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