James Woods

James Woods

Known for
Acting
Born
April 18, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Vernal, Utah, USA

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

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Filmography

2025
Eddington poster

Eddington

Movie · as James Woods (uncredited)

2023
Once Upon a Studio poster

Once Upon a Studio

Movie · as Hades (voice)

2023
A Journey to Sundance poster

A Journey to Sundance

Movie · as Self

2021
Dean Martin: King of Cool poster

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Movie · as Self

2016
Bling poster

Bling

Movie · as Victor (voice)

2016
First Contact poster

First Contact

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Justice League Action poster

Justice League Action

TV · as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice), Lex Luthor (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau poster

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

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Jamesy Boy poster

Jamesy Boy

Movie · as Lt. Falton

2014
Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy poster

Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy

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

2013
Officer Down poster

Officer Down

Movie · as Captain Verona

2013
Jobs poster

Jobs

Movie · as Jack Dudman

2013
White House Down poster

White House Down

Movie · as Walker

2013
Mary and Martha poster

Mary and Martha

Movie · as Mary's Father

2013
Any Given Tuesday poster

Any Given Tuesday

Movie · as self

2013
Futurescape with James Woods poster

Futurescape with James Woods

TV · as Himself · 6 eps

2013
Ray Donovan poster

Ray Donovan

TV · as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan · 5 eps

2013
The Frame poster

The Frame

TV · as Max Renn · 1 ep

2012
Coma poster

Coma

TV · as Dr. Howard Stark · 2 eps

2011
Straw Dogs poster

Straw Dogs

Movie · as Tom Heddon

2011
Too Big to Fail poster

Too Big to Fail

Movie · as Dick Fuld

2010
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths poster

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Movie · as Owlman (voice)

2009
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side poster

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

Movie · as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

2008
An American Carol poster

An American Carol

Movie · as Todd Grosslight

2007
Surf's Up poster

Surf's Up

Movie · as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

2006
End Game poster

End Game

Movie · as Agent Vaughn Stevens

2006
Free as a Dog poster

Free as a Dog

Movie

2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story poster

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

Movie · as Self

2006
Shark poster

Shark

TV · as Sebastian Stark · 38 eps

2005
Be Cool poster

Be Cool

Movie · as Tommy Athens

2005
Ark poster

Ark

Movie · as Jallak (voice)

2005
Buddy poster

Buddy

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Pretty Persuasion poster

Pretty Persuasion

Movie · as Hank Joyce

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2004
This Girl's Life poster

This Girl's Life

Movie · as Pops

2004
The Easter Egg Adventure poster

The Easter Egg Adventure

Movie · as Grab Takit (voice)

2004
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh poster

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

Movie · as Self

2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession poster

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Movie · as Self

2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction poster

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

Movie · as Toreno (voice)

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as James Woods · 1 ep

2003
Northfork poster

Northfork

Movie · as Walter O'Brien

2003
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story poster

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

Movie · as Rudy Giuliani

2003
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

Movie

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2002
Stuart Little 2 poster

Stuart Little 2

Movie · as Falcon (voice)

2002
Mickey's House of Villains poster

Mickey's House of Villains

Movie · as Hades (voice)

2002
John Q poster

John Q

Movie · as Dr. Raymond Turner

2002
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun poster

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

Movie · as Gloomius Maximus (voice)

2002
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' poster

Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'

Movie · as Self

2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within poster

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Movie · as General Hein (voice)

2001
Scary Movie 2 poster

Scary Movie 2

Movie · as Father McFeely

2001
Race to Space poster

Race to Space

Movie · as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

2001
Riding in Cars with Boys poster

Riding in Cars with Boys

Movie · as Leonard Donofrio

2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Movie · as Self

2001
Recess: School's Out poster

Recess: School's Out

Movie · as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

2001
America: A Tribute to Heroes poster

America: A Tribute to Heroes

Movie · as Self

2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal poster

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

Movie · as Self

2001
Into the Valley of Death

Into the Valley of Death

Movie · as Self

2001
Disney's House of Mouse poster

Disney's House of Mouse

TV · as Hades (voice) · 5 eps

2000
The Virgin Suicides poster

The Virgin Suicides

Movie · as Mr. Lisbon

2000
The American Nightmare poster

The American Nightmare

Movie · as Self

2000
Dirty Pictures poster

Dirty Pictures

Movie · as Dennis Barrie

2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone poster

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

Movie · as Self

2000
The Making of The Virgin Suicides poster

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

Movie · as Self

2000
The Making of Hercules poster

The Making of Hercules

Movie · as Self

2000
Sensational Cities: New York poster

Sensational Cities: New York

Movie · as Narrator

2000
Founding Fathers poster

Founding Fathers

TV · as John Adams (voice) · 4 eps

2000
Clerks poster

Clerks

TV · as Major Baklava (voice) · 1 ep

1999
The General's Daughter poster

The General's Daughter

Movie · as Colonel Robert Moore

1999
True Crime poster

True Crime

Movie · as Alan Mann

1999
Play It to the Bone poster

Play It to the Bone

Movie · as James Woods (Ringside Fan)

1999
Any Given Sunday poster

Any Given Sunday

Movie · as Dr. Harvey Mandrake

1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero poster

Hercules: Zero to Hero

Movie · as Hades (voice) (archive sound)

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as James Woods (voice), James Woods as General Veers (voice), Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) · 6 eps

1998
Vampires poster

Vampires

Movie · as Jack Crow

1998
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye poster

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

Movie · as Narrator

1998
Another Day in Paradise poster

Another Day in Paradise

Movie · as Mel

1998
Hercules poster

Hercules

TV · as Hades (voice) · 65 eps

1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies poster

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

TV · as Narrator · 10 eps

1998
The Entertainment Biz

The Entertainment Biz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Contact poster

Contact

Movie · as Michael Kitz

1997
Hercules poster

Hercules

Movie · as Hades (voice)

1997
Kicked in the Head poster

Kicked in the Head

Movie · as Uncle Sam

1997
EP Daily poster

EP Daily

TV · 1 ep

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi poster

Ghosts of Mississippi

Movie · as Byron De La Beckwith

1996
Killer: A Journal of Murder poster

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Movie · as Carl Panzram

1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler poster

The Summer of Ben Tyler

Movie · as Temple Rayburn

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Saturday Night Special

Saturday Night Special

TV · 1 ep

1995
Casino poster

Casino

Movie · as Lester Diamond

1995
Nixon poster

Nixon

Movie · as H.R. Haldeman

1995
Indictment: The McMartin Trial poster

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Movie · as Danny Davis

1995
For Better or Worse poster

For Better or Worse

Movie · as Reggie Makeshift

1994
The Getaway poster

The Getaway

Movie · as Jack Benyon

1994
The Specialist poster

The Specialist

Movie · as Ned Trent

1994
Next Door poster

Next Door

Movie · as Matt Coler

1994
Curse of the Starving Class poster

Curse of the Starving Class

Movie · as Weston Tate

1994
Jane's House poster

Jane's House

Movie · as Paul Clark

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Dr. Nate Lennox · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1993
Fallen Angels poster

Fallen Angels

TV · as Mickey Cohen · 1 ep

1992
Chaplin poster

Chaplin

Movie · as Joseph Scott

1992
Straight Talk poster

Straight Talk

Movie · as Jack Russell

1992
Diggstown poster

Diggstown

Movie · as Gabriel Caine

1992
Citizen Cohn poster

Citizen Cohn

Movie · as Roy Marcus Cohn

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1991
The Hard Way poster

The Hard Way

Movie · as John Moss

1991
Voices That Care poster

Voices That Care

Movie · as Self - Host & Choir Member

1991
The Boys poster

The Boys

Movie · as Walter Farmer

1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction poster

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

Movie · as Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Dennis Youngblood · 1 ep

1989
True Believer poster

True Believer

Movie · as Eddie Dodd

1989
My Name Is Bill W. poster

My Name Is Bill W.

Movie · as Bill Wilson

1989
Immediate Family poster

Immediate Family

Movie · as Michael Spector

1989
Hollywood on Horses

Hollywood on Horses

Movie · as Self

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as James Woods (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Cop poster

Cop

Movie · as Lloyd Hopkins

1988
The Boost poster

The Boost

Movie · as Lenny Brown

1988
Crimes of Passion poster

Crimes of Passion

Movie · as Himself - Host

1987
Best Seller poster

Best Seller

Movie · as Cleve

1987
In Love and War poster

In Love and War

Movie · as James B. Stockdale

1986
Salvador poster

Salvador

Movie · as Richard Boyle

1986
Promise poster

Promise

Movie · as DJ

1985
Cat's Eye poster

Cat's Eye

Movie · as Morrison

1985
Joshua Then and Now poster

Joshua Then and Now

Movie · as Joshua Shapiro

1985
Badge of the Assassin poster

Badge of the Assassin

Movie · as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

1984
Once Upon a Time in America poster

Once Upon a Time in America

Movie · as Max

1984
Against All Odds poster

Against All Odds

Movie · as Jake Wise

1983
Videodrome poster

Videodrome

Movie · as Max Renn

1982
Fast-Walking poster

Fast-Walking

Movie · as Fast-Walking

1982
Split Image poster

Split Image

Movie · as Charles Pratt

1982
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome poster

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

Movie · as Interviewee

1981
Eyewitness poster

Eyewitness

Movie · as Aldo Mercer

1980
The Black Marble poster

The Black Marble

Movie · as The Fiddler

1979
The Onion Field poster

The Onion Field

Movie · as Gregory Powell

1979
...And Your Name Is Jonah poster

...And Your Name Is Jonah

Movie · as Danny Corelli

1979
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

Movie · as Len Fraker

1979
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel poster

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

Movie · as Sin Eater

1978
The Gift of Love poster

The Gift of Love

Movie · as Alfred Browning

1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble poster

The Billion Dollar Bubble

Movie · as Art Lewis

1978
Holocaust poster

Holocaust

TV · as Karl Weiss · 4 eps

1977
The Choirboys poster

The Choirboys

Movie · as Harold Bloomguard

1976
Alex & the Gypsy poster

Alex & the Gypsy

Movie · as Crainpool

1976
The Disappearance of Aimee poster

The Disappearance of Aimee

Movie · as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

1976
Raid on Entebbe poster

Raid on Entebbe

Movie · as Capt. Sammy Berg

1975
Night Moves poster

Night Moves

Movie · as Quentin

1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood poster

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

Movie · as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

1975
Distance poster

Distance

Movie · as Larry Vincent

1975
Foster & Laurie poster

Foster & Laurie

Movie · as Walter The Addict

1975
Welcome Back, Kotter poster

Welcome Back, Kotter

TV · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
The Gambler poster

The Gambler

Movie · as Bank Officer

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as Larry Kirkoff · 1 ep

1973
The Way We Were poster

The Way We Were

Movie · as Frankie McVeigh

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Caz

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · 1 ep

1972
Footsteps poster

Footsteps

Movie · as Reporter

1972
Hickey & Boggs poster

Hickey & Boggs

Movie · as Lt. Wyatt

1972
The Visitors poster

The Visitors

Movie · as Bill Schmidt

1972
A Great American Tragedy poster

A Great American Tragedy

Movie · as Rick

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · 1 ep

1971
All the Way Home poster

All the Way Home

Movie · as Andrew Lynch

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Andrew Lynch, Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan, DJ, Bill Wilson, Temple Rayburn · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps