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James Woods

Birth name: James Howard Woods

Birth date: 18.04.1947

Leanly built, strangely handsome actor-producer-director with intense eyes, swarthy complexion, and a sometimes untrustworthy grin has been impressing audiences for over three decades with his compelling performances. The son of a US Intelligence officer, he earned a scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completed a degree in political science, and then headed off to New York to pursue aspirations to appear on the stage. After appearing in a handful of New York City theater productions, Woods scored his first film role in All the Way Home (1971) (TV) and followed that up with meager supporting roles in The Way We Were (1973) and The Choirboys (1977). However, it was Woods cold blooded performance as the cop killer in The Onion Field (1979), based on a Joseph Wambaugh novel, that seized the attention of cinema-goers to his on-screen power. Woods quickly followed up with another role in another Joseph Wambaugh film adaptation, The Black Marble (1980), as a sleazy and unstable cable-TV-station owner in David Cronenberg's mind-bending and prophetic Videodrome (1983), as gangster Max Bercovicz in Sergio Leones mammoth epic Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and scored a best actor Academy Award nomination as abrasive journalist Richard Boyle in Oliver Stones gritty and unsettling Salvador (1986). There seemed to be no stopping the rise of this star as he continued to amaze cinema-goers with his remarkable versatility and his ability to create such intense, memorable characters. The decade of the 1990s started off strongly with high praise for his role as Roy Cohn in the TV production of Citizen Cohn (1992) (TV). Woods was equally impressive as slimy hustler Lester Diamond who cons Sharon Stone in Casino (1995), made a tremendous H.R. Haldeman in Nixon (1995), portrayed serial killer Carl Panzram in Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996), and then as accused civil rights assassin Byron De La Beckwith in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). Not to be typecast solely as hostile hoodlums, Woods has further expanded his range to encompass providing voice-overs for animated productions including Hercules (1997), Hooves of Fire (1999) (TV), and Stuart Little 2 (2002). Woods also recently appeared in the critically praised The Virgin Suicides (1999), in the coming-of-age movie Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), as a corrupt medico in Any Given Sunday (1999), and in the comedy-horror spoof Scary Movie 2 (2001). A remarkable performer with an incredibly diverse range of acting talent, Woods remains one of Hollywood's outstanding leading men.

Filmography

# Surf's Up (2007) (filming) (voice) # Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006) (VG) (voice) # End Game (2006) .... Vaughn Stevens # "ER" - Body & Soul (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Nate Lennox # "Shark" - LAPD Blue (????) TV Episode .... Sebastian Stark # Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Hades ... aka Kingudamu hâtsu II (Japan) # Be Cool movie download page (2005) .... Tommy Athens # Pretty Persuasion (2005) .... Hank Joyce # "Odd Job Jack" - Orgy: The Musical (2005) TV Episode .... Manny Kowalski # Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Hades # Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Mike Toreno ... aka GTA: San Andreas (International: English title: short title) ... aka San Andreas (International: English title: short title) # The Easter Egg Adventure (2004) (voice) .... Grab Takit # Ark (2004) (voice) .... Jallak # This Girl's Life (2003) .... Pops # Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003) (TV) .... Rudolph 'Rudy' Giuliani ... aka Rudy's Wars (New Zealand: English title) # Northfork (2003) .... Walter O'Brien # "Clerks" ... aka Clerks: The Cartoon (Australia) ... aka Clerks: Uncensored (USA: DVD title) - The Pilot (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... Major Baklava # Legend of the Lost Tribe (2002) (TV) (voice: English version) .... Narrator/The Vikings ... aka Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe (USA) # Little Warriors (2002) .... Narrator # Mickey's House of Villains (2002) (V) (voice) .... Hades # Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (2002) (V) (voice) .... Gloomius Maximus ... aka William Joyce's Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (USA: complete title) # Stuart Little 2 (2002) (voice) .... The Evil Falcon # Kingdom Hearts (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Hades ... aka Kingudamu hâtsu (Japan) # John Q movie download page (2002) .... Dr. Raymond Turner ... aka John Q movie download page. (USA: poster title) # Race to Space (2001) .... Dr. Wilhelm von Huber ... aka Race to Space - Mission ins Unbekannte (Germany: TV title) # Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) .... Mr. Leonard Donofrio # Scary Movie 2 movie download page (2001) .... Father McFeely ... aka Scarier Movie (UK) # Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within movie download page (2001) (voice) .... General Hein ... aka Fainaru fantaji (Japan) # Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) .... Dr. Philliam "Phil" Benedict # "House of Mouse" (2001) TV Series (voice) .... Hades # Dirty Pictures (2000) (TV) .... Dennis Barrie # Hooves of Fire (1999) (TV) (voice: English version) .... Narrator ... aka Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire # Any Given Sunday (1999) .... Dr. Harvey Mandrake # The General's Daughter (1999) .... Col. Robert Moore ... aka Wehrlos - Die Tochter des Generals (Germany) # The Virgin Suicides (1999) .... Mr. Lisbon ... aka Sofia Coppola's the Virgin Suicides (USA: complete title) # True Crime (1999) .... Alan Mann # World's Deadliest Earthquakes (1999) (TV) .... Host # Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) (V) (voice) .... Hades: Lord of the Dead # "Hercules" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Hades ... aka Disney's Hercules (USA: complete title) # Vampires (1998) .... Jack Crow ... aka John Carpenter's Vampires (USA: complete title) ... aka Vampire$ (USA) # Of Light and Darkness (1998) (VG) .... Voice of Gar Hob # Contact (1997) .... Michael Kitz # Hercules (1997) (voice) .... Hades; Lord of the Underworld # Kicked in the Head (1997) .... Uncle Sam # Another Day in Paradise (1997) .... Mel # Hercules (1997) (VG) (voice) .... Hades: Lord of the Dead ... aka Disney's Hercules (USA: complete title) # Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) .... Byron De La Beckwith ... aka Ghosts from the Past (UK) # The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996) (TV) .... Temple Rayburn # Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) .... Carl Panzram ... aka The Killer # For Better or Worse (1996) .... Reggie Makeshift # Nixon (1995) .... H.R. Haldeman # Casino movie download page (1995) .... Lester Diamond ... aka Casino movie download page (France) # Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV) .... Danny Davis # The Specialist (1994) .... Ned Trent ... aka Especialista, El (Peru) # Curse of the Starving Class (1994) .... Weston Tate # Next Door (1994) (TV) .... Matt Coler # The Getaway (1994) .... Jack Benyon # Jane's House (1994) (TV) .... Paul Clark # "Fallen Angels" - Since I Don't Have You (1993) TV Episode .... Mickey Cohen # Chaplin (1992) .... Joseph Scott ... aka Charlot (Italy) # Citizen Cohn (1992) (TV) .... Roy Marcus Cohn # Diggstown (1992) .... Gabriel Caine ... aka Midnight Sting # Straight Talk (1992) .... Jack Russell # The Boys (1991) (TV) .... Walter Farmer ... aka The Guys # The Hard Way (1991) .... Detective Lt. John Moss, NYPD # Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990) (TV) .... Robert # "Saturday Night Live" ... aka SNL ... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title) - Episode #15.4 (1989) TV Episode .... Host # Immediate Family (1989) .... Michael Spector # My Name Is Bill W. (1989) (TV) .... Bill Wilson # True Believer (1989) .... Edward 'Eddie' Dodd ... aka Fighting Justice # The Boost (1988) .... Lenny Brown # Cop (1988) .... Lloyd Hopkins # Best Seller (1987) .... Cleve # In Love and War (1987) (TV) .... James B. 'Jim' Stockdale # Promise (1986) (TV) .... D.J. # Salvador (1986) .... Richard Boyle # Badge of the Assassin (1985) (TV) .... Robert K. Tannenbaum, Assistant District Attorney # Joshua Then and Now (1985) .... Joshua Shapiro # Cat's Eye (1985) .... Richard 'Dick' Morrison (segment "Quitter's Inc.") ... aka Stephen King's Cat's Eye # Against All Odds (1984) .... Jake Wise # Once Upon a Time in America movie download page (1984) .... Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz ... aka C'era una volta in America (Italy) # Videodrome (1983) .... Max Renn ... aka Zonekiller (Canada: English title) # Split Image (1982) .... Charles Pratt ... aka Captured (Canada: English title) ... aka Envoûtement, L' (Canada: French title) # Fast-Walking (1982) .... Fast-Walking # Eyewitness (1981) .... Aldo Mercer ... aka The Janitor # "Young Maverick" - Dead Man's Hand: Part 2 (1980) TV Episode .... Lem Fraker - Dead Man's Hand: Part 1 (1979) TV Episode .... Lem Fraker # The Black Marble (1980) .... The Fiddler # The Onion Field (1979) .... Gregory Ulas Powell # And Your Name Is Jonah (1979) (TV) .... Danny Corelli # The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979) (TV) .... Sin Eater # The Gift of Love (1978) (TV) .... Alfred Browning # "Holocaust" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Karl Weiss # The Choirboys (1977) .... Harold Bloomguard # Raid on Entebbe (1977) (TV) .... Capt. Sammy Berg # "Police Story" - Thanksgiving (1976) TV Episode .... Lewis Packer # The Disappearance of Aimee (1976) (TV) .... Asst. Disty. Atty. Joseph Ryan # "Barnaby Jones" - Sins of Thy Father (1976) TV Episode .... Danny Reeves # Alex & the Gypsy (1976) .... Crainpool ... aka Love and Other Crimes # F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1976) (TV) .... Leonard 'Lenny' Schoenfeld # "Bert D'Angelo/Superstar" - Cops Who Sleep Together (1976) TV Episode # The Billion Dollar Bubble (1976) # Distance (1975) .... Larry # Foster and Laurie (1975) (TV) .... Walter the Addict # "The Rookies" - A Time to Mourn (1975) TV Episode .... Ted Ayres # "The Streets of San Francisco" - Trail of Terror (1975) TV Episode .... Doug # "Welcome Back, Kotter" - The Great Debate (1975) TV Episode .... Alex Welles # Night Moves (1975) .... Quentin # The Gambler (1974) .... Bank officer # "The Rockford Files" ... aka Jim Rockford, Private Investigator (USA: syndication title) - The Kirkoff Case (1974) TV Episode .... Larry Kirkoff # "Kojak" - Death Is Not a Passing Grade (1974) TV Episode .... Caz Mayer # The Way We Were (1973) .... Frankie McVeigh # A Great American Tragedy (1972) (TV) .... Rick # Footsteps (1972) (TV) .... Reporter ... aka Foosteps: Nice Guys Finish Last (USA) ... aka Nice Guys Finish Last # Hickey & Boggs (1972) .... Lieutenant Wyatt # The Visitors movie download page (1972) .... Bill Schmidt # All the Way Home (1971) (TV) .... Andrew Lynch # Out of It (1969) .... Policeman