James Woods

Known for

Acting

Born

April 18, 1947 (age 79)

Birthplace

Vernal, 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.

Best known work

Oppenheimer

2023

The Simpsons

1989

Hercules

1997

Casino

1995

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

Scary Movie 2

2001

White House Down

2013

Contact

1997

Family Guy

1999

The Virgin Suicides

2000

Filmography

2025
Eddington
as James Woods (uncredited)
2023
Once Upon a Studio
as Hades (voice)
2023
Oppenheimer
Executive Producer
2023
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2021
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
2016
Justice League ActionTV
as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) (1 episode), as Lex Luthor (voice) (6 episodes)
2016
First Contact
as Narrator
2016
Bling
as Victor (voice)
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Jamesy Boy
as Lt. Falton
2013
Futurescape with James WoodsTV
as Himself (6 episodes)
2013
Any Given Tuesday
as self
2013
Jobs
as Jack Dudman
2013
Ray DonovanTV
as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan (5 episodes)
2013
White House Down
as Walker
2013
The FrameTV
as Max Renn (1 episode)
2013
Mary and Martha
as Mary's Father
2013
Officer Down
as Captain Verona
2012
ComaTV
as Dr. Howard Stark (2 episodes)
2011
Too Big to Fail
as Dick Fuld
2011
Straw Dogs
as Tom Heddon
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)