James Woods

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1947-04-18 (Age: 79)

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.

Filmography (127)

⭐ 6.5 Role: James Woods (uncredited)

Eddington

⭐ 8.3 Role: Hades (voice)

Once Upon a Studio

⭐ 0 Role: Self

A Journey to Sundance

⭐ 7.6 Role: Self

Dean Martin: King of Cool

⭐ 7.2 Role: Narrator

First Contact

⭐ 5.7 Role: Victor (voice)

Bling

⭐ 6.7 Role: Self (archive footage)

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

⭐ 6.4 Role: Lt. Falton

Jamesy Boy

⭐ 0 Role: self

Any Given Tuesday

⭐ 6.1 Role: Jack Dudman

Jobs

⭐ 6.5 Role: Walker

White House Down

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mary's Father

Mary and Martha

⭐ 5.2 Role: Captain Verona

Officer Down

⭐ 7.0 Role: Dick Fuld

Too Big to Fail

⭐ 5.9 Role: Tom Heddon

Straw Dogs

⭐ 7.3 Role: Owlman (voice)

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

⭐ 7.2 Role: James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

⭐ 4.2 Role: Todd Grosslight

An American Carol

⭐ 6.5 Role: Reggie Belafonte (voice)

Surf's Up

⭐ 5.4 Role: Agent Vaughn Stevens

End Game

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Free as a Dog

⭐ 5.6 Role: Jallak (voice)

Ark

⭐ 9.0 Role: Narrator

Buddy

⭐ 5.5 Role: Tommy Athens

Be Cool

⭐ 5.8 Role: Hank Joyce

Pretty Persuasion

⭐ 5.0 Role: Pops

This Girl's Life

⭐ 6.8 Role: Toreno (voice)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

⭐ 7.0 Role: Grab Takit (voice)

The Easter Egg Adventure

⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

⭐ 7.1 Role: Self

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

⭐ 6.0 Role: Walter O'Brien

Northfork

⭐ 3.2 Role: Rudy Giuliani

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

⭐ 7.3 Role: Hades (voice)

Mickey's House of Villains

⭐ 6.3 Role: Gloomius Maximus (voice)

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

⭐ 5.8 Role: Falcon (voice)

Stuart Little 2

⭐ 7.1 Role: Dr. Raymond Turner

John Q

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

Race to Space

⭐ 6.7 Role: Leonard Donofrio

Riding in Cars with Boys

⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

America | A Tribute to Heroes

⭐ 7.1 Role: Self

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

⭐ 5.8 Role: Father McFeely

Scary Movie 2

⭐ 6.2 Role: General Hein (voice)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Into the Valley of Death

⭐ 6.1 Role: Self

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

⭐ 6.6 Role: Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

Recess: School's Out

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

The American Nightmare

⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Making of Hercules

⭐ 6.1 Role: Dennis Barrie

Dirty Pictures

⭐ 7.1 Role: Mr. Lisbon

The Virgin Suicides

⭐ 6.1 Role: Self

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Sensational Cities: New York

⭐ 5.4 Role: James Woods (Ringside Fan)

Play It to the Bone

⭐ 6.8 Role: Dr. Harvey Mandrake

Any Given Sunday

⭐ 6.5 Role: Hades (voice) (archive sound)

Hercules: Zero to Hero

⭐ 6.4 Role: Colonel Robert Moore

The General's Daughter

⭐ 6.5 Role: Alan Mann

True Crime

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mel

Another Day in Paradise

⭐ 6.3 Role: Jack Crow

Vampires

⭐ 10.0 Role: Narrator

America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye

⭐ 4.1 Role: Uncle Sam

Kicked in the Head

⭐ 7.4 Role: Michael Kitz

Contact

⭐ 7.5 Role: Hades (voice)

Hercules

⭐ 6.6 Role: Byron De La Beckwith

Ghosts of Mississippi

⭐ 6.8 Role: Temple Rayburn

The Summer of Ben Tyler

⭐ 5.8 Role: Carl Panzram

Killer: A Journal of Murder

⭐ 6.9 Role: H.R. Haldeman

Nixon

⭐ 8.0 Role: Lester Diamond

Casino

⭐ 7.0 Role: Danny Davis

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

⭐ 4.7 Role: Reggie Makeshift

For Better or Worse

⭐ 5.9 Role: Ned Trent

The Specialist

⭐ 4.4 Role: Weston Tate

Curse of the Starving Class

⭐ 4.9 Role: Matt Coler

Next Door

⭐ 5.8 Role: Jack Benyon

The Getaway

⭐ 6.0 Role: Paul Clark

Jane's House

⭐ 7.4 Role: Joseph Scott

Chaplin

⭐ 6.3 Role: Roy Marcus Cohn

Citizen Cohn

⭐ 6.3 Role: Gabriel Caine

Diggstown

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jack Russell

Straight Talk

⭐ 7.0 Role: Walter Farmer

The Boys

⭐ 6.2 Role: John Moss

The Hard Way

⭐ 8.7 Role: Self - Host & Choir Member

Voices That Care

⭐ 4.4 Role: Robert

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

⭐ 5.9 Role: Michael Spector

Immediate Family

⭐ 6.5 Role: Bill Wilson

My Name Is Bill W.

⭐ 6.2 Role: Eddie Dodd

True Believer

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

Hollywood on Horses

⭐ 5.7 Role: Lenny Brown

The Boost

⭐ 0 Role: Himself - Host

Crimes of Passion

⭐ 6.3 Role: Lloyd Hopkins

Cop

⭐ 6.0 Role: Cleve

Best Seller

⭐ 5.0 Role: James B. Stockdale

In Love and War

⭐ 7.3 Role: DJ

Promise

⭐ 7.1 Role: Richard Boyle

Salvador

⭐ 5.4 Role: Joshua Shapiro

Joshua Then and Now

⭐ 6.7 Role: Morrison

Cat's Eye

⭐ 5.6 Role: Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

Badge of the Assassin

⭐ 8.4 Role: Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Once Upon a Time in America

⭐ 5.7 Role: Jake Wise

Against All Odds

⭐ 7.3 Role: Max Renn

Videodrome

⭐ 7.3 Role: Interviewee

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

⭐ 6.0 Role: Charles Pratt

Split Image

⭐ 5.8 Role: Fast-Walking

Fast-Walking

⭐ 5.6 Role: Aldo Mercer

Eyewitness

⭐ 5.0 Role: The Fiddler

The Black Marble

⭐ 0 Role: Len Fraker

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

⭐ 6.0 Role: Gregory Powell

The Onion Field

⭐ 6.6 Role: Danny Corelli

...And Your Name Is Jonah

⭐ 6.8 Role: Sin Eater

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

⭐ 6.7 Role: Alfred Browning

The Gift of Love

⭐ 7.5 Role: Art Lewis

The Billion Dollar Bubble

⭐ 5.5 Role: Harold Bloomguard

The Choirboys

⭐ 6.1 Role: Capt. Sammy Berg

Raid on Entebbe

⭐ 8.7 Role: Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

The Disappearance of Aimee

⭐ 4.6 Role: Crainpool

Alex & the Gypsy

⭐ 6.5 Role: Larry Vincent

Distance

⭐ 4.0 Role: Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

⭐ 8.5 Role: Walter The Addict

Foster & Laurie

⭐ 6.7 Role: Quentin

Night Moves

⭐ 6.7 Role: Bank Officer

The Gambler

⭐ 7.0 Role: Frankie McVeigh

The Way We Were

⭐ 7.5 Role: Rick

A Great American Tragedy

⭐ 5.9 Role: Lt. Wyatt

Hickey & Boggs

⭐ 6.5 Role: Reporter

Footsteps

⭐ 6.0 Role: Bill Schmidt

The Visitors

⭐ 10.0 Role: Andrew Lynch

All the Way Home