James Woods on screen and stage

A photograph of James Woods in 2015
Woods in Beverly Hills, California on December 24, 2015

This is the screen and stage filmography of the American actor and producer James Woods, who is known for his work in various film, television and stage productions.

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1972 The Visitors Bill Schmidt
Hickey & Boggs Lt. Wyatt
1973 The Way We Were Frankie McVeigh
1974 The Gambler Bank Officer
1975 Night Moves Quentin
1976 The Billion Dollar Bubble Art Lewis
Alex & the Gypsy Crainpool
1977 The Choirboys Harold Bloomguard
1979 The Onion Field Gregory Powell
1980 The Black Marble The Fiddler
1981 Eyewitness Aldo Mercer
1982 Fast-Walking Fast-Walking
Split Image Charles Pratt
1983 Videodrome Max Renn
1984 Against All Odds Jake Wise
Once Upon a Time in America Maximilian Bercovicz
1985 Cat's Eye Dick Morrison
Joshua Then and Now Joshua Shapiro
1986 Salvador Richard Boyle
1987 Best Seller Cleve
1988 Cop Lloyd Hopkins Also producer
The Boost Lenny Brown
1989 True Believer Eddie Dodd
Immediate Family Michael Spector
1991 The Hard Way John Moss
1992 Straight Talk Jack Russell
Diggstown Gabriel Caine
Chaplin Joseph Scott
1994 The Getaway Jack Benyon
Curse of the Starving Class Weston Tate
The Specialist Ned Trent
1995 For Better or Worse Reggie Makeshift
Killer: A Journal of Murder Carl Panzram
Casino Lester Diamond
Nixon H.R. Haldeman
1996 Ghosts of Mississippi Byron De La Beckwith
1997 Kicked in the Head Uncle Sam
Hercules Hades Voice [1]
Contact Michael Kitz
1998 Vampires Jack Crow
Another Day in Paradise Mel Also producer
1999 True Crime Alan Mann
The Virgin Suicides Ronald Lisbon
The General's Daughter Col. Robert Moore
Any Given Sunday Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Hercules: Zero to Hero Hades Voice, direct-to-video [1]
Play It to the Bone Ringside Fan Cameo
2001 Recess: School's Out Dr. Phillium Benedict Voice [1]
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within General Hein [1]
Scary Movie 2 Father McFeely
Riding in Cars with Boys Leonard Donofrio
Race to Space Wilhelm von Huber
2002 John Q. Raymond Turner
Stuart Little 2 The Falcon Voice [1]
Mickey's House of Villains Hades Voice, direct-to-video
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun Gloomius Maximus [1]
2003 Northfork Walter O'Brien Also executive producer
This Girl's Life Pops
2005 Pretty Persuasion Hank Joyce
Be Cool Tommy Athens
Ark Jallak Voice [1]
2006 End Game Vaughn Stevens
2007 Surf's Up Reggie Belafonte Voice [1]
2008 Big Fat Important Movie Agent Grosslight
2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Owlman Voice, direct-to-video [1]
2011 Straw Dogs Tom Heddon
Mia and the Migoo Jojo-la-Frite English dub [1]
2012 Officer Down Captain Verona
2013 White House Down Martin Walker
Jobs Dean Jack Dudman
2014 Jamesy Boy Lt. Falton
2016 Bling Victor Voice [1]
First Contact Narrator Voice, documentary
2023 Oppenheimer — Executive producer [2]
Once Upon a Studio Hades Voice, short film [1]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1973-74 Kojak Police Officer (uncredited)/Caz 2 episodes
1974 The Rockford Files Larry Kirkoff Episode: "The Kirkoff Case"
1975 Welcome Back, Kotter Alex Welles Episode: "The Great Debate"
The Streets of San Francisco Doug Episode: "Trail of Terror"
The Rookies Ted Ayres Episode: "A Time to Mourn"
1976 Barnaby Jones Danny Reeves Episode: "Sins of Thy Father"
The Disappearance of Aimee Asst. Disty. Atty. Joseph Ryan Television film
Police Story Lewis Packer Episode: "Thanksgiving"
The Billion Dollar Bubble Art Lewis Television film
Raid on Entebbe Capt. Sammy Berg
1977 Family Dr. Robert Styles Episode: "An Eye to the Future"
1978 Holocaust Karl Weiss 4 episodes
The Gift of Love Alfred Browning Television film
1979 The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel Sin Eater
1979–80 Young Maverick Lem Fraker 2 episodes
1985 Badge of the Assassin Robert K. Tannenbaum
Assistant District Attorney 		Television film
1986 Promise D.J.
1987 In Love and War James B. 'Jim' Stockdale
1989 My Name Is Bill W. Bill Wilson
Saturday Night Live Host Episode: James Woods/Don Henley
1990 Women & Men: Stories of Seduction Robert Television film
1991 The Boys Walter Farmer
1992 Citizen Cohn Roy Cohn
1993 Dream On Dennis Youngblood Episode: "Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape"
Fallen Angels Mickey Cohen Episode: "Since I Don't Have You"
1994 Jane's House Paul Clark Television film
The Simpsons Himself Voice, episode: "Homer and Apu"
Next Door Matt Coler Television film
1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial Danny Davis
1996 The Summer of Ben Tyler Temple Rayburn
1998–99 Hercules Hades Voice, 31 episodes
2000 Dirty Pictures Dennis Barrie Television film
2001 Clerks: The Animated Series Major Baklava Voice, episode: "Leonardo Is Caught in the Grip of an Outbreak of Randal's Imagination and Patrick Swayze Either Does or Doesn't Work in the New Pet Store"
2001–02 House of Mouse Hades Voice, 10 episodes
2002 Founding Brothers John Adams Documentary[3]
Voice
2003 Mickeypalooza Hades Voice, television special
2003 Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story Rudy Giuliani Television film
2005 Odd Job Jack Manny Kowalski Voice, episode: "Orgy: The Musical"
2005–16 Family Guy Himself Voice, 8 episodes
2006 ER Dr. Nate Lennox Episode: "Body & Soul"
Entourage Himself Episode: "Aquamom"
2006–08 Shark Sebastian Stark 38 episodes
2011 Too Big to Fail Richard Fuld Television film
2012 Coma Dr. Theodore Stark 2 episodes
2013 Mary and Martha Tom Television film
Ray Donovan Patrick Sullivan 6 episodes
Futurescape Himself (host) 3 episodes
2016–17 Justice League Action Lex Luthor Voice, 9 episodes[1]
2017 Dice James Woods 2 episodes


Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1969 The Penny Wars Howie Clevenger Royale Theatre, Broadway [4]
1970 Borstal Boy Tom Meadows Lyceum Theatre, Broadway [5]
1971 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine David Darst [6]
1972 Moonchildren Bob Riffle Royale Theatre, Broadway [7]
1973 Finishing Touches Steve Cooper Plymouth Theatre, Broadway [8]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1997 Hercules Hades [9][1]
1998 Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy Gar Hob [10]
2002 Kingdom Hearts Hades [11]
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Mike Toreno [10] [1]
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Hades [10]
2005 Kingdom Hearts II [10] [1]
2006 Scarface: The World Is Yours George Sheffield [1]
2010 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Hades [12]
2014 Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Cinematics [10]
2019 Kingdom Hearts III [13]
2021 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition Mike Toreno Archival recordings
Remaster of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas only
2023 Disney Speedstorm Hades
2024 Disney Dreamlight Valley

See also

References

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  2. ^ Amsden, David (July 18, 2023). "Oppenheimer's Big Screen Odyssey: The Man, the Book and the Film's 50-Year Journey". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Founding Brothers (2002)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "James Woods". Playbill. TotalTheater. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Barnes, Clive (April 1, 1970). "Theater: Borstal Boy". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  6. ^ "James Woods". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  7. ^ Barnes, Clive (February 22, 1972). "Theater: Moonchildren". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  8. ^ Kerr, Jean (1973). Finishing Touches. United States: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. p. 3. ISBN 0822204002.
  9. ^ "Disney's Hercules". IGN. Ziff Davis. July 3, 1999. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d e "James Woods Games Profile". Metacritic. CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  11. ^ "Kingdom Hearts Details and Credits for Playstation 2". Metacritic. CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  12. ^ Fahey, Mike (May 17, 2010). "Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Dated, Detailed, And PSP Bundled". Kotaku. Univision Communications. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  13. ^ @RealJamesWoods (March 29, 2018). "No. I was playing a poker tournament and working on a new Kingdom of Hearts video game" (Tweet) – via Twitter.