James Woods
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 April 1947 · 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.
Known for
Acting 132
- 2025Eddington as James Woods (uncredited)
- 2025Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After as Hades
- 2023Once Upon a Studio as Hades (voice)
- 2023A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2021Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
- 2016First Contact as Narrator
- 2016Bling as Victor (voice)
- 2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Jamesy Boy as Lt. Falton
- 2013Any Given Tuesday as Self
- 2013Any Given Tuesday as self
- 2013Jobs as Jack Dudman
- 2013White House Down as Walker
- 2013Mary and Martha as Mary's Father
- 2013Officer Down as Captain Verona
- 2011Too Big to Fail as Dick Fuld
- 2011Straw Dogs as Tom Heddon
- 2010Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as Owlman (voice)
- 2009Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
- 2008An American Carol as Todd Grosslight
- 2007Surf's Up as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
- 2006End Game as Agent Vaughn Stevens
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis Story as Self
- 2006Free as a Dog
- 2005Ark as Jallak (voice)
- 2005Buddy as Narrator
- 2005Be Cool as Tommy Athens
- 2005Pretty Persuasion as Hank Joyce
- 2004This Girl's Life as Pops
- 2004Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Toreno (voice)
- 2004The Easter Egg Adventure as Grab Takit (voice)
- 2004Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh as Self
- 2004Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
- 2003Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
- 2003101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Northfork as Walter O'Brien
- 2003Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story as Rudy Giuliani
- 2002Mickey's House of Villains as Hades (voice)
- 2002Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
- 2002Stuart Little 2 as Falcon (voice)
- 2002Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' as Self
- 2002John Q as Dr. Raymond Turner
- 2001Race to Space as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
- 2001Riding in Cars with Boys as Leonard Donofrio
- 2001America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 2001Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
- 2001Scary Movie 2 as Father McFeely
- 2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as General Hein (voice)
- 2001Into the Valley of Death as Self
- 2001Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- 2001Recess: School's Out as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
- 2000The Making of The Virgin Suicides as Self
- 2000The American Nightmare as Self
- 2000The Making of Hercules as Self
- 2000Dirty Pictures as Dennis Barrie
- 2000The Virgin Suicides as Mr. Lisbon
- 2000Sensational Cities: New York as Narrator
- 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self
- 1999Play It to the Bone as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
- 1999Any Given Sunday as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
- 1999Hercules: Zero to Hero as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
- 1999The General's Daughter as Colonel Robert Moore
- 1999True Crime as Alan Mann
- 1998Another Day in Paradise as Mel
- 1998Vampires as Jack Crow
- 1998America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye as Narrator
- 1997Kicked in the Head as Uncle Sam
- 1997Contact as Michael Kitz
- 1997Hercules as Hades (voice)
- 1996Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith
- 1996The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn
- 1996Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram
- 1995Nixon as H.R. Haldeman
- 1995Casino as Lester Diamond
- 1995Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Danny Davis
- 1995For Better or Worse as Reggie Makeshift
- 1994The Specialist as Ned Trent
- 1994Curse of the Starving Class as Weston Tate
- 1994Next Door as Matt Coler
- 1994The Getaway as Jack Benyon
- 1994Jane's House as Paul Clark
- 1992Chaplin as Joseph Scott
- 1992Citizen Cohn as Roy Marcus Cohn
- 1992Diggstown as Gabriel Caine
- 1992Straight Talk as Jack Russell
- 1991The Boys as Walter Farmer
- 1991The Hard Way as John Moss
- 1991Voices That Care as Self - Host & Choir Member
- 1990Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
- 1989Immediate Family as Michael Spector
- 1989My Name Is Bill W. as Bill Wilson
- 1989True Believer as Eddie Dodd
- 1989Hollywood on Horses as Self
- 1988The Boost as Lenny Brown
- 1988Crimes of Passion as Himself - Host
- 1988Cop as Lloyd Hopkins
- 1987Best Seller as Cleve
- 1987In Love and War as James B. Stockdale
- 1986Promise as DJ
- 1986Salvador as Richard Boyle
- 1985Joshua Then and Now as Joshua Shapiro
- 1985Cat's Eye as Morrison
- 1985Badge of the Assassin as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
- 1984Once Upon a Time in America as Max
- 1984Against All Odds as Jake Wise
- 1983Videodrome as Max Renn
- 1982The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome as Interviewee
- 1982Split Image as Charles Pratt
- 1982Fast-Walking as Fast-Walking
- 1981Eyewitness as Aldo Mercer
- 1980The Black Marble as The Fiddler
- 1979Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand as Len Fraker
- 1979The Onion Field as Gregory Powell
- 1979...And Your Name Is Jonah as Danny Corelli
- 1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Sin Eater
- 1978The Gift of Love as Alfred Browning
- 1978The Billion Dollar Bubble as Art Lewis
- 1977The Choirboys as Harold Bloomguard
- 1976Raid on Entebbe as Capt. Sammy Berg
- 1976The Disappearance of Aimee as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
- 1976Alex & the Gypsy as Crainpool
- 1975Distance as Larry Vincent
- 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
- 1975Foster & Laurie as Walter The Addict
- 1975Night Moves as Quentin
- 1974The Gambler as Bank Officer
- 1973The Way We Were as Frankie McVeigh
- 1972A Great American Tragedy as Rick
- 1972Hickey & Boggs as Lt. Wyatt
- 1972Footsteps as Reporter
- 1972The Visitors as Bill Schmidt
- 1971All the Way Home as Andrew Lynch
Production 3
- 2023Oppenheimer · executive producer
- 1998Another Day in Paradise · producer
- 1988Cop · producer