8Acting
James Woods
- Born
- 1947-04-18
- Birthplace
- Vernal, Utah, USA
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
Filmography
169 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Eddington
2025 · Movie
James Woods (uncredited)
A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Movie
Self
Once Upon a Studio
2023 · Movie
Hades (voice)
Oppenheimer
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021 · Movie
Self
Bling
2016 · Movie
Victor (voice)
First Contact
2016 · Movie
Narrator
Justice League Action
2016 · TV Show
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) · Lex Luthor (voice)
Jamesy Boy
2014 · Movie
Lt. Falton
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Any Given Tuesday
2013 · Movie
self
Futurescape with James Woods
2013 · TV Show
Himself
Jobs
2013 · Movie
Jack Dudman
Mary and Martha
2013 · Movie
Mary's Father
Officer Down
2013 · Movie
Captain Verona
Ray Donovan
2013 · TV Show
Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
The Frame
2013 · TV Show
Max Renn
White House Down
2013 · Movie
Walker
Coma
2012 · TV Show
Dr. Howard Stark
Straw Dogs
2011 · Movie
Tom Heddon
Too Big to Fail
2011 · Movie
Dick Fuld
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010 · Movie
Owlman (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009 · Movie
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
An American Carol
2008 · Movie
Todd Grosslight
Surf's Up
2007 · Movie
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
End Game
2006 · Movie
Agent Vaughn Stevens
Free as a Dog
2006 · Movie
Cast
Shark
2006 · TV Show
Sebastian Stark
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Movie
Self
Ark
2005 · Movie
Jallak (voice)
Be Cool
2005 · Movie
Tommy Athens
Buddy
2005 · Movie
Narrator
Pretty Persuasion
2005 · Movie
Hank Joyce
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
Self
Entourage
2004 · TV Show
James Woods
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004 · Movie
Toreno (voice)
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004 · Movie
Grab Takit (voice)
This Girl's Life
2004 · Movie
Pops
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004 · Movie
Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 · Movie
Self
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003 · Movie
Cast
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
Self
Northfork
2003 · Movie
Walter O'Brien
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003 · Movie
Rudy Giuliani
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002 · Movie
Self
John Q
2002 · Movie
Dr. Raymond Turner
Mickey's House of Villains
2002 · Movie
Hades (voice)
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002 · Movie
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
Stuart Little 2
2002 · Movie
Falcon (voice)
America: A Tribute to Heroes
2001 · Movie
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001 · Movie
Self
Disney's House of Mouse
2001 · TV Show
Hades (voice)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001 · Movie
General Hein (voice)
Into the Valley of Death
2001 · Movie
Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001 · Movie
Self
Race to Space
2001 · Movie
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Recess: School's Out
2001 · Movie
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001 · Movie
Leonard Donofrio
Scary Movie 2
2001 · Movie
Father McFeely
Clerks
2000 · TV Show
Major Baklava (voice)
Dirty Pictures
2000 · Movie
Dennis Barrie
Founding Fathers
2000 · TV Show
John Adams (voice)
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000 · Movie
Self
Sensational Cities: New York
2000 · Movie
Narrator
The American Nightmare
2000 · Movie
Self
The Making of Hercules
2000 · Movie
Self
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000 · Movie
Self
The Virgin Suicides
2000 · Movie
Mr. Lisbon
Any Given Sunday
1999 · Movie
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Family Guy
1999 · TV Show
James Woods (voice) · James Woods as General Veers (voice) · Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999 · Movie
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
Play It to the Bone
1999 · Movie
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
The General's Daughter
1999 · Movie
Colonel Robert Moore
True Crime
1999 · Movie
Alan Mann
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998 · TV Show
Narrator
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
1998 · Movie
Narrator
Another Day in Paradise
1998 · Movie
Mel · Producer
Hercules
1998 · TV Show
Hades (voice)
The Entertainment Biz
1998 · TV Show
Self
Vampires
1998 · Movie
Jack Crow
Contact
1997 · Movie
Michael Kitz
EP Daily
1997 · TV Show
Cast
Hercules
1997 · Movie
Hades (voice)
Kicked in the Head
1997 · Movie
Uncle Sam
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 · Movie
Byron De La Beckwith
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996 · Movie
Carl Panzram
Saturday Night Special
1996 · TV Show
Cast
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
Self
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996 · Movie
Temple Rayburn
Casino
1995 · Movie
Lester Diamond
For Better or Worse
1995 · Movie
Reggie Makeshift
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995 · Movie
Danny Davis
Nixon
1995 · Movie
H.R. Haldeman
Curse of the Starving Class
1994 · Movie
Weston Tate
ER
1994 · TV Show
Dr. Nate Lennox
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV Show
Self
Jane's House
1994 · Movie
Paul Clark
Next Door
1994 · Movie
Matt Coler
The Getaway
1994 · Movie
Jack Benyon
The Specialist
1994 · Movie
Ned Trent
Fallen Angels
1993 · TV Show
Mickey Cohen
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Chaplin
1992 · Movie
Joseph Scott
Citizen Cohn
1992 · Movie
Roy Marcus Cohn
Diggstown
1992 · Movie
Gabriel Caine
Straight Talk
1992 · Movie
Jack Russell
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
Self
The Boys
1991 · Movie
Walter Farmer
The Hard Way
1991 · Movie
John Moss
Voices That Care
1991 · Movie
Self - Host & Choir Member
Dream On
1990 · TV Show
Dennis Youngblood
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990 · Movie
Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
Hollywood on Horses
1989 · Movie
Self
Immediate Family
1989 · Movie
Michael Spector
My Name Is Bill W.
1989 · Movie
Bill Wilson
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
James Woods (voice)
True Believer
1989 · Movie
Eddie Dodd
Cop
1988 · Movie
Lloyd Hopkins · Producer
Crimes of Passion
1988 · Movie
Himself - Host
The Boost
1988 · Movie
Lenny Brown
Best Seller
1987 · Movie
Cleve
In Love and War
1987 · Movie
James B. Stockdale
Promise
1986 · Movie
DJ
Salvador
1986 · Movie
Richard Boyle
Badge of the Assassin
1985 · Movie
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Cat's Eye
1985 · Movie
Morrison
Joshua Then and Now
1985 · Movie
Joshua Shapiro
Against All Odds
1984 · Movie
Jake Wise
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Movie
Max
Videodrome
1983 · Movie
Max Renn
Fast-Walking
1982 · Movie
Fast-Walking
Split Image
1982 · Movie
Charles Pratt
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982 · Movie
Interviewee
Eyewitness
1981 · Movie
Aldo Mercer
The Black Marble
1980 · Movie
The Fiddler
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979 · Movie
Danny Corelli
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979 · Movie
Sin Eater
The Onion Field
1979 · Movie
Gregory Powell
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979 · Movie
Len Fraker
Holocaust
1978 · TV Show
Karl Weiss
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978 · Movie
Art Lewis
The Gift of Love
1978 · Movie
Alfred Browning
The Choirboys
1977 · Movie
Harold Bloomguard
Alex & the Gypsy
1976 · Movie
Crainpool
Raid on Entebbe
1976 · Movie
Capt. Sammy Berg
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976 · Movie
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
Distance
1975 · Movie
Larry Vincent
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975 · Movie
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Foster & Laurie
1975 · Movie
Walter The Addict
Night Moves
1975 · Movie
Quentin
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Host
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975 · TV Show
Cast
The Gambler
1974 · Movie
Bank Officer
The Rockford Files
1974 · TV Show
Larry Kirkoff
Kojak
1973 · TV Show
Cast · Caz
Police Story
1973 · TV Show
Cast
The Way We Were
1973 · Movie
Frankie McVeigh
A Great American Tragedy
1972 · Movie
Rick
Footsteps
1972 · Movie
Reporter
Hickey & Boggs
1972 · Movie
Lt. Wyatt
The Rookies
1972 · TV Show
Cast
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · TV Show
Cast
The Visitors
1972 · Movie
Bill Schmidt
All the Way Home
1971 · Movie
Andrew Lynch
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
Self
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Andrew Lynch · Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan · DJ · Bill Wilson · Temple Rayburn
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
Self - Nominee