James Woods

Also Credited As:

James Howard Woods
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Biography

Possessing a keen intellect and formidable IQ, Woods initially studied political science before turning to theater fulltime in 1969. He turned in impressive performances on the stages of Broadway, followed by small roles in film and on television before gaining notoriety alongside Meryl Streep in the miniseries "Holocaust" (NBC, 1978). His uncompromising performance as an unrepentant killer in "The Onion Field" (1979) only solidified his …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Writer

Born

April 18, 1947

LATEST CREDITS

The Summer of Ben Tyler

Temple Rayburn

Fast Walking

Fast-Walking Miniver

This Girl's Life

Pops

Cop

Lloyd Hopkins

Badge of the Assassin

Robert K Tannenbaum

Joshua Then and Now

Joshua Shapiro

Crimes of Passion

Host

Northfork

Walter O'Brien

Salvador

Richard Boyle

Dirty Pictures

Dennis Barrie

The Boys

Walter Farmer

My Name Is Bill W.

Bill Wilson

Race To Space

Dr Wilhelm Von Huber

The 12th Annual ACE Awards

Host

The Onion Field

Gregory Powell

The Virgin Suicides

Mr Lisbon

True Believer

Eddie Dodd

Citizen Cohn

Roy Cohn

Diggstown

Gabriel Caine

The Road to Rapture

Narration

Another Day in Paradise

Mel

The Boost

Lenny Brown

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Carl Panzram

Moments in Time

Narrator (Valley Forge )

Videodrome

Max Renn