James Woods
Born: 1947-04-18 in Vernal, Utah, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for starring in films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, and Hercules, as well as in the television legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and earned two Academy Award nominations.
Filmography
2025
- Eddington as James Woods (uncredited)
2023
- Oppenheimer ... (Executive Producer)
- Once Upon a Studio as Hades (voice)
- A Journey to Sundance as Self
2021
- Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
2016
- Justice League Action as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
- Bling as Victor (voice)
- First Contact as Narrator
2014
- Jamesy Boy as Lt. Falton
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Ray Donovan as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
- White House Down as Walker
- The Frame as Max Renn
- Jobs as Jack Dudman
- Futurescape with James Woods as Himself
- Officer Down as Captain Verona
- Mary and Martha as Mary's Father
- Any Given Tuesday as self
2012
- Coma as Dr. Howard Stark
2011
- Straw Dogs as Tom Heddon
- Too Big to Fail as Dick Fuld
2010
- Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as Owlman (voice)
2009
- Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
2008
- An American Carol as Todd Grosslight
2007
- Surf's Up as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
2006
- Shark as Sebastian Stark
- End Game as Agent Vaughn Stevens
- Stardust: The Bette Davis Story as Self
- Free as a Dog
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Pretty Persuasion as Hank Joyce
- Be Cool as Tommy Athens
- Ark as Jallak (voice)
- Buddy as Narrator
2004
- Entourage as James Woods
- This Girl's Life as Pops
- Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Toreno (voice)
- The Easter Egg Adventure as Grab Takit (voice)
- Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Northfork as Walter O'Brien
- Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story as Rudy Giuliani
- Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2002
- John Q as Dr. Raymond Turner
- Stuart Little 2 as Falcon (voice)
- Mickey's House of Villains as Hades (voice)
- Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
- Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' as Self
2001
- Disney's House of Mouse as Hades (voice)
- Scary Movie 2 as Father McFeely
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as General Hein (voice)
- Recess: School's Out as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
- Riding in Cars with Boys as Leonard Donofrio
- Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
- Into the Valley of Death as Self
- Race to Space as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
2000
- Clerks as Major Baklava (voice)
- The Virgin Suicides as Mr. Lisbon
- Founding Fathers as John Adams (voice)
- Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self
- The Making of The Virgin Suicides as Self
- The American Nightmare as Self
- The Making of Hercules as Self
- Dirty Pictures as Dennis Barrie
- Sensational Cities: New York as Narrator
1999
- Family Guy as James Woods (voice)
- Any Given Sunday as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
- The General's Daughter as Colonel Robert Moore
- True Crime as Alan Mann
- Play It to the Bone as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
- Hercules: Zero to Hero as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
1998
- Hercules as Hades (voice)
- Vampires as Jack Crow
- The Entertainment Biz as Self
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Narrator
- Another Day in Paradise as Mel
- America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye as Narrator
1997
- Hercules as Hades (voice)
- Contact as Michael Kitz
- Kicked in the Head as Uncle Sam
- EP Daily
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Saturday Night Special
- Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith
- Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram
- The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn
1995
- Casino as Lester Diamond
- Nixon as H.R. Haldeman
- Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Danny Davis
- For Better or Worse as Reggie Makeshift
1994
- ER as Dr. Nate Lennox
- The Specialist as Ned Trent
- The Getaway as Jack Benyon
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Next Door as Matt Coler
- Curse of the Starving Class as Weston Tate
- Jane's House as Paul Clark
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Fallen Angels as Mickey Cohen
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Chaplin as Joseph Scott
- Diggstown as Gabriel Caine
- Straight Talk as Jack Russell
- Citizen Cohn as Roy Marcus Cohn
1991
- The Hard Way as John Moss
- Voices That Care as Self - Host & Choir Member
- The Boys as Walter Farmer
1990
- Dream On as Dennis Youngblood
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
1989
- The Simpsons as James Woods (voice)
- True Believer as Eddie Dodd
- My Name Is Bill W. as Bill Wilson
- Immediate Family as Michael Spector
- Hollywood on Horses as Self
1988
- Cop as Lloyd Hopkins
- The Boost as Lenny Brown
- Crimes of Passion as Himself - Host
1987
- In Love and War as James B. Stockdale
- Best Seller as Cleve
1985
- Cat's Eye as Morrison
- Badge of the Assassin as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
- Joshua Then and Now as Joshua Shapiro
1984
- Once Upon a Time in America as Max
- Against All Odds as Jake Wise
1983
- Videodrome as Max Renn
1982
- Split Image as Charles Pratt
- Fast-Walking as Fast-Walking
- The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome as Interviewee
1981
- Eyewitness as Aldo Mercer
1980
- The Black Marble as The Fiddler
1979
- The Onion Field as Gregory Powell
- The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Sin Eater
- ...And Your Name Is Jonah as Danny Corelli
- Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand as Len Fraker
1978
- Holocaust as Karl Weiss
- The Gift of Love as Alfred Browning
- The Billion Dollar Bubble as Art Lewis
1977
- The Choirboys as Harold Bloomguard
1976
- Raid on Entebbe as Capt. Sammy Berg
- The Disappearance of Aimee as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
- Alex & the Gypsy as Crainpool
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- Night Moves as Quentin
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
- Distance as Larry Vincent
- Foster & Laurie as Walter The Addict
1974
- The Rockford Files as Larry Kirkoff
- The Gambler as Bank Officer
1973
- Kojak
- Police Story
- The Way We Were as Frankie McVeigh
1972
- The Rookies
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Hickey & Boggs as Lt. Wyatt
- A Great American Tragedy as Rick
- The Visitors as Bill Schmidt
- Footsteps as Reporter
1971
- All the Way Home as Andrew Lynch
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Andrew Lynch
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee