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James Woods

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Biography

James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for starring in films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, and Hercules, as well as in the television legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and earned two Academy Award nominations.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Videodrome

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Virgin Suicides

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Once Upon a Time in America

As Max

Scary Movie 2

As Father McFeely

Contact

As Michael Kitz

Hercules

As Hades (voice)

Casino

As Lester Diamond

White House Down

As Walker

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Girlhood Reclaimed

From institutionalised rebellion to the raucous freedom of the last day of school, a chain of films that lets young women be messy, angry, and gloriously themse...

8 films

The Body's Unmaking

From Cronenberg's flesh to Claire Denis's restless bodies, these eight films chart a cinema of transformation that questions where the self ends and the body be...

8 films

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