James Woods
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 18, 1947 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Vernal, Utah, USA
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.
Known For
| 2025 | EddingtonJames Woods (uncredited) | |
| 2023 | Once Upon a StudioHades (voice) | |
| 2023 | A Journey to SundanceSelf | |
| 2021 | Dean Martin: King of CoolSelf | |
| 2016 | BlingVictor (voice) | |
| 2016 | First ContactNarrator | |
| 2016 | Justice League ActionLex Luthor / Repulse (voice) | |
| 2016 | Justice League ActionLex Luthor (voice) | |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. MoreauSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Jamesy BoyLt. Falton | |
| 2013 | Officer DownCaptain Verona | |
| 2013 | JobsJack Dudman | |
| 2013 | White House DownWalker | |
| 2013 | Mary and MarthaMary's Father | |
| 2013 | Any Given Tuesdayself | |
| 2013 | Futurescape with James WoodsHimself | |
| 2013 | Ray DonovanPatrick "Sully" Sullivan | |
| 2013 | The FrameMax Renn | |
| 2012 | ComaDr. Howard Stark | |
| 2011 | Straw DogsTom Heddon | |
| 2011 | Too Big to FailDick Fuld | |
| 2010 | Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsOwlman (voice) | |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark SideJames Woods as General Veers (voice) | |
| 2008 | An American CarolTodd Grosslight | |
| 2007 | Surf's UpReggie Belafonte (voice) | |
| 2006 | End GameAgent Vaughn Stevens | |
| 2006 | Free as a Dog | |
| 2006 | SharkSebastian Stark | |
| 2005 | Be CoolTommy Athens | |
| 2005 | ArkJallak (voice) | |
| 2005 | BuddyNarrator | |
| 2005 | Pretty PersuasionHank Joyce | |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf | |
| 2004 | This Girl's LifePops | |
| 2004 | The Easter Egg AdventureGrab Takit (voice) | |
| 2004 | Videodrome: Forging the New FleshSelf | |
| 2004 | Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelf | |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The IntroductionToreno (voice) | |
| 2004 | EntourageJames Woods | |
| 2003 | NorthforkWalter O'Brien | |
| 2003 | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani StoryRudy Giuliani | |
| 2003 | Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self | |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2Falcon (voice) | |
| 2002 | Mickey's House of VillainsHades (voice) | |
| 2002 | John QDr. Raymond Turner | |
| 2002 | Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of FunGloomius Maximus (voice) | |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinGeneral Hein (voice) | |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2Father McFeely | |
| 2001 | Race to SpaceDr. Wilhelm von Huber | |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with BoysLeonard Donofrio | |
| 2001 | Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf | |
| 2001 | Recess: School's OutDr. Phillium Benedict (voice) | |
| 2001 | America | A Tribute to HeroesSelf | |
| 2001 | Breaking the Silence: The Making of HannibalSelf | |
| 2001 | Into the Valley of DeathSelf | |
| 2001 | Disney's House of MouseHades (voice) | |
| 2000 | The Virgin SuicidesMr. Lisbon | |
| 2000 | The American NightmareSelf | |
| 2000 | Dirty PicturesDennis Barrie | |
| 2000 | Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf | |
| 2000 | The Making of The Virgin SuicidesSelf | |
| 2000 | The Making of HerculesSelf | |
| 2000 | Sensational Cities: New YorkNarrator | |
| 2000 | Founding FathersJohn Adams (voice) | |
| 2000 | ClerksMajor Baklava (voice) | |
| 1999 | The General's DaughterColonel Robert Moore | |
| 1999 | True CrimeAlan Mann | |
| 1999 | Play It to the BoneJames Woods (Ringside Fan) | |
| 1999 | Any Given SundayDr. Harvey Mandrake | |
| 1999 | Hercules: Zero to HeroHades (voice) (archive sound) | |
| 1999 | Family GuyJames Woods (voice) | |
| 1999 | Family GuyJames Woods as General Veers (voice) | |
| 1999 | Family GuyFamily Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) | |
| 1998 | VampiresJack Crow | |
| 1998 | America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-byeNarrator | |
| 1998 | Another Day in ParadiseMel | |
| 1998 | HerculesHades (voice) | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesNarrator | |
| 1998 | The Entertainment BizSelf | |
| 1997 | ContactMichael Kitz | |
| 1997 | HerculesHades (voice) | |
| 1997 | Kicked in the HeadUncle Sam | |
| 1997 | EP Daily | |
| 1996 | Ghosts of MississippiByron De La Beckwith | |
| 1996 | Killer: A Journal of MurderCarl Panzram | |
| 1996 | The Summer of Ben TylerTemple Rayburn | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1996 | Saturday Night Special | |
| 1995 | CasinoLester Diamond | |
| 1995 | NixonH.R. Haldeman | |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin TrialDanny Davis | |
| 1995 | For Better or WorseReggie Makeshift | |
| 1994 | The GetawayJack Benyon | |
| 1994 | The SpecialistNed Trent | |
| 1994 | Next DoorMatt Coler | |
| 1994 | Curse of the Starving ClassWeston Tate | |
| 1994 | Jane's HousePaul Clark | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSelf | |
| 1994 | ERDr. Nate Lennox | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 1993 | Fallen AngelsMickey Cohen | |
| 1992 | ChaplinJoseph Scott | |
| 1992 | Straight TalkJack Russell | |
| 1992 | DiggstownGabriel Caine | |
| 1992 | Citizen CohnRoy Marcus Cohn | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf | |
| 1991 | The Hard WayJohn Moss | |
| 1991 | Voices That CareSelf - Host & Choir Member | |
| 1991 | The BoysWalter Farmer | |
| 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of SeductionRobert | |
| 1990 | Dream OnDennis Youngblood | |
| 1989 | True BelieverEddie Dodd | |
| 1989 | My Name Is Bill W.Bill Wilson | |
| 1989 | Immediate FamilyMichael Spector | |
| 1989 | Hollywood on HorsesSelf | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsJames Woods (voice) | |
| 1988 | CopLloyd Hopkins | |
| 1988 | The BoostLenny Brown | |
| 1988 | Crimes of PassionHimself - Host | |
| 1987 | Best SellerCleve | |
| 1987 | In Love and WarJames B. Stockdale | |
| 1986 | SalvadorRichard Boyle | |
| 1986 | PromiseDJ | |
| 1985 | Cat's EyeMorrison | |
| 1985 | Joshua Then and NowJoshua Shapiro | |
| 1985 | Badge of the AssassinRobert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney | |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in AmericaMaximilian 'Max' Bercovicz | |
| 1984 | Against All OddsJake Wise | |
| 1983 | VideodromeMax Renn | |
| 1982 | Fast-WalkingFast-Walking | |
| 1982 | Split ImageCharles Pratt | |
| 1982 | The Making of David Cronenberg's VideodromeInterviewee | |
| 1981 | EyewitnessAldo Mercer | |
| 1980 | The Black MarbleThe Fiddler | |
| 1979 | The Onion FieldGregory Powell | |
| 1979 | ...And Your Name Is JonahDanny Corelli | |
| 1979 | Young Maverick - Dead Man's HandLen Fraker | |
| 1979 | The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg LaurelSin Eater | |
| 1978 | The Gift of LoveAlfred Browning | |
| 1978 | The Billion Dollar BubbleArt Lewis | |
| 1978 | HolocaustKarl Weiss | |
| 1977 | The ChoirboysHarold Bloomguard | |
| 1976 | Alex & the GypsyCrainpool | |
| 1976 | The Disappearance of AimeeAsst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan | |
| 1976 | Raid on EntebbeCapt. Sammy Berg | |
| 1975 | Night MovesQuentin | |
| 1975 | F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodLeonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld | |
| 1975 | DistanceLarry Vincent | |
| 1975 | Foster & LaurieWalter The Addict | |
| 1975 | Welcome Back, Kotter | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1974 | The GamblerBank Officer | |
| 1974 | The Rockford FilesLarry Kirkoff | |
| 1973 | The Way We WereFrankie McVeigh | |
| 1973 | Kojak | |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1973 | KojakCaz | |
| 1972 | FootstepsReporter | |
| 1972 | Hickey & BoggsLt. Wyatt | |
| 1972 | The VisitorsBill Schmidt | |
| 1972 | A Great American TragedyRick | |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| 1971 | All the Way HomeAndrew Lynch | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameAndrew Lynch | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameAssistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameDJ | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameTemple Rayburn | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameBill Wilson | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee |
| 2023 | OppenheimerExecutive Producer | |
| 1998 | Another Day in ParadiseProducer | |
| 1988 | CopProducer |