James Woods

ActorProducer Apr 18 (age 78) Vernal, Utah, USA 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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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

Film

Oppenheimer

Executive Producer

Film

Once Upon a Time in America

Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Film

Casino

Lester Diamond

Film

Hercules

Hades (voice)

Film

Contact

Michael Kitz

Film

The Virgin Suicides

Mr. Lisbon

Film

Videodrome

Max Renn

Film

John Q

Dr. Raymond Turner

Filmography

Acting (167)

Movies (128)

Eddington

2025

as James Woods (uncredited)

6.4

Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After

2025

as Hades

Once Upon a Studio

2023

as Hades (voice)

8.3

A Journey to Sundance

2023

as Self

Dean Martin: King of Cool

as Self

Bling

as Victor (voice)

First Contact

as Narrator

Jamesy Boy

as Lt. Falton

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014

as Self (archive footage)

White House Down

as Walker

Jobs

as Jack Dudman

Officer Down

as Captain Verona

Mary and Martha

as Mary's Father

Any Given Tuesday

as Self

Straw Dogs

as Tom Heddon

Too Big to Fail

as Dick Fuld

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010

as Owlman (voice)

7.3

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

2009

as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

An American Carol

as Todd Grosslight

Surf's Up

as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

6.5

End Game

2006

as Agent Vaughn Stevens

Free as a Dog

Be Cool

as Tommy Athens

Pretty Persuasion

as Hank Joyce

Ark

as Jallak (voice)

Buddy

as Narrator

The Easter Egg Adventure

2004

as Grab Takit (voice)

5.5

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004

as Self

7.1

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

as Toreno (voice)

This Girl's Life

as Pops

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

as Self

Northfork

as Walter O'Brien

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

2003

as Rudy Giuliani

2.6

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

2003

John Q

2002

as Dr. Raymond Turner

7.1

Stuart Little 2

2002

as Falcon (voice)

5.8

Mickey's House of Villains

2002

as Hades (voice)

7.3

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

2002

as Gloomius Maximus (voice)

5.5

Scary Movie 2

2001

as Father McFeely

5.8

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001

as General Hein (voice)

6.2

Race to Space

2001

as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

5.9

Recess: School's Out

2001

as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)

6.6

Into the Valley of Death

2001

as Self

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001

as Leonard Donofrio

6.7

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

2001

as Self

6.1

America | A Tribute to Heroes

2001

as Self

6.2

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

as Self

The Virgin Suicides

as Mr. Lisbon

The Making of Hercules

2000

as Self

The American Nightmare

as Self

Dirty Pictures

as Dennis Barrie

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

2000

as Self

7.2

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

2000

as Self

5.8

Sensational Cities: New York

2000

as Narrator

True Crime

1999

as Alan Mann

6.5

Any Given Sunday

1999

as Dr. Harvey Mandrake

6.8

The General's Daughter

1999

as Colonel Robert Moore

6.4

Hercules: Zero to Hero

1999

as Hades (voice) (archive sound)

6.5

Play It to the Bone

1999

as James Woods (Ringside Fan)

5.4

Vampires

1998

as Jack Crow

6.3

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

1998

as Narrator

Another Day in Paradise

as Mel

Contact

as Michael Kitz

Hercules

as Hades (voice)

Kicked in the Head

as Uncle Sam

Killer: A Journal of Murder

1996

as Carl Panzram

5.8

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996

as Byron De La Beckwith

6.6

The Summer of Ben Tyler

as Temple Rayburn

Casino

as Lester Diamond

Nixon

as H.R. Haldeman

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

as Danny Davis

For Better or Worse

as Reggie Makeshift

The Specialist

as Ned Trent

The Getaway

as Jack Benyon

Jane's House

as Paul Clark

Next Door

as Matt Coler

Curse of the Starving Class

as Weston Tate

Chaplin

as Joseph Scott

Diggstown

as Gabriel Caine

Straight Talk

as Jack Russell

Citizen Cohn

as Roy Marcus Cohn

The Hard Way

as John Moss

Voices That Care

as Self - Host & Choir Member

8.0

The Boys

1991

as Walter Farmer

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

as Robert

Immediate Family

as Michael Spector

True Believer

as Eddie Dodd

My Name Is Bill W.

as Bill Wilson

Hollywood on Horses

as Self

Cop

as Lloyd Hopkins

Crimes of Passion

as Himself - Host

The Boost

as Lenny Brown

Best Seller

as Cleve

In Love and War

as James B. Stockdale

Salvador

as Richard Boyle

Promise

as DJ

Cat's Eye

as Morrison

Badge of the Assassin

1985

as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

5.4

Joshua Then and Now

1985

as Joshua Shapiro

5.0

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Against All Odds

as Jake Wise

Videodrome

as Max Renn

Split Image

as Charles Pratt

Fast-Walking

as Fast-Walking

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

as Interviewee

Eyewitness

as Aldo Mercer

The Black Marble

as The Fiddler

...And Your Name Is Jonah

as Danny Corelli

The Onion Field

as Gregory Powell

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

1979

as Sin Eater

6.0

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

1979

as Len Fraker

The Gift of Love

1978

as Alfred Browning

6.0

The Billion Dollar Bubble

as Art Lewis

The Choirboys

as Harold Bloomguard

Alex & the Gypsy

as Crainpool

Raid on Entebbe

as Capt. Sammy Berg

The Disappearance of Aimee

1976

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

Night Moves

as Quentin

Foster & Laurie

as Walter The Addict

Distance

as Larry Vincent

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

1975

as Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld

The Gambler

as Bank Officer

The Way We Were

as Frankie McVeigh

A Great American Tragedy

1972

as Rick

6.7

Footsteps

1972

as Reporter

The Visitors

as Bill Schmidt

Hickey & Boggs

as Lt. Wyatt

All the Way Home

as Andrew Lynch

Television (39)

Justice League Action

2016

as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

7.1

Ray Donovan

2013

as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

7.5

The Frame

2013

as Max Renn

10.0

Futurescape with James Woods

as Himself

Coma

as Dr. Howard Stark

Shark

as Sebastian Stark

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Entourage

as James Woods

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Disney's House of Mouse

2001

as Hades (voice)

7.5

Clerks

2000

as Major Baklava (voice)

7.1

Founding Fathers

2000

as John Adams (voice)

Family Guy

1999

as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

7.4

Hercules

1998

as Hades (voice)

6.9

The Entertainment Biz

1998

as Self

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

as Narrator

EP Daily

The Daily Show

as Self

Saturday Night Special

as Dr. Nate Lennox

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Fallen Angels

as Mickey Cohen

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self

Dream On

as Dennis Youngblood

The Simpsons

as James Woods (voice)

Holocaust

as Karl Weiss

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Welcome Back, Kotter

The Rockford Files

as Larry Kirkoff

Kojak

as Caz

Police Story

The Streets of San Francisco

The Rookies

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Andrew Lynch

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Oppenheimer

2023

Executive Producer

8.0

Another Day in Paradise

Producer

Cop

Producer