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
Movies
- Once Upon a Time in Ame...
1984
- Casino
1995
- The Getaway
1994
- The Virgin Suicides
2000
- Final Fantasy: The Spir...
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 ...
2010
- The Hard Way
1991
- Against All Odds
1984
- Salvador
1986
- Mickey's House of Villa...
2001
- 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 Sp...
1998
- Another Day in Paradise
1998
- Straight Talk
1992
- This Girl's Life
2004
- Race to Space
2001
- Rolie Polie Olie: The G...
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 McMarti...
1995
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in ...
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 Mu...
1996
- Immediate Family
1989
- The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
- Officer Down
2013
- The Visitors
1972
- ...And Your Name Is Jon...
1979
- Next Door
1994
- Dean Martin: King of Co...
2021
- Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani...
2003
- The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
- For Better or Worse
1995
- Jobs
2013
- Lost Soul: The Doomed J...
2014
- Alex & the Gypsy
1976
- White House Down
2013
- Dirty Pictures
2000
- Videodrome: Forging the...
2004
- The Gift of Love
1978
- Curse of the Starving C...
1994
- Joshua Then and Now
1985
- Free as a Dog
2006
- In Love and War
1987
- The Disappearance of Ai...
1976
- Jamesy Boy
2014
- Badge of the Assassin
1985
- A Great American Tragedy
1972
- Young Maverick - Dead M...
1979
- Once Upon a Studio
2023
- Once Upon a Time: Sergi...
2000
- Z Channel: A Magnificen...
2004
- The Way We Were
1973
- Women and Men: Stories ...
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 ...
1979
- Raid on Entebbe
1976
- Jane's House
1994
- First Contact
2016
- Playboy Mansion Parties...
2001
- Distance
1975
- Recess: School's Out
2001
- The Making of David Cro...
1982
- The Making of The Virgi...
2000
- The Billion Dollar Bubb...
1978
- The Boys
1991
- Family Guy Presents: So...
2009
- Crimes of Passion
1988
- Bare Knuckle Filming: T...
2003
- America | A Tribute to ...
2001
- Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
- Any Given Tuesday
2013
- Foster & Laurie
1975
- Breaking the Silence: T...
2001
- Into the Valley of Death
2001
- Hollywood on Horses
1989
- A Journey to Sundance
2021
- The Making of Hercules
2000
- Grand Theft Auto: San A...
2004
- Eddington
2025
- Sensational Cities: New...
2000
TV Shows
- 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 Fran...
1972
- The Tonight Show with J...
1992
- Hercules
1998
- Kojak
1973
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- Late Night with Conan O...
1993
- Fallen Angels
1993
- ER
1994
- Police Story
1973
- The Late Late Show with...
2005
- Saturday Night Special
1996
- The Oscars
1953
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- Coma
2012
- Family Guy
1999
- Family Guy
1999
- Futurescape with James ...
2013
- The Tonight Show Starri...
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 ...
1998
- Justice League Action
2016
- Justice League Action
2016
- Clerks
2000
- The Mike Douglas Show
1961
- The Entertainment Biz
1998