Willie Nelson filmography

Willie Nelson performing in 2008

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.

Year	Title	Role
1979	The Electric Horseman	Wendell Hickson
1980	Honeysuckle Rose	Buck Bonham
1981	Thief	Okla
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	Doc Holliday
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
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	Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger (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
2011	Get a Job	Wedding Band Member
2011	Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul	Himself
2011	Shoot Out of Luck
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
2017	Willie and Me	Bones/Himself
2018	Paradox	Red