James Woods on screen and stage

Last updated November 07, 2025

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
1972	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
1976	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
1982	Split Image	Charles Pratt
1983	Videodrome	Max Renn
1984	Against All Odds	Jake Wise
	Once Upon a Time in America	Maximilian Bercovicz
	Terror in the Aisles	Max Renn	Archive footage
1985	Cat's Eye	Dick Morrison
1985	Joshua Then and Now	Joshua Shapiro
1986	Salvador	Richard Boyle
1987	Best Seller	Cleve
1988	Cop	Lloyd Hopkins	Also producer
1988	The Boost	Lenny Brown
1989	True Believer	Eddie Dodd
1989	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
1998	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
	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	Voice	^[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	Voice, direct-to-video	^[1]
2003	Northfork	Walter O'Brien	Also executive producer
2003	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
2011	Mia and the Migoo	Jojo-la-Frite	English dub	^[1]
2012	Officer Down	Captain Verona
2013	White House Down	Martin Walker
2013	Jobs	Dean Jack Dudman
2014	Jamesy Boy	Lt. Falton
2016	Bling	Victor	Voice	^[1]
2016	First Contact	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2023	Oppenheimer	—	Executive producer	^[2]^[3]
2023	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	Television film
1977	Family	Dr. Robert Styles	Episode: "An Eye to the Future"
1978	Holocaust	Karl Weiss	4 episodes
1978	The Gift of Love	Alfred Browning	Television film
1979	The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel	Sin Eater	Television film
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
1989	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"
1993	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^[4] Voice
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"
2006	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	^[5]
1970	Borstal Boy	Tom Meadows	Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	^[6]
1971	The Trial of the Catonsville Nine	David Darst	Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	^[7]
1972	Moonchildren	Bob Riffle	Royale Theatre, Broadway	^[8]
1973	Finishing Touches	Steve Cooper	Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	^[9]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	Hercules	Hades		^[10]^[1]
1998	Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy	Gar Hob		^[11]
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Hades		^[12]
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Mike Toreno		^[11]^[1]
2004	Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories	Hades		^[11]
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Hades		^[11]^[1]
2006	Scarface: The World Is Yours	George Sheffield		^[1]
2010	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep	Hades		^[13]
2014	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Cinematics			^[11]
2019	Kingdom Hearts III			^[14]
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	Hades

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "James Woods (visual voices guide)" (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.). Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
↑ 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.
↑ Sharf, Zack (July 26, 2024). "James Woods Says 'Oppenheimer' EP Credit Was Kept Quiet After It Was 'Suggested' His Pro-Trump Twitter Could Screw Up the Rollout: 'It Was Painful…I Took One for the Team'". Variety. Archived from the original on September 6, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
↑ "Founding Brothers (2002)". AllMovie . Archived from the original on November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
↑ "James Woods". Playbill . TotalTheater. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
↑ Barnes, Clive (April 1, 1970). "Theater: Borstal Boy". The New York Times . Retrieved June 21, 2017.
↑ "James Woods". Hollywood Walk of Fame . Retrieved June 21, 2017.
↑ Barnes, Clive (February 22, 1972). "Theater: Moonchildren". The New York Times . Retrieved June 21, 2017.
↑ Kerr, Jean (1973). Finishing Touches. United States: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. p. 3. ISBN 0822204002.
↑ "Disney's Hercules". IGN . Ziff Davis. July 3, 1999. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 "James Woods Games Profile". Metacritic . CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
↑ "Kingdom Hearts Details and Credits for Playstation 2". Metacritic . CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
↑ Fahey, Mike (May 17, 2010). "Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Dated, Detailed, And PSP Bundled". Kotaku . Univision Communications. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
↑ @RealJamesWoods (March 29, 2018). "No. I was playing a poker tournament and working on a new Kingdom of Hearts video game" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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[btva-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "James Woods (visual voices guide)" (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.). Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

[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] Sharf, Zack (July 26, 2024). "James Woods Says 'Oppenheimer' EP Credit Was Kept Quiet After It Was 'Suggested' His Pro-Trump Twitter Could Screw Up the Rollout: 'It Was Painful…I Took One for the Team'". Variety. Archived from the original on September 6, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2025.

[Founding_Brothers_(2002)-4] "Founding Brothers (2002)". AllMovie . Archived from the original on November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

[5] "James Woods". Playbill . TotalTheater. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

[6] Barnes, Clive (April 1, 1970). "Theater: Borstal Boy". The New York Times . Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[7] "James Woods". Hollywood Walk of Fame . Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[8] Barnes, Clive (February 22, 1972). "Theater: Moonchildren". The New York Times . Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[9] Kerr, Jean (1973). Finishing Touches. United States: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. p. 3. ISBN 0822204002.

[10] "Disney's Hercules". IGN . Ziff Davis. July 3, 1999. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[jamesgames-11] 1 2 3 4 5 "James Woods Games Profile". Metacritic . CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[12] "Kingdom Hearts Details and Credits for Playstation 2". Metacritic . CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[13] Fahey, Mike (May 17, 2010). "Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Dated, Detailed, And PSP Bundled". Kotaku . Univision Communications. Retrieved May 17, 2010.

[14] @RealJamesWoods (March 29, 2018). "No. I was playing a poker tournament and working on a new Kingdom of Hearts video game" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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