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Acting

James Woods

Career: Active from 1971 to 2016, busiest in 1994 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 60
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Once Upon a Time in America
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 103 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Woods Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 7
Gritty Realism 7
Moral Ambiguity 7
Crime Thriller 6
Character Study 5
Psychological Drama 5
Character-Driven 5
Political Intrigue 4
Crime Drama 3
Moral Dilemma 3
Biographical Drama 3
Suspenseful 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

138

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

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1 title

O Pequeno Stuart Little 2

as Falcon (voice)

2020s

3 titles · average score 78

Eddington

65

as James Woods (uncredited)

Oppenheimer

87

Executive Producer

Once Upon a Studio

83

as Hades (voice)

2010s

16 titles · average score 58

First Contact

67

as Narrator

Bling

32

as Victor (voice)

Justice League Action

73

TV show · as Lex Luthor (voice) / Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)

Jamesy Boy

44

as Lt. Falton

White House Down

56

as Walker

Officer Down

48

as Captain Verona

Ray Donovan

76

TV show · as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan

Mary and Martha

60

as Mary's Father

Coma

58

TV show · as Dr. Howard Stark

Too Big to Fail

74

as Dick Fuld

Straw Dogs

48

as Tom Heddon

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

71

as Owlman (voice)

2000s

30 titles · average score 57

Surf's Up

70

as Reggie Belafonte (voice)

Shark

60

TV show · as Sebastian Stark

End Game

42

as Agent Vaughn Stevens

Ark

57

as Jallak (voice)

This Girl's Life

47

as Pops

Northfork

55

as Walter O'Brien

John Q

49

as Dr. Raymond Turner

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

51

as General Hein (voice)

Riding in Cars with Boys

57

as Leonard Donofrio

Race to Space

61

as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber

The Virgin Suicides

77

as Mr. Lisbon

Founding Fathers

TV show · as John Adams (voice)

1990s

38 titles · average score 57

Vampires

50

as Jack Crow

Hercules

67

TV show · as Hades (voice)

Another Day in Paradise

60

as Mel

Contact

71

as Michael Kitz

Hercules

77

as Hades (voice)

Ghosts of Mississippi

48

as Byron De La Beckwith

Casino

79

as Lester Diamond

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

74

as Danny Davis

The Specialist

29

as Ned Trent

Diggstown

66

as Gabriel Caine

Straight Talk

50

as Jack Russell

The Hard Way

63

as John Moss

1980s

21 titles · average score 62

True Believer

64

as Eddie Dodd

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as James Woods (voice)

My Name Is Bill W.

71

as Bill Wilson

Immediate Family

56

as Michael Spector

Cop

71

as Lloyd Hopkins

The Boost

47

as Lenny Brown

Best Seller

64

as Cleve

Salvador

77

as Richard Boyle

Cat's Eye

66

as Morrison

Once Upon a Time in America

83

as Max

Against All Odds

54

as Jake Wise

Videodrome

72

as Max Renn

1970s

28 titles · average score 64

The Onion Field

60

as Gregory Powell

...And Your Name Is Jonah

74

as Danny Corelli

The Billion Dollar Bubble

as Art Lewis

The Gift of Love

73

as Alfred Browning

Alex & the Gypsy

49

as Crainpool

The Disappearance of Aimee

79

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph Ryan

Distance

as Larry Vincent

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Larry Kirkoff

Kojak

72

TV show · as Caz

The Visitors

52

as Bill Schmidt

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show

The Rookies

46

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Andrew Lynch / Temple Rayburn