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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Eddington
Character:James Woods (uncredited)
Release Date:16/07/2025
Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After
Character:Hades
Release Date:27/05/2025
Once Upon a Studio
Character:Hades (voice)
Release Date:24/09/2023
A Journey to Sundance
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2023
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Character:Self
Release Date:14/11/2021
First Contact
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/09/2016
Bling
Character:Victor (voice)
Release Date:06/05/2016
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2014
Jamesy Boy
Character:Lt. Falton
Release Date:03/01/2014
Any Given Tuesday
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2013
Jobs
Character:Jack Dudman
Release Date:15/08/2013
White House Down
Character:Walker
Release Date:27/06/2013
Mary and Martha
Character:Mary's Father
Release Date:01/03/2013
Officer Down
Character:Captain Verona
Release Date:22/01/2013
Too Big to Fail
Character:Dick Fuld
Release Date:25/11/2011
Straw Dogs
Character:Tom Heddon
Release Date:16/09/2011
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Character:Owlman (voice)
Release Date:23/02/2010
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Character:James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Release Date:22/12/2009
An American Carol
Character:Todd Grosslight
Release Date:03/10/2008
Surf's Up
Character:Reggie Belafonte (voice)
Release Date:08/06/2007
End Game
Character:Vaughn Stevens
Release Date:27/07/2006
Free as a Dog
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2006
Ark
Character:Jallak (voice)
Release Date:27/09/2005
Buddy
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/08/2005
Be Cool
Character:Tommy Athens
Release Date:04/03/2005
Pretty Persuasion
Character:Hank Joyce
Release Date:22/01/2005
This Girl's Life
Character:Pops
Release Date:03/12/2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Character:Toreno (voice)
Release Date:23/11/2004
The Easter Egg Adventure
Character:Grab Takit (voice)
Release Date:05/09/2004
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Character:Self
Release Date:27/08/2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2004
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
Character:
Release Date:30/12/2003
Northfork
Character:Walter O'Brien
Release Date:11/07/2003
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Character:Rudy Giuliani
Release Date:30/03/2003
Mickey's House of Villains
Character:Hades (voice)
Release Date:03/09/2002
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
Character:Gloomius Maximus (voice)
Release Date:13/08/2002
Stuart Little 2
Character:Falcon (voice)
Release Date:19/07/2002
John Q
Character:Dr. Raymond Turner
Release Date:15/02/2002
Race to Space
Character:Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Release Date:31/10/2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
Character:Leonard Donofrio
Release Date:19/10/2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Character:Self
Release Date:21/09/2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Character:Self
Release Date:21/08/2001
Scary Movie 2
Character:Father McFeely
Release Date:04/07/2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Character:General Hein (voice)
Release Date:02/07/2001
Into the Valley of Death
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Character:Self
Release Date:31/05/2001
Recess: School's Out
Character:Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
Release Date:16/02/2001
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/2000
The American Nightmare
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2000
The Making of Hercules
Character:Self
Release Date:15/08/2000
Dirty Pictures
Character:Dennis Barrie
Release Date:27/05/2000
The Virgin Suicides
Character:Mr. Lisbon
Release Date:21/04/2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
Sensational Cities: New York
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2000
Play It to the Bone
Character:James Woods (Ringside Fan)
Release Date:25/12/1999
Any Given Sunday
Character:Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Release Date:22/12/1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Character:Hades (voice) (archive sound)
Release Date:17/08/1999
The General's Daughter
Character:Colonel Robert Moore
Release Date:18/06/1999
True Crime
Character:Alan Mann
Release Date:19/03/1999
Another Day in Paradise
Character:Mel
Release Date:30/12/1998
Vampires
Character:Jack Crow
Release Date:30/10/1998
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
Character:Narrator
Release Date:24/01/1998
Kicked in the Head
Character:Uncle Sam
Release Date:26/09/1997
Contact
Character:Michael Kitz
Release Date:11/07/1997
Hercules
Character:Hades (voice)
Release Date:13/06/1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
Character:Byron De La Beckwith
Release Date:20/12/1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Character:Temple Rayburn
Release Date:15/12/1996
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Character:Carl Panzram
Release Date:06/09/1996
Nixon
Character:H.R. Haldeman
Release Date:22/12/1995
Casino
Character:Lester Diamond
Release Date:22/11/1995
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Character:Danny Davis
Release Date:20/05/1995
For Better or Worse
Character:Reggie Makeshift
Release Date:19/03/1995
The Specialist
Character:Ned Trent
Release Date:07/10/1994
Curse of the Starving Class
Character:Weston Tate
Release Date:13/09/1994
Next Door
Character:Matt Coler
Release Date:04/09/1994
The Getaway
Character:Jack Benyon
Release Date:11/02/1994
Jane's House
Character:Paul Clark
Release Date:02/01/1994
Chaplin
Character:Joseph Scott
Release Date:17/12/1992
Citizen Cohn
Character:Roy Marcus Cohn
Release Date:22/08/1992
Diggstown
Character:Gabriel Caine
Release Date:14/08/1992
Straight Talk
Character:Jack Russell
Release Date:03/04/1992
The Boys
Character:Walter Farmer
Release Date:15/04/1991
The Hard Way
Character:John Moss
Release Date:08/03/1991
Voices That Care
Character:Self - Host & Choir Member
Release Date:28/02/1991
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Character:Robert
Release Date:02/04/1990
Immediate Family
Character:Michael Spector
Release Date:27/10/1989
My Name Is Bill W.
Character:Bill Wilson
Release Date:30/04/1989
True Believer
Character:Eddie Dodd
Release Date:17/02/1989
Hollywood on Horses
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1989
The Boost
Character:Lenny Brown
Release Date:23/12/1988
Crimes of Passion
Character:Himself - Host
Release Date:26/10/1988
Cop
Character:Lloyd Hopkins
Release Date:05/02/1988
Best Seller
Character:Cleve
Release Date:25/09/1987
In Love and War
Character:James B. Stockdale
Release Date:16/03/1987
Promise
Character:DJ
Release Date:21/12/1986
Salvador
Character:Richard Boyle
Release Date:23/04/1986
Joshua Then and Now
Character:Joshua Shapiro
Release Date:17/09/1985
Cat's Eye
Character:Morrison
Release Date:12/04/1985
Badge of the Assassin
Character:Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Release Date:04/01/1985
Once Upon a Time in America
Character:Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
Release Date:23/05/1984
Against All Odds
Character:Jake Wise
Release Date:02/03/1984
Videodrome
Character:Max Renn
Release Date:04/02/1983
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Character:Interviewee
Release Date:31/12/1982
Split Image
Character:Charles Pratt
Release Date:03/10/1982
Fast-Walking
Character:Fast-Walking
Release Date:11/05/1982
Eyewitness
Character:Aldo Mercer
Release Date:13/02/1981
The Black Marble
Character:The Fiddler
Release Date:07/03/1980
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Character:Len Fraker
Release Date:26/12/1979
The Onion Field
Character:Gregory Powell
Release Date:09/09/1979
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Character:Danny Corelli
Release Date:28/01/1979
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Character:Sin Eater
Release Date:02/01/1979
The Gift of Love
Character:Alfred Browning
Release Date:08/12/1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Character:Art Lewis
Release Date:08/06/1978
The Choirboys
Character:Harold Bloomguard
Release Date:23/12/1977
Raid on Entebbe
Character:Capt. Sammy Berg
Release Date:26/12/1976
The Disappearance of Aimee
Character:Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
Release Date:17/11/1976
Alex & the Gypsy
Character:Crainpool
Release Date:03/10/1976
Distance
Character:Larry Vincent
Release Date:22/12/1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Character:Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Release Date:17/12/1975
Foster & Laurie
Character:Walter The Addict
Release Date:13/11/1975
Night Moves
Character:Quentin
Release Date:11/06/1975
The Gambler
Character:Bank Officer
Release Date:02/10/1974
The Way We Were
Character:Frankie McVeigh
Release Date:17/10/1973
A Great American Tragedy
Character:Rick
Release Date:18/10/1972
Hickey & Boggs
Character:Lt. Wyatt
Release Date:04/10/1972
Footsteps
Character:Reporter
Release Date:03/10/1972
The Visitors
Character:Bill Schmidt
Release Date:02/02/1972
All the Way Home
Character:Andrew Lynch
Release Date:01/12/1971
Television Appearances
Justice League Action
Character:Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
Justice League Action
Character:Lex Luthor (voice)
Futurescape with James Woods
Character:Himself
Ray Donovan
Character:Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
The Frame
Character:Max Renn
Coma
Character:Dr. Howard Stark
Shark
Character:Sebastian Stark
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
Entourage
Character:James Woods
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Disney's House of Mouse
Character:Hades (voice)
Founding Fathers
Character:John Adams (voice)
Clerks
Character:Major Baklava (voice)
Family Guy
Character:James Woods (voice)
Family Guy
Character:James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Family Guy
Character:Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
Hercules
Character:Hades (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Character:Narrator
The Entertainment Biz
Character:Self
EP Daily
Character:
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Saturday Night Special
Character:
ER
Character:Dr. Nate Lennox
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
Character:Mickey Cohen
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:Self
Dream On
Character:Dennis Youngblood
The Simpsons
Character:James Woods (voice)
Holocaust
Character:Karl Weiss
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Welcome Back, Kotter
Character:
The Rockford Files
Character:Larry Kirkoff
Kojak
Character:
Kojak
Character:Caz
Police Story
Character:
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:
The Rookies
Character:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Andrew Lynch
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:DJ
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Bill Wilson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Temple Rayburn
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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