James Woods
Known for Acting · 166 credits
- Born
- 1947-04-18 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Vernal, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- James H. Woods · James Howard Woods · جیمز وودز
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as James Woods (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as James Woods (voice) / James Woods as General Veers (voice) / Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
ER
1994
as Dr. Nate Lennox
TV Shows (39)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as James Woods (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as James Woods (voice) / James Woods as General Veers (voice) / Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
ER
1994
as Dr. Nate Lennox
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Entourage
2004
as James Woods
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
The Rockford Files
1974
as Larry Kirkoff
Ray Donovan
2013
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
Shark
2006
as Sebastian Stark
Hercules
1998
as Hades (voice)
Kojak
1973
as Caz
The Rookies
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Justice League Action
2016
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) / Lex Luthor (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
as Hades (voice)
Police Story
1973
Dream On
1990
as Dennis Youngblood
Fallen Angels
1993
as Mickey Cohen
Holocaust
1978
as Karl Weiss
The Frame
2013
as Max Renn
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
Clerks
2000
as Major Baklava (voice)
Coma
2012
as Dr. Howard Stark
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Andrew Lynch / Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan / DJ / Bill Wilson / Temple Rayburn
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
as Narrator
The Entertainment Biz
1998
as Self
Saturday Night Special
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Founding Fathers
2000
as John Adams (voice)
Futurescape with James Woods
2013
as Himself
EP Daily
1997
Movies (127)
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Max
Scary Movie 2
2001
as Father McFeely
Hercules
1997
as Hades (voice)
Casino
1995
as Lester Diamond
Contact
1997
as Michael Kitz
John Q
2002
as Dr. Raymond Turner
Surf's Up
2007
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
White House Down
2013
as Walker
Eddington
2025
as James Woods (uncredited)
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Hades (voice)
The Specialist
1994
as Ned Trent
The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Mr. Lisbon
Be Cool
2005
as Tommy Athens
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Stuart Little 2
2002
as Falcon (voice)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as General Hein (voice)
Vampires
1998
as Jack Crow
Videodrome
1983
as Max Renn
Pretty Persuasion
2005
as Hank Joyce
Straw Dogs
2011
as Tom Heddon
The Getaway
1994
as Jack Benyon
Nixon
1995
as H.R. Haldeman
Jobs
2013
as Jack Dudman
Against All Odds
1984
as Jake Wise
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
as Owlman (voice)
The General's Daughter
1999
as Colonel Robert Moore
True Crime
1999
as Alan Mann
The Way We Were
1973
as Frankie McVeigh
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Dick Fuld
Diggstown
1992
as Gabriel Caine
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
Chaplin
1992
as Joseph Scott
Mickey's House of Villains
2002
as Hades (voice)
Recess: School's Out
2001
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
as Leonard Donofrio
Cat's Eye
1985
as Morrison
The Hard Way
1991
as John Moss
Salvador
1986
as Richard Boyle
This Girl's Life
2004
as Pops
Eyewitness
1981
as Aldo Mercer
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
as Self
Cop
1988
as Lloyd Hopkins
Straight Talk
1992
as Jack Russell
Night Moves
1975
as Quentin
Best Seller
1987
as Cleve
End Game
2006
as Agent Vaughn Stevens
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Byron De La Beckwith
The Gambler
1974
as Bank Officer
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Onion Field
1979
as Gregory Powell
Jamesy Boy
2014
as Lt. Falton
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Capt. Sammy Berg
True Believer
1989
as Eddie Dodd
Officer Down
2013
as Captain Verona
An American Carol
2008
as Todd Grosslight
The Choirboys
1977
as Harold Bloomguard
Bling
2016
as Victor (voice)
Another Day in Paradise
1998
as Mel
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self
Play It to the Bone
1999
as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Roy Marcus Cohn
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Danny Davis
Kicked in the Head
1997
as Uncle Sam
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
as Sin Eater
Dirty Pictures
2000
as Dennis Barrie
Northfork
2003
as Walter O'Brien
Badge of the Assassin
1985
as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Host & Choir Member
Mary and Martha
2013
as Mary's Father
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003
as Rudy Giuliani
Immediate Family
1989
as Michael Spector
Split Image
1982
as Charles Pratt
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Robert
In Love and War
1987
as James B. Stockdale
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
Jane's House
1994
as Paul Clark
Ark
2005
as Jallak (voice)
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
as Grab Takit (voice)
Race to Space
2001
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002
as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
as Temple Rayburn
Promise
1986
as DJ
The Boys
1991
as Walter Farmer
Fast-Walking
1982
as Fast-Walking
The Boost
1988
as Lenny Brown
Hickey & Boggs
1972
as Lt. Wyatt
Foster & Laurie
1975
as Walter The Addict
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
as Danny Corelli
For Better or Worse
1995
as Reggie Makeshift
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
as Crainpool
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
as Bill Wilson
Next Door
1994
as Matt Coler
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Art Lewis
The Gift of Love
1978
as Alfred Browning
The Black Marble
1980
as The Fiddler
Footsteps
1972
as Reporter
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
as Carl Panzram
All the Way Home
1971
as Andrew Lynch
The Visitors
1972
as Bill Schmidt
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
A Great American Tragedy
1972
as Rick
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
as Weston Tate
Joshua Then and Now
1985
as Joshua Shapiro
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
as Toreno (voice)
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979
as Len Fraker
First Contact
2016
as Narrator
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
as Interviewee
Buddy
2005
as Narrator
Crimes of Passion
1988
as Himself - Host
Distance
1975
as Larry Vincent
About 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. With 166 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, James Woods has appeared in 127 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Woods Movies
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984) — as Max
- Scary Movie 2 (2001) — as Father McFeely
- Hercules (1997) — as Hades (voice)
- Casino (1995) — as Lester Diamond
- Contact (1997) — as Michael Kitz
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