James Woods Add to My Celebs Age 65 Birthday Apr. 18th, 1947 Born in Vernal, Utah, USA Height 6' 0"

James Woods' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Shark Sebastian S… Disney's Hercules Hades Fallen Angels Mickey Cohen

Main Movie Roles 2008 - An American Carol 2007 - Surf's Up 2006 - End Game 2005 - Pretty Persuasion 2005 - Be Cool 2003 - This Girl's Life 2003 - Northfork 2002 - John Q 2002 - Stuart Little 2 2001 - Scary Movie 2 2001 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 - Recess: School's Out 2001 - Riding in Cars with Boys 1999 - Any Given Sunday 1999 - The General's Daughter 1999 - True Crime 1999 - The Virgin Suicides 1998 - Another Day in Paradise 1998 - Vampires 1997 - Contact 1997 - Hercules 1996 - Ghosts of Mississippi 1995 - Nixon 1995 - Casino 1994 - The Specialist 1992 - Chaplin 1992 - Diggstown 1992 - Straight Talk 1991 - The Hard Way 1989 - True Believer 1988 - Cop 1987 - Best Seller 1986 - Salvador 1985 - Cat's Eye 1984 - Against All Odds 1984 - Terror in the Aisles 1984 - Once Upon a Time in America 1983 - Videodrome 1982 - Fast-Walking 1981 - Eyewitness 1979 - The Onion Field 1975 - Night Moves 1974 - The Gambler 1973 - The Way We Were

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:

• 1997: Was engaged to actress 'Missy Crider' (qv); they met when she played his daughter in the TV movie _Jane's House (1994) (TV)_ (qv).
• Majored in Political Science at M.I.T.
• Is ambidextrous (as seen in _The Virgin Suicides (1999)_ (qv), writes on chalkboard with both hands).
• Writes with his right hand mostly but does pretty much everything else with his left.
• Quit smoking cigarettes in 1993. Played as a man trying to break the habit using drastic, preventive measures in 'Stephen King (I)' (qv)'s _Cat's Eye (1985)_ (qv).
• 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.
• 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).
• Referred to composer 'Howard Shore' (qv) as the 'Bernard Herrmann' (qv) of the synthesizer.

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