James Woods Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has James Woods been in? This complete James Woods filmography lists 97 credited roles (74 films, 23 TV series), in chronological order from 1953 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

James Woods movies in order

• The Visitors (1972) as Bill Schmidt
• Hickey & Boggs (1972) as Lt. Wyatt
• The Way We Were (1973) as Frankie McVeigh
• The Gambler (1974) as Bank Officer
• Night Moves (1975) as Quentin
• Raid on Entebbe (1976) as Capt. Sammy Berg
• The Choirboys (1977) as Harold Bloomguard
• The Onion Field (1979) as Gregory Powell
• Eyewitness (1981) as Aldo Mercer
• Fast-Walking (1982) as Fast-Walking
• Split Image (1982) as Charles Pratt
• Videodrome (1983) as Max Renn
• Against All Odds (1984) as Jake Wise
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984) as Max
• Cat's Eye (1985) as Morrison
• Salvador (1986) as Richard Boyle
• Best Seller (1987) as Cleve
• Cop (1988) as Lloyd Hopkins
• The Boost (1988) as Lenny Brown
• True Believer (1989) as Eddie Dodd
• My Name Is Bill W. (1989) as Bill Wilson
• Immediate Family (1989) as Michael Spector
• The Hard Way (1991) as John Moss
• Straight Talk (1992) as Jack Russell
• Diggstown (1992) as Gabriel Caine
• Citizen Cohn (1992) as Roy Marcus Cohn
• Chaplin (1992) as Joseph Scott
• The Getaway (1994) as Jack Benyon
• The Specialist (1994) as Ned Trent
• Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) as Danny Davis
• Casino (1995) as Lester Diamond
• Nixon (1995) as H.R. Haldeman
• Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) as Carl Panzram
• Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) as Byron De La Beckwith
• Hercules (1997) as Hades (voice)
• Contact (1997) as Michael Kitz
• Vampires (1998) as Jack Crow
• Another Day in Paradise (1998) as Mel
• True Crime (1999) as Alan Mann
• The General's Daughter (1999) as Colonel Robert Moore
• Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) as Hades (voice) (archive sound)
• Any Given Sunday (1999) as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
• Play It to the Bone (1999) as James Woods (Ringside Fan)
• The Virgin Suicides (2000) as Mr. Lisbon
• The American Nightmare (2000) as Self
• Recess: School's Out (2001) as Dr. Phillium Benedict (voice)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) as General Hein (voice)
• Scary Movie 2 (2001) as Father McFeely
• Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) as Leonard Donofrio
• Race to Space (2001) as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
• John Q (2002) as Dr. Raymond Turner
• Stuart Little 2 (2002) as Falcon (voice)
• Mickey's House of Villains (2002) as Hades (voice)
• Northfork (2003) as Walter O'Brien
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) as Self
• This Girl's Life (2004) as Pops
• Pretty Persuasion (2005) as Hank Joyce
• Be Cool (2005) as Tommy Athens
• End Game (2006) as Agent Vaughn Stevens
• Surf's Up (2007) as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
• An American Carol (2008) as Todd Grosslight
• Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009) as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) as Owlman (voice)
• Straw Dogs (2011) as Tom Heddon
• Too Big to Fail (2011) as Dick Fuld
• Officer Down (2013) as Captain Verona
• Mary and Martha (2013) as Mary's Father
• White House Down (2013) as Walker
• Jobs (2013) as Jack Dudman
• Jamesy Boy (2014) as Lt. Falton
• Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) as Self (archive footage)
• Bling (2016) as Victor (voice)
• Once Upon a Studio (2023) as Hades (voice)
• Eddington (2025) as James Woods (uncredited)

James Woods TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• The Rookies (1972)
• The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
• Kojak (1973)
• Kojak (1973) as Caz
• The Rockford Files (1974) as Larry Kirkoff
• Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)
• Holocaust (1978) as Karl Weiss
• The Simpsons (1989) as James Woods (voice)
• Dream On (1990) as Dennis Youngblood
• ER (1994) as Dr. Nate Lennox
• Hercules (1998) as Hades (voice)
• Family Guy (1999) as James Woods (voice)
• Family Guy (1999) as James Woods as General Veers (voice)
• Family Guy (1999) as Family Guy James Woods / Simpsons James Woods (voice)
• Clerks (2000) as Major Baklava (voice)
• Disney's House of Mouse (2001) as Hades (voice)
• Entourage (2004) as James Woods
• Shark (2006) as Sebastian Stark
• Coma (2012) as Dr. Howard Stark
• Ray Donovan (2013) as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan
• Justice League Action (2016) as Lex Luthor / Repulse (voice)
• Justice League Action (2016) as Lex Luthor (voice)

Filmography data via TMDB, refreshed automatically as new roles are announced.