James Woods
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 18, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Vernal, Utah, USA
- Credits
- 168
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.
Known for
Filmography
Eddington
2025Movie
James Woods (uncredited)
Once Upon a Studio
2023Movie
Hades (voice)
A Journey to Sundance
2023Movie
Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021Movie
Self
Justice League Action
2016TV
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice), Lex Luthor (voice)
First Contact
2016Movie
Narrator
Bling
2016Movie
Victor (voice)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jamesy Boy
2014Movie
Lt. Falton
Futurescape with James Woods
2013TV
Himself
Any Given Tuesday
2013Movie
self
Jobs
2013Movie
Jack Dudman
Ray Donovan
2013TV
Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
White House Down
2013Movie
Walker
The Frame
2013TV
Max Renn
Mary and Martha
2013Movie
Mary's Father
Officer Down
2013Movie
Captain Verona
Coma
2012TV
Dr. Howard Stark
Too Big to Fail
2011Movie
Dick Fuld
Straw Dogs
2011Movie
Tom Heddon
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010Movie
Owlman (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009Movie
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
An American Carol
2008Movie
Todd Grosslight
Surf's Up
2007Movie
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
Shark
2006TV
Sebastian Stark
End Game
2006Movie
Agent Vaughn Stevens
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006Movie
Self
Free as a Dog
2006Movie
Ark
2005Movie
Jallak (voice)
Buddy
2005Movie
Narrator
Be Cool
2005Movie
Tommy Athens
Pretty Persuasion
2005Movie
Hank Joyce
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005TV
Self
This Girl's Life
2004Movie
Pops
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004Movie
Toreno (voice)
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004Movie
Grab Takit (voice)
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004Movie
Self
Entourage
2004TV
James Woods
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004Movie
Self
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003Movie
Northfork
2003Movie
Walter O'Brien
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003Movie
Rudy Giuliani
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self
Mickey's House of Villains
2002Movie
Hades (voice)
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002Movie
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
Stuart Little 2
2002Movie
Falcon (voice)
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002Movie
Self
John Q
2002Movie
Dr. Raymond Turner
Race to Space
2001Movie
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001Movie
Leonard Donofrio
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001Movie
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001Movie
Self
Scary Movie 2
2001Movie
Father McFeely
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001Movie
General Hein (voice)
Into the Valley of Death
2001Movie
Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001Movie
Self
Recess: School's Out
2001Movie
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
2001TV
Hades (voice)
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000Movie
Self
Founding Fathers
2000TV
John Adams (voice)
The American Nightmare
2000Movie
Self
The Making of Hercules
2000Movie
Self
Clerks
2000TV
Major Baklava (voice)
Dirty Pictures
2000Movie
Dennis Barrie
The Virgin Suicides
2000Movie
Mr. Lisbon
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000Movie
Self
Sensational Cities: New York
2000Movie
Narrator
Play It to the Bone
1999Movie
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
Any Given Sunday
1999Movie
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999Movie
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
The General's Daughter
1999Movie
Colonel Robert Moore
True Crime
1999Movie
Alan Mann
Family Guy
1999TV
James Woods (voice), James Woods as General Veers (voice), Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
Another Day in Paradise
1998Movie
Mel
Vampires
1998Movie
Jack Crow
Hercules
1998TV
Hades (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998TV
Narrator
The Entertainment Biz
1998TV
Self
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
1998Movie
Narrator
Kicked in the Head
1997Movie
Uncle Sam
EP Daily
1997TV
Contact
1997Movie
Michael Kitz
Hercules
1997Movie
Hades (voice)
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996Movie
Byron De La Beckwith
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996Movie
Temple Rayburn
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996Movie
Carl Panzram
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Saturday Night Special
1996TV
Nixon
1995Movie
H.R. Haldeman
Casino
1995Movie
Lester Diamond
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995Movie
Danny Davis
For Better or Worse
1995Movie
Reggie Makeshift
The Specialist
1994Movie
Ned Trent
ER
1994TV
Dr. Nate Lennox
Curse of the Starving Class
1994Movie
Weston Tate
Next Door
1994Movie
Matt Coler
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
The Getaway
1994Movie
Jack Benyon
Jane's House
1994Movie
Paul Clark
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
1993TV
Mickey Cohen
Chaplin
1992Movie
Joseph Scott
Citizen Cohn
1992Movie
Roy Marcus Cohn
Diggstown
1992Movie
Gabriel Caine
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self
Straight Talk
1992Movie
Jack Russell
The Boys
1991Movie
Walter Farmer
The Hard Way
1991Movie
John Moss
Voices That Care
1991Movie
Self - Host & Choir Member
Dream On
1990TV
Dennis Youngblood
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990Movie
Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
The Simpsons
1989TV
James Woods (voice)
Immediate Family
1989Movie
Michael Spector
My Name Is Bill W.
1989Movie
Bill Wilson
True Believer
1989Movie
Eddie Dodd
Hollywood on Horses
1989Movie
Self
The Boost
1988Movie
Lenny Brown
Crimes of Passion
1988Movie
Himself - Host
Cop
1988Movie
Lloyd Hopkins
Best Seller
1987Movie
Cleve
In Love and War
1987Movie
James B. Stockdale
Promise
1986Movie
DJ
Salvador
1986Movie
Richard Boyle
Joshua Then and Now
1985Movie
Joshua Shapiro
Cat's Eye
1985Movie
Morrison
Badge of the Assassin
1985Movie
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Once Upon a Time in America
1984Movie
Max
Against All Odds
1984Movie
Jake Wise
Videodrome
1983Movie
Max Renn
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982Movie
Interviewee
Split Image
1982Movie
Charles Pratt
Fast-Walking
1982Movie
Fast-Walking
Eyewitness
1981Movie
Aldo Mercer
The Black Marble
1980Movie
The Fiddler
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979Movie
Len Fraker
The Onion Field
1979Movie
Gregory Powell
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979Movie
Danny Corelli
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979Movie
Sin Eater
The Gift of Love
1978Movie
Alfred Browning
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978Movie
Art Lewis
Holocaust
1978TV
Karl Weiss
The Choirboys
1977Movie
Harold Bloomguard
Raid on Entebbe
1976Movie
Capt. Sammy Berg
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976Movie
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
Alex & the Gypsy
1976Movie
Crainpool
Distance
1975Movie
Larry Vincent
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975Movie
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Foster & Laurie
1975Movie
Walter The Addict
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975TV
Night Moves
1975Movie
Quentin
The Gambler
1974Movie
Bank Officer
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Larry Kirkoff
Kojak
1973TV
Caz
The Way We Were
1973Movie
Frankie McVeigh
Police Story
1973TV
A Great American Tragedy
1972Movie
Rick
Hickey & Boggs
1972Movie
Lt. Wyatt
Footsteps
1972Movie
Reporter
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
The Rookies
1972TV
The Visitors
1972Movie
Bill Schmidt
All the Way Home
1971Movie
Andrew Lynch
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Andrew Lynch, Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan, DJ, Temple Rayburn, Bill Wilson
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee