James Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah.
Being known as an actor/producer/director with intense eyes,
James Woods has been impressing audiences for over three decades
with his compelling performances.
Woods' first film role was in 1970 with ALL
THE WAY HOME. It took the James Wambaugh novel and Woods' cold
blooded performance as the cop killer in THE ONION FIELD in
1979 to show his acting skills and to get the attention he
needed to became a star.
Winning three Emmy Awards for his outstanding performances
in the telefilms PROMISE in 1986, as James Garner's schizophrenic
brother, and MY NAME IS BILL W in 1989, as the longtime drunk
who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous, and as notorious lawyer
Roy Cohn in the cable-TV movie CITIZEN COHN in 1992. In 1989
Woods scored a Best Actor Academy Award Nomination as abrasive
journalist Richard Boyle in Oliver Stone's gritty and unsettling
SALVADOR.
James Woods plays a character who works for Richard Nixon
in the movie NIXON (1995) and played one of a band of men
who wore Nixon masks when they robbed a police depository
in BEST SELLER (1987).
In 1997 Woods was engaged to actress Missy Crider, they met
when she played his daughter in the TV movie JANE'S HOUSE
in 1994. James Woods is ambidextrous - we see him use his
talent in THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999), when he is writing on
a chalkboard with both hands.
Woods has expanded his work to give a voice to some animated
characters HERCULES (1997), HOOVES OF FIRE (1999) and STUART
LITTLE 2 (2002). Also providing the voice of Carl, the straight-laced
rabbit in the pet store across the street from a rental station,
in a series of Blockbuster commercials.
On October 15, 1998 James Woods received his star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
James Woods' other notable credits include...
