James Woods

James Woods

Acting

Birthday

1947/04/18 (77 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Vernal, Utah, USA

Also know as

James H. Woods, James Howard Woods

Biography

James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, Hercules, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and has gained two Academy Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Woods, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting
Once Upon a Time in America
8.4

(1984) Once Upon a Time in America

as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Casino
8.0

(1995) Casino

as Lester Diamond

The Getaway
5.7

(1994) The Getaway

as Jack Benyon

The Virgin Suicides
7.1

(2000) The Virgin Suicides

as Mr. Lisbon

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
6.2

(2001) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

as General Hein (voice)

Contact
7.4

(1997) Contact

as Michael Kitz

Videodrome
7.3

(1983) Videodrome

as Max Renn

The General's Daughter
6.4

(1999) The General's Daughter

as Colonel Robert Moore

Cat's Eye
6.7

(1985) Cat's Eye

as Morrison

True Crime
6.5

(1999) True Crime

as Alan Mann

The Specialist
5.9

(1994) The Specialist

as Ned Trent

Chaplin
7.4

(1992) Chaplin

as Joseph Scott

Be Cool
5.5

(2005) Be Cool

as Tommy Athens

Scary Movie 2
5.8

(2001) Scary Movie 2

as Father McFeely

Best Seller
6.0

(1987) Best Seller

as Cleve

Nixon
6.9

(1995) Nixon

as H.R. Haldeman

Stuart Little 2
5.8

(2002) Stuart Little 2

as Falcon (voice)

Play It to the Bone
5.6

(1999) Play It to the Bone

as James Woods (Ringside Fan)

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
7.3

(2010) Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

as Thomas Wayne Jr. / Owlman (voice)

The Hard Way
6.1

(1991) The Hard Way

as John Moss

Against All Odds
5.7

(1984) Against All Odds

as Jake Wise

Salvador
7.0

(1986) Salvador

as Richard Boyle

Mickey's House of Villains
7.3

(2001) Mickey's House of Villains

as Hades (voice)

True Believer
6.2

(1989) True Believer

as Eddie Dodd

Ghosts of Mississippi
6.6

(1996) Ghosts of Mississippi

as Byron De La Beckwith

Hercules
7.5

(1997) Hercules

as Hades (voice)

Eyewitness
5.6

(1981) Eyewitness

as Aldo Mercer

John Q
7.1

(2002) John Q

as Dr. Raymond Turner

Cop
6.2

(1988) Cop

as Lloyd Hopkins

Night Moves
6.6

(1975) Night Moves

as Quentin

Northfork
6.0

(2003) Northfork

as Walter O'Brien

Surf's Up
6.4

(2007) Surf's Up

as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

End Game
5.4

(2006) End Game

as Vaughn Stevens

Any Given Sunday
6.8

(1999) Any Given Sunday

as Dr. Harvey Mandrake

Vampires
6.3

(1998) Vampires

as Jack Crow

The Onion Field
6.1

(1979) The Onion Field

as Gregory Powell

Footsteps
0.0

(1972) Footsteps

as Reporter

Ark
5.5

(2005) Ark

as Jallak (voice)

America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
0.0

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

as Narrator

Another Day in Paradise
6.3

(1998) Another Day in Paradise

as Mel

This Girl's Life
4.9

(2004) This Girl's Life

as Pops

Straight Talk
6.0

(1992) Straight Talk

as Jack Russell

Race to Space
5.9

(2001) Race to Space

as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
5.5

(2002) Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

as Gloomius Maximus (voice)

My Name Is Bill W.
6.5

(1989) My Name Is Bill W.

as Bill Wilson

The Gambler
6.7

(1974) The Gambler

as Bank officer

Voices That Care
8.0

(1991) Voices That Care

as Self - Host & Choir Member

Fast-Walking
5.9

(1982) Fast-Walking

as Fast-Walking

Straw Dogs
5.9

(2011) Straw Dogs

as Tom Heddon

Too Big to Fail
7.0

(2011) Too Big to Fail

as Dick Fuld

Indictment: The McMartin Trial
7.0

(1995) Indictment: The McMartin Trial

as Danny Davis

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
3.5

(1975) F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

The Choirboys
5.3

(1977) The Choirboys

as Harold Bloomguard

Diggstown
6.3

(1992) Diggstown

as Gabriel Caine

Split Image
6.1

(1982) Split Image

as Charles Pratt

Citizen Cohn
6.3

(1992) Citizen Cohn

as Roy Marcus Cohn

The American Nightmare
6.9

(2000) The American Nightmare

as Self

Kicked in the Head
4.0

(1997) Kicked in the Head

as Uncle Sam

The Black Marble
5.1

(1980) The Black Marble

as The Fiddler

Hickey & Boggs
5.6

(1972) Hickey & Boggs

as Lt. Wyatt

The Boost
5.5

(1988) The Boost

as Lenny Brown

Killer: A Journal of Murder
5.9

(1996) Killer: A Journal of Murder

as Carl Panzram

Immediate Family
6.0

(1989) Immediate Family

as Michael Spector

The Easter Egg Adventure
5.5

(2004) The Easter Egg Adventure

as Grab Takit (voice)

Officer Down
5.3

(2013) Officer Down

as Captain Verona

The Visitors
6.2

(1972) The Visitors

as Bill Schmidt

...And Your Name Is Jonah
6.7

(1979) ...And Your Name Is Jonah

as Danny Corelli

Next Door
4.5

(1994) Next Door

as Matt Coler

Dean Martin: King of Cool
7.5

(2021) Dean Martin: King of Cool

as Self

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
3.0

(2003) Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

as Rudy Giuliani

The Summer of Ben Tyler
5.7

(1996) The Summer of Ben Tyler

as Temple Rayburn

For Better or Worse
4.6

(1995) For Better or Worse

as Reggie Makeshift

Jobs
6.1

(2013) Jobs

as Jack Dudman

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
6.6

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

as Self (archive footage)

Alex & the Gypsy
4.0

(1976) Alex & the Gypsy

as Crainpool

White House Down
6.5

(2013) White House Down

as Chief SAIC Martin Walker

Dirty Pictures
5.9

(2000) Dirty Pictures

as Dennis Barrie

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
6.5

(2004) Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

as Self

The Gift of Love
6.0

(1978) The Gift of Love

as Alfred Browning

Curse of the Starving Class
4.1

(1994) Curse of the Starving Class

as Weston Tate

Joshua Then and Now
5.3

(1985) Joshua Then and Now

as Joshua Shapiro

Free as a Dog
0.0

(2006) Free as a Dog

as ---

In Love and War
3.7

(1987) In Love and War

as James B. Stockdale

The Disappearance of Aimee
8.0

(1976) The Disappearance of Aimee

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

Jamesy Boy
6.4

(2014) Jamesy Boy

as Lt. Falton

Badge of the Assassin
5.3

(1985) Badge of the Assassin

as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

6.7

(1972) A Great American Tragedy

as Rick

0.0

(1979) Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

as Len Fraker

Once Upon a Studio
8.3

(2023) Once Upon a Studio

as Hades (voice)

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
5.9

(2000) Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

as Self

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
6.9

(2004) Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

as Self

The Way We Were
6.9

(1973) The Way We Were

as Frankie McVeigh

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
4.5

(1990) Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

as Robert

An American Carol
4.2

(2008) An American Carol

as Todd Grosslight

Mary and Martha
6.4

(2013) Mary and Martha

as Mary's Father

Buddy
0.0

(2005) Buddy

as Narrator

All the Way Home
0.0

(1971) All the Way Home

as Andrew Lynch

Promise
7.2

(1986) Promise

as DJ

Riding in Cars with Boys
6.8

(2001) Riding in Cars with Boys

as Leonard Donofrio

Pretty Persuasion
5.8

(2005) Pretty Persuasion

as Hank Joyce

Bling
5.8

(2016) Bling

as Victor (voice)

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
6.0

(1979) The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

as Sin Eater

Raid on Entebbe
5.9

(1976) Raid on Entebbe

as Capt. Sammy Berg

Jane's House
5.0

(1994) Jane's House

as Paul Clark

First Contact
7.2

(2016) First Contact

as Narrator

6.9

(2001) Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

as Self

Distance
5.0

(1975) Distance

as Larry Vincent

Recess: School's Out
6.6

(2001) Recess: School's Out

as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
7.3

(1982) The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

as Interviewee

The Making of The Virgin Suicides
7.2

(2000) The Making of The Virgin Suicides

as Self

The Billion Dollar Bubble
7.0

(1978) The Billion Dollar Bubble

as Art Lewis

The Boys
0.0

(1991) The Boys

as ---

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
7.2

(2009) Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Crimes of Passion
0.0

(1988) Crimes of Passion

as Himself - Host

0.0

(2003) Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

as ---

America | A Tribute to Heroes
6.1

(2001) America | A Tribute to Heroes

as Self

Hercules: Zero to Hero
6.4

(1999) Hercules: Zero to Hero

as Hades (voice) (archive sound)

Any Given Tuesday
8.3

(2013) Any Given Tuesday

as Self

Foster & Laurie
0.0

(1975) Foster & Laurie

as Walter The Addict

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
6.6

(2001) Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

as Self

0.0

(2001) Into the Valley of Death

as Self

3.0

(1989) Hollywood on Horses

as Self

A Journey to Sundance
0.0

A Journey to Sundance

as Self

The Making of Hercules
0.0

(2000) The Making of Hercules

as ---

Welcome Back, Kotter
7.2

(1975) Welcome Back, Kotter

as ---

Inside the Actors Studio
7.4

(1994) Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

The Simpsons
8.0

(1989) The Simpsons

as James Woods (voice)

The Rookies
6.9

(1972) The Rookies

as ---

Family Guy
7.4

(1999) Family Guy

as James Woods (voice)

EP Daily
10.0

(1997) EP Daily

as ---

Shark
6.8

(2006) Shark

as Sebastian Stark

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5

(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as ---

The Daily Show
6.4

(1996) The Daily Show

as Self

Entourage
7.3

(2004) Entourage

as Self

The Streets of San Francisco
7.0

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco

as ---

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.4

(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as ---

Hercules
6.7

(1998) Hercules

as Hades (voice)

Kojak
7.0

(1973) Kojak

as ---

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Andrew Lynch

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.1

(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Fallen Angels
5.5

(1993) Fallen Angels

as Mickey Cohen

ER
7.8

(1994) ER

as Dr. Nate Lennox

Police Story
7.1

(1973) Police Story

as ---

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.8

(2005) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

5.0

(1996) Saturday Night Special

as ---

The Oscars
7.0

(1953) The Oscars

as Self

Saturday Night Live
6.9

(1975) Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Coma
6.4

(2012) Coma

as Dr. Howard Stark

Family Guy
7.4

(1999) Family Guy

as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Family Guy
7.4

(1999) Family Guy

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

Futurescape with James Woods
7.0

(2013) Futurescape with James Woods

as Himself

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4

(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Holocaust
7.4

(1978) Holocaust

as Karl Weiss

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as DJ

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Temple Rayburn

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Bill Wilson

Ray Donovan
7.5

(2013) Ray Donovan

as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

The Rockford Files
7.5

(1974) The Rockford Files

as Larry Kirkoff

Disney's House of Mouse
7.4

(2001) Disney's House of Mouse

as Hades (voice)

Kojak
7.0

(1973) Kojak

as Caz

The Frame
10.0

(2013) The Frame

as Max Renn

Founding Fathers
0.0

(2000) Founding Fathers

as John Adams (voice)

Dream On
6.9

(1990) Dream On

as Dennis Youngblood

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
8.2

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

as Narrator

Justice League Action
7.0

(2016) Justice League Action

as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

Justice League Action
7.0

(2016) Justice League Action

as Lex Luthor (voice)

Clerks
7.1

(2000) Clerks

as Major Baklava (voice)

The Mike Douglas Show
5.1

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show

as Self