Person
James Woods
Acting · 1947-04-18 · 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.
Filmography (77)
| Year | Film | As |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Apprenticeship of Ted Kotcheff | Self |
| 2025 | Eddington | James Woods (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Hades (voice) |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Bling | Victor |
| 2015 | Citizen Carly | Narrator |
| 2014 | Jamesy Boy | Lt. Mark Falton |
| 2013 | Officer Down | Captain Verona |
| 2013 | White House Down | Walker |
| 2013 | Jobs | Jack Dudman |
| 2012 | Coma | Dr. Howard Stark |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Dick Fuld |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs | Tom Heddon |
| 2010 | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | Owlman (voice) |
| 2009 | Pass the Sugar | Narrator (unconfirmed) |
| 2007 | Surf's Up | Reggie Belafonte (voice) |
| 2006 | End Game | Vaughn Stevens |
| 2005 | Pretty Persuasion | Hank Joyce |
| 2005 | Ark | Jallak |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Tommy Athens |
| 2004 | The Easter Egg Adventure | Grab Takit |
| 2003 | Northfork | Walter O'Brien |
| 2003 | This Girl's Life | Pops |
| 2002 | Mickey's House of Villains | Hades (voice) |
| 2002 | Little Warriors | Narrator |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Falcon (voice) |
| 2002 | John Q | Dr. Raymond Turner |
| 2001 | Race to Space | Dr. Wilhelm von Huber |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | General Hein (voice) |
| 2001 | Recess: School's Out | Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice) |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Father McFeely |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Leonard Donofrio |
| 2000 | The Virgin Suicides | Mr. Lisbon |
| 1999 | Play It to the Bone | James Woods (Ringside Fan) |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Dr. Harvey Mandrake |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | Colonel Robert Moore |
| 1999 | True Crime | Alan Mann |
| 1998 | Another Day in Paradise | Mel |
| 1998 | Vampires | Jack Crow |
| 1998 | Another Day in Paradise | producer |
| 1997 | Kicked in the Head | Uncle Sam |
| 1997 | Contact | Michael Kitz |
| 1997 | Hercules | Hades (voice) |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Byron De La Beckwith |
| 1995 | For Better or Worse | Reggie Makeshift |
| 1995 | Casino | Lester Diamond |
| 1995 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Carl Panzram |
| 1995 | Nixon | H.R. Haldeman |
| 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class | Weston Tate |
| 1994 | The Specialist | Ned Trent |
| 1994 | The Getaway | Jack Benyon |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Joseph Scott |
| 1992 | Diggstown | Gabriel Caine |
| 1992 | Straight Talk | Jack |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | John Moss |
| 1989 | True Believer | Eddie Dodd |
| 1989 | Immediate Family | Michael Spector |
| 1988 | Cop | producer |
| 1988 | The Boost | Lenny Brown |
| 1988 | Cop | Lloyd Hopkins |
| 1987 | Best Seller | Cleve |
| 1986 | Salvador | Richard Boyle |
| 1985 | Joshua Then and Now | Joshua Shapiro |
| 1985 | Cat's Eye | Morrison |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Max |
| 1984 | Against All Odds | Jake Wise |
| 1983 | Videodrome | Max Renn |
| 1982 | Fast-Walking | Fast-Walking |
| 1982 | Split Image | Charles Pratt |
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Aldo |
| 1979 | The Onion Field | Gregory Powell |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | Harold Bloomguard |
| 1976 | Alex & the Gypsy | Crainpool |
| 1975 | Night Moves | Quentin |
| 1975 | Distance | Larry Vincent |
| 1973 | The Way We Were | Frankie McVeigh |
| 1972 | The Visitors | Bill Schmidt |