Name
James Woods
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-04-18 (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
Oppenheimer
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The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during Wor...
Relase Date : 19 Jul, 2023
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Once Upon a Time in America
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A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over ...
Relase Date : 23 May, 1984
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Scary Movie 2
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A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue....
Relase Date : 4 Jul, 2001
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White House Down
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Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service pro...
Relase Date : 27 Jun, 2013
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1984 Once Upon a Time in America as Max
- 1995 Casino as Lester Diamond
- 1994 The Getaway as Jack Benyon
- 2000 The Virgin Suicides as Mr. Lisbon
- 2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as General Hein (voice)
- 1997 Contact as Michael Kitz
- 1983 Videodrome as Max Renn
- 1999 The General's Daughter as Colonel Robert Moore
- 1985 Cat's Eye as Morrison
- 1999 True Crime as Alan Mann
- 1994 The Specialist as Ned Trent
- 1992 Chaplin as Joseph Scott
- 2005 Be Cool as Tommy Athens
- 2001 Scary Movie 2 as Father McFeely
- 1987 Best Seller as Cleve
- 1995 Nixon as H.R. Haldeman
- 2002 Stuart Little 2 as Falcon (voice)
- 1999 Play It to the Bone as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
- 2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as Owlman (voice)
- 1991 The Hard Way as John Moss
- 1984 Against All Odds as Jake Wise
- 1986 Salvador as Richard Boyle
- 2002 Mickey's House of Villains as Hades (voice)
- 1989 True Believer as Eddie Dodd
- 1996 Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith
- 1981 Eyewitness as Aldo Mercer
- 1997 Hercules as Hades (voice)
- 2002 John Q as Dr. Raymond Turner
- 1988 Cop as Lloyd Hopkins
- 1975 Night Moves as Quentin
- 2003 Northfork as Walter O'Brien
- 2007 Surf's Up as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
- 2006 End Game as Agent Vaughn Stevens
- 1999 Any Given Sunday as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
- 1998 Vampires as Jack Crow
- 1979 The Onion Field as Gregory Powell
- 1972 Footsteps as Reporter
- 2005 Ark as Jallak (voice)
- 1998 America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye as Narrator
- 1998 Another Day in Paradise as Mel
- 1992 Straight Talk as Jack Russell
- 2004 This Girl's Life as Pops
- 2001 Race to Space as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
- 2002 Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
- 1989 My Name Is Bill W. as Bill Wilson
- 1974 The Gambler as Bank Officer
- 1991 Voices That Care as Self - Host & Choir Member
- 1982 Fast-Walking as Fast-Walking
- 2011 Straw Dogs as Tom Heddon
- 2011 Too Big to Fail as Dick Fuld
- 1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Danny Davis
- 1975 F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
- 1977 The Choirboys as Harold Bloomguard
- 1992 Diggstown as Gabriel Caine
- 1982 Split Image as Charles Pratt
- 1992 Citizen Cohn as Roy Marcus Cohn
- 2000 The American Nightmare as Self
- 1997 Kicked in the Head as Uncle Sam
- 1980 The Black Marble as The Fiddler
- 1972 Hickey & Boggs as Lt. Wyatt
- 1988 The Boost as Lenny Brown
- 1996 Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram
- 1989 Immediate Family as Michael Spector
- 2004 The Easter Egg Adventure as Grab Takit (voice)
- 2013 Officer Down as Captain Verona
- 1972 The Visitors as Bill Schmidt
- 1979 ...And Your Name Is Jonah as Danny Corelli
- 1994 Next Door as Matt Coler
- 2021 Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
- 2003 Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story as Rudy Giuliani
- 1996 The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn
- 1995 For Better or Worse as Reggie Makeshift
- 2013 Jobs as Jack Dudman
- 2014 Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 Alex & the Gypsy as Crainpool
- 2013 White House Down as Walker
- 2000 Dirty Pictures as Dennis Barrie
- 2004 Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
- 1978 The Gift of Love as Alfred Browning
- 1994 Curse of the Starving Class as Weston Tate
- 1985 Joshua Then and Now as Joshua Shapiro
- 2006 Free as a Dog
- 1987 In Love and War as James B. Stockdale
- 1976 The Disappearance of Aimee as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
- 2014 Jamesy Boy as Lt. Falton
- 1985 Badge of the Assassin as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
- 1972 A Great American Tragedy as Rick
- 1979 Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand as Len Fraker
- 2023 Once Upon a Studio as Hades (voice)
- 2000 Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self
- 2004 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
- 1973 The Way We Were as Frankie McVeigh
- 1990 Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
- 2008 An American Carol as Todd Grosslight
- 2013 Mary and Martha as Mary's Father
- 2005 Buddy as Narrator
- 1971 All the Way Home as Andrew Lynch
- 1986 Promise as DJ
- 2001 Riding in Cars with Boys as Leonard Donofrio
- 2005 Pretty Persuasion as Hank Joyce
- 2016 Bling as Victor (voice)
- 1979 The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Sin Eater
- 1976 Raid on Entebbe as Capt. Sammy Berg
- 1994 Jane's House as Paul Clark
- 2016 First Contact as Narrator
- 2001 Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- 1975 Distance as Larry Vincent
- 2001 Recess: School's Out as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
- 1982 The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome as Interviewee
- 2000 The Making of The Virgin Suicides as Self
- 1978 The Billion Dollar Bubble as Art Lewis
- 1991 The Boys as Walter Farmer
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
- 1988 Crimes of Passion as Himself - Host
- 2003 Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
- 2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 1999 Hercules: Zero to Hero as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
- 1975 Foster & Laurie as Walter The Addict
- 2001 Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
- 2001 Into the Valley of Death as Self
- 1989 Hollywood on Horses as Self
- 2023 A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2000 The Making of Hercules as Self
- 2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Toreno (voice)
- 2025 Eddington as James Woods (uncredited)
- 2000 Sensational Cities: New York as Narrator
- 2013 Any Given Tuesday as self
- 2002 Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' as Self
- 2006 Stardust: The Bette Davis Story as Self
- 1975 Welcome Back, Kotter ( 1 episode )
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as James Woods (voice)
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 The Rookies ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Family Guy ( 6 episodes ) as James Woods (voice)
- 2006 Shark ( 38 episodes ) as Sebastian Stark
- 1997 EP Daily ( 1 episode )
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2004 Entourage ( 1 episode ) as James Woods
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode )
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1998 Hercules ( 65 episodes ) as Hades (voice)
- 1973 Kojak ( 0 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Andrew Lynch
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1993 Fallen Angels ( 1 episode ) as Mickey Cohen
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Nate Lennox
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode )
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 Saturday Night Special ( 1 episode )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1999 Family Guy ( 1 episode ) as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
- 1999 Family Guy ( 1 episode ) as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
- 2013 Futurescape with James Woods ( 6 episodes ) as Himself
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Holocaust ( 4 episodes ) as Karl Weiss
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as DJ
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Bill Wilson
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Temple Rayburn
- 2013 Ray Donovan ( 5 episodes ) as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Larry Kirkoff
- 2001 Disney's House of Mouse ( 5 episodes ) as Hades (voice)
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Caz
- 2013 The Frame ( 1 episode ) as Max Renn
- 2000 Founding Fathers ( 4 episodes ) as John Adams (voice)
- 1990 Dream On ( 1 episode ) as Dennis Youngblood
- 1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies ( 10 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2016 Justice League Action ( 1 episode ) as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
- 2016 Justice League Action ( 6 episodes ) as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2000 Clerks ( 1 episode ) as Major Baklava (voice)
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 The Entertainment Biz ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 2012 Coma ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Howard Stark
