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 (8)
Movies (108)
Once Upon a Time in America
Max
Scary Movie 2
Father McFeely
Eddington
James Woods (uncredited)
Contact
Michael Kitz
Surf's Up
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
Hercules
Hades (voice)
White House Down
Walker
Once Upon a Studio
Hades (voice)
Casino
Lester Diamond
The Way We Were
Frankie McVeigh
Stuart Little 2
Falcon (voice)
Videodrome
Max Renn
The General's Daughter
Colonel Robert Moore
The Specialist
Ned Trent
Any Given Sunday
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
The Virgin Suicides
Mr. Lisbon
Jobs
Jack Dudman
John Q
Dr. Raymond Turner
True Believer
Eddie Dodd
Straw Dogs
Tom Heddon
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Owlman (voice)
Cat's Eye
Morrison
True Crime
Alan Mann
The Getaway
Jack Benyon
Mickey's House of Villains
Hades (voice)
Pretty Persuasion
Hank Joyce
Night Moves
Quentin
Play It to the Bone
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
Against All Odds
Jake Wise
The Hard Way
John Moss
Be Cool
Tommy Athens
Ghosts of Mississippi
Byron De La Beckwith
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
General Hein (voice)
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Recess: School's Out
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
Chaplin
Joseph Scott
Too Big to Fail
Dick Fuld
Riding in Cars with Boys
Leonard Donofrio
Salvador
Richard Boyle
The Gambler
Bank Officer
Split Image
Charles Pratt
Vampires
Jack Crow
Best Seller
Cleve
Diggstown
Gabriel Caine
An American Carol
Todd Grosslight
The Onion Field
Gregory Powell
Straight Talk
Jack Russell
Officer Down
Captain Verona
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
End Game
Agent Vaughn Stevens
Northfork
Walter O'Brien
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Danny Davis
My Name Is Bill W.
Bill Wilson
Mary and Martha
Mary's Father
Eyewitness
Aldo Mercer
Jamesy Boy
Lt. Falton
Jane's House
Paul Clark
Next Door
Matt Coler
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Toreno (voice)
Cop
Lloyd Hopkins
In Love and War
James B. Stockdale
Raid on Entebbe
Capt. Sammy Berg
Bling
Victor (voice)
This Girl's Life
Pops
The Black Marble
The Fiddler
Immediate Family
Michael Spector
For Better or Worse
Reggie Makeshift
The Disappearance of Aimee
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
Joshua Then and Now
Joshua Shapiro
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Danny Corelli
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
Another Day in Paradise
Mel
The Choirboys
Harold Bloomguard
The Gift of Love
Alfred Browning
The Easter Egg Adventure
Grab Takit (voice)
Badge of the Assassin
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Temple Rayburn
Fast-Walking
Fast-Walking
All the Way Home
Andrew Lynch
Curse of the Starving Class
Weston Tate
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Carl Panzram
Race to Space
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
The Visitors
Bill Schmidt
Footsteps
Reporter
Dirty Pictures
Dennis Barrie
Kicked in the Head
Uncle Sam
Distance
Larry Vincent
First Contact
Narrator
Citizen Cohn
Roy Marcus Cohn
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Rudy Giuliani
Hickey & Boggs
Lt. Wyatt
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Sin Eater
The Boost
Lenny Brown
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Art Lewis
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Interviewee
The Boys
Walter Farmer
A Great American Tragedy
Rick
Sensational Cities: New York
Narrator
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
Alex & the Gypsy
Crainpool
Free as a Dog
2006
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Foster & Laurie
Walter The Addict
Ark
Jallak (voice)
Promise
DJ
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
Narrator
Buddy
Narrator
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
ER
Dr. Nate Lennox · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Larry Kirkoff · 1 eps
Entourage
James Woods · 1 eps
Dream On
Dennis Youngblood · 1 eps
Ray Donovan
Patrick "Sully" Sullivan · 5 eps
Kojak
1973
Kojak
Caz · 1 eps
Hercules
Hades (voice) · 65 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Shark
Sebastian Stark · 38 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
Disney's House of Mouse
Hades (voice) · 5 eps
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) · 1 eps
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor (voice) · 6 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Fallen Angels
Mickey Cohen · 1 eps
Clerks
Major Baklava (voice) · 1 eps
Holocaust
Karl Weiss · 4 eps
Welcome Back, Kotter
1 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
Bill Wilson · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Temple Rayburn · 1 eps
The Frame
Max Renn · 1 eps
Coma
Dr. Howard Stark · 2 eps
Founding Fathers
John Adams (voice) · 4 eps
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Narrator · 10 eps
EP Daily
1 eps
Self / Appearances (28)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 5 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
America: A Tribute to Heroes
Self
The American Nightmare
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Futurescape with James Woods
Himself · 6 eps
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
Voices That Care
Self - Host & Choir Member
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Self
Crimes of Passion
Himself - Host
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
The Making of Hercules
Self
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Self
Any Given Tuesday
self