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James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for starring in films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, and Hercules, as well as in the television legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and earned two Academy Award nominations. He started his career in minor roles on and off-Broadway before making his Broadway debut in The Penny Wars (1969), followed by Borstal Boy (1970), The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971) and Moonchildren (1972). Woods' early film roles include The Visitors (1972), The Way We Were (1973) and The Gambler (1974). He starred in the NBC miniseries Holocaust (1978) opposite Meryl Streep. He rose to prominence portraying Gregory Powell in The Onion Field (1979). He earned two Academy Awards nominations: one for Best Actor for his role as journalist Richard Boyle in Salvador (1986) and for Best Supporting Actor for playing white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). Notable film roles include Videodrome (1983), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Immediate Family (1989), The Hard Way (1991), Chaplin (1992), The Specialist (1994), Casino (1995), Contact (1997), Another Day in Paradise (1998), The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Jobs (2013). He served as an executive producer on Christopher Nolan's biographical drama film Oppenheimer (2023). For his television roles, he is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying as D.J. in the CBS movie Promise (1987) and Bill W. in the ABC film My Name Is Bill W. (1989). He has also played Roy Cohn in Citizen Cohn (1992) and Dick Fuld in Too Big to Fail (2011). He starred in the CBS legal series Shark (2006–2008), and had a recurring role in the Showtime crime series Ray Donovan (2013). He has voiced roles for Hercules (1997), Recess: School's Out (2001), Stuart Little 2 (2002), the videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) and Surf's Up (2007), as well as voicing himself once in The Simpsons (1993), and several times in Family Guy (2005–2016).
Gods is a 2022 American semi-biographical thriller film produced, co-written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Anne Hathaway in the main role, alongside Olga Kurylenko, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Hudson, John Turturro, Pedro Pascal, and Michael Douglas as Bill Clinton. The film is partly based on true events and follows the exploits of Chloe Miller, the fictional Republican governor of North Carolina who battles the Democratic party during the aftermath of the downfall of their leader, Nancy Pelosi; to prevent the Democrats from succeeding in their corrupt plans, she seeks help from her friends, including former first lady Melania Trump, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, and former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard. It also stars William Baldwin, Denzel Washington, Kiernan Shipka, Diane Keaton, Robert Patrick, Vivica A. Fox, Richard Gere, Alec Baldwin, and James Woods. Gods was released on November 27th. Despite low expectations, it was a large financial success, grossing $2.250 billion and became Shyamalan's highest-grossing film to-date. The film was met with universal acclaim and was praised for its visual style, cinematography, direction, performances (particularly Hathaway and Kurylenko), ending, score, and emotional weight. It was also commended for its portrayal of the conflict between the Republicans and Democrats, noting their different visions of a peaceful society.
