James Woods
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Eddington
2025
as James Woods (uncredited)
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Hades (voice)
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self
Bling
2016
as Victor (voice)
First Contact
2016
as Narrator
Justice League Action
2016
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
Justice League Action
2016
as Lex Luthor (voice)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Jamesy Boy
2014
as Lt. Falton
Officer Down
2013
as Captain Verona
Jobs
2013
as Jack Dudman
White House Down
2013
as Walker
Mary and Martha
2013
as Mary's Father
Any Given Tuesday
2013
as self
Futurescape with James Woods
2013
as Himself
Ray Donovan
2013
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
The Frame
2013
as Max Renn
Coma
2012
as Dr. Howard Stark
Straw Dogs
2011
as Tom Heddon
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Dick Fuld
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
as Owlman (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
An American Carol
2008
as Todd Grosslight
Surf's Up
2007
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
End Game
2006
as Agent Vaughn Stevens
Free as a Dog
2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
Shark
2006
as Sebastian Stark
Be Cool
2005
as Tommy Athens
Ark
2005
as Jallak (voice)
Buddy
2005
as Narrator
Pretty Persuasion
2005
as Hank Joyce
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
This Girl's Life
2004
as Pops
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
as Grab Takit (voice)
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004
as Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
as Toreno (voice)
Entourage
2004
as James Woods
Northfork
2003
as Walter O'Brien
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003
as Rudy Giuliani
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Stuart Little 2
2002
as Falcon (voice)
Mickey's House of Villains
2002
as Hades (voice)
John Q
2002
as Dr. Raymond Turner
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002
as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002
as Self
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as General Hein (voice)
Scary Movie 2
2001
as Father McFeely
Race to Space
2001
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
as Leonard Donofrio
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
Recess: School's Out
2001
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
as Self
Into the Valley of Death
2001
as Self
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
as Hades (voice)
The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Mr. Lisbon
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Dirty Pictures
2000
as Dennis Barrie
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
The Making of Hercules
2000
as Self
Sensational Cities: New York
2000
as Narrator
Founding Fathers
2000
as John Adams (voice)
Clerks
2000
as Major Baklava (voice)
The General's Daughter
1999
as Colonel Robert Moore
True Crime
1999
as Alan Mann
Play It to the Bone
1999
as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
Family Guy
1999
as James Woods (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
Vampires
1998
as Jack Crow
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
1998
as Narrator
Another Day in Paradise
1998
as Mel
Hercules
1998
as Hades (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
as Narrator
The Entertainment Biz
1998
as Self
Contact
1997
as Michael Kitz
Hercules
1997
as Hades (voice)
Kicked in the Head
1997
as Uncle Sam
EP Daily
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Byron De La Beckwith
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
as Carl Panzram
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
as Temple Rayburn
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Saturday Night Special
1996
Casino
1995
as Lester Diamond
Nixon
1995
as H.R. Haldeman
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Danny Davis
For Better or Worse
1995
as Reggie Makeshift
The Getaway
1994
as Jack Benyon
The Specialist
1994
as Ned Trent
Next Door
1994
as Matt Coler
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
as Weston Tate
Jane's House
1994
as Paul Clark
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
ER
1994
as Dr. Nate Lennox
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
1993
as Mickey Cohen
Chaplin
1992
as Joseph Scott
Straight Talk
1992
as Jack Russell
Diggstown
1992
as Gabriel Caine
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Roy Marcus Cohn
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
The Hard Way
1991
as John Moss
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Host & Choir Member
The Boys
1991
as Walter Farmer
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
Dream On
1990
as Dennis Youngblood
True Believer
1989
as Eddie Dodd
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
as Bill Wilson
Immediate Family
1989
as Michael Spector
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as James Woods (voice)
Cop
1988
as Lloyd Hopkins
The Boost
1988
as Lenny Brown
Crimes of Passion
1988
as Himself - Host
Best Seller
1987
as Cleve
In Love and War
1987
as James B. Stockdale
Salvador
1986
as Richard Boyle
Promise
1986
as DJ
Cat's Eye
1985
as Morrison
Joshua Then and Now
1985
as Joshua Shapiro
Badge of the Assassin
1985
as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Max
Against All Odds
1984
as Jake Wise
Videodrome
1983
as Max Renn
Fast-Walking
1982
as Fast-Walking
Split Image
1982
as Charles Pratt
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
as Interviewee
Eyewitness
1981
as Aldo Mercer
The Black Marble
1980
as The Fiddler
The Onion Field
1979
as Gregory Powell
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
as Danny Corelli
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979
as Len Fraker
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
as Sin Eater
The Gift of Love
1978
as Alfred Browning
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Art Lewis
Holocaust
1978
as Karl Weiss
The Choirboys
1977
as Harold Bloomguard
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
as Crainpool
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Capt. Sammy Berg
Night Moves
1975
as Quentin
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Distance
1975
as Larry Vincent
Foster & Laurie
1975
as Walter The Addict
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Gambler
1974
as Bank Officer
The Rockford Files
1974
as Larry Kirkoff
The Way We Were
1973
as Frankie McVeigh
Kojak
1973
Police Story
1973
Kojak
1973
as Caz
Footsteps
1972
as Reporter
Hickey & Boggs
1972
as Lt. Wyatt
The Visitors
1972
as Bill Schmidt
A Great American Tragedy
1972
as Rick
The Rookies
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
All the Way Home
1971
as Andrew Lynch
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Andrew Lynch
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as DJ
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Bill Wilson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Temple Rayburn
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee