James Woods

James Woods

April 18, 1947 · 79 years old

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…

Known For

54 titles
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Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023 · 3h 0m · Movie

A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.

8.3
2
Casino

Casino

1995 · 2h 58m · Movie

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

8.2
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Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America

1984 · 3h 49m · Movie

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

8.3
4
Contact

Contact

1997 · 2h 30m · Movie

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.

7.5
5
Hercules

Hercules

1997 · 1h 33m · Movie

The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.

7.3
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White House Down

White House Down

2013 · 2h 11m · Movie

While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of dangerous terrorists.

6.3
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Scary Movie 2

Scary Movie 2

2001 · 1h 23m · Movie

Four teens are tricked by a professor into visiting a haunted house for a school project.

5.4
8
The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides

2000 · 1h 37m · Movie

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.

7.2
9
John Q

John Q

2002 · 1h 56m · Movie

John Quincy Archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant.

7.1
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Any Given Sunday

Any Given Sunday

1999 · 2h 42m · Movie

A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.

6.9
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Videodrome

Videodrome

1983 · 1h 27m · Movie

A Toronto cable TV station co-owner who specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast titled "Videodrome."

7.2
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Surf's Up

Surf's Up

2007 · 1h 25m · Movie

A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.

6.7
13
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001 · 1h 46m · Movie

A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.

6.4
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Be Cool

Be Cool

2005 · 1h 58m · Movie

Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive on the way.

5.6
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The Specialist

The Specialist

1994 · 1h 50m · Movie

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

5.6
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The General's Daughter

The General's Daughter

1999 · 1h 56m · Movie

When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.

6.4
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Vampires

Vampires

1998 · 1h 48m · Movie

Recovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight.

6.1
18
Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2

2002 · 1h 17m · Movie

Stuart and Snowbell set out across town to rescue a friend.

5.5
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True Crime

True Crime

1999 · 2h 7m · Movie

Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?

6.6
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Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

2011 · 1h 50m · Movie

Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.

5.8
21
Nixon

Nixon

1995 · 3h 12m · Movie

A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.

7.0
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Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001 · 2h 12m · Movie

A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.

6.5
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Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye

1985 · 1h 34m · Movie

A stray cat guides us through each tale in this Stephen King-based anthology horror film.

6.3
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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010 · 1h 15m · Movie

A good version of Lex Luthor from a parallel Earth comes to the Justice League's dimension for help to fight their evil counterparts.

7.3
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Salvador

Salvador

1986 · 2h 2m · Movie

A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.

7.3
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The Hard Way

The Hard Way

1991 · 1h 51m · Movie

An action movie star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York City policeman, who finds him superficial and irritating.

6.4
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Night Moves

Night Moves

1975 · 1h 40m · Movie

Los Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister.

7.1
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Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

2011 · 1h 39m · Movie

Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

7.2
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The Getaway

The Getaway

1994 · 1h 55m · Movie

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.

5.8
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Against All Odds

Against All Odds

1984 · 2h 8m · Movie

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his estranged girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love and things get complicated.

5.9
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Hercules

Hercules

1998 · 30m · TV Show

This spin-off of Disney's Hercules (1997) follows Hercules' many labors during the years he spent training how to be a hero under the tutelage of satyr Philoctetes. Olympian Gods and Goddesses, as well as Hades and Pegasus, often ...

6.6
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Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion

2005 · 1h 44m · Movie

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

6.4
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An American Carol

An American Carol

2008 · 1h 23m · Movie

An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.

4.0
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Another Day in Paradise

Another Day in Paradise

1998 · 1h 41m · Movie

In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.

6.5
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Diggstown

Diggstown

1992 · 1h 38m · Movie

Gabriel's released from prison. His con man friend makes a foolish bet with Diggstown's owner on who'd win the boxing matches - their man against ten Diggstown men.

6.9
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Cop

Cop

1988 · 1h 50m · Movie

A Los Angeles detective meets a feminist poet during a murder case.

6.4