Acting · Vernal, Utah, USA · Born April 18, 1947
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.
MovieEddington
2025
as James Woods (uncredited)
MovieOnce Upon a Studio
2023
as Hades (voice)
MovieA Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
MovieDean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self
TVJustice League Action
2016
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
MovieFirst Contact
2016
as Narrator
MovieBling
2016
as Victor (voice)
MovieLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJamesy Boy
2014
as Lt. Falton
TVFuturescape with James Woods
2013
as Himself
MovieAny Given Tuesday
2013
as self
MovieJobs
2013
as Jack Dudman
TVRay Donovan
2013
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
MovieWhite House Down
2013
as Walker
TVThe Frame
2013
as Max Renn
MovieMary and Martha
2013
as Mary's Father
MovieOfficer Down
2013
as Captain Verona
TVComa
2012
as Dr. Howard Stark
MovieToo Big to Fail
2011
as Dick Fuld
MovieStraw Dogs
2011
as Tom Heddon
MovieJustice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
as Owlman (voice)
MovieFamily Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
MovieAn American Carol
2008
as Todd Grosslight
MovieSurf's Up
2007
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
TVShark
2006
as Sebastian Stark
MovieEnd Game
2006
as Agent Vaughn Stevens
MovieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
MovieFree as a Dog
2006
MovieArk
2005
as Jallak (voice)
MovieBuddy
2005
as Narrator
MovieBe Cool
2005
as Tommy Athens
MoviePretty Persuasion
2005
as Hank Joyce
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieThis Girl's Life
2004
as Pops
MovieGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
as Toreno (voice)
MovieThe Easter Egg Adventure
2004
as Grab Takit (voice)
MovieVideodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004
as Self
TVEntourage
2004
as James Woods
MovieZ Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
MovieNorthfork
2003
as Walter O'Brien
MovieRudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003
as Rudy Giuliani
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieMickey's House of Villains
2002
as Hades (voice)
MovieRolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002
as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
MovieStuart Little 2
2002
as Falcon (voice)
MovieBehind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002
as Self
MovieJohn Q
2002
as Dr. Raymond Turner
MovieRace to Space
2001
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
MovieRiding in Cars with Boys
2001
as Leonard Donofrio
MovieAmerica | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
MovieBreaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
as Self
MovieScary Movie 2
2001
as Father McFeely
MovieFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as General Hein (voice)
Into the Valley of Death
2001
as Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
MovieRecess: School's Out
2001
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
TVDisney's House of Mouse
2001
as Hades (voice)
MovieThe Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
TVFounding Fathers
2000
as John Adams (voice)
MovieThe American Nightmare
2000
as Self
MovieThe Making of Hercules
2000
as Self
TVClerks
2000
as Major Baklava (voice)
MovieDirty Pictures
2000
as Dennis Barrie
MovieThe Virgin Suicides
2000
as Mr. Lisbon
MovieOnce Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self
MovieSensational Cities: New York
2000
as Narrator
MoviePlay It to the Bone
1999
as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
MovieAny Given Sunday
1999
as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
MovieHercules: Zero to Hero
1999
as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
MovieThe General's Daughter
1999
as Colonel Robert Moore
MovieTrue Crime
1999
as Alan Mann
TVFamily Guy
1999
as James Woods (voice)
MovieAnother Day in Paradise
1998
as Mel
MovieVampires
1998
as Jack Crow
TVHercules
1998
as Hades (voice)
TVAFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
as Narrator
The Entertainment Biz
1998
as Self
MovieAmerica's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
1998
as Narrator
MovieKicked in the Head
1997
as Uncle Sam
TVEP Daily
1997
MovieContact
1997
as Michael Kitz
MovieHercules
1997
as Hades (voice)
MovieGhosts of Mississippi
1996
as Byron De La Beckwith
MovieThe Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
as Temple Rayburn
MovieKiller: A Journal of Murder
1996
as Carl Panzram
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
Saturday Night Special
1996
MovieNixon
1995
as H.R. Haldeman
MovieCasino
1995
as Lester Diamond
MovieIndictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Danny Davis
MovieFor Better or Worse
1995
as Reggie Makeshift
MovieThe Specialist
1994
as Ned Trent
TVER
1994
as Dr. Nate Lennox
MovieCurse of the Starving Class
1994
as Weston Tate
MovieNext Door
1994
as Matt Coler
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieThe Getaway
1994
as Jack Benyon
MovieJane's House
1994
as Paul Clark
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVFallen Angels
1993
as Mickey Cohen
MovieChaplin
1992
as Joseph Scott
MovieCitizen Cohn
1992
as Roy Marcus Cohn
MovieDiggstown
1992
as Gabriel Caine
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MovieStraight Talk
1992
as Jack Russell
MovieThe Boys
1991
as Walter Farmer
MovieThe Hard Way
1991
as John Moss
MovieVoices That Care
1991
as Self - Host & Choir Member
TVDream On
1990
as Dennis Youngblood
MovieWomen and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Robert
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as James Woods (voice)
MovieImmediate Family
1989
as Michael Spector
MovieMy Name Is Bill W.
1989
as Bill Wilson
MovieTrue Believer
1989
as Eddie Dodd
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
MovieThe Boost
1988
as Lenny Brown
MovieCrimes of Passion
1988
as Himself - Host
MovieCop
1988
as Lloyd Hopkins
MovieBest Seller
1987
as Cleve
MovieIn Love and War
1987
as James B. Stockdale
MoviePromise
1986
as DJ
MovieSalvador
1986
as Richard Boyle
MovieJoshua Then and Now
1985
as Joshua Shapiro
MovieCat's Eye
1985
as Morrison
MovieBadge of the Assassin
1985
as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
MovieOnce Upon a Time in America
1984
as Max
MovieAgainst All Odds
1984
as Jake Wise
MovieVideodrome
1983
as Max Renn
MovieThe Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
as Interviewee
MovieSplit Image
1982
as Charles Pratt
MovieFast-Walking
1982
as Fast-Walking
MovieEyewitness
1981
as Aldo Mercer
MovieThe Black Marble
1980
as The Fiddler
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979
as Len Fraker
MovieThe Onion Field
1979
as Gregory Powell
Movie...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
as Danny Corelli
MovieThe Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
as Sin Eater
MovieThe Gift of Love
1978
as Alfred Browning
MovieThe Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Art Lewis
TVHolocaust
1978
as Karl Weiss
MovieThe Choirboys
1977
as Harold Bloomguard
MovieRaid on Entebbe
1976
as Capt. Sammy Berg
MovieThe Disappearance of Aimee
1976
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
MovieAlex & the Gypsy
1976
as Crainpool
MovieDistance
1975
as Larry Vincent
MovieF. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
MovieFoster & Laurie
1975
as Walter The Addict
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVWelcome Back, Kotter
1975
MovieNight Moves
1975
as Quentin
MovieThe Gambler
1974
as Bank Officer
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Larry Kirkoff
TVKojak
1973
MovieThe Way We Were
1973
as Frankie McVeigh
TVPolice Story
1973
MovieA Great American Tragedy
1972
as Rick
MovieHickey & Boggs
1972
as Lt. Wyatt
MovieFootsteps
1972
as Reporter
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
TVThe Rookies
1972
MovieThe Visitors
1972
as Bill Schmidt
MovieAll the Way Home
1971
as Andrew Lynch
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Andrew Lynch
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
