James Howard Woods is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, Hercules, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and has gained two Academy Award nominations.
Once Upon a Studio
Hades (voice)
2023
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
2021
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2021
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) · (1 episode)
2016
Justice League Action
Lex Luthor (voice) · (6 episodes)
2016
First Contact
Narrator
2016
Bling
Victor (voice)
2016
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
2014
Jamesy Boy
Lt. Falton
2014
Futurescape with James Woods
Himself · (6 episodes)
2013
Any Given Tuesday
Self
2013
Jobs
Jack Dudman
2013
Ray Donovan
Patrick "Sully" Sullivan · (5 episodes)
2013
White House Down
Chief SAIC Martin Walker
2013
The Frame
Max Renn · (1 episode)
2013
Mary and Martha
Mary's Father
2013
Officer Down
Captain Verona
2013
Coma
Dr. Howard Stark · (2 episodes)
2012
Too Big to Fail
Dick Fuld
2011
Straw Dogs
Tom Heddon
2011
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Owlman (voice)
2010
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
James Woods as General Veers (voice)
2009
An American Carol
Todd Grosslight
2008
Surf's Up
Reggie Belafonte (voice)
2007
Shark
Sebastian Stark · (38 episodes)
2006
End Game
Vaughn Stevens
2006
Free as a Dog
2006
Ark
Jallak (voice)
2005
Buddy
Narrator
2005
Be Cool
Tommy Athens
2005
Pretty Persuasion
Hank Joyce
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (2 episodes)
2005
This Girl's Life
Pops
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Toreno (voice)
2004
The Easter Egg Adventure
Grab Takit (voice)
2004
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Self
2004
Entourage
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
2004
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
Northfork
Walter O'Brien
2003
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Rudy Giuliani
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
2003
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
Gloomius Maximus (voice)
2002
Stuart Little 2
Falcon (voice)
2002
John Q
Dr. Raymond Turner
2002
Mickey's House of Villains
Hades (voice)
2001
Race to Space
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
Leonard Donofrio
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
2001
Scary Movie 2
Father McFeely
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
General Hein (voice)
2001
Into the Valley of Death
Self
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
Recess: School's Out
Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
Hades (voice) · (1 episode)
2001
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Self
2000
Founding Fathers
John Adams (voice) · (4 episodes)
2000
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
The Making of Hercules
Self
2000
Clerks
Major Baklava (voice) · (1 episode)
2000
Dirty Pictures
Dennis Barrie
2000
The Virgin Suicides
Mr. Lisbon
2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self
2000
Play It to the Bone
James Woods (Ringside Fan)
1999
Any Given Sunday
Dr. Harvey Mandrake
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Hades (voice) (archive sound)
1999
The General's Daughter
Colonel Robert Moore
1999
True Crime
Alan Mann
1999
Family Guy
James Woods (voice) · (6 episodes)
1999
Family Guy
James Woods as General Veers (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
Family Guy
Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
Another Day in Paradise
Mel
1998
Vampires
Jack Crow
1998
Hercules
Hades (voice) · (65 episodes)
1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Narrator · (10 episodes)
1998
The Entertainment Biz
Self · (1 episode)
1998
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
Narrator
1998
Kicked in the Head
Uncle Sam
1997
EP Daily
(1 episode)
1997
Contact
Michael Kitz
1997
Hercules
Hades (voice)
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
Byron De La Beckwith
1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Temple Rayburn
1996
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Carl Panzram
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Saturday Night Special
(1 episode)
1996
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
1995
Casino
Lester Diamond
1995
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Danny Davis
1995
For Better or Worse
Reggie Makeshift
1995
The Specialist
Ned Trent
1994
ER
Dr. Nate Lennox · (1 episode)
1994
Curse of the Starving Class
Weston Tate
1994
Next Door
Matt Coler
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
The Getaway
Jack Benyon
1994
Jane's House
Paul Clark
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1993
Fallen Angels
Mickey Cohen · (1 episode)
1993
Chaplin
Joseph Scott
1992
Citizen Cohn
Roy Marcus Cohn
1992
Diggstown
Gabriel Caine
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (5 episodes)
1992
Straight Talk
Jack Russell
1992
The Boys
Walter Farmer
1991
The Hard Way
John Moss
1991
Voices That Care
Self - Host & Choir Member
1991
Dream On
Dennis Youngblood · (1 episode)
1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Robert
1990
The Simpsons
James Woods (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
Immediate Family
Michael Spector
1989
My Name Is Bill W.
Bill Wilson
1989
True Believer
Eddie Dodd
1989
Hollywood on Horses
Self
1989
The Boost
Lenny Brown
1988
Crimes of Passion
Himself - Host
1988
Cop
Lloyd Hopkins
1988
Best Seller
Cleve
1987
In Love and War
James B. Stockdale
1987
Promise
DJ
1986
Salvador
Richard Boyle
1986
Joshua Then and Now
Joshua Shapiro
1985
Cat's Eye
Morrison
1985
Badge of the Assassin
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
1985
Once Upon a Time in America
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
1984
Against All Odds
Jake Wise
1984
Videodrome
Max Renn
1983
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Interviewee
1982
Split Image
Charles Pratt
1982
Fast-Walking
Fast-Walking
1982
Eyewitness
Aldo Mercer
1981
The Black Marble
The Fiddler
1980
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Len Fraker
1979
The Onion Field
Gregory Powell
1979
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Danny Corelli
1979
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Sin Eater
1979
The Gift of Love
Alfred Browning
1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Art Lewis
1978
Holocaust
Karl Weiss · (4 episodes)
1978
The Choirboys
Harold Bloomguard
1977
Raid on Entebbe
Capt. Sammy Berg
1976
The Disappearance of Aimee
Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan
1976
Alex & the Gypsy
Crainpool
1976
Distance
Larry Vincent
1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Leonard "Lenny" Schoenfeld
1975
Foster & Laurie
Walter The Addict
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Welcome Back, Kotter
(1 episode)
1975
Night Moves
Quentin
1975
The Gambler
Bank Officer
1974
The Rockford Files
Larry Kirkoff · (1 episode)
1974
Kojak
(0 episode)
1973
Kojak
Caz · (1 episode)
1973
The Way We Were
Frankie McVeigh
1973
Police Story
(1 episode)
1973
A Great American Tragedy
Rick
1972
Hickey & Boggs
Lt. Wyatt
1972
Footsteps
Reporter
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
(1 episode)
1972
The Rookies
(1 episode)
1972
The Visitors
Bill Schmidt
1972
All the Way Home
Andrew Lynch
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Andrew Lynch · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
DJ · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Temple Rayburn · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bill Wilson · (1 episode)
1951