James Woods
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.
Born: 18 April 1947
Played In
Movie
Jul 2025
Eddington
James Woods (uncredited)
Movie
Sep 2023
Once Upon a Studio
Hades (voice)
Movie
Jan 2023
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Movie
Nov 2021
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
TV Show
Dec 2016
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
TV Show
Dec 2016
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor (voice)
Movie
Sep 2016
First Contact
Narrator
Movie
May 2016
Bling
Victor (voice)
Movie
Aug 2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Jan 2014
Jamesy Boy
Lt. Falton
TV Show
Nov 2013
Futurescape with James Woods
Himself
Movie
Oct 2013
Any Given Tuesday
self
Movie
Aug 2013
Jobs
Jack Dudman
TV Show
Jun 2013
Ray Donovan
Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
Movie
Jun 2013
White House Down
Walker
TV Show
Apr 2013
The Frame
Max Renn
Movie
Mar 2013
Mary and Martha
Mary's Father
Movie
Jan 2013
Officer Down
Captain Verona
TV Show
Sep 2012
Coma
Dr. Howard Stark
Movie
Nov 2011
Too Big to Fail
Dick Fuld
Movie
Sep 2011
Straw Dogs
Tom Heddon
Movie
Feb 2010
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Owlman (voice)
Movie
Dec 2009
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Movie
Oct 2008
An American Carol
Todd Grosslight
Movie
Jun 2007
Surf's Up
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2006
Shark
Sebastian Stark
Movie
Jul 2006
End Game
Agent Vaughn Stevens
Movie
Jan 2006
Free as a Dog
Movie
Sep 2005
Ark
Jallak (voice)
Movie
Aug 2005
Buddy
Narrator
Movie
Mar 2005
Be Cool
Tommy Athens
Movie
Jan 2005
Pretty Persuasion
Hank Joyce
TV Show
Jan 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Movie
Dec 2004
This Girl's Life
Pops
Movie
Nov 2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Toreno (voice)
Movie
Sep 2004
The Easter Egg Adventure
Grab Takit (voice)
Movie
Aug 2004
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Self
TV Show
Jul 2004
Entourage
James Woods
Movie
May 2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
Movie
Dec 2003
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
Movie
Jul 2003
Northfork
Walter O'Brien
Movie
Mar 2003
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Rudy Giuliani
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Movie
Sep 2002
Mickey's House of Villains
Hades (voice)
Movie
Aug 2002
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
Movie
Jul 2002
Stuart Little 2
Falcon (voice)
Movie
Jul 2002
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
Movie
Feb 2002
John Q
Dr. Raymond Turner
Movie
Oct 2001
Race to Space
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Movie
Oct 2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
Leonard Donofrio
Movie
Sep 2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
Movie
Aug 2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
Movie
Jul 2001
Scary Movie 2
Father McFeely
Movie
Jul 2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
General Hein (voice)
Movie
Jun 2001
Into the Valley of Death
Self
Movie
May 2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
Movie
Feb 2001
Recess: School's Out
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2001
Disney's House of Mouse
Hades (voice)
Movie
Dec 2000
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Self
TV Show
Nov 2000
Founding Fathers
John Adams (voice)
Movie
Sep 2000
The American Nightmare
Self
Movie
Aug 2000
The Making of Hercules
Self
TV Show
May 2000
Clerks
Major Baklava (voice)
Movie
May 2000
Dirty Pictures
Dennis Barrie
Movie
Apr 2000
The Virgin Suicides
Mr. Lisbon
Movie
Jan 2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self
Movie
Jan 2000
Sensational Cities: New York
Narrator
Movie
Dec 1999
Play It to the Bone
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
Movie
Dec 1999
Any Given Sunday
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Movie
Aug 1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
Movie
Jun 1999
The General's Daughter
Colonel Robert Moore
Movie
Mar 1999
True Crime
Alan Mann
TV Show
Jan 1999
Family Guy
James Woods (voice)
TV Show
Jan 1999
Family Guy
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
TV Show
Jan 1999
Family Guy
Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
Movie
Dec 1998
Another Day in Paradise
Mel
Movie
Oct 1998
Vampires
Jack Crow
TV Show
Aug 1998
Hercules
Hades (voice)
TV Show
Jun 1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Narrator
TV Show
Feb 1998
The Entertainment Biz
Self
Movie
Jan 1998
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
Narrator
Movie
Sep 1997
Kicked in the Head
Uncle Sam
TV Show
Sep 1997
EP Daily
Movie
Jul 1997
Contact
Michael Kitz
Movie
Jun 1997
Hercules
Hades (voice)
Movie
Dec 1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
Byron De La Beckwith
Movie
Dec 1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Temple Rayburn
Movie
Sep 1996
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Carl Panzram
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
TV Show
Apr 1996
Saturday Night Special
Movie
Dec 1995
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Movie
Nov 1995
Casino
Lester Diamond
Movie
May 1995
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Danny Davis
Movie
Mar 1995
For Better or Worse
Reggie Makeshift
Movie
Oct 1994
The Specialist
Ned Trent
TV Show
Sep 1994
ER
Dr. Nate Lennox
Movie
Sep 1994
Curse of the Starving Class
Weston Tate
Movie
Sep 1994
Next Door
Matt Coler
TV Show
Aug 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Movie
Feb 1994
The Getaway
Jack Benyon
Movie
Jan 1994
Jane's House
Paul Clark
TV Show
Sep 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
TV Show
Aug 1993
Fallen Angels
Mickey Cohen
Movie
Dec 1992
Chaplin
Joseph Scott
Movie
Aug 1992
Citizen Cohn
Roy Marcus Cohn
Movie
Aug 1992
Diggstown
Gabriel Caine
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
Movie
Apr 1992
Straight Talk
Jack Russell
Movie
Apr 1991
The Boys
Walter Farmer
Movie
Mar 1991
The Hard Way
John Moss
Movie
Feb 1991
Voices That Care
Self - Host & Choir Member
TV Show
Jul 1990
Dream On
Dennis Youngblood
Movie
Apr 1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Robert
TV Show
Dec 1989
The Simpsons
James Woods (voice)
Movie
Oct 1989
Immediate Family
Michael Spector
Movie
Apr 1989
My Name Is Bill W.
Bill Wilson
Movie
Feb 1989
True Believer
Eddie Dodd
Movie
Jan 1989
Hollywood on Horses
Self
Movie
Dec 1988
The Boost
Lenny Brown
Movie
Oct 1988
Crimes of Passion
Himself - Host
Movie
Feb 1988
Cop
Lloyd Hopkins
Movie
Sep 1987
Best Seller
Cleve
Movie
Mar 1987
In Love and War
James B. Stockdale
Movie
Dec 1986
Promise
DJ
Movie
Apr 1986
Salvador
Richard Boyle
Movie
Sep 1985
Joshua Then and Now
Joshua Shapiro
Movie
Apr 1985
Cat's Eye
Morrison
Movie
Jan 1985
Badge of the Assassin
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Movie
May 1984
Once Upon a Time in America
Max
Movie
Mar 1984
Against All Odds
Jake Wise
Movie
Feb 1983
Videodrome
Max Renn
Movie
Dec 1982
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Interviewee
Movie
Oct 1982
Split Image
Charles Pratt
Movie
May 1982
Fast-Walking
Fast-Walking
Movie
Feb 1981
Eyewitness
Aldo Mercer
Movie
Mar 1980
The Black Marble
The Fiddler
Movie
Dec 1979
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Len Fraker
Movie
Sep 1979
The Onion Field
Gregory Powell
Movie
Jan 1979
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Danny Corelli
Movie
Jan 1979
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Sin Eater
Movie
Dec 1978
The Gift of Love
Alfred Browning
Movie
Jun 1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Art Lewis
TV Show
Apr 1978
Holocaust
Karl Weiss
Movie
Dec 1977
The Choirboys
Harold Bloomguard
Movie
Dec 1976
Raid on Entebbe
Capt. Sammy Berg
Movie
Nov 1976
The Disappearance of Aimee
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
Movie
Oct 1976
Alex & the Gypsy
Crainpool
Movie
Dec 1975
Distance
Larry Vincent
Movie
Dec 1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Movie
Nov 1975
Foster & Laurie
Walter The Addict
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
TV Show
Sep 1975
Welcome Back, Kotter
Movie
Jun 1975
Night Moves
Quentin
Movie
Oct 1974
The Gambler
Bank Officer
TV Show
Sep 1974
The Rockford Files
Larry Kirkoff
TV Show
Oct 1973
Kojak
TV Show
Oct 1973
Kojak
Caz
Movie
Oct 1973
The Way We Were
Frankie McVeigh
TV Show
Mar 1973
Police Story
Movie
Oct 1972
A Great American Tragedy
Rick
Movie
Oct 1972
Hickey & Boggs
Lt. Wyatt
Movie
Oct 1972
Footsteps
Reporter
TV Show
Sep 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
TV Show
Sep 1972
The Rookies
Movie
Feb 1972
The Visitors
Bill Schmidt
Movie
Dec 1971
All the Way Home
Andrew Lynch
TV Show
Oct 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
TV Show
Dec 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Andrew Lynch
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
DJ
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Temple Rayburn
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bill Wilson
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee