James Woods
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James Woods

Born 18 April 1947 · Vernal, Utah, USA
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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.

Known for

The Simpsons
Hercules
Casino
Once Upon a Time in America
Scary Movie 2
White House Down
Contact
Family Guy
The Virgin Suicides
Surf's Up
John Q
Jobs
Once Upon a Studio
Bling
First Contact
Jamesy Boy
Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy
Officer Down
Jobs
White House Down
Mary and Martha
Straw Dogs
Too Big to Fail
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
And Then There Were Fewer
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
An American Carol
Surf's Up
End Game
Free as a Dog
Be Cool
Ark
Buddy
Pretty Persuasion
This Girl's Life
The Easter Egg Adventure
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Northfork
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Stuart Little 2
Mickey's House of Villains
John Q
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Scary Movie 2
Race to Space
Riding in Cars with Boys
Recess: School's Out
The Virgin Suicides
Dirty Pictures
Sensational Cities: New York
The General's Daughter
True Crime
Play It to the Bone
Any Given Sunday
Vampires
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
Another Day in Paradise
Contact
Hercules
Kicked in the Head
Ghosts of Mississippi
Killer: A Journal of Murder
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Casino
Nixon
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
For Better or Worse
The Getaway
The Specialist
Next Door
Curse of the Starving Class
Jane's House
Chaplin
Straight Talk
Diggstown
Citizen Cohn
The Hard Way
The Boys
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
True Believer
My Name Is Bill W.
Immediate Family
Cop
The Boost
Best Seller
In Love and War
Salvador
Promise
Cat's Eye
Joshua Then and Now
Badge of the Assassin
Once Upon a Time in America
Against All Odds
Videodrome
Fast-Walking
Split Image
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Eyewitness
The Black Marble
The Onion Field
...And Your Name Is Jonah
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
The Gift of Love
The Billion Dollar Bubble
The Choirboys
Alex & the Gypsy
The Disappearance of Aimee
Raid on Entebbe
Night Moves
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Distance
Foster & Laurie
The Gambler
The Way We Were
Footsteps
Hickey & Boggs
The Visitors
A Great American Tragedy
All the Way Home
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