Birthday

1947-04-18

Birthplace

Vernal, Utah, USA

Gender

Male

Known For

Acting

James Woods

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.

Acting Credits

Once Upon a Time in America

Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Casino

Lester Diamond

The Virgin Suicides

Mr. Lisbon

The Getaway

Jack Benyon

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

General Hein (voice)

Contact

Michael Kitz

Videodrome

Max Renn

Cat's Eye

Morrison

The General's Daughter

Colonel Robert Moore

True Crime

Alan Mann

The Specialist

Ned Trent

Chaplin

Joseph Scott

Be Cool

Tommy Athens

Scary Movie 2

Father McFeely

Best Seller

Cleve

Nixon

H.R. Haldeman

Stuart Little 2

Falcon (voice)

Play It to the Bone

James Woods (Ringside Fan)

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Owlman (voice)

The Hard Way

John Moss

Against All Odds

Jake Wise

Salvador

Richard Boyle

Mickey's House of Villains

Hades (voice)

True Believer

Eddie Dodd

Ghosts of Mississippi

Byron De La Beckwith

Eyewitness

Aldo Mercer

Hercules

Hades (voice)

John Q

Dr. Raymond Turner

Cop

Lloyd Hopkins

Night Moves

Quentin

Northfork

Walter O'Brien

Surf's Up

Reggie Belafonte (voice)

End Game

Vaughn Stevens

Any Given Sunday

Dr. Harvey Mandrake

Vampires

Jack Crow

The Onion Field

Gregory Powell

Footsteps

Reporter

Ark

Jallak (voice)

America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye

Narrator

Another Day in Paradise

Mel

Straight Talk

Jack Russell

This Girl's Life

Pops

Race to Space

Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

Gloomius Maximus (voice)

My Name Is Bill W.

Bill Wilson

The Gambler

Bank Officer

Voices That Care

Self - Host & Choir Member

Fast-Walking

Fast-Walking

Straw Dogs

Tom Heddon

Too Big to Fail

Dick Fuld

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Danny Davis

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

The Choirboys

Harold Bloomguard

Diggstown

Gabriel Caine

Split Image

Charles Pratt

Citizen Cohn

Roy Marcus Cohn

The American Nightmare

Self

Kicked in the Head

Uncle Sam

The Black Marble

The Fiddler

Hickey & Boggs

Lt. Wyatt

The Boost

Lenny Brown

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Carl Panzram

Immediate Family

Michael Spector

The Easter Egg Adventure

Grab Takit (voice)

Officer Down

Captain Verona

The Visitors

Bill Schmidt

...And Your Name Is Jonah

Danny Corelli

Next Door

Matt Coler

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Self

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

Rudy Giuliani

The Summer of Ben Tyler

Temple Rayburn

For Better or Worse

Reggie Makeshift

Jobs

Jack Dudman

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Self (archive footage)

Alex & the Gypsy

Crainpool

White House Down

Walker

Dirty Pictures

Dennis Barrie

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

Self

The Gift of Love

Alfred Browning

Curse of the Starving Class

Weston Tate

Joshua Then and Now

Joshua Shapiro

Free as a Dog

In Love and War

James B. Stockdale

The Disappearance of Aimee

Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

Jamesy Boy

Lt. Falton

Badge of the Assassin

Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

A Great American Tragedy

Rick

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

Len Fraker

Once Upon a Studio

Hades (voice)

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

Self

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Self

The Way We Were

Frankie McVeigh

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

Robert

An American Carol

Todd Grosslight

Mary and Martha

Mary's Father

Buddy

Narrator

All the Way Home

Andrew Lynch

Promise

DJ

Riding in Cars with Boys

Leonard Donofrio

Pretty Persuasion

Hank Joyce

Bling

Victor (voice)

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

Sin Eater

Raid on Entebbe

Capt. Sammy Berg

Jane's House

Paul Clark

First Contact

Narrator

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Self

Distance

Larry Vincent

Recess: School's Out

Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

Interviewee

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

Self

The Billion Dollar Bubble

Art Lewis

The Boys

Walter Farmer

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Crimes of Passion

Himself - Host

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

America | A Tribute to Heroes

Self

Hercules: Zero to Hero

Hades (voice) (archive sound)

Any Given Tuesday

Self

Foster & Laurie

Walter The Addict

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

Self

Into the Valley of Death

Self

Hollywood on Horses

Self

A Journey to Sundance

Self

The Making of Hercules

Self

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

Toreno (voice)

Eddington

Self (uncredited)

Sensational Cities: New York

Narrator

Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After

Hades

Welcome Back, Kotter

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

The Simpsons

James Woods (voice)

The Rookies

Family Guy

James Woods (voice)

Shark

Sebastian Stark

EP Daily

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

The Daily Show

Self

Entourage

James Woods

The Streets of San Francisco

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Self

Hercules

Hades (voice)

Kojak

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Andrew Lynch

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Fallen Angels

Mickey Cohen

ER

Dr. Nate Lennox

Police Story

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

Saturday Night Special

Saturday Night Special

The Oscars

Self

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Coma

Dr. Howard Stark

Family Guy

James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Family Guy

Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)

Futurescape with James Woods

Himself

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Holocaust

Karl Weiss

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan

Hallmark Hall of Fame

DJ

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Bill Wilson

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Temple Rayburn

Ray Donovan

Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

The Rockford Files

Larry Kirkoff

Disney's House of Mouse

Hades (voice)

Kojak

Caz

The Frame

Max Renn

Founding Fathers

John Adams (voice)

Dream On

Dennis Youngblood

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

Narrator

Justice League Action

Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

Justice League Action

Lex Luthor (voice)

Clerks

Major Baklava (voice)

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

The Entertainment Biz

The Entertainment Biz

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee

Film Credits

Cop

Producer

Oppenheimer

Executive Producer

Another Day in Paradise

Producer