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James Woods | |
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 Woods in 2015 | |
| Born | James Howard Woods April 18, 1947 Vernal, Utah, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (left shortly before graduation to pursue acting[1]) |
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| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouses | Kathryn Morrison
(m. 1980; div. 1983)Sarah Owen
(m. 1989; div. 1990)Sara Miller-Woods (m. 2021) |
James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor. Known for fast-talking intense roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He started his career in minor roles on and off-Broadway before making his Broadway debut in The Penny Wars (1969), followed by Borstal Boy (1970), The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971), and Moonchildren (1972).[4] Woods' early film roles include in The Visitors (1972), The Way We Were (1973) and Night Moves (1975). He starred in the NBC miniseries Holocaust (1978) opposite Meryl Streep.
He rose to prominence portraying Gregory Powell in The Onion Field (1979). He earned two Academy Awards nominations: one for Best Actor for his role as journalist Richard Boyle in Salvador (1986) and for Best Supporting Actor for playing white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). Notable film roles include in Videodrome (1983), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Hard Way (1991), Chaplin (1992), Nixon (1995), Casino (1995), Contact (1997), Vampires (1998), Another Day in Paradise (1998), Any Given Sunday (1999), and The Virgin Suicides (1999). He served as an executive producer on the Christopher Nolan biographical drama film Oppenheimer (2023).
For his television roles, he is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying as D.J. in the CBS movie Promise (1987) and Bill W. in the ABC film My Name Is Bill W. (1989). He has also played Roy Cohn in Citizen Cohn (1992) and Dick Fuld in Too Big to Fail (2011).[5] He starred in the CBS legal series Shark (2006-2008), and had a recurring role in the Showtime crime series Ray Donovan (2013). He has voiced roles for Hercules (1997), Recess: School's Out (2001), Stuart Little 2 (2002), and Surf's Up (2007), as well as voicing himself several times on both The Simpsons and Family Guy (2005–present).
- ^ Zad, Martie (April 30, 2000). "James Woods Fled MIT for Acting". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ "James Woods (@realjameswoods) • Instagram photos and videos". Instagram.com. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
- ^ "Sara Miller-Woods (@millerita) • Instagram photos and videos". Instagram.com. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
- ^ "The Trial of Catonsville Nine - Broadway Original Cast". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ "James Woods on Too Big to Fail". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2020.