Portrait of James Woods

James Woods

Acting

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.

Born: April 18, 1947

Place of Birth: Vernal, Utah, USA

Filmography

2025
Eddington

as Self (uncredited)

2023
Once Upon a Studio

as Hades (voice)

2016
Justice League Action

as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

2016
Justice League Action

as Lex Luthor (voice)

2016
First Contact

as Narrator

2016
Bling

as Victor (voice)

2014
Jamesy Boy

as Lt. Falton

2013
Jobs

as Jack Dudman

2013
Ray Donovan

as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

2013
2013
The Frame

as Max Renn

2013
Mary and Martha

as Mary's Father

2013
Officer Down

as Captain Verona

2012
Coma

as Dr. Howard Stark

2011
Too Big to Fail

as Dick Fuld

2011
Straw Dogs

as Tom Heddon

2009
2008
An American Carol

as Todd Grosslight

2007
Surf's Up

as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

2006
Shark

as Sebastian Stark

2006
End Game

as Vaughn Stevens

2005
Ark

as Jallak (voice)

2005
Buddy

as Narrator

2005
Be Cool

as Tommy Athens

2005
Pretty Persuasion

as Hank Joyce

2004
2004
The Easter Egg Adventure

as Grab Takit (voice)

2004
Entourage

as James Woods

2003
Northfork

as Walter O'Brien

2003
2002
2002
2002
Stuart Little 2

as Falcon (voice)

2002
John Q

as Dr. Raymond Turner

2001
Race to Space

as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

2001
Riding in Cars with Boys

as Leonard Donofrio

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
Disney's House of Mouse

as Hades (voice)

2000
Founding Fathers

as John Adams (voice)

2000
Clerks

as Major Baklava (voice)

2000
Dirty Pictures

as Dennis Barrie

2000
The Virgin Suicides

as Mr. Lisbon

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

1999
Family Guy

as James Woods (voice)

1999
Family Guy

as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

1999
Family Guy

as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)

1998
Vampires

as Jack Crow

1998
Hercules

as Hades (voice)

1997
Kicked in the Head

as Uncle Sam

1997
Contact

as Michael Kitz

1997
Hercules

as Hades (voice)

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi

as Byron De La Beckwith

1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler

as Temple Rayburn

1996
1996
1995
Nixon

as H.R. Haldeman

1995
Casino

as Lester Diamond

1995
For Better or Worse

as Reggie Makeshift

1994
The Specialist

as Ned Trent

1994
ER

as Dr. Nate Lennox

1994
1994
Next Door

as Matt Coler

1994
The Getaway

as Jack Benyon

1994
Jane's House

as Paul Clark

1993
Fallen Angels

as Mickey Cohen

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
Dream On

as Dennis Youngblood

1989
The Simpsons

as James Woods (voice)

1989
Immediate Family

as Michael Spector

1989
My Name Is Bill W.

as Bill Wilson

1989
True Believer

as Eddie Dodd

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
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
Videodrome

as Max Renn

1982
Split Image

as Charles Pratt

1982
Fast-Walking

as Fast-Walking

1981
Eyewitness

as Aldo Mercer

1980
The Black Marble

as The Fiddler

1979
The Onion Field

as Gregory Powell

1979
1978
The Gift of Love

as Alfred Browning

1978
Holocaust

as Karl Weiss

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
Distance

as Larry Vincent

1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

1975
Foster & Laurie

as Walter The Addict

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Night Moves

as Quentin

1974
The Gambler

as Bank Officer

1974
The Rockford Files

as Larry Kirkoff

1973
1973
Kojak

as Caz

1973
The Way We Were

as Frankie McVeigh

1972
Hickey & Boggs

as Lt. Wyatt

1972
Footsteps

as Reporter

1972
The Visitors

as Bill Schmidt

1971
All the Way Home

as Andrew Lynch

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Andrew Lynch

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Temple Rayburn

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Bill Wilson

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee