After growing up in Warwick, Rhode Island, and briefly studying at MIT before leaving to chase acting, Woods entered the New York stage, appearing in dozens of productions and debuting on Broadway with The Penny Wars in 1969. He moved to film with small parts in the early 1970s, gaining attention in The Onion Field (1979) and earning Academy Award nominations for Salvador (1986) and Ghosts of Miss… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Simpsons 1989 Hercules 1997 Casino 1995 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 ★ 7.3 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths 2010
Owlman (voice) ★ 7.3 Mickey's House of Villains 2002
Hades (voice) Series ★ 7.6 The Rockford Files 1974
Larry Kirkoff Series ★ 7.3 Kojak 1973
★ 7 Salvador 1986
Richard Boyle ★ 7.2 Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side 2009
James Woods as General Veers (voice) Series ★ 7.2 Clerks 2000
Major Baklava (voice) ★ 6.8 Cat's Eye 1985
Morrison ★ 6.9 Too Big to Fail 2011
Dick Fuld Series ★ 7.2 Justice League Action 2016
Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice) Series ★ 7.3 Holocaust 1978
Karl Weiss Series ★ 7.1 The Streets of San Francisco 1972
★ 6.8 Nixon 1995
H.R. Haldeman Series ★ 7.2 Welcome Back, Kotter 1975
★ 6.7 Riding in Cars with Boys 2001
Leonard Donofrio ★ 6.7 Night Moves 1975
Quentin ★ 6.9 Indictment: The McMartin Trial 1995
Danny Davis ★ 6.7 The Gambler 1974
Bank Officer Series ★ 6.9 Dream On 1990
Dennis Youngblood Series ★ 6.7 Shark 2006
Sebastian Stark Series ★ 7 Police Story 1973
★ 6.6 Ghosts of Mississippi 1996
Byron De La Beckwith ★ 6.5 True Crime 1999
Alan Mann ★ 6.5 My Name Is Bill W. 1989
Bill Wilson ★ 6.4 Hercules: Zero to Hero 1999
Hades (voice) (archive sound) Series ★ 6.4 Coma 2012
Dr. Howard Stark ★ 6.3 Citizen Cohn 1992
Roy Marcus Cohn ★ 6.4 Cop 1988
Lloyd Hopkins ★ 6.4 Jamesy Boy 2014
Lt. Falton ★ 6 Race to Space 2001
Dr. Wilhelm von Huber ★ 6.3 Mary and Martha 2013
Mary's Father ★ 6 Split Image 1982
Charles Pratt ★ 6 The Visitors 1972
Bill Schmidt ★ 5.8 Fast-Walking 1982
Fast-Walking ★ 6.3 Diggstown 1992
Gabriel Caine ★ 6.4 The General's Daughter 1999
Colonel Robert Moore ★ 5.9 Immediate Family 1989
Michael Spector ★ 5.9 Hickey & Boggs 1972
Lt. Wyatt ★ 6.2 True Believer 1989
Eddie Dodd ★ 6 Raid on Entebbe 1976
Capt. Sammy Berg ★ 6.1 Straight Talk 1992
Jack Russell ★ 5.9 Killer: A Journal of Murder 1996
Carl Panzram ★ 6.2 Another Day in Paradise 1998
Mel ★ 6 Northfork 2003
Walter O'Brien ★ 4.8 The Black Marble 1980
The Fiddler ★ 5.5 Bling 2016
Victor (voice) ★ 5.4 The Choirboys 1977
Harold Bloomguard ★ 6.3 Vampires 1998
Jack Crow ★ 6 The Onion Field 1979
Gregory Powell ★ 5.6 The Boost 1988
Lenny Brown ★ 6.2 The Hard Way 1991
John Moss ★ 6 Best Seller 1987
Cleve ★ 5.9 Pretty Persuasion 2005
Hank Joyce ★ 6.2 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001
General Hein (voice) ★ 5 This Girl's Life 2004
Pops ★ 5.6 Eyewitness 1981
Aldo Mercer ★ 5.4 End Game 2006
Agent Vaughn Stevens ★ 6 The Specialist 1994
Ned Trent ★ 5.7 Against All Odds 1984
Jake Wise ★ 5.9 Straw Dogs 2011
Tom Heddon ★ 5.8 The Getaway 1994
Jack Benyon ★ 5.5 Play It to the Bone 1999
James Woods (Ringside Fan) ★ 5.3 Officer Down 2013
Captain Verona ★ 5.5 Be Cool 2005
Tommy Athens ★ 4.2 An American Carol 2008
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