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