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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (32)

• 2023A Journey to Sundance — Self
• 2021Dean Martin: King of Cool — Self
• 2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Any Given Tuesday — self
• Futurescape with James Woods — Himself
• 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis Story — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2004Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh — Self
• 2004Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2002Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' — Self
• 2001America | A Tribute to Heroes — Self
• 2001Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal — Self
• 2001Into the Valley of Death — Self
• 2001Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored — Self
• 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone — Self
• 2000The American Nightmare — Self
• 2000The Making of Hercules — Self
• 2000The Making of The Virgin Suicides — Self
• The Entertainment Biz — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• 1991Voices That Care — Self - Host & Choir Member
• 1989Hollywood on Horses — Self
• 1988Crimes of Passion — Himself - Host
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee