James Woods
ActingBorn
April 18, 1947
Place of Birth
Vernal, Utah, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Eddington
2025
Once Upon a Studio
2023
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
First Contact
2016
Bling
2016
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Jamesy Boy
2014
Any Given Tuesday
2013
Jobs
2013
White House Down
2013
Mary and Martha
2013
Officer Down
2013
Too Big to Fail
2011
Straw Dogs
2011
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
An American Carol
2008
Surf's Up
2007
End Game
2006
Free as a Dog
2006
Ark
2005
Buddy
2005
Be Cool
2005
Pretty Persuasion
2005
This Girl's Life
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
Northfork
2003
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003
Mickey's House of Villains
2002
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002
Stuart Little 2
2002
John Q
2002
Race to Space
2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
Scary Movie 2
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
Into the Valley of Death
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
Recess: School's Out
2001
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
The American Nightmare
2000
The Making of Hercules
2000
Dirty Pictures
2000
The Virgin Suicides
2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
Sensational Cities: New York
2000
Play It to the Bone
1999
Any Given Sunday
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
The General's Daughter
1999
True Crime
1999
Another Day in Paradise
1998
Vampires
1998
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
1998
Kicked in the Head
1997
Contact
1997
Hercules
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
Nixon
1995
Casino
1995
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
For Better or Worse
1995
The Specialist
1994
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
Next Door
1994
The Getaway
1994
Jane's House
1994
Chaplin
1992
Citizen Cohn
1992
Diggstown
1992
Straight Talk
1992
The Boys
1991
The Hard Way
1991
Voices That Care
1991
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
Immediate Family
1989
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
True Believer
1989
Hollywood on Horses
1989
The Boost
1988
Crimes of Passion
1988
Cop
1988
Best Seller
1987
In Love and War
1987
Promise
1986
Salvador
1986
Joshua Then and Now
1985
Cat's Eye
1985
Badge of the Assassin
1985
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
Against All Odds
1984
Videodrome
1983
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
Split Image
1982
Fast-Walking
1982
Eyewitness
1981
The Black Marble
1980
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979
The Onion Field
1979
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
The Gift of Love
1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
The Choirboys
1977
Raid on Entebbe
1976
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
Distance
1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
Foster & Laurie
1975
Night Moves
1975
The Gambler
1974
The Way We Were
1973
A Great American Tragedy
1972
Hickey & Boggs
1972
Footsteps
1972
The Visitors
1972
All the Way Home
1971
Justice League Action
2016
Justice League Action
2016
Futurescape with James Woods
2013
Ray Donovan
2013
The Frame
2013
Coma
2012
Shark
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Entourage
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
Founding Fathers
2000
Clerks
2000
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Hercules
1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
The Entertainment Biz
1998
EP Daily
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Saturday Night Special
1996
ER
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Fallen Angels
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Dream On
1990
The Simpsons
1989
Holocaust
1978
Saturday Night Live
1975
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
The Rockford Files
1974
Kojak
1973
Kojak
1973
Police Story
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Oscars
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944