James Woods
Actor, Producer
18 April 1947 (79 years)
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
Filmography
| 2025 | Eddington · as James Woods (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio · as Hades (voice) |
| 2017 | Justice League Action Shorts! · as Lex Luthor |
| 2016 | Justice League Action · as Lex Luthor (voice) |
| 2016 | First Contact · as Narrator |
| 2016 | Bling · as Victor (voice) |
| 2014 | Jamesy Boy · as Lt. FaltonOn Plex |
| 2013 | Jobs · as Jack Dudman |
| 2013 | White House Down · as Walker |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan · as Patrick "sully" Sullivan |
| 2013 | The Frame · as Max Renn |
| 2013 | Mary and Martha · as Mary's Father |
| 2013 | Officer Down · as Captain VeronaOn Plex |
| 2012 | Coma (2012) · as Dr. Howard Stark |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs · as Tom Heddon |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail · as Dick Fuld |
| 2010 | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths · as Owlman (voice) |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side · as James Woods As General Veers (voice) |
| 2008 | An American Carol · as Todd GrosslightOn Plex |
| 2008 | Hollywood contra Franco · as Frankie Mcveigh |
| 2007 | Surf's Up · as Reggie Belafonte (voice) |
| 2006 | Shark · as Sebastian Stark |
| 2006 | End Game · as Agent Vaughn StevensOn Plex |
| 2005 | Buddy · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Ark · as Jallak (voice) |
| 2005 | Be Cool · as Tommy Athens |
| 2005 | Pretty Persuasion · as Hank JoyceOn Plex |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction · as Toreno (voice) |
| 2004 | The Easter Egg Adventure · as Grab Takit (voice) |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | This Girl's Life · as Pops |
| 2003 | Northfork · as Walter O'brien |
| 2003 | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story · as Rudy Giuliani |
| 2003 | Odd Job Jack · as Manny Kowalski |
| 2002 | Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe · as Prison Guard |
| 2002 | Mickey's House of Villains · as Hades (voice) |
| 2002 | Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun · as Gloomius Maximus (voice) |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 · as Falcon (voice) |
| 2002 | Founding Brothers · as John Adams |
| 2002 | John Q · as Dr. Raymond Turner |
| 2001 | Race to Space · as Dr. Wilhelm Von Huber |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys · as Leonard Donofrio |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within · as General Hein (voice) |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2 · as Father Mcfeely |
| 2001 | Recess: School's Out · as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice) |
| 2001 | House of Mouse · as Hades (voice) |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers · as John Adams (voice) |
| 2000 | Clerks: The Animated Series · as Major Baklava (voice) |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures · as Dennis Barrie |
| 2000 | Cheating Las Vegas · as Narrator |
| 1999 | The Virgin Suicides · as Mr. Lisbon |
| 1999 | Play It to the Bone · as James Woods (ringside Fan) |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday · as Dr. Harvey Mandrake |
| 1999 | The Road to Rapture · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Hercules: Zero to Hero · as Hades (voice) (archive Sound) |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter · as Colonel Robert Moore |
| 1999 | True Crime · as Alan Mann |
| 1999 | Family Guy · as James Woods (voice) |
| 1998 | Another Day in Paradise · as Mel |
| 1998 | Hooves of Fire · as Narrator |
| 1998 | Hercules · as Hades (voice) |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies · as Narrator |
| 1998 | Vampires · as Jack Crow |
| 1997 | Kicked in the Head · as Uncle Sam |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Contact · as Michael Kitz |
| 1997 | Hercules · as Hades (voice) |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi · as Byron De La Beckwith |
| 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler · as Temple Rayburn |
| 1996 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Lester Diamond |
| 1995 | Killer: A Journal of Murder · as Carl Panzram |
| 1995 | Nixon · as H.r. Haldeman |
| 1995 | Casino · as Lester Diamond |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial · as Danny Davis |
| 1995 | For Better or Worse · as Reggie Makeshift |
| 1994 | The Specialist · as Ned Trent |
| 1994 | ER · as Dr. Nate Lennox |
| 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class · as Weston Tate |
| 1994 | Next Door · as Matt Coler |
| 1994 | The Getaway · as Jack BenyonOn Plex |
| 1994 | Jane's House · as Paul Clark |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels · as Mickey Cohen |
| 1992 | Chaplin · as Joseph Scott |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn · as Roy Marcus Cohn |
| 1992 | Diggstown · as Gabriel Caine |
| 1992 | Straight Talk · as Jack Russell |
| 1991 | The Boys · as Walter Farmer |
| 1991 | The Hard Way · as John Moss |
| 1990 | Dream On · as Dennis Youngblood |
| 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction · as Robert |
| 1989 | The Simpsons · as James Woods (voice) |
| 1989 | Immediate Family · as Michael Spector |
| 1989 | My Name Is Bill W. · as Bill Wilson |
| 1989 | True Believer · as Eddie Dodd |
| 1988 | The Boost · as Lenny Brown |
| 1988 | Cop · as Lloyd Hopkins |
| 1987 | Best Seller · as Cleve |
| 1987 | In Love and War · as James B. Stockdale |
| 1986 | Promise · as Dj |
| 1986 | Salvador · as Richard Boyle |
| 1985 | Badge of the Assassin · as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney |
| 1985 | Joshua Then and Now · as Joshua Shapiro |
| 1985 | Cat's Eye · as Morrison |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America · as Maximilian 'max' BercoviczOn Plex |
| 1984 | Against All Odds · as Jake Wise |
| 1983 | Videodrome · as Max Renn |
| 1982 | Split Image · as Charles PrattOn Plex |
| 1982 | Fast-Walking · as Fast-Walking |
| 1981 | Eyewitness · as Aldo Mercer |
| 1980 | The Black Marble · as The Fiddler |
| 1979 | Young Maverick · as Lem Fraker |
| 1979 | The Onion Field · as Gregory Powell |
| 1979 | ...and Your Name Is Jonah · as Danny Corelli |
| 1979 | The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel · as Sin Eater |
| 1978 | The Gift of Love · as Alfred Browning |
| 1978 | The Billion Dollar Bubble · as Art Lewis |
| 1978 | Holocaust · as Karl Weiss |
| 1977 | The Choirboys · as Harold Bloomguard |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe · as Capt. Sammy Berg |
| 1976 | The Disappearance of Aimee · as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan |
| 1976 | Alex & the Gypsy · as Crainpool |
| 1976 | Family · as Dr. Robert Styles |
| 1976 | Bert D'Angelo Superstar · as Fletcher |
| 1975 | Distance · as Larry Vincent |
| 1975 | Foster & Laurie · as Walter The Addict |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Night Moves · as Quentin |
| 1974 | The Gambler · as Bank Officer |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files · as Larry Kirkoff |
| 1973 | Kojak · as Caz |
| 1973 | The Way We Were · as Frankie Mcveigh |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones · as Danny Reeves |
| 1972 | A Great American Tragedy · as Rick |
| 1972 | Hickey & Boggs · as Lt. Wyatt |
| 1972 | Footsteps · as Reporter |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | The Visitors · as Bill Schmidt |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | All the Way Home · as Andrew Lynch |
| 1964 | Horizon · as Art Lewis |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Bill Wilson |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Futurescape · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | |
| 2003 | Northfork · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | |
| 1988 |