James Woods
Acting
Born: April 18, 1947 (age 79) · Vernal, Utah, USA
Highest Rated
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
Oppenheimer
2023
The Simpsons
1989
Hercules
1997
Casino
1995
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
Scary Movie 2
2001
White House Down
2013
Contact
1997
Family Guy
1999
The Virgin Suicides
2000
Surf's Up
2007
John Q
2002
Photos (9)
Movies (108)
Once Upon a Time in America
Max
Hercules
Hades (voice)
Contact
Michael Kitz
Casino
Lester Diamond
Scary Movie 2
Father McFeely
Eddington
James Woods (uncredited)
Once Upon a Studio
Hades (voice)
White House Down
Walker
John Q
Dr. Raymond Turner
Any Given Sunday
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Surf's Up
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
The Specialist
Ned Trent
The Virgin Suicides
Mr. Lisbon
Videodrome
Max Renn
Vampires
Jack Crow
Chaplin
Joseph Scott
The Getaway
Jack Benyon
True Crime
Alan Mann
Pretty Persuasion
Hank Joyce
The General's Daughter
Colonel Robert Moore
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
General Hein (voice)
Cat's Eye
Morrison
Be Cool
Tommy Athens
Jobs
Jack Dudman
Mickey's House of Villains
Hades (voice)
Stuart Little 2
Falcon (voice)
The Hard Way
John Moss
Straw Dogs
Tom Heddon
The Way We Were
Frankie McVeigh
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Owlman (voice)
Riding in Cars with Boys
Leonard Donofrio
Night Moves
Quentin
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Too Big to Fail
Dick Fuld
Straight Talk
Jack Russell
Against All Odds
Jake Wise
Play It to the Bone
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
Recess: School's Out
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
Cop
Lloyd Hopkins
The Gambler
Bank Officer
Officer Down
Captain Verona
True Believer
Eddie Dodd
Best Seller
Cleve
Ghosts of Mississippi
Byron De La Beckwith
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Danny Davis
Salvador
Richard Boyle
Split Image
Charles Pratt
Eyewitness
Aldo Mercer
An American Carol
Todd Grosslight
Another Day in Paradise
Mel
The Onion Field
Gregory Powell
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Northfork
Walter O'Brien
End Game
Agent Vaughn Stevens
Raid on Entebbe
Capt. Sammy Berg
Jamesy Boy
Lt. Falton
Diggstown
Gabriel Caine
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
Bling
Victor (voice)
This Girl's Life
Pops
The Choirboys
Harold Bloomguard
Immediate Family
Michael Spector
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Toreno (voice)
Mary and Martha
Mary's Father
Hickey & Boggs
Lt. Wyatt
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Temple Rayburn
Race to Space
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
The Disappearance of Aimee
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
Next Door
Matt Coler
The Boost
Lenny Brown
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Carl Panzram
The Black Marble
The Fiddler
The Easter Egg Adventure
Grab Takit (voice)
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Sin Eater
Curse of the Starving Class
Weston Tate
Fast-Walking
Fast-Walking
My Name Is Bill W.
Bill Wilson
For Better or Worse
Reggie Makeshift
Badge of the Assassin
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
The Visitors
Bill Schmidt
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
The Boys
Walter Farmer
Alex & the Gypsy
Crainpool
In Love and War
James B. Stockdale
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
Dirty Pictures
Dennis Barrie
Citizen Cohn
Roy Marcus Cohn
Foster & Laurie
Walter The Addict
First Contact
Narrator
Jane's House
Paul Clark
Kicked in the Head
Uncle Sam
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Danny Corelli
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Rudy Giuliani
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Art Lewis
Ark
Jallak (voice)
Promise
DJ
Footsteps
Reporter
A Great American Tragedy
Rick
All the Way Home
Andrew Lynch
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
Narrator
Distance
Larry Vincent
Buddy
Narrator
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Joshua Then and Now
Joshua Shapiro
The Gift of Love
Alfred Browning
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Interviewee
Sensational Cities: New York
Narrator
Free as a Dog
2006
TV Shows (33)
The Simpsons
James Woods (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
James Woods (voice) · 6 eps
Family Guy
James Woods as General Veers (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) · 1 eps
Entourage
James Woods · 1 eps
ER
Dr. Nate Lennox · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Larry Kirkoff · 1 eps
Ray Donovan
Patrick "Sully" Sullivan · 5 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
Hercules
Hades (voice) · 65 eps
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) · 1 eps
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor (voice) · 6 eps
Shark
Sebastian Stark · 38 eps
Kojak
1973
Kojak
Caz · 1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Dream On
Dennis Youngblood · 1 eps
Fallen Angels
Mickey Cohen · 1 eps
Disney's House of Mouse
Hades (voice) · 5 eps
Clerks
Major Baklava (voice) · 1 eps
Holocaust
Karl Weiss · 4 eps
The Frame
Max Renn · 1 eps
Welcome Back, Kotter
1 eps
Coma
Dr. Howard Stark · 2 eps
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Narrator · 10 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Andrew Lynch · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
DJ · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Temple Rayburn · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bill Wilson · 1 eps
Founding Fathers
John Adams (voice) · 4 eps
EP Daily
1 eps
Self / Appearances (28)
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 5 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Futurescape with James Woods
Himself · 6 eps
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Voices That Care
Self - Host & Choir Member
The American Nightmare
Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
Any Given Tuesday
self
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Self
Crimes of Passion
Himself - Host
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Self
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
The Making of Hercules
Self