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 Notes 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 1996 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Elias Birch 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 The Long Kill 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 The 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“Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul”. BBC Four (documentary). Directed by George Scott. UK. 2011. 59 min. Retrieved 15 Dec. 2016. <https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ymljb> 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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