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