James Woods

77 · Born: Apr 18, 1947

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Born Apr 18, 1947 Vernal, Utah, USA

Spouse

Sara Miller
( Dec 31, 1969 to May 3, 2024 )
Sarah Owen
( Jun 2, 1989 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Kathryn Morrison
( Aug 31, 1980 to Sep 20, 1983 )

Parents

Martha A. Smith
Gail Peyton Woods

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Woods, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Career

acting

2016

First Contact as Narrator

Bling as Victor (voice)

2014

Jamesy Boy as Lt. Falton

2013

Officer Down as Captain Verona

White House Down

White House Down as Walker

Mary and Martha

Mary and Martha as Mary's Father

Ray Donovan as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

2012

Coma as Dr. Howard Stark

2011

Straw Dogs as Tom Heddon

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail as Dick Fuld

2010

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as Thomas Wayne Jr. / Owlman (voice)

2009

Family Guy as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

2008

An American Carol

An American Carol as Todd Grosslight

2007

Surf's Up as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

2006

End Game as Vaughn Stevens

Shark as Sebastian Stark

2005

Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion as Hank Joyce

Ark as Jallak (voice)

Buddy as Narrator

National Heads-Up Poker Championship

National Heads-Up Poker Championship

ER as Dr. Nate Lennox

2004

This Girl's Life

This Girl's Life as Pops

The Easter Egg Adventure

The Easter Egg Adventure as Grab Takit (voice)

2003

Northfork as Walter O'Brien

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story as Rudy Giuliani

2002

Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2 as The Evil Falcon (voice)

John Q as Dr. Raymond Turner

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun as Gloomius Maximus (voice)

2001

Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys as Leonard Donofrio

Race to Space as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as General Hein (voice)

2000

Dirty Pictures as Dennis Barrie

Clerks as Major Baklava (voice)

Founding Fathers

Founding Fathers as John Adams (voice)

1999

True Crime as Alan Mann

Hercules: Zero to Hero

Hercules: Zero to Hero as Hades (voice) (archive sound)

The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides as Mr. Lisbon

The General's Daughter

The General's Daughter as Col. Robert Moore

Any Given Sunday

Any Given Sunday as Dr. Harvey Mandrake

1998

Vampires as Jack Crow

Another Day in Paradise

Another Day in Paradise as Mel

Hercules as Hades (voice)

1997

Kicked in the Head

Kicked in the Head as Uncle Sam

Hercules as Hades (voice)

1996

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram

Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith

The Summer of Ben Tyler

The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn

1995

Casino as Lester Diamond

For Better or Worse

For Better or Worse as Reggie Makeshift

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Danny Davis

1994

Curse of the Starving Class

Curse of the Starving Class as Weston Tate

The Specialist as Ned Trent

The Getaway as Jack Benyon

Next Door as Matt Coler

Jane's House as Paul Clark

1993

The Simpsons as James Woods (voice)

1992

Diggstown as Gabriel Caine

Straight Talk as Jack Russell

Citizen Cohn as Roy Marcus Cohn

1991

The Hard Way as John Moss

1990

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Robert

1989

Immediate Family

Immediate Family as Michael Spector

My Name Is Bill W.

My Name Is Bill W. as Bill Wilson

True Believer as Eddie Dodd

1988

Cop as Lloyd Hopkins

The Boost as Lenny Brown

1987

Best Seller as Cleve

In Love and War

In Love and War as James B. Stockdale

1986

Promise as DJ

Salvador as Richard Boyle

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame as DJ

1985

Cat's Eye as Richard 'Dick' Morrison

Joshua Then and Now

Joshua Then and Now as Joshua Shapiro

Badge of the Assassin

Badge of the Assassin as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

1984

Against All Odds

Against All Odds as Jake Wise

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

1983

Videodrome as Max Renn

1982

Split Image as Charles Pratt

Fast-Walking as Fast-Walking

1981

Eyewitness as Aldo Mercer

1979

...and Your Name Is Jonah

...and Your Name Is Jonah as Danny Corelli

The Onion Field

The Onion Field as Gregory Powell

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Sin Eater

1978

The Gift of Love

The Gift of Love as Alfred Browning

The Billion Dollar Bubble

The Billion Dollar Bubble as Art Lewis

Holocaust as Karl Weiss

1977

The Choirboys as Harold Bloomguard

1976

Raid on Entebbe

Raid on Entebbe as Capt. Sammy Berg

Alex & the Gypsy

Alex & the Gypsy as Crainpool

The Disappearance of Aimee

The Disappearance of Aimee as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

1975

Distance as Larry Vincent

Night Moves as Quentin

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

1974

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files as Larry Kirkoff

1972

A Great American Tragedy

A Great American Tragedy as Rick

The Visitors as Bill Schmidt

Hickey & Boggs as Lt. Wyatt

appearances

2013

Futurescape with James Woods

Futurescape with James Woods

2006

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2004

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

2001

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

2000

Making of 'The Virgin Suicides'

Making of 'The Virgin Suicides'

1988

Crimes of Passion

Crimes of Passion