James Woods
Acting1947Vernal, Utah, USA
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
The Simpsons
James Woods (voice)
Hercules
Hades (voice)
Casino
Lester Diamond
Once Upon a Time in America
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
White House Down
Walker
Scary Movie 2
Father McFeely
Contact
Michael Kitz
Family Guy
James Woods (voice) / James Woods as General Veers (voice) / Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
Acting History
2025
Eddington
as James Woods (uncredited)
2023
Once Upon a Studio
as Hades (voice)
Oppenheimer
Executive Producer
2017
Justice League Action
TVas Lex Luthor (voice)• 6 eps
2016
Bling
as Victor (voice)
2014
Jamesy Boy
as Lt. Falton
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
Family Guy
TVas James Woods (voice) / James Woods as General Veers (voice) / Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)• 1 eps
2013
Jobs
as Jack Dudman
White House Down
as Walker
Officer Down
as Captain Verona
The Frame
TVas Max Renn• 1 eps
Futurescape with James Woods
TVas Himself• 6 eps
Ray Donovan
TVas Patrick "Sully" Sullivan• 5 eps
2012
Coma
TVas Dr. Howard Stark• 2 eps
2011
Straw Dogs
as Tom Heddon
Too Big to Fail
as Dick Fuld
2010
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as Owlman (voice)
2009
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
2008
An American Carol
as Todd Grosslight
2007
Surf's Up
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
2005
2004
This Girl's Life
as Pops
The Easter Egg Adventure
as Grab Takit (voice)
2003
Northfork
as Walter O'Brien
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self
2002
John Q
as Dr. Raymond Turner
Stuart Little 2
as Falcon (voice)
Mickey's House of Villains
as Hades (voice)
Clerks
TVas Major Baklava (voice)• 1 eps
2001
Race to Space
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Riding in Cars with Boys
as Leonard Donofrio
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as General Hein (voice)
Scary Movie 2
as Father McFeely
Recess: School's Out
as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
TVas Hades (voice)• 1 eps
2000
The Virgin Suicides
as Mr. Lisbon
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self• 1 eps
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
True Crime
as Alan Mann
Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
The General's Daughter
as Colonel Robert Moore
Play It to the Bone
as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
1998
Vampires
as Jack Crow
Another Day in Paradise
as Mel
Hercules
TVas Hades (voice)• 65 eps
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
TVas Narrator• 10 eps
Another Day in Paradise
Producer
1997
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
as Byron De La Beckwith
The Daily Show
TVas Self
1995
Nixon
as H.R. Haldeman
Casino
as Lester Diamond
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Danny Davis
For Better or Worse
as Reggie Makeshift
1994
The Specialist
as Ned Trent
Jane's House
as Paul Clark
The Getaway
as Jack Benyon
The Simpsons
TVas James Woods (voice)• 1 eps
1993
Dream On
TVas Dennis Youngblood• 1 eps
Fallen Angels
TVas Mickey Cohen• 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TVas Self - Guest
1992
Straight Talk
as Jack Russell
Chaplin
as Joseph Scott
Diggstown
as Gabriel Caine
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TVas Self
1991
The Hard Way
as John Moss
The Boys
as Walter Farmer
1989
True Believer
as Eddie Dodd
Immediate Family
as Michael Spector
1987
In Love and War
as James B. Stockdale
Best Seller
as Cleve
1985
Cat's Eye
as Morrison
1984
Once Upon a Time in America
as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
Against All Odds
as Jake Wise
1983
Videodrome
as Max Renn
1982
Fast-Walking
as Fast-Walking
Split Image
as Charles Pratt
1981
Eyewitness
as Aldo Mercer
1980
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee• 2 eps
1979
The Onion Field
as Gregory Powell
...And Your Name Is Jonah
as Danny Corelli
1978
The Gift of Love
as Alfred Browning
Holocaust
TVas Karl Weiss• 4 eps
1976
Raid on Entebbe
as Capt. Sammy Berg
1975
1974
1973
The Way We Were
as Frankie McVeigh
1972
A Great American Tragedy
as Rick
Hickey & Boggs
as Lt. Wyatt
Footsteps
as Reporter
The Visitors
as Bill Schmidt
1962
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self