James Woods

Acting · Born 1947-04-18 in Vernal, Utah, USA

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.

Filmography

• Once Upon a Time in America as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
• Casino as Lester Diamond
• The Virgin Suicides as Mr. Lisbon
• Contact as Michael Kitz
• Videodrome as Max Renn
• Chaplin as Joseph Scott
• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as Owlman (voice)
• Salvador as Richard Boyle
• Hercules as Hades (voice)
• John Q as Dr. Raymond Turner

TV

• The Simpsons as James Woods (voice)
• ER as Dr. Nate Lennox
• The Rockford Files as Larry Kirkoff
• Welcome Back, Kotter
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Rookies
• Family Guy as James Woods (voice)
• Shark as Sebastian Stark
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• The Daily Show as Self