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TMCeMon, Nov 9, 1:15 PMThe Virgin SuicidesBuy
HBOSGeTue, Nov 10, 1:25 AMCasinoBuy
TMCeFri, Nov 13, 2:30 PMThe Virgin SuicidesBuy
ABCFAMSun, Nov 15, 9:30 AMStuart Little 2Buy
TCMTue, Nov 17, 4:30 AMStardust: The Bette Davis StoryBuy
TMCeTue, Nov 17, 11:00 AMThe Virgin SuicidesBuy
CARTOONTue, Nov 17, 11:30 PMFamily GuyBuy
TMCeWed, Nov 18, 1:45 AMThe Virgin SuicidesBuy
CARTOONWed, Nov 18, 3:30 AMFamily GuyBuy
AMCThu, Nov 19, 1:15 AMAny Given SundayBuy
MOMAXeThu, Nov 19, 7:00 AMRace to SpaceBuy
AMCThu, Nov 19, 1:45 PMAny Given SundayBuy
BIOFri, Nov 20, 10:00 AMBiographyBuy
BIOFri, Nov 20, 4:00 PMBiographyBuy
HBOSGeSat, Nov 21, 1:00 AMCasinoBuy
BIOSat, Nov 21, 4:00 AMBiographyBuy

James Woods Biography

James Woods
  • 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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