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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).
"The Grand Adventure" tells the story of how Mickey, Donald, and Goofy first met. While we often see them together as best friends, the origins of their friendship have always been a mystery. In this film, Mickey is the apprentice of Master Yen Sid. Because of this relationship, Mickey is unable to leave his master's domain until he completes his training. As a result, he has never experienced the outside world or made any real friends. One day, while accidentally conjuring a spell using Yen Sid's magic hat, Mickey finds himself transported to a whole new world, where he is quickly embraced by music and dance. However, Mickey soon discovers that not everything is joyful; an attack from mysterious forces disrupts his celebration. It is here that Mickey learns of a prophecy foretelling that he must prevent the return of a former evil ruler who is imprisoned within Bald Mountain. Determined to take on this dangerous quest, Mickey meets many friends who will help him understand the values of love, friendship, and hope. However, he will also have to confront the forces of evil, as a group of Disney villains seeks to stop him and find the key to locating Bald Mountain, intending to release their former master from his hidden prison and plunge the land back into darkness and chaos.
