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James Woods

Age: 62
Height: 6' 0"

Birth Place: Vernal, Utah, USA
Born: Apr. 18th, 1947

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James Woods' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Family Guy	James Woods
Shark	Sebastian Stark
Disney's Hercules	Hades

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

James Woods grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA, where he graduated from Pilgrim High School in 1965 near the top of his class. Afterwards, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He dropped out to pursue his acting career shortly before his scheduled graduation in 1969.

TRIVIA:

He was accepted into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a full scholarship, majoring not in the physical sciences but in political science. He also pursued acting, appearing in 36 plays at MIT, Harvard, and the Theater Company of Boston and also performed in summer stock at the Provincetown Playhouse. He dropped out of MIT during his last year to move to New York and pursue acting full-time.
Is good friends with 'Sharon Stone (I)' (qv) and told Cigar Aficionado in an interview that he considers her one of the smartest women in the movie business.
Majored in Political Science at M.I.T.
Member of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity.
Referred to composer 'Howard Shore' (qv) as the 'Bernard Herrmann' (qv) of the synthesizer.
He plays a character who works for 'Richard Nixon' (qv) in _Nixon (1995)_ (qv) and played one of a band of men who wore Nixon masks when they robbed a police depository in _Best Seller (1987)_ (qv).
Loves cooking and is an excellent chef.
The high school in the animated show _"Family Guy" (1999)_ (qv) was named after him (James Woods High School).