Willie Nelson

RECENT CREDITS
Surfer, Dude (FILM)  Sep. 5, 2008
Beer for My Horses (FILM)  Aug. 8, 2008
Swing Vote (FILM)  Aug. 1, 2008
Blonde Ambition (FILM)  Dec. 21, 2007
Tonight Show With Jay Leno (TV)  Oct. 3, 2007
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HIGHLIGHTS
Was raised by his paternal grandparents during the Great Depression. At age 9, his grandfather bought Nelson his first guitar and taught him to play.
Landed his first paying job as a musician in sixth grade and was invited to join the polka group John Raycheck Band.
Served in the U.S. Air Force for nine months after high school until a back injury earned him an honorable discharge.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Surfer, Dude  2008
Actor
Film


Beer for My Horses  2008 -Charlie
Actor
Film


Swing Vote  2008 -Himself
Actor
Film


The Hottest State  2007
Musical Performer
Film


Broken Bridges  2006
Actor
Film


The Dukes of Hazzard  2005 -Uncle Jesse
Actor
Film


The Big Bounce  2004 -Joe Lurie
Actor
Film


High Times' Potluck  2003 -Himself
Actor
Film


The Country Bears  2002 -Himself
Actor
Film


Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me  1999 -himself
Actor
Film


The Red-Headed Stranger  1987 -Rev. Julian Shay
Producer, Actor
Film


Trespasses  1987
Actor
Film


Coming Out of the Ice  
Actor
TV


Farm Aid '99  
Host
TV


King of the Hill  
Voice
TV
Expand


Monk   -Himself
Actor
TV
Expand


Outlaw Justice   -Lee
Actor
TV


Stagecoach  
Actor
TV


Wild Texas Wind   -Himself
Actor
TV


Blonde Ambition  2007
Actor
Film


Half Baked  1998
Actor
Film


Wag the Dog  1998 -Johnny Green
Actor
Film


Gone Fishin'  1997 -Billy (Catch) Pooler
Actor
Film


Starlight  1996 -Grampa Lium
Actor
Film


Porky's Revenge  1985
Songwriter
Film


Barbarosa  1982 -Barbarosa
Actor
Film


Thief  1981 -Okla
Actor
Film


The Electric Horseman  1979 -Wendell
Actor, Singer
Film


The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning   -Uncle Jesse
Actor
Film


Walking After Midnight  
Actor
Film


Wild Texas Wind   -Himself
Actor
Film


Willie Nelson: Teatro  
Actor
Film


The Journeyman   -Grandpa
Actor
Film


Baja Oklahoma   -himself
Actor
Film


Coming Out of the Ice   -Red
Actor
Film


Dust to Dust  
Actor
Film


Dynamite and Gold   -Cross
Actor
Film


Fighting With Anger   -Will
Actor, Executive Producer, Composer (Music Score)
Film


A Pair of Aces  
Actor
Film


Amazons  
Actor
Film


Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind   -Billy Roy Rodriguez
Actor
Film


Ruckus  
Songwriter
Film


Songwriter   -Doc Jenkins
Actor, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Stagecoach  
Actor, Executive Producer, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Swan Song  
Singer
Film


Hell's Angels Forever  
Actor
Film


Hells Angels Forever  
Actor
Film


Honeysuckle Rose   -Buck Bonham
Actor, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Nobelity  
Featured Music
Film


Once Upon a Texas Train   -John Henry Lee
Actor
Film


Outlaw Justice  
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Was raised by his paternal grandparents during the Great Depression. At age 9, his grandfather bought Nelson his first guitar and taught him to play.
Landed his first paying job as a musician in sixth grade and was invited to join the polka group John Raycheck Band.
Served in the U.S. Air Force for nine months after high school until a back injury earned him an honorable discharge.
Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 1973.
Won CMA Entertainer of the Year 1979.
Organized the first Farm Aid benefit concert in 1985.
The IRS seized all his possessions in 1991 for nonpayment of $16.7 million in back taxes. He has since settled the debt.
Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame 1993.
Cofounder of Willie Nelson's Biodeisel, which markets truck fuel made from vegetable oil.


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