James Woods
111 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 18, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Vernal, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- James H. Woods · James Howard Woods
Biography
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
James Woods: movies and TV shows
Acting (134)
- 2025 Eddington
as James Woods (uncredited)
- 2023 Once Upon a Studio
as Hades (voice)
- 2016
- 2016 First Contact
as Narrator
- 2016 Bling
as Victor (voice)
- 2014 Jamesy Boy
as Lt. Falton
- 2013 Jobs
as Jack Dudman
- 2013
- 2013 White House Down
as Walker
- 2013 Mary and Martha
as Mary's Father
- 2013 Officer Down
as Captain Verona
- 2012
- 2011 Too Big to Fail
as Dick Fuld
- 2011 Straw Dogs
as Tom Heddon
- 2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as Owlman (voice)
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
- 2008 An American Carol
as Todd Grosslight
- 2007 Surf's Up
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
- 2006
- 2006 End Game
as Agent Vaughn Stevens
- 2006
- 2005 Ark
as Jallak (voice)
- 2005 Buddy
as Narrator
- 2005 Be Cool
as Tommy Athens
- 2005 Pretty Persuasion
as Hank Joyce
- 2004 This Girl's Life
as Pops
- 2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Toreno (voice)
- 2004 The Easter Egg Adventure
as Grab Takit (voice)
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003 Northfork
as Walter O'Brien
- 2003 Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
as Rudy Giuliani
- 2002 Mickey's House of Villains
as Hades (voice)
- 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 Race to Space
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
- 2001 Riding in Cars with Boys
as Leonard Donofrio
- 2001 Scary Movie 2
as Father McFeely
- 2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as General Hein (voice)
- 2001 Recess: School's Out
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 Dirty Pictures
as Dennis Barrie
- 2000 The Virgin Suicides
as Mr. Lisbon
- 2000 Sensational Cities: New York
as Narrator
- 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 · TV
as James Woods (voice) / James Woods as General Veers (voice) / Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) · 8 episodes
- 1998 Another Day in Paradise
as Mel
- 1998 Vampires
as Jack Crow
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
as Narrator
- 1997 Kicked in the Head
as Uncle Sam
- 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
- 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
- 1994 Curse of the Starving Class
as Weston Tate
- 1994 Next Door
as Matt Coler
- 1994 The Getaway
as Jack Benyon
- 1994 Jane's House
as Paul Clark
- 1993
- 1992 Chaplin
as Joseph Scott
- 1992 Citizen Cohn
as Roy Marcus Cohn
- 1992 Diggstown
as Gabriel Caine
- 1992 Straight Talk
as Jack Russell
- 1991 The Boys
as Walter Farmer
- 1991 The Hard Way
as John Moss
- 1990
- 1990 Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
- 1989
- 1989 Immediate Family
as Michael Spector
- 1989 My Name Is Bill W.
as Bill Wilson
- 1989 True Believer
as Eddie Dodd
- 1988 The Boost
as Lenny Brown
- 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 Max
- 1984 Against All Odds
as Jake Wise
- 1983 Videodrome
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 Eyewitness
as Aldo Mercer
- 1980 The Black Marble
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
- 1977 The Choirboys
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
- 1975 Night Moves
as Quentin
- 1974 The Gambler
as Bank Officer
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973 The Way We Were
as Frankie McVeigh
- 1973
- 1972 A Great American Tragedy
as Rick
- 1972 Hickey & Boggs
as Lt. Wyatt
- 1972 Footsteps
as Reporter
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 The Visitors
as Bill Schmidt
- 1971 All the Way Home
as Andrew Lynch
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame · TV
as Andrew Lynch / Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan / DJ / Bill Wilson / Temple Rayburn · 5 episodes
Behind the camera (3)
- 2023 Oppenheimer
Executive Producer
- 1998 Another Day in Paradise
Producer
- 1988 Cop
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (34)
- 2023
- 2021
- 2014
- 2013 Futurescape with James Woods
6 episodes
- 2013
- 2013 The Frame
1 episode
- 2006
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2 episodes
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 1998 The Entertainment Biz
1 episode
- 1997 EP Daily
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
3 episodes
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5 episodes
- 1991
- 1989
- 1988
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes