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

Apr 18, 1947

Vernal, Utah, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

127 acting

3 crew

Popularity

2.4

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Known For

Scary Movie 2

2001

as Father McFeely

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

as Max

Hercules

1997

as Hades (voice)

Casino

1995

as Lester Diamond

Contact

1997

as Michael Kitz

Once Upon a Studio

2023

as Hades (voice)

White House Down

2013

as Walker

John Q

2002

as Dr. Raymond Turner

Eddington

2025

as James Woods (uncredited)

Surf's Up

2007

as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

Scary Movie 2

2001 • as Father McFeely

★ 5.8

Once Upon a Time in America

1984 • as Max

★ 8.4

Hercules

1997 • as Hades (voice)

★ 7.5

Casino

1995 • as Lester Diamond

★ 8.0

Contact

1997 • as Michael Kitz

★ 7.4

Once Upon a Studio

2023 • as Hades (voice)

★ 8.3

White House Down

2013 • as Walker

★ 6.5

John Q

2002 • as Dr. Raymond Turner

★ 7.1

Eddington

2025 • as James Woods (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Surf's Up

2007 • as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

★ 6.5

The Virgin Suicides

2000 • as Mr. Lisbon

★ 7.1

The Specialist

1994 • as Ned Trent

★ 5.9

Videodrome

1983 • as Max Renn

★ 7.2

Be Cool

2005 • as Tommy Athens

★ 5.5

Straw Dogs

2011 • as Tom Heddon

★ 5.9

Pretty Persuasion

2005 • as Hank Joyce

★ 5.8

Any Given Sunday

1999 • as Dr. Harvey Mandrake

★ 6.8

Nixon

1995 • as H.R. Haldeman

★ 6.9

Stuart Little 2

2002 • as Falcon (voice)

★ 5.8

Vampires

1998 • as Jack Crow

★ 6.3

The Getaway

1994 • as Jack Benyon

★ 5.8

Jobs

2013 • as Jack Dudman

★ 6.1

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001 • as General Hein (voice)

★ 6.2

Chaplin

1992 • as Joseph Scott

★ 7.4

Mickey's House of Villains

2002 • as Hades (voice)

★ 7.3

The General's Daughter

1999 • as Colonel Robert Moore

★ 6.4

Against All Odds

1984 • as Jake Wise

★ 5.7

The Way We Were

1973 • as Frankie McVeigh

★ 7.0

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010 • as Owlman (voice)

★ 7.3

End Game

2006 • as Agent Vaughn Stevens

★ 5.4

Diggstown

1992 • as Gabriel Caine

★ 6.3

Cat's Eye

1985 • as Morrison

★ 6.7

America | A Tribute to Heroes

2001 • as Self

★ 6.5

True Crime

1999 • as Alan Mann

★ 6.5

The Hard Way

1991 • as John Moss

★ 6.2

Recess: School's Out

2001 • as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

★ 6.6

Straight Talk

1992 • as Jack Russell

★ 6.0

Jamesy Boy

2014 • as Lt. Falton

★ 6.4

Too Big to Fail

2011 • as Dick Fuld

★ 7.0

Cop

1988 • as Lloyd Hopkins

★ 6.3

Salvador

1986 • as Richard Boyle

★ 7.0

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001 • as Leonard Donofrio

★ 6.7

An American Carol

2008 • as Todd Grosslight

★ 4.2

Night Moves

1975 • as Quentin

★ 6.7

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

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

2009 • as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

★ 7.2

This Girl's Life

2004 • as Pops

★ 5.0

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996 • as Byron De La Beckwith

★ 6.6

Officer Down

2013 • as Captain Verona

★ 5.3

Best Seller

1987 • as Cleve

★ 6.0

Eyewitness

1981 • as Aldo Mercer

★ 5.6

True Believer

1989 • as Eddie Dodd

★ 6.2

Play It to the Bone

1999 • as James Woods (Ringside Fan)

★ 5.4

The Gambler

1974 • as Bank Officer

★ 6.7

Northfork

2003 • as Walter O'Brien

★ 6.0

Bling

2016 • as Victor (voice)

★ 5.7

Badge of the Assassin

1985 • as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

★ 5.6

Raid on Entebbe

1976 • as Capt. Sammy Berg

★ 6.0

Hercules: Zero to Hero

1999 • as Hades (voice) (archive sound)

★ 6.5

movie

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

2001 • as Self

★ 6.1

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995 • as Danny Davis

★ 7.0

Citizen Cohn

1992 • as Roy Marcus Cohn

★ 6.3

Next Door

1994 • as Matt Coler

★ 4.9

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

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

2014 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

2001 • as Self

★ 7.1

Immediate Family

1989 • as Michael Spector

★ 5.9

The Onion Field

1979 • as Gregory Powell

★ 6.0

Dean Martin: King of Cool

2021 • as Self

★ 7.6

The Choirboys

1977 • as Harold Bloomguard

★ 5.5

Split Image

1982 • as Charles Pratt

★ 6.0

A Journey to Sundance

2023 • as Self

Mary and Martha

2013 • as Mary's Father

★ 6.3

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990 • as Robert

★ 4.4

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

1979 • as Sin Eater

★ 6.8

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

2003 • as Rudy Giuliani

★ 3.2

The Boys

1991 • as Walter Farmer

★ 7.0

Kicked in the Head

1997 • as Uncle Sam

★ 4.1

Dirty Pictures

2000 • as Dennis Barrie

★ 6.1

Ark

2005 • as Jallak (voice)

★ 5.6

Race to Space

2001 • as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

★ 6.0

The Summer of Ben Tyler

1996 • as Temple Rayburn

★ 6.8

The Boost

1988 • as Lenny Brown

★ 5.7

Another Day in Paradise

1998 • as Mel

★ 6.2

Voices That Care

1991 • as Self - Host & Choir Member

★ 8.7

...And Your Name Is Jonah

1979 • as Danny Corelli

★ 6.6

The Disappearance of Aimee

1976 • as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

★ 8.7

In Love and War

1987 • as James B. Stockdale

★ 5.0

Promise

1986 • as DJ

★ 7.3

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004 • as Self

★ 7.1

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

2004 • as Toreno (voice)

★ 6.8

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

2002 • as Gloomius Maximus (voice)

★ 6.3

The American Nightmare

2000 • as Self

★ 6.8

The Black Marble

1980 • as The Fiddler

★ 5.0

Footsteps

1972 • as Reporter

★ 6.5

Killer: A Journal of Murder

1996 • as Carl Panzram

★ 5.8

Jane's House

1994 • as Paul Clark

★ 6.0

Foster & Laurie

1975 • as Walter The Addict

★ 8.5

My Name Is Bill W.

1989 • as Bill Wilson

★ 6.5

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

2000 • as Self

★ 6.1

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

2000 • as Self

★ 7.2

Joshua Then and Now

1985 • as Joshua Shapiro

★ 5.4

Alex & the Gypsy

1976 • as Crainpool

★ 4.6

For Better or Worse

1995 • as Reggie Makeshift

★ 4.7

Fast-Walking

1982 • as Fast-Walking

★ 5.8

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

1975 • as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

★ 4.0

The Visitors

1972 • as Bill Schmidt

★ 6.0

Hickey & Boggs

1972 • as Lt. Wyatt

★ 5.9

Curse of the Starving Class

1994 • as Weston Tate

★ 4.4

A Great American Tragedy

1972 • as Rick

★ 7.5

movie

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

2003

The Gift of Love

1978 • as Alfred Browning

★ 6.7

The Easter Egg Adventure

2004 • as Grab Takit (voice)

★ 7.0

movie

Hollywood on Horses

1989 • as Self

★ 6.0

All the Way Home

1971 • as Andrew Lynch

★ 10.0

The Billion Dollar Bubble

1978 • as Art Lewis

★ 7.5

Distance

1975 • as Larry Vincent

★ 6.5

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

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

1998 • as Narrator

★ 10.0

Any Given Tuesday

2013 • as self

movie

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

1979 • as Len Fraker

Crimes of Passion

1988 • as Himself - Host

movie

Into the Valley of Death

2001 • as Self

Buddy

2005 • as Narrator

★ 9.0

First Contact

2016 • as Narrator

★ 7.2

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

1982 • as Interviewee

★ 7.3

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

2004 • as Self

★ 6.7

The Making of Hercules

2000 • as Self

Sensational Cities: New York

2000 • as Narrator

Free as a Dog

2006