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 Self (uncredited)
- Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After as Hades
2023
- Oppenheimer ... (Executive Producer)
- Once Upon a Studio as Hades (voice)
2021
- A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 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
- Officer Down as Captain Verona
- White House Down as Walker
- The Frame as Max Renn
- Any Given Tuesday as Self
- Jobs as Jack Dudman
- Mary and Martha as Mary's Father
- Futurescape with James Woods as Himself
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 Vaughn Stevens
- Free as a Dog
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Be Cool as Tommy Athens
- Ark as Jallak (voice)
- Pretty Persuasion as Hank Joyce
- Buddy as Narrator
2004
- Entourage as James Woods
- The Easter Egg Adventure as Grab Takit (voice)
- Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
- Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
- This Girl's Life as Pops
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Toreno (voice)
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)
2001
- Scary Movie 2 as Father McFeely
- Disney's House of Mouse as Hades (voice)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as General Hein (voice)
- Riding in Cars with Boys as Leonard Donofrio
- Recess: School's Out as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- Race to Space as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
- Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- Into the Valley of Death as Self
2000
- The Virgin Suicides as Mr. Lisbon
- The American Nightmare as Self
- Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self
- Clerks as Major Baklava (voice)
- Dirty Pictures as Dennis Barrie
- The Making of Hercules as Self
- The Making of The Virgin Suicides as Self
- Founding Fathers as John Adams (voice)
- 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
- Play It to the Bone as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
- True Crime as Alan Mann
- Hercules: Zero to Hero as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
1998
- Hercules as Hades (voice)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Narrator
- Another Day in Paradise as Mel
- Vampires as Jack Crow
- The Entertainment Biz as Self
- America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye as Narrator
1997
- Contact as Michael Kitz
- Hercules as Hades (voice)
- Kicked in the Head as Uncle Sam
- EP Daily
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn
- Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram
- Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith
- Saturday Night Special
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
- Next Door as Matt Coler
- Curse of the Starving Class as Weston Tate
- Jane's House as Paul Clark
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Fallen Angels as Mickey Cohen
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Straight Talk as Jack Russell
- Diggstown as Gabriel Caine
- Chaplin as Joseph Scott
- Citizen Cohn as Roy Marcus Cohn
1991
- Voices That Care as Self - Host & Choir Member
- The Boys as Walter Farmer
- The Hard Way as John Moss
1990
- Dream On as Dennis Youngblood
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Robert
1989
- The Simpsons as James Woods (voice)
- True Believer as Eddie Dodd
- Immediate Family as Michael Spector
- My Name Is Bill W. as Bill Wilson
- Hollywood on Horses as Self
1988
- The Boost as Lenny Brown
- Cop as Lloyd Hopkins
- 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 Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
- Against All Odds as Jake Wise
1983
- Videodrome as Max Renn
1982
- Fast-Walking as Fast-Walking
- Split Image as Charles Pratt
- 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
- The Billion Dollar Bubble as Art Lewis
- Holocaust as Karl Weiss
- The Gift of Love as Alfred Browning
1977
- The Choirboys as Harold Bloomguard
1976
- Raid on Entebbe as Capt. Sammy Berg
- Alex & the Gypsy as Crainpool
- The Disappearance of Aimee as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Foster & Laurie as Walter The Addict
- Night Moves as Quentin
- Distance as Larry Vincent
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
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 Visitors as Bill Schmidt
- The Rookies
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Hickey & Boggs as Lt. Wyatt
- Footsteps as Reporter
- A Great American Tragedy as Rick
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