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James Woods Biography
Birth Name:
James Howard Woods
Birth Place:
Vernal, UT
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
04/18/1947, Aries
Profession:
Actor; producer
Whether playing a hero or a villain, Woods is a master at making sleaziness seem sexy, and vice versa. Armed with a skinny frame, craggy features and explosive energy, this charismatic player dropped out of MIT to pursue acting. Although he spent the '70s languishing in small roles, he broke through as a psychotic criminal in the harrowing 1979 drama
The Onion Field
. It was a testament to his talent that he got typecast as a big-screen baddy: a manipulative drug dealer in
Against All Odds
, an S-and-M-obsessed cable TV operator in
Videodrome
and a Jewish gangster in
Once Upon a Time in America
. He earned his first Oscar nod for
Salvador
, as a reckless American journalist caught up in the title country's civil unrest. Yet despite his critical accolades, Hollywood didn't view Woods as leading-man material in films, perhaps due to his unconventional looks and manic energy. So while he spent the next two decades turning in excellent supporting performances on the big screen — a hustler in
Diggstown
, Sharon Stone's lowlife ex in
Casino
, a key player in the Watergate scandal in
Nixon
, and an unrepentant racist killer in
Ghosts of Mississippi
, which earned him a second Academy Award nomination — he essayed larger and more diverse roles on the small screen. He won two Emmys in a pair of TV-movies opposite James Garner — as a schizophrenic in
Promise
and the cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous in
My Name Is Bill W. —
and he also played New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in an eponymous, post-9/11 telepic. Off screen, Woods' personal life seemed as intense as his roles. A twice-married ladies' man with an eye for pretty young things, he engaged in a very public war with Sean Young, his ex-girlfriend and costar in
The Boost
, whom he accused of harassment, and at age 59 dated 20-year-old starlet Ashley Madison, the daughter of one of his golfing buddies. He also claimed to have encountered two of the 9/11 hijackers on a flight in August of 2001. In 2006, Woods took on his first series-regular role as a crusading defense lawyer in
Shark
.
James Woods Fast Facts:
Said he scored a near-perfect 1579 on his SATs.
Fired his longtime agent for not informing him that director Quentin Tarantino wanted Woods for the lead in 1992's
Reservoir Dogs
.
Was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1998.
Made the final table of the World Poker Tour championship in 2004.
The local school on
Family Guy
is named James Woods Memorial High School; Woods voiced himself in a 2005 episode of the animated sitcom.
James Woods Relationships:
Gail Woods - Father
Heather Graham - Ex-significant Other
Julie Wright - Ex-significant Other
Kathryn Morrison - Ex-wife
Martha Dixon - Mother
Michael Woods - Brother
Missy Crider - Ex-fiancée
Sarah Owen - Ex-wife
Sean Young - Ex-significant Other
James Woods Awards:
2006 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
2003 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1987 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Winner
1989 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Winner
1993 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
1995 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
1987 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Winner
1988 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1996 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1997 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1986 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
1996 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
2001 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1989 Emmy: Outstanding Performance in Informational Programming - Nominee
1980 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1997 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
College:
Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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