Country music singer Willie Nelson, besides a varied musical career, has appeared in many films since his debut in The Electric Horseman (1979). His highlights include Barbarosa , Honeysuckle Rose and the film version of his album Red Headed Stranger .
"Dr. Quinn, medicine woman" Elias Birch
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | The Electric Horseman | Wendell Hickson | |
1980 | Honeysuckle Rose | Buck Bonham | Nominated- Academy Award for Best Original Song (On the Road Again) |
1981 | Thief | David 'Okla' Bertinneau | |
1982 | Barbarosa | Barbarosa | |
1982 | Coming Out of the Ice | 'Red' Loon | |
1984 | Songwriter | 'Doc' Jenkins | |
1986 | Red Headed Stranger | Reverend Julian Shay | |
1986 | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | General J.O. Shelby | |
1986 | Stagecoach | John 'Doc' Holliday | |
1986 | Miami Vice | El Viejo | |
1987 | Saturday Night Live | Himself/host/musical guest/various | |
1988 | Once Upon a Texas Train | John Henry Lee | |
1988 | Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? | Cross | |
1990 | Pair Of Aces | Billy Roy Barker | |
1991 | Another Pair Of Aces | Billy Roy Barker | |
1994 | Dust to Dust | Lawyer Neil Morris | |
1995 | Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story | Himself | |
1996 | Starlight | Grampa Lium | |
1997 | Gone Fishin' | Billy 'Catch' Pooler | |
1997 | Wag the Dog | Johnny Dean | |
1997 | King of the Hill | Himself | |
1997 | Nash Bridges | Earl Dobbs | |
1998 | Half Baked | Historian Smoker | |
1999 | Outlaw Justice | Lee Walker | |
1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Himself | |
2000 | The Simpsons | Himself | |
2001 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | |
2002 | The Country Bears | Himself | |
2002 | Monk | Himself | |
2003 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | |
2003 | The Austin Disaster, 1911 | Narrator | |
2004 | The Big Bounce | Joe Lurie | |
2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Uncle Jesse Duke | |
2006 | Beerfest | Himself | |
2006 | Broken Bridges | Himself | |
2007 | The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning | Uncle Jesse Duke | |
2007 | Blonde Ambition | Pap Paw | |
2007 | Fighting with Anger | Will | |
2008 | Beer for my Horses | Charlie | |
2008 | Swing Vote | Himself | |
2008 | Surfer, Dude | Farmer Bob | |
2008 | A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! | Himself | |
2010 | Hempsters: Plant the Seed | Himself | |
2011 | Get a Job | Wedding Band Member | |
2011 | Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul | Himself [1] | |
2011 | Shoot Out of Luck | Unknown | |
2013 | When Angels Sing | Nick | |
2016 | Zoolander 2 | Himself | |
2016 | Waiting for the Miracle to Come | Jimmy Riggs | |
2017 | Pure Country: Pure Heart | Himself | |
2017 | The American Epic Sessions | Himself | |
2017 | Lost in London | Himself | |
2018 | Paradox | 'Red' | |
2021 | Commercial for Omega Mart | Himself | |
2021 | Commercial for FedEx (Delivering For Earth) | Himself | |
2023 | Willie and Me | Bones / Himself |
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