James Woods

James Woods

Actor 80 · 1973 – 2016 · 🎬 74 📺 6 · 🇺🇸 United States

James Howard Woods is an American actor. Known for fast-talking, intense roles on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He started his career in minor roles on and off-Broadway before making his Broadway debut in The Penny Wars (1969), followed by Borstal Boy (1970), The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971) and Moonchildren (1972). Woods' early film roles include The Visitors (1972), The Way We Were (1973) and The Gambler (1974). He starred in the NBC miniseries Holocaust (1978) opposite Meryl Streep.

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Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

6 shared

Burt Young

Burt Young

4 shared

James B. Harris

4 shared

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

4 shared

Michael O'Keefe

Michael O'Keefe

3 shared

Diedrich Bader

Diedrich Bader

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🎬 Movies

Bling

Bling

actor

2016

Jamesy Boy

Jamesy Boy

actor

2014

White House Down

White House Down

actor

2013

Mary and Martha

Mary and Martha

actor

2013

Officer Down

Officer Down

actor

2013

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

actor

2011

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

actor

2011

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

actor

2010

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

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

actor

2009

An American Carol

An American Carol

actor

2008

Surf's Up

Surf's Up

actor

2007

End Game

End Game

actor

2006

Ark

Ark

actor

2005

Be Cool

Be Cool

actor

2005

Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion

actor

2005

This Girl's Life

This Girl's Life

actor

2004

The Easter Egg Adventure

The Easter Egg Adventure

actor

2004

Northfork

Northfork

actor

2003

Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2

actor

2002

John Q

John Q

actor

2002

Race to Space

Race to Space

actor

2001

Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

actor

2001

Scary Movie 2

Scary Movie 2

actor

2001

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

actor

2001

Recess: School's Out

Recess: School's Out

actor

2001

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

actor

2000

The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides

actor

2000

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

actor

2000

Play It to the Bone

Play It to the Bone

actor

1999

Any Given Sunday

Any Given Sunday

actor

1999

The General's Daughter

The General's Daughter

actor

1999

True Crime

True Crime

actor

1999

Another Day in Paradise

Another Day in Paradise

actor

1998

Vampires

Vampires

actor

1998

Kicked in the Head

Kicked in the Head

actor

1997

Contact

Contact

actor

1997

Hercules

Hercules

actor

1997

Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

actor

1996

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder

actor

1996

Nixon

Nixon

actor

1995

Casino

Casino

actor

1995

For Better or Worse

For Better or Worse

actor

1995

The Specialist

The Specialist

actor

1994

Next Door

Next Door

actor

1994

The Getaway

The Getaway

actor

1994

Chaplin

Chaplin

actor

1992

Diggstown

Diggstown

actor

1992

Straight Talk

Straight Talk

actor

1992

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