James Woods Filmography

Surf's Up

Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder

Synopsis: A surfing penguin currently riding the wave of success enters his first professional competition in a computer animated family-oriented comedy from directors Chris Buck and Ash Brannon. Cody Maverick (Shia LeBeouf) may be a relative amateur when it comes to hanging ten, but he's sure he has what Read More

Shark: Season 02

Actors: James Woods, Jeri Ryan, Sam Page, Sophina Brown, Sarah Carter, Danielle Panabaker

Entourage: Aquamom

Shark: Season 01

Actors: James Woods, Jeri Ryan, Sam Page, Sophina Brown, Sarah Carter, Danielle Panabaker, Alexis Cruz

Pretty Persuasion

Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, James Woods, Elisabeth Harnois, Jane Krakowski, Selma Blair

Synopsis: One of the "popular girls" decides to put her mean streak to work in this black comedy. Kimberly Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood) is an outwardly friendly but inwardly cold and manipulative teenager who attends an exclusive private school in Beverly Hills when she's not making fun of her twentysomething Read More

Be Cool

Actors: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, André Benjamin

Synopsis: Underworld hipster Chili Palmer is back in the entertainment business in this sequel to the 1995 hit Get Shorty, which like the first film is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard. Gangster-turned-movie producer Chili (once again played by John Travolta) has grown tired of the screen trade Read More

End Game

Synopsis: The president has been assassinated, and it's now up to the Secret Service agent who failed to act in time to save the Commander in Chief's life to solve the crime and get the gunman in a tense tale of political intrigue starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Burt Reynolds, and James Woods. Alex Thomas Read More

Family Guy: Peter's Got Woods

Synopsis: The title of this episode refers to actor James Woods, whom Peter Griffin befriends under unusual circumstances (what, exactly, would the USUAL circumstances be?). Before long, however, Peter regrets making the acquaintance of Woods, who refuses to leave the Griffin home despite all manner of Read More

Buddy

Synopsis: Vincent Albert Cianci Jr. -- better known by the nickname "Buddy" -- is a living legend in New England politics. A former prosecutor in the Rhode Island Attorney General's office, Buddy Cianci was elected mayor of Providence, Rhode Island in 1975, and remained in office until 1984; he was voted Read More

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Synopsis: The Z Channel wasn't America's first premium cable outlet specializing in feature films, and it wasn't the most commercially successful, but few, if any, had as strong an impact on the film industry or a more influential list of customers. Based in California and blanketing sections of the state Read More

This Girl's Life

Actors: James Woods, Juliette Marquis, Kip Pardue, Tomas Arana, Michael Rapaport

Synopsis: A slice-of-life view of modern morality filtered through the eyes of a young and down-to-earth porn star, writer/director Ash's character-driven drama offers a unique perspective of the adult film industry. Moon (Juliette Marquis) is one of the most popular adult film stars around, and she finds Read More

The Easter Egg Adventure

Synopsis: The family-friendly animated story The Easter Egg Adventure concerns the city of Egg Town. Egg Town is a place where animals of various kinds live in a tranquil, friendly existence. The tranquility and peace lasts until some nasty strangers known as Take-Its conspire to take the town's Easter Read More

Northfork

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: James Woods, Nick Nolte, Claire Forlani, Duel Farnes, Mark Polish

Synopsis: What was once a brave frontier town has become a haven for enlightened oddballs in this unusual drama from director Michael Polish, written in collaboration with his twin brother, Mark Polish. Northfork is a small town in Montana which, in 1955, is soon to disappear in the name of progress; a Read More

Ark

Synopsis: Two warring civilizations living on a doomed planet face certain destruction unless they can find a way to coexist and begin life anew in this computer-animated sci-fi epic featuring the voice of actor James Woods. As the planet Alcyone crumbles, a vast metropolis rests on the back of a gargantuan Read More

Moments in Time [TV Series]

Actors: James Woods

Synopsis: Breezily narrated by James Woods, this cable-TV documentary series recreated major and pivotal events in world history -- and not always in a respectful and reverent manner. The opening episode, "Valley Forge: The Crucible," setting the tone for all future installments, underlines the newly Read More

Stuart Little 2

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Melanie Griffith, James Woods, Nathan Lane

Synopsis: This sequel to a family hit based on the popular children's book by E.B. White again mixes live action actors with computer-animated cartoon characters. Michael J. Fox returns as the voice of Stuart Little, a three-inch tall talking mouse adopted by a human family in New York City. When his older Read More

John Q.

Actors: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Daniel E. Smith, Anne Heche

Synopsis: A national health care crisis in the United States yields this tense drama from screenwriter James Kearns and director Nick Cassavetes, who experienced a real-life dilemma with his daughter's congenital heart disease that mirrors the one in this film. Denzel Washington stars as John Q. Archibald Read More

Founding Brothers: A More Perfect Union, Part Two - Government

Founding Brothers: A More Perfect Union, Part One - Leadership

Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun

Actors: Cole Caplan, Kristin Bone, Catherine Disher, Adrian Truss, James Woods

Synopsis: Olie Polie is a little robot boy who lives on an all-robot world far away from Earth. As Olie, his family and friends prepare for his sister Zowie's birthday party, they don't know that their plans are going to be rudely interrupted by Gloomius Maximus, the evil villain who hates fun and happiness Read More

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Actors: Ben Stiller, Ardal O'Hanlon, Jane Horrocks, Britney Spears, Steve Coogan, Hugh Grant, Brad Garrett, Paul Whitehouse, Harry Enfield, Jerry Stiller

Race To Space

Synopsis: A chimp helps bring together a boy and his father -- as well as putting America in the lead of the space race -- in this drama, which was inspired by the true story of the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission in 1961. Dr. Wilhelm von Huber (James Woods) is a German expatriate scientist living in the United Read More

Mickey's House of Villains

Synopsis: When some of cartoonland's biggest bad guys show up to make trouble, it's up to Mickey Mouse and his pals to set things right in this direct-to-video animated adventure. Mickey (voice of Wayne Allwine) and his pals, including Donald Duck (voice of Tony Anselmo), Goofy (voice of Bill Farmer), and Read More

Daria: Is It College Yet?

Synopsis: This animated feature serves as the coda to the MTV series Daria, which spawned 65 half-hour episodes and one previous movie (Daria: Is It Fall Yet?) during its five-year run. It is wry teen misfit Daria Morgendorffer's senior year at Lawndale High -- time to figure out what university to attend. Read More

Founding Brothers: The Evolution of a Revolution, Part Four - Posterity

Founding Brothers: The Evolution of a Revolution, Part Three - Parties

Riding in Cars With Boys

Actors: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Lorraine Bracco, Sara Gilbert, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Synopsis: Penny Marshall directed this serio-comic story, based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, about a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly (Drew Barrymore) grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her Read More

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Actors: Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods

Synopsis: The first feature-length motion picture to use computer-generated imagery to create not only effects, props, and environments but also the human cast members themselves, this lavish science-fiction adventure follows closely on the heels of another video game-based film, Tomb Raider (2001). Ming-Na Read More

Scary Movie 2

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Chris Masterson

Synopsis: This sequel to a box-office sleeper hit that spoofed teen slasher flicks takes its cues from haunted house and possession films, particularly The Haunting (1999) and The Exorcist (1973). Although many of the first film's main characters were homicide victims, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Anna Read More

Recess the Movie: School's Out

Actors: Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Courtland Mead

Synopsis: Based on the popular animated children's program Disney's Recess, this full-length film focuses on the end of a school year, where young pupil T.J. Detweiler is looking ahead to having a wild, fun-packed summer vacation. T.J. stumbles upon a plot hatched by the villainous Dr. Benedict, a former Read More

The Real Untouchables, Vol. 3: Thomas E. Dewey

Synopsis: In this series, the team of incorruptible agents that brought Al Capone and others like him to justice are profiled, exposing the truth behind these legends. This episode examines the life and career of Thomas Dewey, the federal prosecutor who brought Lucky Luciano to heel. ~ Rob Ferrier, All Read More

The Real Untouchables, Vol. 1: Eliot Ness

Synopsis: Brought into the public consciousness through films like The Untouchables, the team of incorruptible agents that brought Al Capone and others like him to justice are profiled in this series. In this episode, the life and career of the leading Untouchable is examined, from his triumph in Capone's Read More

The Real Untouchables, Vol. 2: Melvin Purvis

Synopsis: In this series, the team of incorruptible agents that brought Al Capone and others like him to justice are profiled, exposing the truth behind these legends. In this episode, the life and career of Special Agent Melvin Purvis is examined. ~ Rob Ferrier, All Movie Guide Read More

The Virgin Suicides

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Josh Hartnett, Hanna R. Hall

Synopsis: A dark comedy punctuated by moments of drama, The Virgin Suicides explores the emotional underpinnings of a family starting to come apart at the seams in 1970's Midwestern America. The Lisbons seem like an ordinary enough family; Father (James Woods) teaches math at a high school in Michigan Read More

Founding Fathers: Rebels...With a Cause

Synopsis: This film is part one of a four-part series that looks at the human dimension of the events of the American Revolution. With re-enactments of key events, and through period artwork, the personal stories of the founding fathers are told. Voices are provided by actors including Burt Reynolds, James Read More

Dirty Pictures

Actors: James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Leon Pownall

Synopsis: Much attention was given to the Robert Mapplethorpe photographs that became the center of controversy when they were exhibited at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center in 1990, but less was known about Dennis Barrie, the museum director responsible for the exhibit. Barrie's obscenity trial and Read More

Sensational Cities: New York

Synopsis: A celebratory exploration of the world's most famous melting pot, Sensational Cities: New York realizes the depth of life amongst Manhattan's towering mountains and within the flowing streets of the valleys below. Development of Dutch colonial New Amsterdam into the British renamed New York Read More

The Directors: Robert Zemeckis

Synopsis: The American Film Institute's Directors: Robert Zemeckis profiles the Academy Award-winning director of blockbuster hits and critic's picks. The video chronicles Zemeckis progression from a teenager obsessed with making 8 mm movies to a hungry USC Film School student to a red-hot Hollywood Read More

Cheating Las Vegas

Synopsis: Cheating Las Vegas is a documentary that shows the lengths to which some dishonest people will go in order to beat the odds at the nation's biggest casinos. The days of counting cards have changed now that miniature computers and tiny communication devices allow for easier collaboration between Read More

Founding Fathers: You Say You Want a Revolution

Synopsis: This is the final episode in a four-part series on the story of the American Revolution and the men who made it happen. The film gets personal, providing insight into the background and character of each of the major players, from Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Jefferson to John Calhoun. They were Read More

Founding Fathers: Taking Liberties

Synopsis: This is another volume in the four-part series from The History Channel on the stories of the architects of the American Revolution. The documentary puts real faces on the men Americans call the "founding fathers." With re-enactments and period art, their stories are brought to life, with voices Read More

Founding Fathers: A Healthy Constitution

Synopsis: This film is an episode in the four-part series from the History Channel on the founding fathers. The documentary takes a distinctly humanistic approach to the subject. Rather than focusing on the events of the revolution, the film explores the personalities of the men behind them. The story takes Read More

Play It to the Bone

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich, Tom Sizemore, Lucy Liu

Synopsis: After covering baseball in Bull Durham, basketball in White Men Can't Jump. and golf in Tin Cup, writer, director, and obvious sports fan Ron Shelton takes on the world of boxing in this comedy. Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar Sota (Antonio Banderas) are close friends and aspiring Read More

Any Given Sunday

Actors: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Jamie Foxx

Synopsis: Oliver Stone takes on professional football, a sport whose grace and delicacy are a good match for his filmmaking style. Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino), the head coach of the Miami Sharks, won back-to-back championships four years ago. But new team owner Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) has little Read More

The General's Daughter

Actors: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Leslie Stefanson, Daniel Von Bargen, Clarence Williams III, James Woods

Synopsis: A murder on a military base unearths a netherworld of corruption in this thriller based on the novel by Nelson DeMille. General Joe Campbell (James Cromwell) is a respected military leader with a flawless reputation; he's due to retire from the Army soon and is headed for a Vice-Presidential Read More

True Crime

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary, Lisa Gay Hamilton, James Woods

Synopsis: Investigative reporter Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) has just relocated to the west coast after getting fired from the New York Times. Thanks to his old friend, Alan Mann (James Woods), the editor-in-chief of The Oakland Tribune, Everett still has a job, but that's hardly the end of his Read More

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

Actors: James Woods, Robbie Williams, Ardal O'Hanlon, Ben Stiller, Paul Whitehouse, Brad Garrett, Jane Horrocks, Britney Spears, Steve Coogan, Hugh Grant

Synopsis: Already a holiday favorite in Britain, Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire features the voice of comedian Ardal O'Hanlon as a plucky reindeer eager to become one of Santa's chosen sleigh-pullers. To achieve his goals, however, he has to overcome the slings and arrows of Blitzen, who feels Read More

Another Day In Paradise

Crew: Producer

Actors: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner, James Oris

Synopsis: Following the acclaim for his 1995 Kids debut, Larry Clark directed this drug-crime drama, set in the Midwest of the '70s. Teen junkie Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) shares an apartment with his girlfriend Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner) and pal Danny (Branden Williams). Bobbie is injured during an Read More

Vampires

Actors: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Tim Guinee, Maximilian Schell

Synopsis: John Carpenter directed this horror-western, adapted from the novel Vampire$ by John Steakley, illuminating the pivotal figure of fearless vampire killer Jack Crow (James Woods), who lost his parents to the creatures. In a remote New Mexico location, Crow and his team, protected with chain-mail Read More

Hercules

Actors: Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, James Woods

Synopsis: Disney's animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. The son of Greek gods Zeus (voice of Rip Torn) and Hera (Samantha Eggar), Hercules (voice of Josh Keaton) is stolen as a boy by the minions of Hades (voice of James Woods), lord of the underworld. Read More

Kicked in the Head

Actors: Kevin Corrigan, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Rapaport, James Woods, Burt Young

Synopsis: Director Matthew Harrison and star Kevin Corrigan co-wrote this offbeat comedy about a man trying to map out a future in the midst of a very confusing present. Redmond (Corrigan) is a self-styled poet and philosopher who frequently ponders his personal journey of self-discovery, which doesn't Read More

Contact

Actors: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt

Synopsis: The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) is a scientist who lost her faith in God after her parents died when she was a child. However, Ellie has learned to develop a different sort of faith in the Read More

National Geographic: America's Endangered Species - Don't Say Goodbye

Synopsis: America's most-threatened creatures are captured in this poignant and unforgettable portrait of animals losing their struggles with man. Join photographers Susan Middleton and David Liitschwager on their quest from the California Sierra to the deep South, and from the woods of North Carolina to Read More

For Better or Worse

Actors: Jason Alexander, Lolita Davidovich, James Woods, Joe Mantegna, Jay Mohr

Synopsis: This made-for-cable comedy centers on the romantic travails of Michael Makeshift (Jason Alexander), a schnook who just can't get over the fact that his girlfriend dumped him. To make matters worse, his gross and sloppy landlord is bugging him for long-overdue rent. Things for Michael's brother Read More

Ghosts of Mississippi

Actors: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, William H. Macy, Craig T. Nelson, Susanna Thompson, Bill Cobbs

Synopsis: This is a long-awaited film telling the story of the trials of Medgar Evers' killer. Medger Evers (James Pickens, Jr.) was a black civil-rights activist in Mississippi who was shot to death in 1963. Despite very persuasive evidence that Byron De La Beckwith (James Woods) was indeed his killer, the Read More

Summer of Ben Tyler

Actors: Elizabeth McGovern, James Woods

Synopsis: A man who acts upon his conscience opens a Pandora's box of racism and intolerance in this made-for-TV drama. Temple Rayburn (James Woods) is an attorney who lives and works in a small Southern community in the 1940s. When Rayburn and his wife Celia (Elizabeth McGovern) encounter a young man named Read More

Indictment: the McMartin Trial

Actors: James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl, Sada Thompson, Henry Thomas, Lolita Davidovich

Synopsis: Originally broadcast on HBO, Indictment: The McMartin Trial is a docudrama concerning the infamous McMartin child abuse case. In 1984, seven employees of Los Angeles' prestigious McMartin Preschool, including four members of the McMartin family, were arrested and charged with child abuse and Read More

Casino

Actors: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King

Synopsis: The inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in Martin Scorsese's story of crime and punishment. The film chronicles the lives and times of three characters: "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), a bookmaking wizard; Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), a Mafia underboss and longtime best friend Read More

Nixon

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins

Synopsis: Oliver Stone, the most outspokenly political American filmmaker of the 1980s and '90s, directs this epic-length biography of Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the U.S., who was re-elected by a landslide in 1972, only to resign in disgrace two years later. Taking a non-linear approach, Nixon Read More

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Actors: James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this psychological study concerns Henry Lesser (Robert Sean Leonard), a prison guard who witnesses the brutal beating of an inmate, Carl Panzram (James Woods), who attempted to escape. Lesser tries to befriend the convict, whom he senses has an intelligence that has gone Read More

The Specialist

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts

Synopsis: This over-the-top star vehicle for box office draws Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone went through a series of directors before landing in the hands of Luis Llosa. Stallone stars as Ray Quick, a former CIA bomb expert now retired in Miami after an operation against a South American drug lord Read More

The Getaway

Actors: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse

Synopsis: The Getaway, a remake of Sam Peckinpah's excellent escape thriller of the same name, adapted from a story by Jim Thompson, is the story of ill-fated romance on the run. Doc McCoy (Alec Baldwin) is released from a Mexican prison with the help of gangster Jack Benyon (James Woods) who wants Doc's Read More