James Woods

James Howard Woods is an actor and producer, who is known for his work in theater, television, and film. He started his career in small roles on and off-Broadway. In 1972 he appeared in The Trial of the Catonsville Nine alongside Sam Waterston and Michael Moriarty on Broadway. In 1972 he won the Theatre World Award, for his performance in Moonchildren. In 1978, Woods made his television breakthrough alongside Meryl Streep playing her husband in the critically acclaimed four part miniseries Holocaust. The series went on the receive the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. In 1972, Woods made his film debut in Elia Kazan's The Visitors and continued to act on film in supporting roles in Sydney Pollack's The Way We Were (1973), and Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975).

In 1979, Woods gained acclaim for his leading role as Gregory Powell in the crime thriller The Onion Field. Critic Roger Ebert praised Woods in the film calling him "a special talent", and Woods received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance. Through the 1980s Woods appeared in films such as David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983), Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and Oliver Stone's Salvador (1986), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. Through the 1990's he played character roles in Richard Attenborough's Chaplin (1992), Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995), and Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995). In 1997, Woods received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance in Rob Reiner's Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) acting alongside Alec Baldwin and Whoopi Goldberg, playing white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith who shot civil rights leader Medgar Evars. Woods continued to act in supporting roles in Any Given Sunday (1999), Robert Zemeckis' Contact (1997), Clint Eastwood's True Crime, and Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999).

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James Howard Woods is an actor and producer, who is known for his work in theater, television, and film. He started his career in small roles on and off-Broadway. In 1972 he appeared in The Trial of the Catonsville Nine alongside Sam Waterston and Michael Moriarty on Broadway. In 1972 he won the Theatre World Award, for his performance in Moonchildren. In 1978, Woods made his television breakthrough alongside Meryl Streep playing her husband in the critically acclaimed four part miniseries Holocaust. The series went on the receive the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. In 1972, Woods made his film debut in Elia Kazan's The Visitors and continued to act on film in supporting roles in Sydney Pollack's The Way We Were (1973), and Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975).

In 1979, Woods gained acclaim for his leading role as Gregory Powell in the crime thriller The Onion Field. Critic Roger Ebert praised Woods in the film calling him "a special talent", and Woods received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance. Through the 1980s Woods appeared in films such as David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983), Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and Oliver Stone's Salvador (1986), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. Through the 1990's he played character roles in Richard Attenborough's Chaplin (1992), Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995), and Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995). In 1997, Woods received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance in Rob Reiner's Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) acting alongside Alec Baldwin and Whoopi Goldberg, playing white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith who shot civil rights leader Medgar Evars. Woods continued to act in supporting roles in Any Given Sunday (1999), Robert Zemeckis' Contact (1997), Clint Eastwood's True Crime, and Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999).

He is known for his roles in television films such as Bill W. in My Name is Bill W. (1989), Roy Cohn in Citizen Cohn (1992), and Rudy Giuliani in 'Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story. In 2011, he made a career resurgence as Dick Fuld in Too Big to Fail on HBO. His performance received both a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance. He is also known for his lead role in the CBS drama Shark (2006–2008), his guest appearances in Showtime's Ray Donovan (2013). He is also known for his voice roles as Hades in Disney's animated feature Hercules (1997), Stuart Little 2 (2002), and Surf's Up (2007) and for voice-acting as himself on various episodes of Family Guy and The Simpsons.

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