Apr 18, 1947 - 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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| Movie | 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz | |
| Movie | 1995 | Casino | Lester Diamond | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Getaway | Jack Benyon | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Virgin Suicides | Mr. Lisbon | |
| Movie | 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | General Hein (voice) | |
| Movie | 1997 | Contact | Michael Kitz | |
| Movie | 1983 | Videodrome | Max Renn | |
| Movie | 1999 | The General's Daughter | Colonel Robert Moore | |
| Movie | 1985 | Cat's Eye | Morrison | |
| Movie | 1999 | True Crime | Alan Mann | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Specialist | Ned Trent | |
| Movie | 1992 | Chaplin | Joseph Scott | |
| Movie | 2005 | Be Cool | Tommy Athens | |
| Movie | 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Father McFeely | |
| Movie | 1987 | Best Seller | Cleve | |
| Movie | 1995 | Nixon | H.R. Haldeman | |
| Movie | 2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Falcon (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Play It to the Bone | James Woods (Ringside Fan) | |
| Movie | 2010 | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | Owlman (voice) | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Hard Way | John Moss | |
| Movie | 1984 | Against All Odds | Jake Wise | |
| Movie | 1986 | Salvador | Richard Boyle | |
| Movie | 2001 | Mickey's House of Villains | Hades (voice) | |
| Movie | 1989 | True Believer | Eddie Dodd | |
| Movie | 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Byron De La Beckwith | |
| Movie | 1997 | Hercules | Hades (voice) | |
| Movie | 1981 | Eyewitness | Aldo Mercer | |
| Movie | 2002 | John Q | Dr. Raymond Turner | |
| Movie | 1988 | Cop | Lloyd Hopkins | |
| Movie | 1975 | Night Moves | Quentin | |
| Movie | 2003 | Northfork | Walter O'Brien | |
| Movie | 2007 | Surf's Up | Reggie Belafonte (voice) | |
| Movie | 2006 | End Game | Vaughn Stevens | |
| Movie | 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Dr. Harvey Mandrake | |
| Movie | 1998 | Vampires | Jack Crow | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Onion Field | Gregory Powell | |
| Movie | 1972 | Footsteps | Reporter | |
| Movie | 2005 | Ark | Jallak (voice) | |
| Movie | 1998 | America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1998 | Another Day in Paradise | Mel | |
| Movie | 2004 | This Girl's Life | Pops | |
| Movie | 1992 | Straight Talk | Jack Russell | |
| Movie | 2001 | Race to Space | Dr. Wilhelm von Huber | |
| Movie | 2002 | Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun | Gloomius Maximus (voice) | |
| Movie | 1989 | My Name Is Bill W. | Bill Wilson | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Gambler | Bank Officer | |
| Movie | 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Host & Choir Member | |
| Movie | 1982 | Fast-Walking | Fast-Walking | |
| Movie | 2011 | Straw Dogs | Tom Heddon | |
| Movie | 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Dick Fuld | |
| Movie | 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Danny Davis | |
| Movie | 1975 | F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood | Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld | |
| Movie | 1977 | The Choirboys | Harold Bloomguard | |
| Movie | 1992 | Diggstown | Gabriel Caine | |
| Movie | 1982 | Split Image | Charles Pratt | |
| Movie | 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Roy Marcus Cohn | |
| Movie | 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self | |
| Movie | 1997 | Kicked in the Head | Uncle Sam | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Black Marble | The Fiddler | |
| Movie | 1972 | Hickey & Boggs | Lt. Wyatt | |
| Movie | 1988 | The Boost | Lenny Brown | |
| Movie | 1996 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Carl Panzram | |
| Movie | 1989 | Immediate Family | Michael Spector | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Easter Egg Adventure | Grab Takit (voice) | |
| Movie | 2013 | Officer Down | Captain Verona | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Visitors | Bill Schmidt | |
| Movie | 1979 | ...And Your Name Is Jonah | Danny Corelli | |
| Movie | 1994 | Next Door | Matt Coler | |
| Movie | 2021 | Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self | |
| Movie | 2003 | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | Rudy Giuliani | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Temple Rayburn | |
| Movie | 1995 | For Better or Worse | Reggie Makeshift | |
| Movie | 2013 | Jobs | Jack Dudman | |
| Movie | 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1976 | Alex & the Gypsy | Crainpool | |
| Movie | 2013 | White House Down | Chief SAIC Martin Walker | |
| Movie | 2000 | Dirty Pictures | Dennis Barrie | |
| Movie | 2004 | Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh | Self | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Gift of Love | Alfred Browning | |
| Movie | 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class | Weston Tate | |
| Movie | 1985 | Joshua Then and Now | Joshua Shapiro | |
| Movie | 2006 | Free as a Dog | ||
| Movie | 1987 | In Love and War | James B. Stockdale | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Disappearance of Aimee | Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan | |
| Movie | 2014 | Jamesy Boy | Lt. Falton | |
| Movie | 1985 | Badge of the Assassin | Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney | |
| Movie | 1972 | A Great American Tragedy | Rick | |
| Movie | 1979 | Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand | Len Fraker | |
| Movie | 2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Hades (voice) | |
| Movie | 2000 | Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | Self | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Way We Were | Frankie McVeigh | |
| Movie | 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Robert | |
| Movie | 2008 | An American Carol | Todd Grosslight | |
| Movie | 2013 | Mary and Martha | Mary's Father | |
| Movie | 2005 | Buddy | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1971 | All the Way Home | Andrew Lynch | |
| Movie | 1986 | Promise | DJ | |
| Movie | 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Leonard Donofrio | |
| Movie | 2005 | Pretty Persuasion | Hank Joyce | |
| Movie | 2016 | Bling | Victor (voice) | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | Sin Eater | |
| Movie | 1976 | Raid on Entebbe | Capt. Sammy Berg | |
| Movie | 1994 | Jane's House | Paul Clark | |
| Movie | 2016 | First Contact | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2001 | Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored | Self | |
| Movie | 1975 | Distance | Larry Vincent | |
| Movie | 2001 | Recess: School's Out | Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice) | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome | Interviewee | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Making of The Virgin Suicides | Self | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Billion Dollar Bubble | Art Lewis | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Boys | Walter Farmer | |
| Movie | 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | James Woods as General Veers (voice) | |
| Movie | 1988 | Crimes of Passion | Himself - Host | |
| Movie | 2003 | Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork | ||
| Movie | 2001 | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | |
| Movie | 1999 | Hercules: Zero to Hero | Hades (voice) (archive sound) | |
| Movie | 2013 | Any Given Tuesday | Self | |
| Movie | 1975 | Foster & Laurie | Walter The Addict | |
| Movie | 2001 | Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal | Self | |
| Movie | 2001 | Into the Valley of Death | Self | |
| Movie | 1989 | Hollywood on Horses | Self | |
| Movie | 2021 | A Journey to Sundance | Self | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Making of Hercules | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Toreno (voice) | |
| Movie | 2003 | 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment | ||
| Movie | 2025 | Eddington | Self | |
| TV Show | 1975 | Welcome Back, Kotter | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | James Woods (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Rookies | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1999 | Family Guy | James Woods (voice) | 6 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Shark | Sebastian Stark | 38 |
| TV Show | 1997 | EP Daily | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Entourage | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | 5 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Hercules | Hades (voice) | 65 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Kojak | 0 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Andrew Lynch | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 2 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Fallen Angels | Mickey Cohen | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | ER | Dr. Nate Lennox | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Police Story | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Saturday Night Special | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1953 | The Oscars | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Coma | Dr. Howard Stark | 2 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Family Guy | James Woods as General Veers (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Family Guy | Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Futurescape with James Woods | Himself | 6 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Holocaust | Karl Weiss | 4 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | DJ | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Bill Wilson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Temple Rayburn | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Ray Donovan | Patrick "Sully" Sullivan | 5 |
| TV Show | 1974 | The Rockford Files | Larry Kirkoff | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Disney's House of Mouse | Hades (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Kojak | Caz | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | The Frame | Max Renn | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Founding Fathers | John Adams (voice) | 4 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Dream On | Dennis Youngblood | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Narrator | 10 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Justice League Action | Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Justice League Action | Lex Luthor (voice) | 6 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Clerks | Major Baklava (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | The Entertainment Biz | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 1988 | Cop | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | Oppenheimer | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1998 | Another Day in Paradise | Producer | Production |
