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James Woods is an American actor, producer, and director. He has been in the entertainment industry for over four decades and has appeared in over 120 films. He is best known for his roles in films such as Videodrome (1983), The Onion Field (1979), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and Casino (1995). Woods was born on April 18, 1947, in Vernal, Utah. He attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 with a degree in political science. Woods began his acting career in the 1970s, appearing in television series such as The Rockford Files and Kojak. He made his film debut in the 1979 drama The Onion Field. He went on to appear in films such as Videodrome (1983), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and Casino (1995). Woods has won two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and an Academy Award nomination for his performance in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). He has also been nominated for two Academy Awards for his roles in Salvador (1986) and Nixon (1995). As of 2021, James Woods’ net worth is estimated to be roughly $20 million.

Popular As James Howard Woods
Occupation actor,producer,soundtrack
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 18 April 1947
Birthday 18 April
Birthplace Vernal, Utah, U.S.
Nationality UT

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James Woods Height, Weight & Measurements

At 76 years old, James Woods height is 5' 11" (1.8 m) .

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Who Is James Woods's Wife?

His wife is Kathryn Morrison (m. 1980-1983) Sarah Owen (m. 1989-1990) Sara Miller-Woods (m. 2021)

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Wife Kathryn Morrison (m. 1980-1983) Sarah Owen (m. 1989-1990) Sara Miller-Woods (m. 2021)
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James Woods Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is James Woods worth at the age of 76 years old? James Woods’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from UT. We have estimated James Woods's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Northfork (2003)$5,000

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Timeline

2013

As of 2013, his two Oscar nominated performances were for his portrayals on real life characters: Richard Boyle in Salvador (1986) and Byron de la Beckwith in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).

2001

2001: While on a commercial flight from Boston to Los Angeles in August, he noticed a group of men acting suspiciously on the plane and informed a flight attendant that he felt they were planning to hijack the plane. He has thus been in several interviews with FBI agents since the September 11 attacks.

1999

Is ambidextrous (as seen in The Virgin Suicides (1999), writes on chalkboard with both hands).

1998

Received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 15, 1998.

1997

Not to be typecast solely as hostile hoodlums, Woods has further expanded his range to encompass providing voice-overs for animated productions including Hercules (1997), Hooves of Fire (1999), and Stuart Little 2 (2002).

1995

Woods was equally impressive as sneaky hustler Lester Diamond who cons Sharon Stone in Casino (1995), made a tremendous H. R.

Haldeman in Nixon (1995), portrayed serial killer Carl Panzram in Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995), and then as accused civil rights assassin Byron de la Beckwith in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).

1993

Quit smoking cigarettes in 1993. Played as a man trying to break the habit using drastic, preventive measures in Stephen King's Cat's Eye (1985).

1992

Fired his agent for not telling him of Quentin Tarantino's offer to star as Mr. Orange/Freddie in Reservoir Dogs (1992).

1990

The decade of the 1990s started off strongly with high praise for his role as Roy Cohn in the television production of Citizen Cohn (1992).

1988

He and his then fiancée filed a $2 million suit for harassment against his ex-girlfriend Sean Young in 1988, alleging that, for instance, Young left a disfigured doll on his doorstep and trampled the couple's expensive flower bed. The case was settled out of court in 1989.

1983

-station owner in David Cronenberg's mind-bending and prophetic Videodrome (1983), as gangster Max Bercovicz in Sergio Leones mammoth epic Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and scored a best actor Academy Award nomination as abrasive journalist Richard Boyle in Oliver Stone's gritty and unsettling Salvador (1986). There seemed to be no stopping the rise of this star as he continued to amaze movie-goers with his remarkable versatility and his ability to create such intense, memorable characters.

1980

Woods quickly followed up with another role in another Joseph Wambaugh film adaptation, The Black Marble (1980), as a sleazy and unstable cable-T. V.

1979

However, it was Woods' cold-blooded performance as the cop killer in The Onion Field (1979), based on a Joseph Wambaugh novel, that seized the attention of movie-goers to his on-screen power.

1974

Got his third television role, as Caz in Kojak: Death Is Not a Passing Grade (1974), after Richard Dreyfuss and Martin Sheen had turned it down.

1971

After appearing in a handful of New York City theater productions, Woods scored his first film role in All the Way Home (1971) and followed that up with meager supporting roles in The Way We Were (1973) and The Choirboys (1977).

1967

James earned a scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; dropping out during his sophomore year in 1967, he then headed off to New York with his fraternity brother Martin Donovan to pursue aspirations to appear on the stage.

1965

He graduated from Pilgrim High School in 1965, near the top of his class.

1947

James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U. S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather Thomas E. Dixon.