
James Woods
50Movies
9.7 Best Rating
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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eddington | James Woods (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Hades (voice) | HIT | |
| 2021 | Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self | HIT | |
| 2016 | First Contact | Narrator | HIT | |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2014 | Jamesy Boy | Lt. Falton | FLOP | |
| 2013 | Any Given Tuesday | Self | HIT | |
| 2013 | White House Down | Walker | HIT | |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Dick Fuld | HIT | |
| 2010 | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | Owlman (voice) | HIT | |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | James Woods as General Veers (voice) | HIT | |
| 2007 | Surf's Up | Reggie Belafonte (voice) | HIT | |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Toreno (voice) | HIT | |
| 2004 | Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh | Self | HIT | |
| 2004 | Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | Self | HIT | |
| 2002 | Mickey's House of Villains | Hades (voice) | HIT | |
| 2002 | John Q | Dr. Raymond Turner | HIT | |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Leonard Donofrio | HIT | |
| 2001 | Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal | Self | HIT | |
| 2001 | Recess: School's Out | Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice) | HIT | |
| 2000 | The Making of The Virgin Suicides | Self | HIT | |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self | HIT | |
| 2000 | The Virgin Suicides | Mr. Lisbon | HIT | |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Dr. Harvey Mandrake | HIT | |
| 1999 | Hercules: Zero to Hero | Hades (voice) (archive sound) | HIT | |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | Colonel Robert Moore | FLOP | |
| 1999 | True Crime | Alan Mann | HIT | |
| 1998 | Vampires | Jack Crow | FLOP | |
| 1997 | Contact | Michael Kitz | HIT | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Hades (voice) | HIT | |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Byron De La Beckwith | HIT | |
| 1995 | Nixon | H.R. Haldeman | HIT | |
| 1995 | Casino | Lester Diamond | HIT | |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Danny Davis | HIT | |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Joseph Scott | HIT | |
| 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Host & Choir Member | HIT | |
| 1986 | Promise | DJ | HIT | |
| 1986 | Salvador | Richard Boyle | HIT | |
| 1985 | Cat's Eye | Morrison | HIT | |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz | HIT | |
| 1983 | Videodrome | Max Renn | HIT | |
| 1982 | The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome | Interviewee | HIT | |
| 1979 | ...And Your Name Is Jonah | Danny Corelli | HIT | |
| 1978 | The Billion Dollar Bubble | Art Lewis | HIT | |
| 1976 | The Disappearance of Aimee | Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan | HIT | |
| 1975 | Foster & Laurie | Walter The Addict | HIT | |
| 1975 | Night Moves | Quentin | HIT | |
| 1974 | The Gambler | Bank Officer | HIT | |
| 1973 | The Way We Were | Frankie McVeigh | HIT | |
| 1972 | A Great American Tragedy | Rick | HIT |




