James Woods

Biography

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

The Simpsons

Family Guy

Family Guy

Family Guy

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

ER

All Movies (128)

• Eddington2025 · as James Woods (uncredited)
• Once Upon a Studio2023 · as Hades (voice)
• A Journey to Sundance2023 · as Self
• Dean Martin: King of Cool2021 · as Self
• First Contact2016 · as Narrator
• Bling2016 · as Victor (voice)
• Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jamesy Boy2014 · as Lt. Falton
• Any Given Tuesday2013 · as self
• Jobs2013 · as Jack Dudman
• White House Down2013 · as Walker
• Mary and Martha2013 · as Mary's Father
• Officer Down2013 · as Captain Verona
• Too Big to Fail2011 · as Dick Fuld
• Straw Dogs2011 · as Tom Heddon
• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths2010 · as Owlman (voice)
• Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side2009 · as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
• An American Carol2008 · as Todd Grosslight
• Surf's Up2007 · as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
• End Game2006 · as Agent Vaughn Stevens
• Free as a Dog2006
• Ark2005 · as Jallak (voice)
• Buddy2005 · as Narrator
• Be Cool2005 · as Tommy Athens
• Pretty Persuasion2005 · as Hank Joyce
• This Girl's Life2004 · as Pops
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction2004 · as Toreno (voice)
• The Easter Egg Adventure2004 · as Grab Takit (voice)
• Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh2004 · as Self
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession2004 · as Self
• Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork2003
• Northfork2003 · as Walter O'Brien
• Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story2003 · as Rudy Giuliani
• Mickey's House of Villains2002 · as Hades (voice)
• Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun2002 · as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
• Stuart Little 22002 · as Falcon (voice)
• Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'2002 · as Self
• John Q2002 · as Dr. Raymond Turner
• Race to Space2001 · as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
• Riding in Cars with Boys2001 · as Leonard Donofrio
• America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
• Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal2001 · as Self
• Scary Movie 22001 · as Father McFeely
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within2001 · as General Hein (voice)
• Into the Valley of Death2001 · as Self
• Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored2001 · as Self
• Recess: School's Out2001 · as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
• The Making of The Virgin Suicides2000 · as Self
• The American Nightmare2000 · as Self
• The Making of Hercules2000 · as Self
• Dirty Pictures2000 · as Dennis Barrie
• The Virgin Suicides2000 · as Mr. Lisbon
• Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone2000 · as Self
• Sensational Cities: New York2000 · as Narrator
• Play It to the Bone1999 · as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
• Any Given Sunday1999 · as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
• Hercules: Zero to Hero1999 · as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
• The General's Daughter1999 · as Colonel Robert Moore
• True Crime1999 · as Alan Mann
• Another Day in Paradise1998 · as Mel
• Vampires1998 · as Jack Crow
• America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye1998 · as Narrator
• Kicked in the Head1997 · as Uncle Sam
• Contact1997 · as Michael Kitz
• Hercules1997 · as Hades (voice)
• Ghosts of Mississippi1996 · as Byron De La Beckwith
• The Summer of Ben Tyler1996 · as Temple Rayburn
• Killer: A Journal of Murder1996 · as Carl Panzram
• Nixon1995 · as H.R. Haldeman
• Casino1995 · as Lester Diamond
• Indictment: The McMartin Trial1995 · as Danny Davis
• For Better or Worse1995 · as Reggie Makeshift
• The Specialist1994 · as Ned Trent
• Curse of the Starving Class1994 · as Weston Tate
• Next Door1994 · as Matt Coler
• The Getaway1994 · as Jack Benyon
• Jane's House1994 · as Paul Clark
• Chaplin1992 · as Joseph Scott
• Citizen Cohn1992 · as Roy Marcus Cohn
• Diggstown1992 · as Gabriel Caine
• Straight Talk1992 · as Jack Russell
• The Boys1991 · as Walter Farmer
• The Hard Way1991 · as John Moss
• Voices That Care1991 · as Self - Host & Choir Member
• Women and Men: Stories of Seduction1990 · as Robert
• Immediate Family1989 · as Michael Spector
• My Name Is Bill W.1989 · as Bill Wilson
• True Believer1989 · as Eddie Dodd
• Hollywood on Horses1989 · as Self
• The Boost1988 · as Lenny Brown
• Crimes of Passion1988 · as Himself - Host
• Cop1988 · as Lloyd Hopkins
• Best Seller1987 · as Cleve
• In Love and War1987 · as James B. Stockdale
• Promise1986 · as DJ
• Salvador1986 · as Richard Boyle
• Joshua Then and Now1985 · as Joshua Shapiro
• Cat's Eye1985 · as Morrison
• Badge of the Assassin1985 · as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
• Once Upon a Time in America1984 · as Max
• Against All Odds1984 · as Jake Wise
• Videodrome1983 · as Max Renn
• The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome1982 · as Interviewee
• Split Image1982 · as Charles Pratt
• Fast-Walking1982 · as Fast-Walking
• Eyewitness1981 · as Aldo Mercer
• The Black Marble1980 · as The Fiddler
• Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand1979 · as Len Fraker
• The Onion Field1979 · as Gregory Powell
• ...And Your Name Is Jonah1979 · as Danny Corelli
• The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel1979 · as Sin Eater
• The Gift of Love1978 · as Alfred Browning
• The Billion Dollar Bubble1978 · as Art Lewis
• The Choirboys1977 · as Harold Bloomguard
• Raid on Entebbe1976 · as Capt. Sammy Berg
• The Disappearance of Aimee1976 · as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
• Alex & the Gypsy1976 · as Crainpool
• Distance1975 · as Larry Vincent
• F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood1975 · as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
• Foster & Laurie1975 · as Walter The Addict
• Night Moves1975 · as Quentin
• The Gambler1974 · as Bank Officer
• The Way We Were1973 · as Frankie McVeigh
• A Great American Tragedy1972 · as Rick
• Hickey & Boggs1972 · as Lt. Wyatt
• Footsteps1972 · as Reporter
• The Visitors1972 · as Bill Schmidt
• All the Way Home1971 · as Andrew Lynch

All TV Shows (47)

• Justice League Action2016 · as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
• Justice League Action2016 · as Lex Luthor (voice)
• Futurescape with James Woods2013 · as Himself
• Ray Donovan2013 · as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
• The Frame2013 · as Max Renn
• Coma2012 · as Dr. Howard Stark
• Shark2006 · as Sebastian Stark
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Entourage2004 · as James Woods
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Disney's House of Mouse2001 · as Hades (voice)
• Founding Fathers2000 · as John Adams (voice)
• Clerks2000 · as Major Baklava (voice)
• Family Guy1999 · as James Woods (voice)
• Family Guy1999 · as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
• Family Guy1999 · as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
• Hercules1998 · as Hades (voice)
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies1998 · as Narrator
• The Entertainment Biz1998 · as Self
• EP Daily1997
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Saturday Night Special1996
• ER1994 · as Dr. Nate Lennox
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Fallen Angels1993 · as Mickey Cohen
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• Dream On1990 · as Dennis Youngblood
• The Simpsons1989 · as James Woods (voice)
• Holocaust1978 · as Karl Weiss
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Welcome Back, Kotter1975
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Larry Kirkoff
• Kojak1973
• Kojak1973 · as Caz
• Police Story1973
• The Streets of San Francisco1972
• The Rookies1972
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Andrew Lynch
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as DJ
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Bill Wilson
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Temple Rayburn
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee