James Woods
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-04-18 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Vernal, Utah, USA
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.
Acting
(2025)
Eddington
as Self
(2023)
Once Upon a Studio
as Hades (voice)
(2021)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
(2021)
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
(2016)
Bling
as Victor (voice)
(2016)
First Contact
as Narrator
(2014)
Jamesy Boy
as Lt. Falton
(2014)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
White House Down
as Chief SAIC Martin Walker
(2013)
Jobs
as Jack Dudman
(2013)
Officer Down
as Captain Verona
(2013)
Mary and Martha
as Mary's Father
(2013)
Any Given Tuesday
as Self
(2011)
Straw Dogs
as Tom Heddon
(2011)
Too Big to Fail
as Dick Fuld
(2010)
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as Owlman (voice)
(2009)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
(2008)
An American Carol
as Todd Grosslight
(2007)
Surf's Up
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
(2006)
End Game
as Vaughn Stevens
(2006)
(2005)
Be Cool
as Tommy Athens
(2005)
Pretty Persuasion
as Hank Joyce
(2005)
Ark
as Jallak (voice)
(2005)
Buddy
as Narrator
(2004)
This Girl's Life
as Pops
(2004)
The Easter Egg Adventure
as Grab Takit (voice)
(2004)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Toreno (voice)
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
(2003)
Northfork
as Walter O'Brien
(2003)
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
as Rudy Giuliani
(2003)
(2002)
Stuart Little 2
as Falcon (voice)
(2002)
John Q
as Dr. Raymond Turner
(2002)
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
(2001)
Scary Movie 2
as Father McFeely
(2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as General Hein (voice)
(2001)
Recess: School's Out
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
(2001)
Mickey's House of Villains
as Hades (voice)
(2001)
Riding in Cars with Boys
as Leonard Donofrio
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
Race to Space
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
(2001)
(2001)
Into the Valley of Death
as Self
(2000)
The Virgin Suicides
as Mr. Lisbon
(2000)
Dirty Pictures
as Dennis Barrie
(2000)
(2000)
The American Nightmare
as Self
(2000)
(2000)
The Making of Hercules
as Self
(1999)
The General's Daughter
as Colonel Robert Moore
(1999)
Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
(1999)
True Crime
as Alan Mann
(1999)
Play It to the Bone
as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
(1999)
Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
(1998)
Vampires
as Jack Crow
(1998)
Another Day in Paradise
as Mel
(1998)
(1997)
Hercules
as Hades (voice)
(1997)
Contact
as Michael Kitz
(1997)
Kicked in the Head
as Uncle Sam
(1996)
Ghosts of Mississippi
as Byron De La Beckwith
(1996)
Killer: A Journal of Murder
as Carl Panzram
(1996)
The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Temple Rayburn
(1995)
Casino
as Lester Diamond
(1995)
Nixon
as H.R. Haldeman
(1995)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Danny Davis
(1995)
For Better or Worse
as Reggie Makeshift
(1994)
The Specialist
as Ned Trent
(1994)
The Getaway
as Jack Benyon
(1994)
Curse of the Starving Class
as Weston Tate
(1994)
Next Door
as Matt Coler
(1994)
Jane's House
as Paul Clark
(1992)
Chaplin
as Joseph Scott
(1992)
Diggstown
as Gabriel Caine
(1992)
Straight Talk
as Jack Russell
(1992)
Citizen Cohn
as Roy Marcus Cohn
(1991)
The Hard Way
as John Moss
(1991)
The Boys
as Walter Farmer
(1991)
Voices That Care
as Self - Host & Choir Member
(1990)
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Robert
(1989)
True Believer
as Eddie Dodd
(1989)
My Name Is Bill W.
as Bill Wilson
(1989)
Immediate Family
as Michael Spector
(1989)
Hollywood on Horses
as Self
(1988)
Cop
as Lloyd Hopkins
(1988)
The Boost
as Lenny Brown
(1988)
Crimes of Passion
as Himself - Host
(1987)
Best Seller
as Cleve
(1987)
In Love and War
as James B. Stockdale
(1986)
Salvador
as Richard Boyle
(1986)
Promise
as DJ
(1985)
Cat's Eye
as Morrison
(1985)
Badge of the Assassin
as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
(1985)
Joshua Then and Now
as Joshua Shapiro
(1984)
Once Upon a Time in America
as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
(1984)
Against All Odds
as Jake Wise
(1983)
Videodrome
as Max Renn
(1982)
Split Image
as Charles Pratt
(1982)
Fast-Walking
as Fast-Walking
(1982)
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
as Interviewee
(1981)
Eyewitness
as Aldo Mercer
(1980)
The Black Marble
as The Fiddler
(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
(1979)
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
as Len Fraker
(1978)
The Gift of Love
as Alfred Browning
(1978)
The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Art Lewis
(1977)
The Choirboys
as Harold Bloomguard
(1976)
Raid on Entebbe
as Capt. Sammy Berg
(1976)
The Disappearance of Aimee
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
(1976)
Alex & the Gypsy
as Crainpool
(1975)
Night Moves
as Quentin
(1975)
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
(1975)
Foster & Laurie
as Walter The Addict
(1975)
Distance
as Larry Vincent
(1974)
The Gambler
as Bank Officer
(1973)
The Way We Were
as Frankie McVeigh
(1972)
Hickey & Boggs
as Lt. Wyatt
(1972)
The Visitors
as Bill Schmidt
(1972)
A Great American Tragedy
as Rick
(1972)
Footsteps
as Reporter
(1971)
All the Way Home
as Andrew Lynch
Crew
(2023)
Oppenheimer
Executive Producer
(1998)
Another Day in Paradise
Producer
(1988)
Cop
Producer