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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Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After | Hades | 2025-05-27 |
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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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Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self | 2021-11-14 |
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A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2021-01-01 |
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First Contact | Narrator | 2016-09-16 |
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Bling | Victor (voice) | 2016-05-06 |
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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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White House Down | Walker | 2013-06-27 |
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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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Mary and Martha | Mary's Father | 2013-03-01 |
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Officer Down | Captain Verona | 2013-01-22 |
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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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Pretty Persuasion | Hank Joyce | 2005-01-22 |
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Buddy | Narrator | 2005-08-11 |
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Ark | Jallak (voice) | 2005-09-27 |
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Be Cool | Tommy Athens | 2005-03-04 |
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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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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Toreno (voice) | 2004-11-23 |
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Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh | Self | 2004-08-27 |
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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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Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | Rudy Giuliani | 2003-03-30 |
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Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork | 2003-12-30 | |
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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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Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun | Gloomius Maximus (voice) | 2002-08-13 |
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America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
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Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Riding in Cars with Boys | Leonard Donofrio | 2001-10-19 |
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Mickey's House of Villains | Hades (voice) | 2001-11-15 |
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Scary Movie 2 | Father McFeely | 2001-07-04 |
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Into the Valley of Death | Self | 2001-06-05 |
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Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored | Self | 2001-05-31 |
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Recess: School's Out | Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice) | 2001-02-16 |
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | General Hein (voice) | 2001-07-02 |
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Race to Space | Dr. Wilhelm von Huber | 2001-10-31 |
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The Making of The Virgin Suicides | Self | 2000-12-19 |
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Dirty Pictures | Dennis Barrie | 2000-05-27 |
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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 Virgin Suicides | Mr. Lisbon | 2000-04-21 |
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Sensational Cities: New York | Narrator | 2000-01-01 |
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Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Any Given Sunday | Dr. Harvey Mandrake | 1999-12-22 |
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True Crime | Alan Mann | 1999-03-19 |
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Play It to the Bone | James Woods (Ringside Fan) | 1999-12-25 |
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The General's Daughter | Colonel Robert Moore | 1999-06-18 |
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Hercules: Zero to Hero | Hades (voice) (archive sound) | 1999-08-17 |
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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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Kicked in the Head | Uncle Sam | 1997-09-26 |
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Hercules | Hades (voice) | 1997-06-13 |
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Contact | Michael Kitz | 1997-07-11 |
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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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Killer: A Journal of Murder | Carl Panzram | 1996-09-06 |
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For Better or Worse | Reggie Makeshift | 1995-03-19 |
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Casino | Lester Diamond | 1995-11-22 |
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Danny Davis | 1995-05-20 |
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Nixon | H.R. Haldeman | 1995-12-22 |
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Jane's House | Paul Clark | 1994-01-02 |
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The Specialist | Ned Trent | 1994-10-07 |
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The Getaway | Jack Benyon | 1994-02-11 |
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Curse of the Starving Class | Weston Tate | 1994-09-13 |
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Next Door | Matt Coler | 1994-09-04 |
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Diggstown | Gabriel Caine | 1992-08-14 |
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Citizen Cohn | Roy Marcus Cohn | 1992-08-22 |
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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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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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The Hard Way | John Moss | 1991-03-08 |
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Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Robert | 1990-04-02 |
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Immediate Family | Michael Spector | 1989-10-27 |
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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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My Name Is Bill W. | Bill Wilson | 1989-04-30 |
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Cop | Lloyd Hopkins | 1988-02-05 |
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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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Best Seller | Cleve | 1987-09-25 |
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In Love and War | James B. Stockdale | 1987-03-16 |
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Salvador | Richard Boyle | 1986-04-23 |
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Promise | DJ | 1986-12-21 |
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Cat's Eye | Morrison | 1985-04-12 |
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Badge of the Assassin | Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney | 1985-01-04 |
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Joshua Then and Now | Joshua Shapiro | 1985-09-17 |
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Once Upon a Time in America | Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz | 1984-05-23 |
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Against All Odds | Jake Wise | 1984-03-02 |
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Videodrome | Max Renn | 1983-02-04 |
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Split Image | Charles Pratt | 1982-10-03 |
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Fast-Walking | Fast-Walking | 1982-05-11 |
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The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome | Interviewee | 1982-12-31 |
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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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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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...And Your Name Is Jonah | Danny Corelli | 1979-01-28 |
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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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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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Raid on Entebbe | Capt. Sammy Berg | 1976-12-26 |
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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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F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood | Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld | 1975-12-17 |
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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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Footsteps | Reporter | 1972-10-03 |
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Hickey & Boggs | Lt. Wyatt | 1972-10-04 |
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The Visitors | Bill Schmidt | 1972-02-02 |
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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 |