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.
Awards & recognition
- Daytime Emmy Award · 2000
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1998
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award · 1996
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1989
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1987
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- Theatre World Award · 1972
- Clarence Derwent Awards
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1987 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Studio
Oppenheimer
Casino
The Simpsons
ER
King of Cool
The Rockford Files
Ray Donovan
Hercules
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Entourage
Family Guy
Contact
Chaplin
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Mickey's House of Villains
Welcome Back, Kotter
Justice League Action
First Contact
Clerks
Videodrome
Kojak
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
John Q
The Virgin Suicides
Too Big to Fail
The Easter Egg Adventure
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Dream On
Salvador
Police Story
The Way We Were
The Streets of San Francisco
Hercules
Nixon
Saturday Night Live
The Rookies
Any Given Sunday
The Summer of Ben Tyler
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Shark
Riding in Cars with Boys
Cat's Eye
The Gift of Love
Night Moves
The Gambler
Recess: School's Out
Ghosts of Mississippi