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