James Woods

Known for: Acting

Born: 1947-04-18 (age 79)

From: Vernal, Utah, USA

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.

Filmography (168)

MOVIE★ 6.4
Eddington
2025
as James Woods (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.3
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Hades (voice)
MOVIE
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Justice League Action
2016
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.6
First Contact
2016
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.7
Bling
2016
as Victor (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Jamesy Boy
2014
as Lt. Falton
TV★ 7.0
Futurescape with James Woods
2013
as Himself
MOVIE
Any Given Tuesday
2013
as self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Jobs
2013
as Jack Dudman
TV★ 7.5
Ray Donovan
2013
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
MOVIE★ 6.5
White House Down
2013
as Walker
TV★ 10.0
The Frame
2013
as Max Renn
MOVIE★ 6.3
Mary and Martha
2013
as Mary's Father
MOVIE★ 5.3
Officer Down
2013
as Captain Verona
TV★ 6.4
Coma
2012
as Dr. Howard Stark
MOVIE★ 7.0
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Dick Fuld
MOVIE★ 5.9
Straw Dogs
2011
as Tom Heddon
MOVIE★ 7.3
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
as Owlman (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.2
An American Carol
2008
as Todd Grosslight
MOVIE★ 6.5
Surf's Up
2007
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
TV★ 6.7
Shark
2006
as Sebastian Stark
MOVIE★ 5.4
End Game
2006
as Agent Vaughn Stevens
MOVIE★ 6.7
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
MOVIE
Free as a Dog
2006
MOVIE★ 5.6
Ark
2005
as Jallak (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Buddy
2005
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.5
Be Cool
2005
as Tommy Athens
MOVIE★ 5.8
Pretty Persuasion
2005
as Hank Joyce
TV★ 6.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
This Girl's Life
2004
as Pops
MOVIE★ 6.8
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
as Toreno (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
as Grab Takit (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004
as Self
TV★ 7.4
Entourage
2004
as James Woods
MOVIE★ 7.1
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self
MOVIE
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
MOVIE★ 6.0
Northfork
2003
as Walter O'Brien
MOVIE★ 3.2
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003
as Rudy Giuliani
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Mickey's House of Villains
2002
as Hades (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002
as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Stuart Little 2
2002
as Falcon (voice)
MOVIE
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
John Q
2002
as Dr. Raymond Turner
MOVIE★ 6.0
Race to Space
2001
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
MOVIE★ 6.7
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
as Leonard Donofrio
MOVIE★ 6.5
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Scary Movie 2
2001
as Father McFeely
MOVIE★ 6.2
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as General Hein (voice)
MOVIE
Into the Valley of Death
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Recess: School's Out
2001
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
as Hades (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Founding Fathers
2000
as John Adams (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
MOVIE
The Making of Hercules
2000
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Clerks
2000
as Major Baklava (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Dirty Pictures
2000
as Dennis Barrie
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Mr. Lisbon
MOVIE★ 6.1
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self
MOVIE
Sensational Cities: New York
2000
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.4
Play It to the Bone
1999
as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The General's Daughter
1999
as Colonel Robert Moore
MOVIE★ 6.5
True Crime
1999
as Alan Mann
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as James Woods (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Another Day in Paradise
1998
as Mel
MOVIE★ 6.3
Vampires
1998
as Jack Crow
TV★ 6.9
Hercules
1998
as Hades (voice)
TV★ 8.4
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
as Narrator
TV
The Entertainment Biz
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
1998
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 4.1
Kicked in the Head
1997
as Uncle Sam
TV
EP Daily
1997
MOVIE★ 7.4
Contact
1997
as Michael Kitz
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hercules
1997
as Hades (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Byron De La Beckwith
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
as Temple Rayburn
MOVIE★ 5.8
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
as Carl Panzram
TV★ 6.4
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Saturday Night Special
1996
MOVIE★ 6.8
Nixon
1995
as H.R. Haldeman
MOVIE★ 8.0
Casino
1995
as Lester Diamond
MOVIE★ 7.0
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Danny Davis
MOVIE★ 4.7
For Better or Worse
1995
as Reggie Makeshift
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Specialist
1994
as Ned Trent
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Dr. Nate Lennox
MOVIE★ 4.6
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
as Weston Tate
MOVIE★ 4.9
Next Door
1994
as Matt Coler
TV★ 7.6
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Getaway
1994
as Jack Benyon
MOVIE★ 6.0
Jane's House
1994
as Paul Clark
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TV★ 6.6
Fallen Angels
1993
as Mickey Cohen
MOVIE★ 7.4
Chaplin
1992
as Joseph Scott
MOVIE★ 6.3
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Roy Marcus Cohn
MOVIE★ 6.3
Diggstown
1992
as Gabriel Caine
TV★ 5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Straight Talk
1992
as Jack Russell
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Boys
1991
as Walter Farmer
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Hard Way
1991
as John Moss
MOVIE★ 7.0
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Host & Choir Member
TV★ 7.0
Dream On
1990
as Dennis Youngblood
MOVIE★ 4.4
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Robert
TV★ 8.0
The Simpsons
1989
as James Woods (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Immediate Family
1989
as Michael Spector
MOVIE★ 6.5
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
as Bill Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.2
True Believer
1989
as Eddie Dodd
MOVIE★ 4.7
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Boost
1988
as Lenny Brown
MOVIE
Crimes of Passion
1988
as Himself - Host
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cop
1988
as Lloyd Hopkins
MOVIE★ 6.0
Best Seller
1987
as Cleve
MOVIE★ 5.0
In Love and War
1987
as James B. Stockdale
MOVIE★ 7.3
Promise
1986
as DJ
MOVIE★ 7.0
Salvador
1986
as Richard Boyle
MOVIE★ 5.4
Joshua Then and Now
1985
as Joshua Shapiro
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cat's Eye
1985
as Morrison
MOVIE★ 5.6
Badge of the Assassin
1985
as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
MOVIE★ 8.4
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Max
MOVIE★ 5.7
Against All Odds
1984
as Jake Wise
MOVIE★ 7.2
Videodrome
1983
as Max Renn
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
as Interviewee
MOVIE★ 6.0
Split Image
1982
as Charles Pratt
MOVIE★ 5.8
Fast-Walking
1982
as Fast-Walking
MOVIE★ 5.6
Eyewitness
1981
as Aldo Mercer
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Black Marble
1980
as The Fiddler
MOVIE
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979
as Len Fraker
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Onion Field
1979
as Gregory Powell
MOVIE★ 6.6
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
as Danny Corelli
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
as Sin Eater
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Gift of Love
1978
as Alfred Browning
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Art Lewis
TV★ 7.3
Holocaust
1978
as Karl Weiss
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Choirboys
1977
as Harold Bloomguard
MOVIE★ 6.0
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Capt. Sammy Berg
MOVIE★ 8.7
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
MOVIE★ 4.6
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
as Crainpool
MOVIE★ 6.5
Distance
1975
as Larry Vincent
MOVIE★ 4.0
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
MOVIE★ 8.5
Foster & Laurie
1975
as Walter The Addict
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.3
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
MOVIE★ 6.7
Night Moves
1975
as Quentin
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Gambler
1974
as Bank Officer
TV★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
as Larry Kirkoff
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Way We Were
1973
as Frankie McVeigh
TV★ 7.0
Police Story
1973
MOVIE★ 7.5
A Great American Tragedy
1972
as Rick
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hickey & Boggs
1972
as Lt. Wyatt
MOVIE★ 6.5
Footsteps
1972
as Reporter
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
TV★ 6.9
The Rookies
1972
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Visitors
1972
as Bill Schmidt
MOVIE★ 10.0
All the Way Home
1971
as Andrew Lynch
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Andrew Lynch
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee