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.
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Eddington | Self (uncredited) | 2025-07-16 |
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Once Upon a Studio | Hades (voice) | 2023-09-24 |
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A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2021-01-01 |
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Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self | 2021-11-14 |
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Bling | Victor (voice) | 2016-05-06 |
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First Contact | Narrator | 2016-09-16 |
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-24 |
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Jamesy Boy | Lt. Falton | 2014-01-03 |
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Officer Down | Captain Verona | 2013-01-22 |
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White House Down | Chief SAIC Martin Walker | 2013-06-27 |
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Mary and Martha | Mary's Father | 2013-03-01 |
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Jobs | Jack Dudman | 2013-08-15 |
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Any Given Tuesday | Self | 2013-10-17 |
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Too Big to Fail | Dick Fuld | 2011-11-25 |
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Straw Dogs | Tom Heddon | 2011-09-16 |
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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | Owlman (voice) | 2010-02-23 |
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Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | James Woods as General Veers (voice) | 2009-12-22 |
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An American Carol | Todd Grosslight | 2008-10-03 |
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Surf's Up | Reggie Belafonte (voice) | 2007-06-08 |
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End Game | Vaughn Stevens | 2006-07-27 |
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Free as a Dog | 2006-01-01 | |
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Buddy | Narrator | 2005-08-11 |
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Pretty Persuasion | Hank Joyce | 2005-01-22 |
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Be Cool | Tommy Athens | 2005-03-04 |
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Ark | Jallak (voice) | 2005-09-27 |
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This Girl's Life | Pops | 2004-12-03 |
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | Self | 2004-05-16 |
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Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh | Self | 2004-08-27 |
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Toreno (voice) | 2004-11-23 |
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The Easter Egg Adventure | Grab Takit (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
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Northfork | Walter O'Brien | 2003-07-11 |
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Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork | 2003-12-30 | |
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101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment | Self (archive footage) | 2003-07-18 |
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Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | Rudy Giuliani | 2003-03-30 |
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Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun | Gloomius Maximus (voice) | 2002-08-13 |
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John Q | Dr. Raymond Turner | 2002-02-15 |
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Stuart Little 2 | Falcon (voice) | 2002-07-19 |
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | General Hein (voice) | 2001-07-02 |
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Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored | Self | 2001-05-31 |
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Riding in Cars with Boys | Leonard Donofrio | 2001-10-19 |
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Scary Movie 2 | Father McFeely | 2001-07-04 |
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Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Mickey's House of Villains | Hades (voice) | 2001-11-15 |
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Into the Valley of Death | Self | 2001-06-05 |
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Race to Space | Dr. Wilhelm von Huber | 2001-10-31 |
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Recess: School's Out | Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice) | 2001-02-16 |
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America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
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Dirty Pictures | Dennis Barrie | 2000-05-27 |
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Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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The American Nightmare | Self | 2000-09-11 |
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The Making of Hercules | Self | 2000-08-15 |
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The Making of The Virgin Suicides | Self | 2000-12-19 |
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The Virgin Suicides | Mr. Lisbon | 2000-04-21 |
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Play It to the Bone | James Woods (Ringside Fan) | 1999-12-25 |
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Any Given Sunday | Dr. Harvey Mandrake | 1999-12-22 |
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Hercules: Zero to Hero | Hades (voice) (archive sound) | 1999-08-17 |
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The General's Daughter | Colonel Robert Moore | 1999-06-18 |
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True Crime | Alan Mann | 1999-03-19 |
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America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye | Narrator | 1998-01-24 |
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Vampires | Jack Crow | 1998-10-30 |
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Another Day in Paradise | Mel | 1998-12-30 |
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Hercules | Hades (voice) | 1997-06-13 |
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Contact | Michael Kitz | 1997-07-11 |
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Kicked in the Head | Uncle Sam | 1997-09-26 |
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Killer: A Journal of Murder | Carl Panzram | 1996-09-06 |
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The Summer of Ben Tyler | Temple Rayburn | 1996-12-15 |
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Ghosts of Mississippi | Byron De La Beckwith | 1996-12-20 |
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Nixon | H.R. Haldeman | 1995-12-22 |
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Casino | Lester Diamond | 1995-11-22 |
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For Better or Worse | Reggie Makeshift | 1995-03-19 |
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Danny Davis | 1995-05-20 |
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The Getaway | Jack Benyon | 1994-02-11 |
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The Specialist | Ned Trent | 1994-10-07 |
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Next Door | Matt Coler | 1994-09-04 |
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Curse of the Starving Class | Weston Tate | 1994-09-13 |
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Jane's House | Paul Clark | 1994-01-02 |
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Diggstown | Gabriel Caine | 1992-08-14 |
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Straight Talk | Jack Russell | 1992-04-03 |
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Chaplin | Joseph Scott | 1992-12-17 |
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Citizen Cohn | Roy Marcus Cohn | 1992-08-22 |
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The Hard Way | John Moss | 1991-03-08 |
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The Boys | Walter Farmer | 1991-04-15 |
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Voices That Care | Self - Host & Choir Member | 1991-02-28 |
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Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Robert | 1990-04-02 |
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My Name Is Bill W. | Bill Wilson | 1989-04-30 |
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True Believer | Eddie Dodd | 1989-02-17 |
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Hollywood on Horses | Self | 1989-01-01 |
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Immediate Family | Michael Spector | 1989-10-27 |
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Crimes of Passion | Himself - Host | 1988-10-26 |
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The Boost | Lenny Brown | 1988-12-23 |
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Cop | Lloyd Hopkins | 1988-02-05 |
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In Love and War | James B. Stockdale | 1987-03-16 |
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Best Seller | Cleve | 1987-09-25 |
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Salvador | Richard Boyle | 1986-04-23 |
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Promise | DJ | 1986-12-21 |
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Joshua Then and Now | Joshua Shapiro | 1985-09-17 |
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Badge of the Assassin | Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney | 1985-01-04 |
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Cat's Eye | Morrison | 1985-04-12 |
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Against All Odds | Jake Wise | 1984-03-02 |
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Once Upon a Time in America | Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz | 1984-05-23 |
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Videodrome | Max Renn | 1983-02-04 |
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The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome | Interviewee | 1982-12-31 |
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Fast-Walking | Fast-Walking | 1982-05-11 |
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Split Image | Charles Pratt | 1982-10-03 |
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Eyewitness | Aldo Mercer | 1981-02-13 |
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The Black Marble | The Fiddler | 1980-03-07 |
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The Onion Field | Gregory Powell | 1979-09-09 |
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...And Your Name Is Jonah | Danny Corelli | 1979-01-28 |
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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | Sin Eater | 1979-01-02 |
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Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand | Len Fraker | 1979-12-26 |
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The Gift of Love | Alfred Browning | 1978-12-08 |
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The Billion Dollar Bubble | Art Lewis | 1978-06-08 |
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The Choirboys | Harold Bloomguard | 1977-12-23 |
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Raid on Entebbe | Capt. Sammy Berg | 1976-12-26 |
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The Disappearance of Aimee | Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan | 1976-11-17 |
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Alex & the Gypsy | Crainpool | 1976-10-03 |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood | Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld | 1975-12-17 |
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Night Moves | Quentin | 1975-06-11 |
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Foster & Laurie | Walter The Addict | 1975-11-13 |
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Distance | Larry Vincent | 1975-12-22 |
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The Gambler | Bank Officer | 1974-10-02 |
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The Way We Were | Frankie McVeigh | 1973-10-17 |
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The Visitors | Bill Schmidt | 1972-02-02 |
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Footsteps | Reporter | 1972-10-03 |
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Hickey & Boggs | Lt. Wyatt | 1972-10-04 |
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A Great American Tragedy | Rick | 1972-10-18 |
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All the Way Home | Andrew Lynch | 1971-12-01 |