James Woods

1947 (79) • Acting

Born: 4/18/1947 (79) in Vernal, Utah, USA

Known for: Acting

James Woods

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.

Known For

Oppenheimer

80%

Executive Producer

2023

The Simpsons

80%

James Woods (voice)

1989

Hercules

75%

Hades (voice)

1997

Casino

80%

Lester Diamond

1995

Once Upon a Time in America

84%

Max

1984

White House Down

65%

Walker

2013

Contact

74%

Michael Kitz

1997

Family Guy

74%

James Woods (voice) / Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice) / James Woods as General Veers (voice)

1999

Eddington

65%

James Woods (uncredited)

2025

Once Upon a Studio

83%

Hades (voice)

2023

Oppenheimer

80%

Executive Producer

2023

A Journey to Sundance

Self

2023

Dean Martin: King of Cool

74%

Self

2021

Justice League Action

72%

Lex Luthor (voice) / Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

2016

First Contact

76%

Narrator

2016

Bling

57%

Victor (voice)

2016

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

67%

Self (archive footage)

2014

Jamesy Boy

64%

Lt. Falton

2014

Futurescape with James Woods

70%

Himself

2013

Any Given Tuesday

self

2013

Jobs

61%

Jack Dudman

2013

Ray Donovan

75%

Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

2013

White House Down

65%

Walker

2013

The Frame

100%

Max Renn

2013

Mary and Martha

63%

Mary's Father

2013

Officer Down

53%

Captain Verona

2013

Coma

64%

Dr. Howard Stark

2012

Too Big to Fail

69%

Dick Fuld

2011

Straw Dogs

59%

Tom Heddon

2011

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

73%

Owlman (voice)

2010

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

72%

James Woods as General Veers (voice)

2009

An American Carol

42%

Todd Grosslight

2008

Surf's Up

65%

Reggie Belafonte (voice)

2007

Shark

67%

Sebastian Stark

2006

End Game

54%

Agent Vaughn Stevens

2006

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

66%

Self

2006