James Woods
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
James Woods (voice)
1989
Series
Family Guy
James Woods (voice)
1999
Series
Family Guy
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
1999
Series
Family Guy
Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
1999
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
ER
Dr. Nate Lennox
1994
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Series
Entourage
James Woods
2004
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
The Rockford Files
Larry Kirkoff
1974
Series
Ray Donovan
Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
2013
Series
Hercules
Hades (voice)
1998
Series
The Rookies
1972
Series
Kojak
1973
Series
Kojak
Caz
1973
Series
Disney's House of Mouse
Hades (voice)
2001
Series
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
2016
Series
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor (voice)
2016
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Shark
Sebastian Stark
2006
Film
Contact
Michael Kitz
1997
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Series
Dream On
Dennis Youngblood
1990
Film
Once Upon a Time in America
Max
1984
Series
Police Story
1973
Film
Hercules
Hades (voice)
1997
Film
Casino
Lester Diamond
1995
Film
Scary Movie 2
Father McFeely
2001
Series
Fallen Angels
Mickey Cohen
1993
Film
The Specialist
Ned Trent
1994
Series
Clerks
Major Baklava (voice)
2000
Film
Surf's Up
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
2007
Series
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
Film
The Virgin Suicides
Mr. Lisbon
2000
Film
White House Down
Walker
2013
Film
John Q
Dr. Raymond Turner
2002
Film
Videodrome
Max Renn
1983
Film
Any Given Sunday
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
1999
Film
Jobs
Jack Dudman
2013
Series
Holocaust
Karl Weiss
1978
Film
Eddington
James Woods (uncredited)
2025
Film
Stuart Little 2
Falcon (voice)
2002
Series
The Frame
Max Renn
2013
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Andrew Lynch
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
DJ
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bill Wilson
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Temple Rayburn
1951
Film
Chaplin
Joseph Scott
1992
Film
The Getaway
Jack Benyon
1994
Film
Once Upon a Studio
Hades (voice)
2023
Film
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
General Hein (voice)
2001
Film
Vampires
Jack Crow
1998
Film
The General's Daughter
Colonel Robert Moore
1999
Film
The Way We Were
Frankie McVeigh
1973
Film
Cat's Eye
Morrison
1985
Film
Pretty Persuasion
Hank Joyce
2005
Film
Be Cool
Tommy Athens
2005
Film
Recess: School's Out
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
2001
Film
Riding in Cars with Boys
Leonard Donofrio
2001
The Entertainment Biz
Self
1998
Film
Mickey's House of Villains
Hades (voice)
2002
Film
Night Moves
Quentin
1975
Film
Straw Dogs
Tom Heddon
2011
Film
True Crime
Alan Mann
1999
Series
Coma
Dr. Howard Stark
2012
Film
Against All Odds
Jake Wise
1984
Series
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Narrator
1998
Film
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Owlman (voice)
2010
Film
Too Big to Fail
Dick Fuld
2011
Film
The Hard Way
John Moss
1991
Film
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
1995
Film
Salvador
Richard Boyle
1986
Saturday Night Special
1996
Series
Founding Fathers
John Adams (voice)
2000
Film
True Believer
Eddie Dodd
1989
Film
Ghosts of Mississippi
Byron De La Beckwith
1996
Film
Straight Talk
Jack Russell
1992
Film
Play It to the Bone
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
1999
Film
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
2009
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Series
Futurescape with James Woods
Himself
2013
Film
America: A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001
Film
This Girl's Life
Pops
2004
Film
Diggstown
Gabriel Caine
1992
Film
Cop
Lloyd Hopkins
1988
Film
Eyewitness
Aldo Mercer
1981
Film
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Danny Davis
1995
Film
Another Day in Paradise
Mel
1998
Film
End Game
Agent Vaughn Stevens
2006
Film
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
The Choirboys
Harold Bloomguard
1977
Film
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
1999
Film
Raid on Entebbe
Capt. Sammy Berg
1976
Film
An American Carol
Todd Grosslight
2008
Film
The Gambler
Bank Officer
1974
Film
The Onion Field
Gregory Powell
1979
Film
Officer Down
Captain Verona
2013
Film
Jamesy Boy
Lt. Falton
2014
Film
Best Seller
Cleve
1987
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
Film
Split Image
Charles Pratt
1982
Film
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Carl Panzram
1996
Film
Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy
Family Guy James Woods /Simpsons James Woods (voice)
2014
Film
Bling
Victor (voice)
2016
Film
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
2021
Film
In Love and War
James B. Stockdale
1987
Film
Mary and Martha
Mary's Father
2013
Film
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Sin Eater
1979
Film
My Name Is Bill W.
Bill Wilson
1989
Film
The Disappearance of Aimee
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
1976
Film
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
2004
Film
Badge of the Assassin
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
1985
Film
Hickey & Boggs
Lt. Wyatt
1972
Film
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
2002
Film
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
1990
Film
For Better or Worse
Reggie Makeshift
1995
Film
Citizen Cohn
Roy Marcus Cohn
1992
Film
Northfork
Walter O'Brien
2003
Film
Immediate Family
Michael Spector
1989
Film
Kicked in the Head
Uncle Sam
1997
Film
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Art Lewis
1978
Film
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Toreno (voice)
2004
Film
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
2006
Film
The Easter Egg Adventure
Grab Takit (voice)
2004
Film
The Gift of Love
Alfred Browning
1978
Film
A Great American Tragedy
Rick
1972
Film
The Visitors
Bill Schmidt
1972
Film
Next Door
Matt Coler
1994
Film
Joshua Then and Now
Joshua Shapiro
1985
Film
Fast-Walking
Fast-Walking
1982
Film
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Temple Rayburn
1996
Film
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
Film
Ark
Jallak (voice)
2005
Film
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Danny Corelli
1979
Film
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
2002
Film
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self
2000
Film
The Black Marble
The Fiddler
1980
Film
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
2001
Film
Race to Space
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
2001
Film
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Self
2000
Film
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Rudy Giuliani
2003
Film
Dirty Pictures
Dennis Barrie
2000
Film
Voices That Care
Self - Host & Choir Member
1991
Film
Distance
Larry Vincent
1975
Film
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Film
The Boost
Lenny Brown
1988
Film
All the Way Home
Andrew Lynch
1971
Film
Any Given Tuesday
self
2013
Film
Sensational Cities: New York
Narrator
2000
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
Film
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Self
2004
Series
EP Daily
1997
Film
First Contact
Narrator
2016
Film
Alex & the Gypsy
Crainpool
1976
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Len Fraker
1979
Film
Foster & Laurie
Walter The Addict
1975
Film
Curse of the Starving Class
Weston Tate
1994
Film
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
1975
Film
Footsteps
Reporter
1972
Film
Promise
DJ
1986
Film
The Boys
Walter Farmer
1991
Film
The Making of Hercules
Self
2000
Film
Free as a Dog
2006
Film
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
Narrator
1998
Film
Jane's House
Paul Clark
1994
Hollywood on Horses
Self
1989
Film
Crimes of Passion
Himself - Host
1988
Film
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Interviewee
1982
Film
Buddy
Narrator
2005
Into the Valley of Death
Self
2001