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.
2025EddingtonMovieas James Woods (uncredited)
2023Once Upon a StudioMovieas Hades (voice)
2023OppenheimerMovieExecutive Producer
2023A Journey to SundanceMovieas Self
2021Dean Martin: King of CoolMovieas Self
2016Justice League ActionTV showas Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) · as Lex Luthor (voice) · 6 episodes
2016First ContactMovieas Narrator
2016BlingMovieas Victor (voice)
2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. MoreauMovieas Self (archive footage)
2014Jamesy BoyMovieas Lt. Falton
2013Futurescape with James WoodsTV showas Himself · 6 episodes
2013Any Given TuesdayMovieas self2013JobsMovieas Jack Dudman
2013Ray DonovanTV showas Patrick "Sully" Sullivan · 5 episodes2013White House DownMovieas Walker
2013The FrameTV showas Max Renn · 1 episodes
2013Mary and MarthaMovieas Mary's Father
2013Officer DownMovieas Captain Verona
2012ComaTV showas Dr. Howard Stark · 2 episodes
2011Too Big to FailMovieas Dick Fuld
2011Straw DogsMovieas Tom Heddon
2010And Then There Were FewerMovieas James Woods (voice)
2010Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsMovieas Owlman (voice)
2009Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark SideMovieas James Woods as General Veers (voice)
2008An American CarolMovieas Todd Grosslight2007Surf's UpMovieas Reggie Belafonte (voice)
2006SharkTV showas Sebastian Stark · 38 episodes
2006End GameMovieas Agent Vaughn Stevens
2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StoryMovieas Self
2006Free as a DogMovie
2005ArkMovieas Jallak (voice)
2005BuddyMovieas Narrator
2005Be CoolMovieas Tommy Athens
2005Pretty PersuasionMovieas Hank Joyce
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonTV showas Self · 2 episodes
2004This Girl's LifeMovieas Pops
2004Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The IntroductionMovieas Toreno (voice)
2004The Easter Egg AdventureMovieas Grab Takit (voice)
2004Videodrome: Forging the New FleshMovieas Self
2004EntourageTV showas James Woods · 1 episodes
2004Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionMovieas Self
2003NorthforkMovieas Walter O'Brien
2003Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani StoryMovieas Rudy Giuliani
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV showas Self · 2 episodes
2002Mickey's House of VillainsMovieas Hades (voice)
2002Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of FunMovieas Gloomius Maximus (voice)2002Stuart Little 2Movieas Falcon (voice)
2002Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'Movieas Self2002John QMovieas Dr. Raymond Turner
2001Race to SpaceMovieas Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
2001Riding in Cars with BoysMovieas Leonard Donofrio
2001America: A Tribute to HeroesMovieas Self
2001Breaking the Silence: The Making of HannibalMovieas Self2001Scary Movie 2Movieas Father McFeely2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinMovieas General Hein (voice)
2001Recess: School's OutMovieas Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
2001Disney's House of MouseTV showas Hades (voice) · 5 episodes
2000The Making of The Virgin SuicidesMovieas Self
2000Founding FathersTV showas John Adams (voice) · 4 episodes
2000The American NightmareMovieas Self
2000The Making of HerculesMovieas Self
2000ClerksTV showas Major Baklava (voice) · 1 episodes
2000Dirty PicturesMovieas Dennis Barrie2000The Virgin SuicidesMovieas Mr. Lisbon
2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneMovieas Self
2000Sensational Cities: New YorkMovieas Narrator
1999Play It to the BoneMovieas James Woods (Ringside Fan)1999Any Given SundayMovieas Dr. Harvey Mandrake
1999Hercules: Zero to HeroMovieas Hades (voice) (archive sound)1999The General's DaughterMovieas Colonel Robert Moore
1999True CrimeMovieas Alan Mann1999Family GuyTV showas James Woods (voice) · as James Woods as General Veers (voice) · as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) · 6 episodes
1998Another Day in ParadiseMovieas Mel · Producer1998VampiresMovieas Jack Crow
1998HerculesTV showas Hades (voice) · 65 episodes
1998AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesTV showas Narrator · 10 episodes
1998America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-byeMovieas Narrator
1997Kicked in the HeadMovieas Uncle Sam
1997EP DailyTV show1 episodes1997ContactMovieas Michael Kitz1997HerculesMovieas Hades (voice)
1996Ghosts of MississippiMovieas Byron De La Beckwith
1996The Summer of Ben TylerMovieas Temple Rayburn
1996Killer: A Journal of MurderMovieas Carl Panzram
1996The Daily ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1995NixonMovieas H.R. Haldeman1995CasinoMovieas Lester Diamond
1995Indictment: The McMartin TrialMovieas Danny Davis
1995For Better or WorseMovieas Reggie Makeshift1994The SpecialistMovieas Ned Trent
1994ERTV showas Dr. Nate Lennox · 1 episodes
1994Curse of the Starving ClassMovieas Weston Tate
1994Next DoorMovieas Matt Coler
1994Inside the Actors StudioTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1994The GetawayMovieas Jack Benyon
1994Jane's HouseMovieas Paul Clark
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV showas Self - Guest · 3 episodes
1993Fallen AngelsTV showas Mickey Cohen · 1 episodes1992ChaplinMovieas Joseph Scott
1992Citizen CohnMovieas Roy Marcus Cohn
1992DiggstownMovieas Gabriel Caine
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTV showas Self · 5 episodes
1992Straight TalkMovieas Jack Russell
1991The BoysMovieas Walter Farmer
1991The Hard WayMovieas John Moss
1991Voices That CareMovieas Self - Host & Choir Member
1990Dream OnTV showas Dennis Youngblood · 1 episodes
1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionMovieas Robert (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")1989The SimpsonsTV showas James Woods (voice) · 1 episodes
1989Immediate FamilyMovieas Michael Spector
1989My Name Is Bill W.Movieas Bill Wilson
1989True BelieverMovieas Eddie Dodd
1988The BoostMovieas Lenny Brown
1988Crimes of PassionMovieas Himself - Host
1988CopMovieas Lloyd Hopkins · Producer
1987Best SellerMovieas Cleve
1987In Love and WarMovieas James B. Stockdale
1986PromiseMovieas DJ
1986SalvadorMovieas Richard Boyle
1985Joshua Then and NowMovieas Joshua Shapiro
1985Cat's EyeMovieas Morrison
1985Badge of the AssassinMovieas Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaMovieas Max
1984Against All OddsMovieas Jake Wise1983VideodromeMovieas Max Renn
1982The Making of David Cronenberg's VideodromeMovieas Interviewee
1982Split ImageMovieas Charles Pratt
1982Fast-WalkingMovieas Fast-Walking
1981EyewitnessMovieas Aldo Mercer
1980The Black MarbleMovieas The Fiddler
1979The Onion FieldMovieas Gregory Powell
1979...And Your Name Is JonahMovieas Danny Corelli
1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg LaurelMovieas Sin Eater
1978The Gift of LoveMovieas Alfred Browning
1978The Billion Dollar BubbleMovieas Art Lewis
1978HolocaustTV showas Karl Weiss · 4 episodes
1977The ChoirboysMovieas Harold Bloomguard
1976Raid on EntebbeMovieas Capt. Sammy Berg
1976The Disappearance of AimeeMovieas Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
1976Alex & the GypsyMovieas Crainpool
1975DistanceMovieas Larry Vincent
1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodMovieas Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
1975Foster & LaurieMovieas Walter The Addict
1975Saturday Night LiveTV showas Self - Host · 1 episodes
1975Welcome Back, KotterTV show1 episodes
1975Night MovesMovieas Quentin
1974The GamblerMovieas Bank Officer
1974The Rockford FilesTV showas Larry Kirkoff · 1 episodes
1973KojakTV showas Caz · 1 episodes
1973The Way We WereMovieas Frankie McVeigh
1973Police StoryTV show1 episodes
1972A Great American TragedyMovieas Rick
1972Hickey & BoggsMovieas Lt. Wyatt
1972FootstepsMovieas Reporter
1972The Streets of San FranciscoTV show1 episodes
1972The RookiesTV show1 episodes
1972The VisitorsMovieas Bill Schmidt
1971All the Way HomeMovieas Andrew Lynch
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1961The Mike Douglas ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1953The OscarsTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1944Golden Globe AwardsTV showas Self - Nominee · 2 episodes