James Woods

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 162

Gender Male

Birthday April 18, 1947 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Vernal, Utah, USA

Also Known As

James H. Woods
James Howard Woods
جیمز وودز

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James Woods

Biography

James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, Hercules, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and has gained two Academy Award nominations.

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Known For

Acting

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as Self

2023

as Hades (voice)

2021

as Self

2016		Justice League Action (6 episodes) as Lex Luthor (voice) (1 episode) as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
2016		First Contact as Narrator
2016		Bling as Victor (voice)

2014		Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
2014		Jamesy Boy as Lt. Falton

2013		Futurescape with James Woods (6 episodes) as Himself
2013		Any Given Tuesday as Self
2013		Jobs as Jack Dudman
2013		Ray Donovan (5 episodes) as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
2013		White House Down as Chief SAIC Martin Walker
2013		The Frame (1 episode) as Max Renn
2013		Mary and Martha as Mary's Father
2013		Officer Down as Captain Verona

2012

(2 episodes) as Dr. Howard Stark

2011		Too Big to Fail as Dick Fuld
2011		Straw Dogs as Tom Heddon

2010

as Thomas Wayne Jr. / Owlman (voice)

2009

as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

2008

as Todd Grosslight

2007

as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

2006		Shark (38 episodes) as Sebastian Stark
2006		End Game as Vaughn Stevens
2006		Free as a Dog

2005		Ark as Jallak (voice)
2005		Buddy as Narrator
2005		Be Cool as Tommy Athens
2005		Pretty Persuasion as Hank Joyce
2005		The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2 episodes) as Self

2004		This Girl's Life as Pops
2004		The Easter Egg Adventure as Grab Takit (voice)
2004		Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
2004		Entourage (1 episode) as Self
2004		Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self

2003		Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003		Northfork as Walter O'Brien
2003		Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story as Rudy Giuliani
2003		Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)

2002		Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
2002		Stuart Little 2 as Falcon (voice)
2002		John Q as Dr. Raymond Turner

2001		Mickey's House of Villains as Hades (voice)
2001		Race to Space as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
2001		Riding in Cars with Boys as Leonard Donofrio
2001		America \| A Tribute to Heroes as Self
2001		Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
2001		Scary Movie 2 as Father McFeely
2001		Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as General Hein (voice)
2001		Into the Valley of Death as Self
2001		Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
2001		Recess: School's Out as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
2001		Disney's House of Mouse (1 episode) as Hades (voice)

2000		The Making of The Virgin Suicides as Self
2000		Founding Fathers (4 episodes) as John Adams (voice)
2000		The American Nightmare as Self
2000		The Making of Hercules
2000		Clerks (1 episode) as Major Baklava (voice)
2000		Dirty Pictures as Dennis Barrie
2000		The Virgin Suicides as Mr. Lisbon
2000		Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self

1999		Play It to the Bone as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
1999		Any Given Sunday as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
1999		Hercules: Zero to Hero as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
1999		The General's Daughter as Colonel Robert Moore
1999		True Crime as Alan Mann
1999		Family Guy (1 episode) as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) (1 episode) as James Woods as General Veers (voice) (6 episodes) as James Woods (voice)

1998		Another Day in Paradise as Mel
1998		Vampires as Jack Crow
1998		Hercules (65 episodes) as Hades (voice)
1998		AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10 episodes) as Narrator
1998		America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye as Narrator

1997		Kicked in the Head as Uncle Sam
1997		EP Daily (1 episode)
1997		Contact as Michael Kitz
1997		Hercules as Hades (voice)

1996		Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith
1996		The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn
1996		Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram
1996		The Daily Show (1 episode) as Self
1996		Saturday Night Special (1 episode)

1995		Nixon as H.R. Haldeman
1995		Casino as Lester Diamond
1995		Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Danny Davis
1995		For Better or Worse as Reggie Makeshift

1994		The Specialist as Ned Trent
1994		ER (1 episode) as Dr. Nate Lennox
1994		Curse of the Starving Class as Weston Tate
1994		Next Door as Matt Coler
1994		Inside the Actors Studio (1 episode) as Self
1994		The Getaway as Jack Benyon
1994		Jane's House as Paul Clark

1993		Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2 episodes) as Self - Guest
1993		Fallen Angels (1 episode) as Mickey Cohen

1992		Chaplin as Joseph Scott
1992		Citizen Cohn as Roy Marcus Cohn
1992		Diggstown as Gabriel Caine
1992		The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (5 episodes)
1992		Straight Talk as Jack Russell

1991		The Boys as Walter Farmer
1991		The Hard Way as John Moss
1991		Voices That Care as Self - Host & Choir Member

1990		Dream On (1 episode) as Dennis Youngblood
1990		Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Robert

1989		The Simpsons (1 episode) as James Woods (voice)
1989		Immediate Family as Michael Spector
1989		My Name Is Bill W. as Bill Wilson
1989		True Believer as Eddie Dodd
1989		Hollywood on Horses as Self

1988		The Boost as Lenny Brown
1988		Crimes of Passion as Himself - Host
1988		Cop as Lloyd Hopkins

1987		Best Seller as Cleve
1987		In Love and War as James B. Stockdale

1986		Promise as DJ
1986		Salvador as Richard Boyle

1985		Joshua Then and Now as Joshua Shapiro
1985		Cat's Eye as Morrison
1985		Badge of the Assassin as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

1984		Once Upon a Time in America as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
1984		Against All Odds as Jake Wise

1983

as Max Renn

1982		The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome as Interviewee
1982		Split Image as Charles Pratt
1982		Fast-Walking as Fast-Walking

1981

as Aldo Mercer

1980

as The Fiddler

1979		Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand as Len Fraker
1979		The Onion Field as Gregory Powell
1979		...And Your Name Is Jonah as Danny Corelli
1979		The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Sin Eater

1978		The Gift of Love as Alfred Browning
1978		The Billion Dollar Bubble as Art Lewis
1978		Holocaust (4 episodes) as Karl Weiss

1977

as Harold Bloomguard

1976		Raid on Entebbe as Capt. Sammy Berg
1976		The Disappearance of Aimee as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
1976		Alex & the Gypsy as Crainpool

1975		Distance as Larry Vincent
1975		F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
1975		Foster & Laurie as Walter The Addict
1975		Saturday Night Live (1 episode) as Self - Host
1975		Welcome Back, Kotter (1 episode)
1975		Night Moves as Quentin

1974		The Gambler as Bank Officer
1974		The Rockford Files (1 episode) as Larry Kirkoff

1973		Kojak (1 episode) as Caz (1 episode)
1973		The Way We Were as Frankie McVeigh
1973		Police Story (1 episode)

1972		A Great American Tragedy as Rick
1972		Hickey & Boggs as Lt. Wyatt
1972		Footsteps as Reporter
1972		The Streets of San Francisco (1 episode)
1972		The Rookies (1 episode)
1972		The Visitors as Bill Schmidt

1971

as Andrew Lynch

1962

(2 episodes) as Self

1961

(1 episode) as Self

1953

(1 episode) as Self

1951

(1 episode) as Bill Wilson (1 episode) as Temple Rayburn (1 episode) as DJ (1 episode) as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan (1 episode) as Andrew Lynch

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2023

… Executive Producer

1998

… Producer

1988

… Producer

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