
Birthday
1947/04/18 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Vernal, Utah, USA
Also know as
James H. Woods, James Howard Woods, جیمز وودز
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.

(1984) Once Upon a Time in America
as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

(1995) Casino
as Lester Diamond

(1994) The Getaway
as Jack Benyon

(2000) The Virgin Suicides
as Mr. Lisbon

(2001) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as General Hein (voice)

(1997) Contact
as Michael Kitz

(1983) Videodrome
as Max Renn

(1999) The General's Daughter
as Colonel Robert Moore

(1985) Cat's Eye
as Morrison

(1999) True Crime
as Alan Mann

(1994) The Specialist
as Ned Trent

(1992) Chaplin
as Joseph Scott

(2005) Be Cool
as Tommy Athens

(2001) Scary Movie 2
as Father McFeely

(1987) Best Seller
as Cleve

(1995) Nixon
as H.R. Haldeman

(2002) Stuart Little 2
as Falcon (voice)

(1999) Play It to the Bone
as James Woods (Ringside Fan)

(2010) Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as Owlman (voice)

(1991) The Hard Way
as John Moss

(1984) Against All Odds
as Jake Wise

(1986) Salvador
as Richard Boyle

(2001) Mickey's House of Villains
as Hades (voice)

(1989) True Believer
as Eddie Dodd

(1996) Ghosts of Mississippi
as Byron De La Beckwith

(1981) Eyewitness
as Aldo Mercer

(1997) Hercules
as Hades (voice)

(2002) John Q
as Dr. Raymond Turner

(1988) Cop
as Lloyd Hopkins

(1975) Night Moves
as Quentin

(2003) Northfork
as Walter O'Brien

(2007) Surf's Up
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

(2006) End Game
as Vaughn Stevens

(1999) Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Harvey Mandrake

(1998) Vampires
as Jack Crow

(1979) The Onion Field
as Gregory Powell

(1972) Footsteps
as Reporter

(2005) Ark
as Jallak (voice)

(1998) America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
as Narrator

(1998) Another Day in Paradise
as Mel

(1992) Straight Talk
as Jack Russell

(2004) This Girl's Life
as Pops

(2001) Race to Space
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

(2002) Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
as Gloomius Maximus (voice)

(1989) My Name Is Bill W.
as Bill Wilson

(1974) The Gambler
as Bank Officer

(1991) Voices That Care
as Self - Host & Choir Member

(1982) Fast-Walking
as Fast-Walking

(2011) Straw Dogs
as Tom Heddon

(2011) Too Big to Fail
as Dick Fuld

(1995) Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Danny Davis

(1975) F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

(1977) The Choirboys
as Harold Bloomguard

(1992) Diggstown
as Gabriel Caine

(1982) Split Image
as Charles Pratt

(1992) Citizen Cohn
as Roy Marcus Cohn

(2000) The American Nightmare
as Self

(1997) Kicked in the Head
as Uncle Sam

(1980) The Black Marble
as The Fiddler

(1972) Hickey & Boggs
as Lt. Wyatt

(1988) The Boost
as Lenny Brown

(1996) Killer: A Journal of Murder
as Carl Panzram

(1989) Immediate Family
as Michael Spector

(2004) The Easter Egg Adventure
as Grab Takit (voice)

(2013) Officer Down
as Captain Verona

(1972) The Visitors
as Bill Schmidt

(1979) ...And Your Name Is Jonah
as Danny Corelli

(1994) Next Door
as Matt Coler

(2021) Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self

(2003) Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
as Rudy Giuliani

(1996) The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Temple Rayburn

(1995) For Better or Worse
as Reggie Makeshift

(2013) Jobs
as Jack Dudman

(2014) Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)

(1976) Alex & the Gypsy
as Crainpool

(2013) White House Down
as Walker

(2000) Dirty Pictures
as Dennis Barrie

(2004) Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
as Self

(1978) The Gift of Love
as Alfred Browning

(1994) Curse of the Starving Class
as Weston Tate

(1985) Joshua Then and Now
as Joshua Shapiro

(2006) Free as a Dog
as ---

(1987) In Love and War
as James B. Stockdale

(1976) The Disappearance of Aimee
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

(2014) Jamesy Boy
as Lt. Falton

(1985) Badge of the Assassin
as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

(1972) A Great American Tragedy
as Rick
(1979) Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
as Len Fraker

(2023) Once Upon a Studio
as Hades (voice)

(2000) Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self

(2004) Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
as Self

(1973) The Way We Were
as Frankie McVeigh

(1990) Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Robert

(2008) An American Carol
as Todd Grosslight

(2013) Mary and Martha
as Mary's Father

(2005) Buddy
as Narrator

(1971) All the Way Home
as Andrew Lynch

(1986) Promise
as DJ

(2001) Riding in Cars with Boys
as Leonard Donofrio

(2005) Pretty Persuasion
as Hank Joyce

(2016) Bling
as Victor (voice)

(1979) The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
as Sin Eater

(1976) Raid on Entebbe
as Capt. Sammy Berg

(1994) Jane's House
as Paul Clark

(2016) First Contact
as Narrator
(2001) Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self

(1975) Distance
as Larry Vincent

(2001) Recess: School's Out
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

(1982) The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
as Interviewee

(2000) The Making of The Virgin Suicides
as Self

(1978) The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Art Lewis

(1991) The Boys
as Walter Farmer

(2009) Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

(1988) Crimes of Passion
as Himself - Host
(2003) Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
as ---

(2001) America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self

(1999) Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Hades (voice) (archive sound)

(2013) Any Given Tuesday
as Self

(1975) Foster & Laurie
as Walter The Addict

(2001) Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
as Self
(2001) Into the Valley of Death
as Self
(1989) Hollywood on Horses
as Self

(2021) A Journey to Sundance
as Self

(2000) The Making of Hercules
as Self

(2004) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Toreno (voice)

(2025) Eddington
as Self (uncredited)

(2000) Sensational Cities: New York
as Narrator

(2025) Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After
as Hades

(1975) Welcome Back, Kotter
as ---

(1989) The Simpsons
as James Woods (voice)

(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self

(1972) The Rookies
as ---

(1999) Family Guy
as James Woods (voice)

(2006) Shark
as Sebastian Stark

(1997) EP Daily
as ---

(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self

(1996) The Daily Show
as Self

(2004) Entourage
as James Woods

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---

(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self

(1998) Hercules
as Hades (voice)

(1973) Kojak
as ---

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Andrew Lynch

(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest

(1993) Fallen Angels
as Mickey Cohen

(1994) ER
as Dr. Nate Lennox

(1973) Police Story
as ---

(2005) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
(1996) Saturday Night Special
as ---

(1953) The Oscars
as Self

(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host

(2012) Coma
as Dr. Howard Stark

(1999) Family Guy
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

(1999) Family Guy
as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)

(2013) Futurescape with James Woods
as Himself

(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

(1978) Holocaust
as Karl Weiss

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as DJ

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Bill Wilson

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Temple Rayburn

(2013) Ray Donovan
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

(1974) The Rockford Files
as Larry Kirkoff

(2001) Disney's House of Mouse
as Hades (voice)

(1973) Kojak
as Caz

(2013) The Frame
as Max Renn

(2000) Founding Fathers
as John Adams (voice)

(1990) Dream On
as Dennis Youngblood

(1998) AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
as Narrator

(2016) Justice League Action
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

(2016) Justice League Action
as Lex Luthor (voice)

(2000) Clerks
as Major Baklava (voice)

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1998) The Entertainment Biz
as Self

(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee