James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, Hercules, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and has gained two Academy Award nominations.
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Known For
Hercules
(1997)
Hades (voice)
Any Given Sunday
(1999)
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
The Specialist
(1994)
Ned Trent
Casino
(1995)
Lester Diamond
Scary Movie 2
(2001)
Father McFeely
The Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Mr. Lisbon
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
John Q
(2002)
Dr. Raymond Turner
Contact
(1997)
Michael Kitz
Once Upon a Studio
(2023)
Hades (voice)
Nixon
(1995)
H.R. Haldeman
Surf's Up
(2007)
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
White House Down
(2013)
Walker
Videodrome
(1983)
Max Renn
Vampires
(1998)
Jack Crow
Stuart Little 2
(2002)
Falcon (voice)
Full Filmography
Acting
All the Way Home
(1971)
Andrew Lynch
Footsteps
(1972)
Reporter
A Great American Tragedy
(1972)
Rick
The Visitors
(1972)
Bill Schmidt
Hickey & Boggs
(1972)
Lt. Wyatt
The Way We Were
(1973)
Frankie McVeigh
The Gambler
(1974)
Bank officer
Foster & Laurie
(1975)
Walter The Addict
Night Moves
(1975)
Quentin
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
(1975)
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Distance
(1975)
Larry Vincent
The Disappearance of Aimee
(1976)
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
Raid on Entebbe
(1976)
Capt. Sammy Berg
Alex & the Gypsy
(1976)
Crainpool
The Choirboys
(1977)
Harold Bloomguard
The Billion Dollar Bubble
(1978)
Art Lewis
The Gift of Love
(1978)
Alfred Browning
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
(1979)
Sin Eater
The Onion Field
(1979)
Gregory Powell
...And Your Name Is Jonah
(1979)
Danny Corelli
The Black Marble
(1980)
The Fiddler
Eyewitness
(1981)
Aldo Mercer
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
(1982)
Interviewee
Split Image
(1982)
Charles Pratt
Fast-Walking
(1982)
Fast-Walking
Videodrome
(1983)
Max Renn
Against All Odds
(1984)
Jake Wise
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
Badge of the Assassin
(1985)
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Cat's Eye
(1985)
Richard 'Dick' Morrison
Joshua Then and Now
(1985)
Joshua Shapiro
Salvador
(1986)
Richard Boyle
Promise
(1986)
DJ
Best Seller
(1987)
Cleve
In Love and War
(1987)
James B. Stockdale
Cop
(1988)
Lloyd Hopkins
Crimes of Passion
(1988)
Himself - Host
The Boost
(1988)
Lenny Brown
My Name Is Bill W.
(1989)
Bill Wilson
True Believer
(1989)
Eddie Dodd
Hollywood on Horses
(1989)
Self
Immediate Family
(1989)
Michael Spector
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
(1990)
Robert
The Boys
(1991)
The Hard Way
(1991)
John Moss
Voices That Care
(1991)
Self - Host & Choir Member
Straight Talk
(1992)
Jack Russell
Chaplin
(1992)
Joseph Scott
Citizen Cohn
(1992)
Roy Marcus Cohn
Diggstown
(1992)
Gabriel Caine
The Specialist
(1994)
Ned Trent
The Getaway
(1994)
Jack Benyon
Jane's House
(1994)
Paul Clark
Next Door
(1994)
Matt Coler
Curse of the Starving Class
(1994)
Weston Tate
Nixon
(1995)
H.R. Haldeman
Casino
(1995)
Lester Diamond
For Better or Worse
(1995)
Reggie Makeshift
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
(1995)
Danny Davis
Ghosts of Mississippi
(1996)
Byron De La Beckwith
The Summer of Ben Tyler
(1996)
Temple Rayburn
Killer: A Journal of Murder
(1996)
Carl Panzram
Hercules
(1997)
Hades (voice)
Contact
(1997)
Michael Kitz
Kicked in the Head
(1997)
Uncle Sam
Another Day in Paradise
(1998)
Mel
Vampires
(1998)
Jack Crow
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
(1998)
Narrator
Any Given Sunday
(1999)
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Hercules: Zero to Hero
(1999)
Hades (voice)
Hercules: Zero to Hero
(1999)
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
Play It to the Bone
(1999)
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
The General's Daughter
(1999)
Colonel Robert Moore
True Crime
(1999)
Alan Mann
The American Nightmare
(2000)
Self
The Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Mr. Lisbon
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Self
Dirty Pictures
(2000)
Dennis Barrie
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
(2001)
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
(2001)
Self
Mickey's House of Villains
(2001)
Hades (voice)
Scary Movie 2
(2001)
Father McFeely
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001)
General Hein (voice)
Race to Space
(2001)
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Recess: School's Out
(2001)
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
America: A Tribute to Heroes
(2001)
Self
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
(2001)
Self
Riding in Cars with Boys
(2001)
Leonard Donofrio
Into the Valley of Death
(2001)
Self
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
(2002)
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
John Q
(2002)
Dr. Raymond Turner
Stuart Little 2
(2002)
Falcon (voice)
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
(2003)
Rudy Giuliani
Northfork
(2003)
Walter O'Brien
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
(2003)
The Easter Egg Adventure
(2004)
Grab Takit (voice)
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
(2004)
Self
This Girl's Life
(2004)
Pops
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
(2004)
Self
Ark
(2005)
Jallak (voice)
Be Cool
(2005)
Tommy Athens
Pretty Persuasion
(2005)
Hank Joyce
Buddy
(2005)
Narrator
End Game
(2006)
Vaughn Stevens
Free as a Dog
(2006)
Surf's Up
(2007)
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
An American Carol
(2008)
Todd Grosslight
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
(2009)
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
(2010)
Thomas Wayne Jr. / Owlman (voice)
Straw Dogs
(2011)
Tom Heddon
Too Big to Fail
(2011)
Dick Fuld
Any Given Tuesday
(2013)
Self
Mary and Martha
(2013)
Mary's Father
White House Down
(2013)
Walker
Officer Down
(2013)
Captain Verona
Jobs
(2013)
Jack Dudman
Jamesy Boy
(2014)
Lt. Falton
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Bling
(2016)
Victor (voice)
First Contact
(2016)
Narrator
Dean Martin: King of Cool
(2021)
Self
Once Upon a Studio
(2023)
Hades (voice)
Production