James Woods
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1947
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
Videodrome
1983
Best Seller
1987
Salvador
1986
True Believer
1989
Cop
1988
Northfork
2003
Vampires
1998
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
1998
This Girl's Life
2004
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
2002
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
Fast-Walking
1982
Too Big to Fail
2011
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
Diggstown
1992
Citizen Cohn
1992
The Boost
1988
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
Next Door
1994
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
Dirty Pictures
2000
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
Joshua Then and Now
1985
Badge of the Assassin
1985
Jane's House
1994
First Contact
2016
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
The Boys
1991
Crimes of Passion
1988
The Making of Hercules
2000
Sensational Cities: New York
2000
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
Cat's Eye
1985
The Hard Way
1991
John Q
2002
The Onion Field
1979
Another Day in Paradise
1998
Straight Talk
1992
Immediate Family
1989
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
Free as a Dog
2006
In Love and War
1987
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
Buddy
2005
Promise
1986
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
The Virgin Suicides
2000
Contact
1997
The Specialist
1994
Against All Odds
1984
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
End Game
2006
Ark
2005
Race to Space
2001
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
The Visitors
1972
For Better or Worse
1995
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
Distance
1975
Casino
1995
The Getaway
1994
True Crime
1999
Eyewitness
1981
Any Given Sunday
1999
Split Image
1982
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
Jamesy Boy
2014
Into the Valley of Death
2001
Any Given Tuesday
2013
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
Hercules
1997
Surf's Up
2007
Kicked in the Head
1997
Mary and Martha
2013
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
Bling
2016
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
Straw Dogs
2011
Officer Down
2013
White House Down
2013
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004
The Gift of Love
1978
A Great American Tragedy
1972
All the Way Home
1971
The General's Daughter
1999
Scary Movie 2
2001
Pretty Persuasion
2005
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
Stuart Little 2
2002
Night Moves
1975
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
An American Carol
2008
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
The Choirboys
1977
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002
Nixon
1995
Footsteps
1972
Recess: School's Out
2001
Foster & Laurie
1975
Be Cool
2005
The Gambler
1974
Play It to the Bone
1999
Hollywood on Horses
1989
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
Chaplin
1992
Mickey's House of Villains
2002
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
The Way We Were
1973
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
Jobs
2013
Hickey & Boggs
1972
The Black Marble
1980
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
Once Upon a Studio
2023
Eddington
2025
Voices That Care
1991
The American Nightmare
2000
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
Futurescape with James Woods
2013
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Holocaust
1978
Ray Donovan
2013
The Rockford Files
1974
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
The Frame
2013
Founding Fathers
2000
Dream On
1990
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
Justice League Action
2016
Clerks
2000
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Entertainment Biz
1998
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Coma
2012