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