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 Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Mr. Lisbon
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
The Specialist
(1994)
Ned Trent
Scary Movie 2
(2001)
Father McFeely
John Q
(2002)
Dr. Raymond Turner
Once Upon a Studio
(2023)
Hades (voice)
Casino
(1995)
Lester Diamond
Contact
(1997)
Michael Kitz
Nixon
(1995)
H.R. Haldeman
White House Down
(2013)
Walker
Videodrome
(1983)
Max Renn
Surf's Up
(2007)
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
Vampires
(1998)
Jack Crow
Cat's Eye
(1985)
Richard 'Dick' Morrison
Full Filmography
Acting
A Great American Tragedy
(1972)
Rick
The Visitors
(1972)
Bill Schmidt
Hickey & Boggs
(1972)
Lt. Wyatt
Footsteps
(1972)
Reporter
The Way We Were
(1973)
Frankie McVeigh
The Gambler
(1974)
Bank officer
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
(1975)
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
Foster & Laurie
(1975)
Walter The Addict
Night Moves
(1975)
Quentin
Distance
(1975)
Larry Vincent
Raid on Entebbe
(1976)
Capt. Sammy Berg
Alex & the Gypsy
(1976)
Crainpool
The Disappearance of Aimee
(1976)
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
The Choirboys
(1977)
Harold Bloomguard
The Billion Dollar Bubble
(1978)
Art Lewis
The Gift of Love
(1978)
Alfred Browning
The Onion Field
(1979)
Gregory Powell
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
(1979)
Sin Eater
...And Your Name Is Jonah
(1979)
Danny Corelli
The Black Marble
(1980)
The Fiddler
Eyewitness
(1981)
Aldo Mercer
Split Image
(1982)
Charles Pratt
Fast-Walking
(1982)
Fast-Walking
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
(1982)
Interviewee
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
Joshua Then and Now
(1985)
Joshua Shapiro
Cat's Eye
(1985)
Richard 'Dick' Morrison
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
Hollywood on Horses
(1989)
Self
True Believer
(1989)
Eddie Dodd
Immediate Family
(1989)
Michael Spector
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
(1990)
Robert
The Hard Way
(1991)
John Moss
The Boys
(1991)
Voices That Care
(1991)
Self - Host & Choir Member
Straight Talk
(1992)
Jack Russell
Chaplin
(1992)
Joseph Scott
Diggstown
(1992)
Gabriel Caine
Citizen Cohn
(1992)
Roy Marcus Cohn
Jane's House
(1994)
Paul Clark
Next Door
(1994)
Matt Coler
The Getaway
(1994)
Jack Benyon
The Specialist
(1994)
Ned Trent
Curse of the Starving Class
(1994)
Weston Tate
For Better or Worse
(1995)
Reggie Makeshift
Nixon
(1995)
H.R. Haldeman
Casino
(1995)
Lester Diamond
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
(1995)
Danny Davis
Ghosts of Mississippi
(1996)
Byron De La Beckwith
Killer: A Journal of Murder
(1996)
Carl Panzram
The Summer of Ben Tyler
(1996)
Temple Rayburn
Hercules
(1997)
Hades (voice)
Contact
(1997)
Michael Kitz
Kicked in the Head
(1997)
Uncle Sam
Another Day in Paradise
(1998)
Mel
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
(1998)
Narrator
Vampires
(1998)
Jack Crow
Any Given Sunday
(1999)
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Play It to the Bone
(1999)
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
Hercules: Zero to Hero
(1999)
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
True Crime
(1999)
Alan Mann
The General's Daughter
(1999)
Colonel Robert Moore
Hercules: Zero to Hero
(1999)
Hades (voice)
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Self
Dirty Pictures
(2000)
Dennis Barrie
The Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Mr. Lisbon
The American Nightmare
(2000)
Self
Riding in Cars with Boys
(2001)
Leonard Donofrio
America: A Tribute to Heroes
(2001)
Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
(2001)
Self
Mickey's House of Villains
(2001)
Hades (voice)
Recess: School's Out
(2001)
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
Scary Movie 2
(2001)
Father McFeely
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001)
General Hein (voice)
Race to Space
(2001)
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
(2001)
Self
Into the Valley of Death
(2001)
Self
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
(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
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
(2003)
Northfork
(2003)
Walter O'Brien
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