James Woods

Personal Info

Birthday

April 18, 1947

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Vernal, Utah, USA

Also Known As

James H. Woods

James Howard Woods

جیمز وودز

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Family Guy

The Rockford Files

Ray Donovan

Hercules

Kojak

Justice League Action

Filmography

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