Acting credits
161
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Woods
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.3
Moderate attention
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 125Series: 37Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 4512
IMDb ID: nm0000249
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1947
Age: 79
Place of birth: Vernal, Utah, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q193105
Also known as
James H. Woods • James Howard Woods
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.
as James Woods (uncredited)
Eddington
2025 • Movie
as Hades (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
2023 • Movie
Executive Producer
Oppenheimer
2023 • Movie
as Self
A Journey to Sundance
2023 • Movie
as Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021 • Movie
as Narrator
First Contact
2016 • Movie
as Victor (voice)
Bling
2016 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014 • Movie
as Lt. Falton
Jamesy Boy
2014 • Movie
as self
Any Given Tuesday
2013 • Movie
as Jack Dudman
Jobs
2013 • Movie
as Walker
White House Down
2013 • Movie
as Mary's Father
Mary and Martha
2013 • Movie
as Captain Verona
Officer Down
2013 • Movie
as Dick Fuld
Too Big to Fail
2011 • Movie
as Tom Heddon
Straw Dogs
2011 • Movie
as Owlman (voice)
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010 • Movie
as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009 • Movie
as Todd Grosslight
An American Carol
2008 • Movie
as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
Surf's Up
2007 • Movie
as Agent Vaughn Stevens
End Game
2006 • Movie
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 • Movie
Free as a Dog
2006 • Movie
as Jallak (voice)
Ark
2005 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Woods.
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) • 1 eps
Justice League Action
2016 • Series
as Himself • 6 eps
Futurescape with James Woods
2013 • Series
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan • 5 eps
Ray Donovan
2013 • Series
as Max Renn • 1 eps
The Frame
2013 • Series
as Dr. Howard Stark • 2 eps
Coma
2012 • Series
as Sebastian Stark • 38 eps
Shark
2006 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 • Series
as James Woods • 1 eps
Entourage
2004 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Hades (voice) • 5 eps
Disney's House of Mouse
2001 • Series
as John Adams (voice) • 4 eps
Founding Fathers
2000 • Series
as Major Baklava (voice) • 1 eps
Clerks
2000 • Series
as James Woods (voice) • 6 eps
Family Guy
1999 • Series
as Hades (voice) • 65 eps
Hercules
1998 • Series
as Narrator • 10 eps
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998 • Series
1 eps
EP Daily
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series
as Dr. Nate Lennox • 1 eps
ER
1994 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 • Series
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 • Series
as Mickey Cohen • 1 eps
Fallen Angels
1993 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 • Series
as Dennis Youngblood • 1 eps
Dream On
1990 • Series
as James Woods (voice) • 1 eps
The Simpsons
1989 • Series