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James Woods

Born April 18, 1947

Place of birth: 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.

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Filmography

Actor (175 credits)

Movies

EddingtonSelf (uncredited)

Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever AfterHades

Once Upon a StudioHades (voice)

Dean Martin: King of CoolSelf

A Journey to SundanceSelf

BlingVictor (voice)

First ContactNarrator

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. MoreauSelf (archive footage)

Jamesy BoyLt. Falton

Officer DownCaptain Verona

JobsJack Dudman

White House DownWalker

Mary and MarthaMary's Father

Any Given TuesdaySelf

Straw DogsTom Heddon

Too Big to FailDick Fuld

Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsOwlman (voice)

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark SideJames Woods as General Veers (voice)

An American CarolTodd Grosslight

Surf's UpReggie Belafonte (voice)

End GameVaughn Stevens

Be CoolTommy Athens

ArkJallak (voice)

Pretty PersuasionHank Joyce

This Girl's LifePops

The Easter Egg AdventureGrab Takit (voice)

Videodrome: Forging the New FleshSelf

Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelf

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The IntroductionToreno (voice)

NorthforkWalter O'Brien

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani StoryRudy Giuliani

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

Stuart Little 2Falcon (voice)

Mickey's House of VillainsHades (voice)

John QDr. Raymond Turner

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of FunGloomius Maximus (voice)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinGeneral Hein (voice)

Scary Movie 2Father McFeely

Race to SpaceDr. Wilhelm von Huber

Riding in Cars with BoysLeonard Donofrio

Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf

Recess: School's OutDr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

America | A Tribute to HeroesSelf

Breaking the Silence: The Making of HannibalSelf

Into the Valley of DeathSelf

The Virgin SuicidesMr. Lisbon

The American NightmareSelf

Dirty PicturesDennis Barrie

Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf

The Making of The Virgin SuicidesSelf

The Making of HerculesSelf

Sensational Cities: New YorkNarrator

The General's DaughterColonel Robert Moore

True CrimeAlan Mann

Play It to the BoneJames Woods (Ringside Fan)

Any Given SundayDr. Harvey Mandrake

Hercules: Zero to HeroHades (voice) (archive sound)

VampiresJack Crow

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

Another Day in ParadiseMel

ContactMichael Kitz

HerculesHades (voice)

Kicked in the HeadUncle Sam

Ghosts of MississippiByron De La Beckwith

Killer: A Journal of MurderCarl Panzram

The Summer of Ben TylerTemple Rayburn

CasinoLester Diamond

NixonH.R. Haldeman

Indictment: The McMartin TrialDanny Davis

For Better or WorseReggie Makeshift

The GetawayJack Benyon

The SpecialistNed Trent

Next DoorMatt Coler

Curse of the Starving ClassWeston Tate

Jane's HousePaul Clark

ChaplinJoseph Scott

Straight TalkJack Russell

DiggstownGabriel Caine

Citizen CohnRoy Marcus Cohn

The Hard WayJohn Moss

Voices That CareSelf - Host & Choir Member

The BoysWalter Farmer

Women and Men: Stories of SeductionRobert

True BelieverEddie Dodd

My Name Is Bill W.Bill Wilson

Immediate FamilyMichael Spector

Hollywood on HorsesSelf

CopLloyd Hopkins

The BoostLenny Brown

Crimes of PassionHimself - Host

Best SellerCleve

In Love and WarJames B. Stockdale

SalvadorRichard Boyle

Cat's EyeMorrison

Joshua Then and NowJoshua Shapiro

Badge of the AssassinRobert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

Once Upon a Time in AmericaMaximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Against All OddsJake Wise

VideodromeMax Renn

Fast-WalkingFast-Walking

Split ImageCharles Pratt

The Making of David Cronenberg's VideodromeInterviewee

EyewitnessAldo Mercer

The Black MarbleThe Fiddler

The Onion FieldGregory Powell

...And Your Name Is JonahDanny Corelli

Young Maverick - Dead Man's HandLen Fraker

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg LaurelSin Eater

The Gift of LoveAlfred Browning

The Billion Dollar BubbleArt Lewis

The ChoirboysHarold Bloomguard

Alex & the GypsyCrainpool

The Disappearance of AimeeAsst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

Raid on EntebbeCapt. Sammy Berg

Night MovesQuentin

F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodLeonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

DistanceLarry Vincent

Foster & LaurieWalter The Addict

The GamblerBank Officer

The Way We WereFrankie McVeigh

FootstepsReporter

Hickey & BoggsLt. Wyatt

The VisitorsBill Schmidt

A Great American TragedyRick

All the Way HomeAndrew Lynch

Tv

Justice League ActionLex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

Justice League ActionLex Luthor (voice)

Futurescape with James WoodsHimself

Ray DonovanPatrick "Sully" Sullivan

The FrameMax Renn

ComaDr. Howard Stark

SharkSebastian Stark

The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf

EntourageJames Woods

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self

Disney's House of MouseHades (voice)

Founding FathersJohn Adams (voice)

ClerksMajor Baklava (voice)

Family GuyJames Woods (voice)

Family GuyJames Woods as General Veers (voice)

Family GuyFamily Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)

HerculesHades (voice)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesNarrator

The Entertainment BizSelf

The Daily ShowSelf

Saturday Night Special

Inside the Actors StudioSelf

ERDr. Nate Lennox

Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

Fallen AngelsMickey Cohen

The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf

Dream OnDennis Youngblood

The SimpsonsJames Woods (voice)

HolocaustKarl Weiss

Welcome Back, Kotter

Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

The Rockford FilesLarry Kirkoff

The Streets of San Francisco

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

Hallmark Hall of FameAndrew Lynch

Hallmark Hall of FameAssistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan

Hallmark Hall of FameDJ

Hallmark Hall of FameBill Wilson

Hallmark Hall of FameTemple Rayburn

Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

Producer (3 credits)

Movie

OppenheimerExecutive Producer

Another Day in ParadiseProducer