James Woods · Cineora

ACTOR · FROM VERNAL, USA

James Woods

Born 1947 · 79 years old136 credits since 1951

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ABOUT JAMES

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born18 April 1947

BirthplaceVernal, USA

Known forActing

On Cineora99 of 134 titles

Known for

The titles people know James from.

Movie

Casino

1995IMDb8.2

Movie

Once Upon a Time in America

1984IMDb8.3

Series

Family Guy

1999–IMDb8.1

Movie

Contact

1997IMDb7.5

Movie

Hercules

1997IMDb7.3

Movie

White House Down

2013IMDb6.3

Movie

The Virgin Suicides

2000IMDb7.2

Movie

John Q

2002IMDb7.1

Movie

Any Given Sunday

1999IMDb6.9

Movie

Videodrome

1983IMDb7.1

Movie

Surf's Up

2007IMDb6.7

Series

Ray Donovan

2013–2020IMDb8.3

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 99
Average IMDb: 6.6
Highest rated: The SimpsonsIMDb 8.6
Working since: 1951

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

136 credits

The 2020s

2 titles · IMDb 7.5 on average

Movie

Eddington

2025IMDb6.6

as James Woods (uncredited)

Movie

Once Upon a Studio

2023IMDb8.3

as Hades (voice)

The 2010s

13 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average

Series

Justice League Action

2016–2018IMDb7.5

as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

First Contact

2016

as Narrator

Movie

Bling

2016IMDb4.5

as Victor (voice)

Movie

Jamesy Boy

2014IMDb6.3

as Lt. Falton

Movie

Jobs

2013IMDb6.0

as Jack Dudman

Series

Ray Donovan

2013–2020IMDb8.3

as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan · 5 episodes

Movie

White House Down

2013IMDb6.3

as Walker

Movie

Mary and Martha

2013IMDb6.8

as Mary's Father

The 2000s

31 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average

Movie

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

2009IMDb7.7

as James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Movie

An American Carol

2008IMDb4.0

as Todd Grosslight

Movie

Surf's Up

2007IMDb6.7

as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

Series

Shark

2006–2008IMDb7.1

as Sebastian Stark · 38 episodes

Movie

End Game

2006IMDb5.1

as Agent Vaughn Stevens

Not on Cineora

Free as a Dog

2006

Movie

Ark

2005IMDb5.9

as Jallak (voice)

Not on Cineora

Buddy

2005

as Narrator

The 1990s

37 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Movie

Play It to the Bone

1999IMDb5.5

as James Woods (Ringside Fan)

Movie

Any Given Sunday

1999IMDb6.9

as Dr. Harvey Mandrake

Not on Cineora

Hercules: Zero to Hero

1999TMDB6.4

as Hades (voice) (archive sound)

Movie

The General's Daughter

1999IMDb6.4

as Colonel Robert Moore

Movie

True Crime

1999IMDb6.6

as Alan Mann

Series

Family Guy

1999–IMDb8.1

as James Woods (voice) · 6 episodes

Movie

Another Day in Paradise

1998IMDb6.5

as Mel

Movie

Vampires

1998IMDb6.1

as Jack Crow

The 1980s

21 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Series

The Simpsons

1989–IMDb8.6

as James Woods (voice) · 1 episode

Movie

Immediate Family

1989IMDb6.1

as Michael Spector

Movie

My Name Is Bill W.

1989IMDb7.3

as Bill Wilson

Movie

True Believer

1989IMDb6.7

as Eddie Dodd

Movie

The Boost

1988IMDb6.1

as Lenny Brown

Movie

Cop

1988IMDb6.4

as Lloyd Hopkins

Movie

Best Seller

1987IMDb6.4

as Cleve

Not on Cineora

In Love and War

1987

as James B. Stockdale

The 1970s

28 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

Not on Cineora

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

1979

as Len Fraker

Movie

The Onion Field

1979IMDb6.8

as Gregory Powell

Movie

...And Your Name Is Jonah

1979IMDb7.2

as Danny Corelli

Not on Cineora

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

1979

as Sin Eater

Not on Cineora

The Gift of Love

1978

as Alfred Browning

Not on Cineora

The Billion Dollar Bubble

1978

as Art Lewis

Series

Holocaust

1978IMDb8.0

as Karl Weiss · 4 episodes

Movie

The Choirboys

1977IMDb5.6

as Harold Bloomguard

The 1950s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Andrew Lynch · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in James’s titles.

Alec BaldwinFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within, The Getaway and 3 more

Melanie GriffithStuart Little 2, Night Moves and 2 more

Joseph WambaughWriter · The Onion Field, The Choirboys and 2 more

Robert Downey Jr.Oppenheimer, Chaplin and 1 more

John TravoltaBe Cool, The General's Daughter and 1 more

Oliver StoneDirector · Any Given Sunday, Nixon and 1 more

David CronenbergVideodrome, The American Nightmare and 1 more