James Woods
Acting
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
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movieEddington
2025
James Woods (uncredited)
movieOnce Upon a Studio
2023
Hades (voice)
tvJustice League Action
2016
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) / Lex Luthor (voice)
movieFirst Contact
2016
Narrator
movieBling
2016
Victor (voice)
movieLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieJamesy Boy
2014
Lt. Falton
movieJobs
2013
Jack Dudman
tvRay Donovan
2013
Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
tvThe Frame
2013
Max Renn
movieMary and Martha
2013
Mary's Father
movieOfficer Down
2013
Captain Verona
tvComa
2012
Dr. Howard Stark
movieToo Big to Fail
2011
Dick Fuld
movieStraw Dogs
2011
Tom Heddon
movieJustice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
Owlman (voice)
movieFamily Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
movieAn American Carol
2008
Todd Grosslight
movieSurf's Up
2007
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
tvShark
2006
Sebastian Stark
movieEnd Game
2006
Agent Vaughn Stevens
movieArk
2005
Jallak (voice)
movieBuddy
2005
Narrator
movieBe Cool
2005
Tommy Athens
moviePretty Persuasion
2005
Hank Joyce
movieThe Easter Egg Adventure
2004
Grab Takit (voice)
tvEntourage
2004
James Woods
movieNorthfork
2003
Walter O'Brien
movieRudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003
Rudy Giuliani
movieMickey's House of Villains
2002
Hades (voice)
movieRolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
movieStuart Little 2
2002
Falcon (voice)
movieJohn Q
2002
Dr. Raymond Turner
movieRace to Space
2001
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
movieRiding in Cars with Boys
2001
Leonard Donofrio
movieScary Movie 2
2001
Father McFeely
movieFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
General Hein (voice)
movieRecess: School's Out
2001
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
tvDisney's House of Mouse
2001
Hades (voice)
tvFounding Fathers
2000
John Adams (voice)
tvClerks
2000
Major Baklava (voice)
movieDirty Pictures
2000
Dennis Barrie
movieThe Virgin Suicides
2000
Mr. Lisbon
moviePlay It to the Bone
1999
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
movieAny Given Sunday
1999
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
movieHercules: Zero to Hero
1999
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
movieThe General's Daughter
1999
Colonel Robert Moore
movieTrue Crime
1999
Alan Mann
tvFamily Guy
1999
James Woods (voice) / James Woods as General Veers (voice) / Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
movieVampires
1998
Jack Crow
tvHercules
1998
Hades (voice)
movieKicked in the Head
1997
Uncle Sam
movieContact
1997
Michael Kitz
movieHercules
1997
Hades (voice)
movieGhosts of Mississippi
1996
Byron De La Beckwith
movieThe Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
Temple Rayburn
movieKiller: A Journal of Murder
1996
Carl Panzram
movieNixon
1995
H.R. Haldeman
movieCasino
1995
Lester Diamond
movieIndictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
Danny Davis
movieFor Better or Worse
1995
Reggie Makeshift
movieThe Specialist
1994
Ned Trent
tvER
1994
Dr. Nate Lennox
movieCurse of the Starving Class
1994
Weston Tate
movieNext Door
1994
Matt Coler
movieThe Getaway
1994
Jack Benyon
movieJane's House
1994
Paul Clark
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvFallen Angels
1993
Mickey Cohen
movieChaplin
1992
Joseph Scott
movieCitizen Cohn
1992
Roy Marcus Cohn
movieDiggstown
1992
Gabriel Caine
movieStraight Talk
1992
Jack Russell
movieThe Boys
1991
Walter Farmer
movieThe Hard Way
1991
John Moss
movieVoices That Care
1991
Self - Host & Choir Member
tvDream On
1990
Dennis Youngblood
tvThe Simpsons
1989
James Woods (voice)
movieImmediate Family
1989
Michael Spector
movieMy Name Is Bill W.
1989
Bill Wilson
movieTrue Believer
1989
Eddie Dodd
movieThe Boost
1988
Lenny Brown
movieCrimes of Passion
1988
Himself - Host
movieCop
1988
Lloyd Hopkins
movieBest Seller
1987
Cleve
movieIn Love and War
1987
James B. Stockdale
movieSalvador
1986
Richard Boyle
movieJoshua Then and Now
1985
Joshua Shapiro
movieCat's Eye
1985
Morrison
movieBadge of the Assassin
1985
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
movieAgainst All Odds
1984
Jake Wise
movieVideodrome
1983
Max Renn
movieSplit Image
1982
Charles Pratt
movieFast-Walking
1982
Fast-Walking
movieEyewitness
1981
Aldo Mercer
movieThe Black Marble
1980
The Fiddler
movieThe Onion Field
1979
Gregory Powell
movie...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
Danny Corelli
movieThe Gift of Love
1978
Alfred Browning
movieThe Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
Art Lewis
tvHolocaust
1978
Karl Weiss
movieThe Choirboys
1977
Harold Bloomguard
movieRaid on Entebbe
1976
Capt. Sammy Berg
movieThe Disappearance of Aimee
1976
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
movieAlex & the Gypsy
1976
Crainpool
movieDistance
1975
Larry Vincent
movieF. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
movieFoster & Laurie
1975
Walter The Addict
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
movieNight Moves
1975
Quentin
movieThe Gambler
1974
Bank Officer
tvThe Rockford Files
1974
Larry Kirkoff
tvKojak
1973
Caz
movieThe Way We Were
1973
Frankie McVeigh
movieHickey & Boggs
1972
Lt. Wyatt
movieFootsteps
1972
Reporter
movieThe Visitors
1972
Bill Schmidt
movieAll the Way Home
1971
Andrew Lynch
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Andrew Lynch / Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan / DJ / Bill Wilson / Temple Rayburn
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee