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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

175

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-18 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Vernal, Utah, USA

Also Known As

James H. Woods

James Howard Woods

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James 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

Acting

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

Once Upon a Time in America

as

Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Casino

1995

Casino

as

Lester Diamond

The Getaway

1994

The Getaway

as

Jack Benyon

The Virgin Suicides

2000

The Virgin Suicides

as

Mr. Lisbon

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

as

General Hein (voice)

Contact

1997

Contact

as

Michael Kitz

Videodrome

1983

Videodrome

as

Max Renn

The General's Daughter

1999

The General's Daughter

as

Colonel Robert Moore

Cat's Eye

1985

Cat's Eye

as

Morrison

True Crime

1999

True Crime

as

Alan Mann

The Specialist

1994

The Specialist

as

Ned Trent

Chaplin

1992

Chaplin

as

Joseph Scott

Be Cool

2005

Be Cool

as

Tommy Athens

Scary Movie 2

2001

Scary Movie 2

as

Father McFeely

Best Seller

1987

Best Seller

as

Cleve

Nixon

1995

Nixon

as

H.R. Haldeman

Stuart Little 2

2002

Stuart Little 2

as

Falcon (voice)

Play It to the Bone

1999

Play It to the Bone

as

James Woods (Ringside Fan)

The Hard Way

1991

The Hard Way

as

John Moss

Against All Odds

1984

Against All Odds

as

Jake Wise

Salvador

1986

Salvador

as

Richard Boyle

Mickey's House of Villains

2001

Mickey's House of Villains

as

Hades (voice)

True Believer

1989

True Believer

as

Eddie Dodd

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996

Ghosts of Mississippi

as

Byron De La Beckwith

Hercules

1997

Hercules

as

Hades (voice)

Eyewitness

1981

Eyewitness

as

Aldo Mercer

John Q

2002

John Q

as

Dr. Raymond Turner

Cop

1988

Cop

as

Lloyd Hopkins

Night Moves

1975

Night Moves

as

Quentin

Northfork

2003

Northfork

as

Walter O'Brien

Surf's Up

2007

Surf's Up

as

Reggie Belafonte (voice)

End Game

2006

End Game

as

Vaughn Stevens

Any Given Sunday

1999

Any Given Sunday

as

Dr. Harvey Mandrake

Vampires

1998

Vampires

as

Jack Crow

The Onion Field

1979

The Onion Field

as

Gregory Powell

Footsteps

1972

Footsteps

as

Reporter

Ark

2005

Ark

as

Jallak (voice)

Straight Talk

1992

Straight Talk

as

Jack Russell

Race to Space

2001

Race to Space

as

Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

2002

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

as

Gloomius Maximus (voice)

My Name Is Bill W.

1989

My Name Is Bill W.

as

Bill Wilson

The Gambler

1974

The Gambler

as

Bank Officer

Voices That Care

1991

Voices That Care

as

Self - Host & Choir Member

Fast-Walking

1982

Fast-Walking

as

Fast-Walking

Straw Dogs

2011

Straw Dogs

as

Tom Heddon

Too Big to Fail

2011

Too Big to Fail

as

Dick Fuld

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

1975

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

as

Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

The Choirboys

1977

The Choirboys

as

Harold Bloomguard

Diggstown

1992

Diggstown

as

Gabriel Caine

Split Image

1982

Split Image

as

Charles Pratt

Citizen Cohn

1992

Citizen Cohn

as

Roy Marcus Cohn

Kicked in the Head

1997

Kicked in the Head

as

Uncle Sam

The Black Marble

1980

The Black Marble

as

The Fiddler

Hickey & Boggs

1972

Hickey & Boggs

as

Lt. Wyatt

The Boost

1988

The Boost

as

Lenny Brown

Killer: A Journal of Murder

1996

Killer: A Journal of Murder

as

Carl Panzram

Immediate Family

1989

Immediate Family

as

Michael Spector

The Easter Egg Adventure

2004

The Easter Egg Adventure

as

Grab Takit (voice)

Officer Down

2013

Officer Down

as

Captain Verona

The Visitors

1972

The Visitors

as

Bill Schmidt

...And Your Name Is Jonah

1979

...And Your Name Is Jonah

as

Danny Corelli

Next Door

1994

Next Door

as

Matt Coler

The Summer of Ben Tyler

1996

The Summer of Ben Tyler

as

Temple Rayburn

For Better or Worse

1995

For Better or Worse

as

Reggie Makeshift

Jobs

2013

Jobs

as

Jack Dudman

Alex & the Gypsy

1976

Alex & the Gypsy

as

Crainpool

White House Down

2013

White House Down

as

Chief SAIC Martin Walker

Dirty Pictures

2000

Dirty Pictures

as

Dennis Barrie

The Gift of Love

1978

The Gift of Love

as

Alfred Browning

Joshua Then and Now

1985

Joshua Then and Now

as

Joshua Shapiro

In Love and War

1987

In Love and War

as

James B. Stockdale

The Disappearance of Aimee

1976

The Disappearance of Aimee

as

Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

Jamesy Boy

2014

Jamesy Boy

as

Lt. Falton

Badge of the Assassin

1985

Badge of the Assassin

as

Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

Once Upon a Studio

2023

Once Upon a Studio

as

Hades (voice)

The Way We Were

1973

The Way We Were

as

Frankie McVeigh

An American Carol

2008

An American Carol

as

Todd Grosslight

Mary and Martha

2013

Mary and Martha

as

Mary's Father

Buddy

2005

Buddy

as

Narrator

All the Way Home

1971

All the Way Home

as

Andrew Lynch

Promise

1986

Promise

as

DJ

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001

Riding in Cars with Boys

as

Leonard Donofrio

Pretty Persuasion

2005

Pretty Persuasion

as

Hank Joyce

Bling

2016

Bling

as

Victor (voice)

Raid on Entebbe

1976

Raid on Entebbe

as

Capt. Sammy Berg

Jane's House

1994

Jane's House

as

Paul Clark

First Contact

2016

First Contact

as

Narrator

Distance

1975

Distance

as

Larry Vincent

Recess: School's Out

2001

Recess: School's Out

as

Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

The Boys

1991

The Boys

as

Walter Farmer

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

2009

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

as

James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Crimes of Passion

1988

Crimes of Passion

as

Himself - Host

Hercules: Zero to Hero

1999

Hercules: Zero to Hero

as

Hades (voice) (archive sound)

Foster & Laurie

1975

Foster & Laurie

as

Walter The Addict

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

as

James Woods (voice)

Family Guy

Family Guy

as

James Woods (voice)

Shark

Shark

as

Sebastian Stark

Entourage

Entourage

as

Self

Hercules

Hercules

as

Hades (voice)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Andrew Lynch

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

as

Mickey Cohen

ER

ER

as

Dr. Nate Lennox

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Host

Coma

Coma

as

Dr. Howard Stark

Family Guy

Family Guy

as

James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Family Guy

Family Guy

as

Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)

Holocaust

Holocaust

as

Karl Weiss

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Temple Rayburn

Ray Donovan

Ray Donovan

as

Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

as

Larry Kirkoff

Kojak

Kojak

as

Caz

The Frame

The Frame

as

Max Renn

Founding Fathers

Founding Fathers

as

John Adams (voice)

Dream On

Dream On

as

Dennis Youngblood

Justice League Action

Justice League Action

as

Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

Justice League Action

Justice League Action

as

Lex Luthor (voice)

Clerks

Clerks

as

Major Baklava (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing