Save the Farm MovieUnknown character6.0
2011I Ride MovieWillie Nelson
2011The King of Luck MovieSelf
2010OK Buckaroos MovieUnknown character
2010The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story MovieSelf4.7
2009Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles MovieSelf - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar7.0
2009Happiness Is MovieSelf6.0
2009The Obama Deception MovieSelf6.1
2009Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always Live MovieSelf - Performer (archive footage)
2009O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar MovieSelf (archive footage)
2008Merle Haggard: The Real Deal MovieSelf
2008A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! MovieSelf6.9
2008Willie Nelson / Wynton Marsalis - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC MovieChanteur
2008Elvis | Viva Las Vegas MovieSelf7.3
2008Surfer, Dude MovieFarmer Bob4.5
2008Beer for My Horses MovieCharlie4.6
2008Swing Vote MovieWillie Nelson5.8
2008Hempsters: Plant the Seed MovieHimself6.7
2008The King of Texas MovieSelf6.0
2007Blonde Ambition MoviePap Paw4.4
2007Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 MovieSelf7.1
2007Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2007Opry Video Classics : Legends MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2007Last of the Breed: Live in Concert MovieHimself7.0
2007Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live MovieSelf8.0
2007The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning MovieUncle Jesse6.2
2007Glen Campbell | Good Times Again MovieSelf9.0
2007Fighting With Anger MovieWill2.5
2006American Revolutions: The Highwaymen MovieSelf10.0
2006Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX MovieSelf7.0
2006It's Happiness: A Polka Documentary MovieSelf
2006Broken Bridges Movieself7.4
2006Beerfest MovieSelf (uncredited)5.9
2006Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line MovieSelf
2006Willie Nelson: Live from Austin TX MovieSelf - Vocals (archive footage)8.7
2005Farm Aid: 20th Anniversary Concert MovieSelf
2005The Colbert Report TVSelf (uncredited)7.0
2005The Dukes of Hazzard MovieUncle Jesse Duke5.6
2005Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began Movieself4.0
2005VH1 Storytellers TVSelf9.0
2005Willie Nelson & Leon Russel - Partners In Music MovieUnknown character
2004Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels MovieSelf8.3
2004Be Here to Love Me MovieSelf - Musician7.1
2004Ray Charles: Genius Loves Company MovieSelf
2004CMA Music Festival TVSelf
2004The Big Bounce MovieJoe Lurie5.0
2004Willie Nelson - Live at Billy Bob's Texas MovieSelf
2003Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well MovieSelf8.2
2003Ringo Rama MovieHimself10.0
2003The Highwaymen: On the Road Again MovieSelf9.0
2003Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' MovieSelf9.0
2003Real Time with Bill Maher TVSelf6.0
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Musical Guest5.3
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Guest5.3
2002Farm Aid 2001 - A Concert For America MovieHimself9.0
2002The Country Bears MovieSelf4.7
2002Monk TVWillie Nelson7.9
2002The Willie Nelson Special - With Special Guest Ray Charles MovieSelf8.5
2002The Country Bears Concert for America MovieSelf
2002This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years MovieUnknown character
2002CMT Crossroads TVSelf8.0
2001Last Party 2000 MovieSelf6.8
2001America | A Tribute to Heroes MovieSelf - Performer6.5
2001Willie Nelson: Live in Amsterdam MovieHimself
2001The Journeyman MovieSamuel Hancock5.0
2001Kinky Friedman: Proud To Be An Asshole From El Paso MovieSelf10.0
2001Austin City Limits: Country TVSelf
2000Chet Atkins: A Life in Music MovieSelf8.0
1999Dill Scallion MovieSelf6.2
1999Willie Nelson: Greatest Hits Live MovieHimself
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me MovieWillie Nelson6.3
1999A Tribute to Johnny Cash MovieSelf - Performer7.8
1999Outlaw Justice MovieLee Walker6.4
1999The Story of Darrell Royal MovieSelf10.0
1998Half Baked MovieHistorian Smoker6.3
1998Willie Nelson at the Teatro MovieSelf10.0
1997Wag the Dog MovieJohnny Dean6.9
1997Willie Nelson: Down Home MovieSelf9.0
1997The View TVSelf - Guest4.3
1997Anthem MovieSelf5.4
1997Gone Fishin' MovieBilly 'Catch' Pooler4.9
1997King of the Hill TVWillie Nelson (voice)7.4
1996The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds MovieSelf6.0
1996The Daily Show TVSelf6.4
1996Starlight MovieUnknown character3.8
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show TVSelf4.1
1995Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II MovieSelf
1995Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story MovieWillie Nelson5.3
1994The World of Jim Henson MovieSelf (archive footage)7.4
1994Dust to Dust MovieUnknown character7.8
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast TVSelf7.8
1993Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work MovieSelf7.0
1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O MovieSelf8.0
1993Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration MovieSelf7.5
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TVMarshall Elias Burch7.6
1992Later... with Jools Holland TVUnknown character5.9
1992Delta TVUnknown character7.5
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TVUnknown character5.3
1992Adventures in Wonderland TVThe Troubadour7.2
1991Hot Country Nights TVUnknown character8.0
1991Wild Texas Wind MovieWillie Nelson6.0
1991Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind MovieBilly Roy Rodriguez3.7
1991WWE WrestleMania VII MovieSelf - National Anthem7.3
1990The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum MovieSelf8.6
1990Pair of Aces MovieBilly Roy Barker6.7
1990Waylon: Renegade. Outlaw. Legend. MovieSelf7.0
1989The Simpsons TVWillie Nelson (voice)8.0
1989Kenny, Dolly & Willie: Something Inside So Strong MovieSelf9.0
1989Some Enchanted Evening With Willie Nelson MovieSelf
1989In the Hank Williams Tradition MovieSelf
1988Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? MovieCross4.6
1988Once Upon a Texas Train MovieJohn Henry Lee5.2
1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz MovieWillie Nelson9.0
1988Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration MovieSelf8.0
1988Willie Nelson, Texas Style MovieSelf
1988Baja Oklahoma MovieSelf6.5
1988Walking After Midnight MovieSelf9.0
1987Chet Atkins and Friends MovieUnknown character
1987Heartbeat MovieHimself7.0
1986Red Headed Stranger MovieRev. Julian Shay5.6
1986Stagecoach MovieDoc Holliday5.4
1986The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James MovieGen. Jo Shelby5.3
1985NWA World Championship Wrestling TVSelf
1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song MovieSelf8.4
1984Songwriter MovieDoc Jenkins5.5
1984Miami Vice TVTexas Ranger Jake Pierson7.4
1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team MovieSelf - Performer
1983Hells Angels Forever MovieSelf6.4
1983Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 4 MovieHimself3.0
1983Willie Nelson Live at the US Festival MovieHimself
1983Willie Nelson & Family: In Concert MovieHimself
1982Coming Out of the Ice MovieRed Loon6.8
1982Barbarosa MovieBarbarosa5.9
1982Champs-Elysées TVSelf (archive footage)6.8
1981Thief MovieDavid 'Okla' Bertinneau7.2
1980Solid Gold TVSelf7.0
1980Honeysuckle Rose MovieBuck5.4
1980The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1980 MovieUnknown character7.0
1979The Electric Horseman MovieWendell6.1
1979Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration MovieUnknown character7.0
1978The Kennedy Center Honors TVSelf7.4
1978Mickey's 50 MovieSelf9.0
1978The South Bank Show TVUnknown character5.6
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Musical Guest6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Host & Musical Guest6.9
1975Austin City Limits TVSelf6.3
1974A Poem Is a Naked Person MovieSelf7.8
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour TVSelf6.8
1967CMA Awards TVSelf9.0
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TVSelf7.6
TBAWillie Nelson - Austin City Limits '74 MovieHimself
TBAWillie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars MovieHimself

Crew (15)

YearTitleRoleRating
2025Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies MovieExecutive Producer · Production
2014Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Farm Aid Live MovieProduction Artist · Crew3.8
2005Squidbillies TVTheme Song Performance · Sound6.9
1990The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum MovieAuthor · Writing8.6
1988Willie Nelson, Texas Style MovieWriter · Writing
Show 10 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
1986Red Headed Stranger MovieProducer · Production5.6
1986Red Headed Stranger MovieMusic · Sound5.6
1986Red Headed Stranger MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound5.6
1986Stagecoach MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound5.4
1986Stagecoach MovieExecutive Producer · Production5.4
1984Streetwise MovieExecutive Producer · Production7.7
1984Songwriter MovieSongs · Sound5.5
1980Honeysuckle Rose MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound5.4
1980Honeysuckle Rose MovieSongs · Sound5.4
1979The Electric Horseman MovieSongs · Sound6.1

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Questions about Willie Nelson

What are Willie Nelson's career highlights?

Willie Nelson's career highlights include numerous hit albums, Grammy Awards, and his role in popularizing the outlaw country movement. His songs such as 'On the Road Again' and 'Always on My Mind' are classics.

Has Willie Nelson won any awards?

Yes, Willie Nelson has won several awards including multiple Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, and induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

What was Willie Nelson's first film?

Willie Nelson's first film role was in 'The Electric Horseman' in 1979, where he starred alongside Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.

What are some of Willie Nelson's most successful films?

Some of Willie Nelson's most successful films include 'Honeysuckle Rose,' 'The Electric Horseman,' and 'Songwriter,' which all showcased his musical talent and acting ability.

What is known about Willie Nelson's personal life?

Willie Nelson has been married four times and has seven children. He is also known for his advocacy work in various social causes, including farming and environmental issues.

What is Willie Nelson's estimated net worth?

Willie Nelson's estimated net worth is around $25 million, primarily from his music career, acting roles, and various business ventures.

What are some filmography milestones for Willie Nelson?

Key filmography milestones for Willie Nelson include his roles in 'Honeysuckle Rose,' 'The Electric Horseman,' and 'Songwriter,' which solidified his status as an actor and musician.

Is Willie Nelson still active in music and film?

Yes, Willie Nelson remains active in both music and film, continuing to tour and release new music while also making occasional film appearances.