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