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James Howard Woods, born in 1947, is an American actor whose career spans film and television, marked by complex roles in acclaimed films like "Once Upon a Time in America" and "Casino." His performances in legal dramas such as "Shark" and historical pieces like "Ghosts of Mississippi" showcase his versatility. With two Emmy Awards and two Academy Award nominations, Woods remains a figure of enduring influence in Hollywood, known for his sharp, often morally ambiguous characters.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bling | Victor (voice) | Film |
| 2014 | Jamesy Boy | Lt. Falton | Film |
| 2013 | White House Down | Walker | Film |
| 2013 | Jobs | Jack Dudman | Film |
| 2013 | Mary and Martha | Mary's Father | Film |
| 2012 | Coma | Dr. Howard Stark | TV |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Dick Fuld | Film |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs | Tom Heddon | Film |
| 2010 | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | Owlman (voice) | Film |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | James Woods as General Veers (voice) | Film |
| 2008 | An American Carol | Todd Grosslight | Film |
| 2007 | Surf's Up | Reggie Belafonte (voice) | Film |
| 2006 | Shark | Sebastian Stark | TV |
| 2006 | End Game | Agent Vaughn Stevens | Film |
| 2006 | Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self | Film |
| 2005 | Ark | Jallak (voice) | Film |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Tommy Athens | Film |
| 2005 | Pretty Persuasion | Hank Joyce | Film |
| 2004 | This Girl's Life | Pops | Film |
| 2004 | The Easter Egg Adventure | Grab Takit (voice) | Film |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Toreno (voice) | Film |
| 2004 | Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | Self | Film |
| 2003 | Northfork | Walter O'Brien | Film |
| 2003 | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | Rudy Giuliani | Film |
| 2002 | Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun | Gloomius Maximus (voice) | Film |
| 2002 | John Q | Dr. Raymond Turner | Film |
| 2002 | Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Mickey's House of Villains | Hades (voice) | Film |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Falcon (voice) | Film |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Leonard Donofrio | Film |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Father McFeely | Film |
| 2001 | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Race to Space | Dr. Wilhelm von Huber | Film |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | General Hein (voice) | Film |
| 2001 | Recess: School's Out | Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice) | Film |
| 2000 | The Virgin Suicides | Mr. Lisbon | Film |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures | Dennis Barrie | Film |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Dr. Harvey Mandrake | Film |
| 1999 | Play It to the Bone | James Woods (Ringside Fan) | Film |
| 1999 | Hercules: Zero to Hero | Hades (voice) (archive sound) | Film |
| 1999 | True Crime | Alan Mann | Film |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | Colonel Robert Moore | Film |
| 1998 | Hercules | Hades (voice) | TV |
| 1998 | Another Day in Paradise | Mel | Film |
| 1998 | Vampires | Jack Crow | Film |
| 1997 | Kicked in the Head | Uncle Sam | Film |
| 1997 | Contact | Michael Kitz | Film |
| 1997 | Hercules | Hades (voice) | Film |
| 1997 | Who Ordered Sausage? | Himself | Film |
| 1996 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Carl Panzram | Film |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Byron De La Beckwith | Film |
| 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Temple Rayburn | Film |
| 1995 | For Better or Worse | Reggie Makeshift | Film |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Danny Davis | Film |
| 1995 | Casino | Lester Diamond | Film |
| 1995 | Nixon | H.R. Haldeman | Film |
| 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class | Weston Tate | Film |
| 1994 | The Getaway | Jack Benyon | Film |
| 1994 | Next Door | Matt Coler | Film |
| 1994 | The Specialist | Ned Trent | Film |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Joseph Scott | Film |
| 1992 | Diggstown | Gabriel Caine | Film |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Roy Marcus Cohn | Film |
| 1992 | Straight Talk | Jack Russell | Film |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | John Moss | Film |
| 1991 | The Boys | Walter Farmer | Film |
| 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Robert | Film |
| 1989 | Immediate Family | Michael Spector | Film |
| 1989 | My Name Is Bill W. | Bill Wilson | Film |
| 1989 | True Believer | Eddie Dodd | Film |
| 1988 | Cop | Lloyd Hopkins | Film |
| 1988 | The Boost | Lenny Brown | Film |
| 1987 | Best Seller | Cleve | Film |
| 1986 | Salvador | Richard Boyle | Film |
| 1986 | Promise | DJ | Film |
| 1985 | Joshua Then and Now | Joshua Shapiro | Film |
| 1985 | Cat's Eye | Morrison | Film |
| 1985 | Badge of the Assassin | Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney | Film |
| 1984 | Against All Odds | Jake Wise | Film |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Max | Film |
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