Acting

James Woods

Born 1947-04-18 · Vernal, Utah, USA

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.

Credits

Newest first

Eddington
as James Woods (uncredited)
2025
Once Upon a Studio
as Hades (voice)
2023
Oppenheimer
Executive Producer
2023
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
2021
Justice League Action
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
2016
Justice League Action
as Lex Luthor (voice)
2016
First Contact
as Narrator
2016
Bling
as Victor (voice)
2016
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Jamesy Boy
as Lt. Falton
2014
Futurescape with James Woods
as Himself
2013
Any Given Tuesday
as self
2013
Jobs
as Jack Dudman
2013
Ray Donovan
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
2013
White House Down
as Walker
2013
The Frame
as Max Renn
2013
Mary and Martha
as Mary's Father
2013
Officer Down
as Captain Verona
2013
Coma
as Dr. Howard Stark
2012
Too Big to Fail
as Dick Fuld
2011
Straw Dogs
as Tom Heddon
2011
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as Owlman (voice)
2010
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
2009
An American Carol
as Todd Grosslight
2008
Surf's Up
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
2007
Shark
as Sebastian Stark
2006
End Game
as Agent Vaughn Stevens
2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
2006
Free as a Dog
2006
Ark
as Jallak (voice)
2005
Buddy
as Narrator
2005
Be Cool
as Tommy Athens
2005
Pretty Persuasion
as Hank Joyce
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
This Girl's Life
as Pops
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Toreno (voice)
2004
The Easter Egg Adventure
as Grab Takit (voice)
2004
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
as Self
2004
Entourage
as James Woods
2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
as Self
2004
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
Northfork
as Walter O'Brien
2003
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
as Rudy Giuliani
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Mickey's House of Villains
as Hades (voice)
2002
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
as Gloomius Maximus (voice)
2002
Stuart Little 2
as Falcon (voice)
2002
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
as Self
2002
John Q
as Dr. Raymond Turner
2002
Race to Space
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
as Leonard Donofrio
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
as Self
2001
Scary Movie 2
as Father McFeely
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as General Hein (voice)
2001
Into the Valley of Death
as Self
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self
2001
Recess: School's Out
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
as Hades (voice)
2001
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
as Self
2000
Founding Fathers
as John Adams (voice)
2000
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000
The Making of Hercules
as Self
2000
Clerks
as Major Baklava (voice)
2000
Dirty Pictures
as Dennis Barrie
2000
The Virgin Suicides
as Mr. Lisbon
2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self
2000
Sensational Cities: New York
as Narrator
2000
Play It to the Bone
as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
1999
Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
1999
The General's Daughter
as Colonel Robert Moore
1999
True Crime
as Alan Mann
1999
Family Guy
as James Woods (voice)
1999
Family Guy
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
1999
Family Guy
as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
1999
Another Day in Paradise
as Mel
1998
Another Day in Paradise
Producer
1998
Vampires
as Jack Crow
1998