Acting credits
160
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Woods
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 124Series: 37Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 4512
IMDb ID: nm0000249
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1947
Age: 78
Place of birth: Vernal, Utah, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
Wikidata: Q193105
Also known as
James H. Woods • James Howard Woods • جیمز وودز
Other jobs
Producer (2)Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James Woods.
6.4
Eddington
as James Woods (uncredited)
2025 Movie
Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After
as Hades
2025 Movie
8.3
Once Upon a Studio
as Hades (voice)
2023 Movie
8.0
Oppenheimer
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023 Movie
7.6
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
2021 Movie
7.2
First Contact
as Narrator
2016 Movie
5.7
Bling
as Victor (voice)
2016 Movie
6.7
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
6.4
Jamesy Boy
as Lt. Falton
2014 Movie
8.3
Any Given Tuesday
as Self
2013 Movie
6.1
Jobs
as Jack Dudman
2013 Movie
6.5
White House Down
as Walker
2013 Movie
6.3
Mary and Martha
as Mary's Father
2013 Movie
5.3
Officer Down
as Captain Verona
2013 Movie
7.0
Too Big to Fail
as Dick Fuld
2011 Movie
5.9
Straw Dogs
as Tom Heddon
2011 Movie
7.3
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as Owlman (voice)
2010 Movie
7.3
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
2009 Movie
4.1
An American Carol
as Todd Grosslight
2008 Movie
6.5
Surf's Up
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
2007 Movie
5.4
End Game
as Vaughn Stevens
2006 Movie
Free as a Dog
2006 Movie
5.5
Ark
as Jallak (voice)
2005 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Woods.
7.1
Justice League Action
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.0
Futurescape with James Woods
as Himself • 6 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Ray Donovan
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan • 5 eps
2013 Series
10.0
The Frame
as Max Renn • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.4
Coma
as Dr. Howard Stark • 2 eps
2012 Series
6.7
Shark
as Sebastian Stark • 38 eps
2006 Series
6.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.4
Entourage
as James Woods • 1 eps
2004 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.5
Disney's House of Mouse
as Hades (voice) • 1 eps
2001 Series
Founding Fathers
as John Adams (voice) • 4 eps
2000 Series
7.2
Clerks
as Major Baklava (voice) • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.4
Family Guy
as James Woods (voice) • 6 eps
1999 Series
6.9
Hercules
as Hades (voice) • 65 eps
1998 Series
8.2
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
as Narrator • 10 eps
1998 Series
8.5
EP Daily
1 eps
1997 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.8
ER
as Dr. Nate Lennox • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.5
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1993 Series
5.9
Fallen Angels
as Mickey Cohen • 1 eps
1993 Series
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self • 5 eps
1992 Series
6.9
Dream On
as Dennis Youngblood • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as James Woods (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series