James Woods

James Woods is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and TV series over the past 40 years. He currently stars alongside Jeri Ryan on the CBS hit TV series Shark.

James Woods was born in Vernal, Utah on April 18, 1947. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island and went to Pilgrim High School. Because he was an army brat, he was to join the United States Air Force Academy to become a fighter pilot, but before this could ever come to be, Woods hand tendons got seriously injured in a plate glass window accident which meant he would not be accepted.

James Woods has had an acting career for more than 40 years, from TV shows to big-time films. He's known mostly for over-the-top and intense roles such as Gregory Ulas Powell in 1979's film The Onion Field, the voice of Hades in the Disney animated film Hercules: The Animated Series and as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz in the 1984 crime drama Once Upon a Time in America.

• June 2, 1972 Born
• 1979: The Onion Field
• 1983: Videodrome
• 1984: Once Upon a Time in America
• 1986: Salvador
• 1989: True Believer
• 1991: The Hard Way
• 1994: Curse of the Starving Class
• 1996: Ghosts of Mississippi
• 1998: Vampires
• 1999: The Virgin Suicides
• 1997: Hercules: The Animated Series
• 2003: Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
• 2003: Northfork
• 2006: Shark

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• June 2, 1972: Born

• 1979: The Onion Field

• 1983: Videodrome

• 1984: Once Upon a Time in America

• 1986: Salvador

• 1989: True Believer

• 1991: The Hard Way

• 1994: Curse of the Starving Class

• 1996: Ghosts of Mississippi

• 1998: Vampires

• 1999: The Virgin Suicides

• 1997: Hercules

• 2003: Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

• 2003: Northfork

• 2006: Shark