James Woods

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 165

Gender Male

Birthday April 18, 1947 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Vernal, Utah, USA

Also Known As

James H. Woods
James Howard Woods
جیمز وودز

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James Woods

Biography

James Howard Woods is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, Hercules, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and has gained two Academy Award nominations.

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2023

as Hades (voice)

2021		Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
2021		A Journey to Sundance as Self

2017

6 episodes as Lex Luthor (voice) 1 episode as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

2016		First Contact as Narrator
2016		Bling as Victor (voice)

2014		Family Guy 1 episode as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
2014		Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
2014		Jamesy Boy as Lt. Falton

2013		Futurescape with James Woods 6 episodes as Himself
2013		Any Given Tuesday as Self
2013		Jobs as Jack Dudman
2013		Ray Donovan 5 episodes as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
2013		White House Down as Chief SAIC Martin Walker
2013		The Frame 1 episode as Max Renn
2013		Mary and Martha as Mary's Father
2013		Officer Down as Captain Verona

2012

2 episodes as Dr. Howard Stark

2011		Too Big to Fail as Dick Fuld
2011		Straw Dogs as Tom Heddon

2010		Family Guy 1 episode as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
2010		Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as Owlman (voice)

2009

as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

2008

as Todd Grosslight

2007

as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

2006		Shark 38 episodes as Sebastian Stark
2006		End Game as Vaughn Stevens
2006		Entourage 1 episode as Self
2006		ER 1 episode as Dr. Nate Lennox
2006		Free as a Dog

2005		Ark as Jallak (voice)
2005		Family Guy 6 episodes as James Woods (voice)
2005		Buddy as Narrator
2005		EP Daily 1 episode
2005		Be Cool as Tommy Athens
2005		Pretty Persuasion as Hank Joyce
2005		Jimmy Kimmel Live! 1 episode
2005		The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2 episodes as Self

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		Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
2004		Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self

2003		Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003		101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003		Northfork as Walter O'Brien
2003		Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story as Rudy Giuliani

2002		Clerks 1 episode as Major Baklava (voice)
2002		The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5 episodes as Self
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		Mickey's House of Villains as Hades (voice)
2001		Race to Space as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
2001		Riding in Cars with Boys as Leonard Donofrio
2001		Disney's House of Mouse 1 episode as Hades (voice)
2001		America \| A Tribute to Heroes as Self
2001		Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
2001		The Daily Show 1 episode as Self
2001		Late Night with Conan O'Brien 2 episodes as Self - Guest
2001		Scary Movie 2 as Father McFeely
2001		Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as General Hein (voice)
2001		Into the Valley of Death as Self
2001		Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
2001		Recess: School's Out as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

2000		The Making of The Virgin Suicides as Self
2000		Founding Fathers 4 episodes as John Adams (voice)
2000		The American Nightmare as Self
2000		The Making of Hercules as Self
2000		Dirty Pictures as Dennis Barrie
2000		Inside the Actors Studio 1 episode as Self
2000		The Virgin Suicides as Mr. Lisbon
2000		Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self

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

1998		Another Day in Paradise as Mel
1998		Vampires as Jack Crow
1998		Hercules 65 episodes as Hades (voice)
1998		AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies 10 episodes as Narrator
1998		The Entertainment Biz 1 episode as Self
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)
1997		The Oscars 1 episode as Self

1996		Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith
1996		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Temple Rayburn
1996		The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn
1996		Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram
1996		Saturday Night Special 1 episode

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		Curse of the Starving Class as Weston Tate
1994		Next Door as Matt Coler
1994		The Getaway as Jack Benyon
1994		The Simpsons 1 episode as James Woods (voice)
1994		Jane's House as Paul Clark

1993		Fallen Angels 1 episode as Mickey Cohen
1993		Dream On 1 episode as Dennis Youngblood

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
1991		Voices That Care as Self - Host & Choir Member

1990

as Robert

1989		Saturday Night Live 1 episode as Self - Host
1989		Immediate Family as Michael Spector
1989		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Bill Wilson
1989		My Name Is Bill W. as Bill Wilson
1989		True Believer as Eddie Dodd
1989		Hollywood on Horses as Self

1988		The Boost as Lenny Brown
1988		Crimes of Passion as Himself - Host
1988		Cop as Lloyd Hopkins

1987		Best Seller as Cleve
1987		In Love and War as James B. Stockdale

1986		Promise as DJ
1986		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode 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 Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
1984		Against All Odds as Jake Wise

1983

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		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 2 episodes as Self
1981		Eyewitness as Aldo Mercer

1980		The Black Marble as The Fiddler
1980		The Mike Douglas Show 1 episode as Self

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		Holocaust 4 episodes as Karl Weiss

1977

as Harold Bloomguard

1976		Raid on Entebbe as Capt. Sammy Berg
1976		Police Story 1 episode
1976		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
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		The Rookies 1 episode
1975		The Streets of San Francisco 1 episode
1975		Welcome Back, Kotter 1 episode
1975		Night Moves as Quentin

1974		The Gambler as Bank Officer
1974		The Rockford Files 1 episode as Larry Kirkoff
1974		Kojak 1 episode as Caz

1973

as Frankie McVeigh

1972		A Great American Tragedy as Rick
1972		Hickey & Boggs as Lt. Wyatt
1972		Footsteps as Reporter
1972		The Visitors as Bill Schmidt

1971		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Andrew Lynch
1971		All the Way Home as Andrew Lynch

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2023

… Executive Producer

1998

… Producer

1988

… Producer

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