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James Woods
James Howard Woods is an American actor. Known for fast-talking, intense roles on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He started his career in minor roles on and off-Broadway before making his Broadway debut in The Penny Wars (1969), followed b…
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Born 18 April 1947 · Q193105
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2026· 4 entries
Public attention spiked: 13,007 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 3,295, with 1 article edits.
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Woods posted a graphic on his X account which read: Diversity is code for white extinction
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Lead Stories rated the claim “James Woods calls President Trump "most treacherous and truly worthless Republican leader in the history of the party"” Diff GOP Guy.
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2024· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Actor James Woods left Hollywood to join Mel Gibson’s new “anti-woke” production studio.” Labeled Satire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““James Woods leaves Hollywood to join Mel Gibson’s new non-woke film studio.”” False.
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Released the album “Hear The Thunder Crack”, where he wrote all the lyrics and words, while Shooter Jennings created and performed the music
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2023· 2 entries
USA Today rated the claim “James Woods warned the FBI about the Sept. 11 attacks a month ahead of time” False.
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Woods has strongly criticized Hamas for "savage terrorism"
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2022· 1 entry
Analysis conducted by researchers with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public and the Krebs-Stamos Group found Woods was the top purveyor of election misinformation on Twitter during late 2020
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2020· 1 entry
“s release of the Twitter Files. Journalist Matt Taibbi reported that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had requested that a tweet made by Woods, related to Hunter Biden, be removed from Twitter. Critics of Woods defended Twitter”
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2018· 2 entries
The Gersh Agency notified Woods by email that they would no longer represent him
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Woods turned his Twitter feed into a bulletin board for missing evacuees of the California wildfires, and was credited with saving lives and helping to reunite missing loved ones and pets with their families
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2017· 4 entries
A Twitter debate between Woods and Amber Tamblyn escalated after Tamblyn accused Woods of inviting her to Las Vegas when she was underage, a claim Woods dismissed as a lie
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The same month, actress Katie Aselton said that she also had "a James Woods story" from when she was 19 years old, asking "how many of us are there?" In November 2017, actress Elizabeth Perkins, at a #MeToo rally, accused Woods of sexual misconduct.
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Woods appeared at the Writers Guild of America Awards to honor his friend Oliver Stone, with whom he had collaborated three times (Salvador, Nixon, and Any Given Sunday), who was receiving the lifetime achievement award
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Shortly before the Abe List litigation was resolved, Portia Boulger sued Woods for misidentifying her as a Nazi in an allegedly libelous tweet
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2016· 1 entry
Claimed: “The "Dallas Cowboys can’t put a sticker on their helmets for the 5 police officers who were killed."” — rated True by PolitiFact.
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2014· 1 entry
Woods joined Robert De Niro for an anniversary screening of Once Upon a Time in America (1984) at the 52nd New York Film Festival at Film Society at Lincoln Center
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2013· 1 entry
Woods joined Showtime's critically acclaimed series Ray Donovan in a recurring role as Patrick "Sully" Sullivan also starring Liev Schreiber, and Jon Voight
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2012· 2 entries
Woods attended an anniversary screening of a restored cut of Once Upon a Time in America (1984) at the 65th Cannes Film Festival
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Woods appeared in the limited series Coma alongside Geena Davis, Richard Dreyfuss, and Ellen Burstyn
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2011· 1 entry
Woods starred in the HBO television drama film Too Big to Fail based on the 2009 book of the same name by Andrew Ross Sorkin
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2007· 1 entry
Woods voiced the role of Reggie Belafonte, a short-tempered sea otter, in the Sony Pictures Animation film, Surf's Up
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2006· 1 entry
Woods' younger brother, Michael Jeffrey Woods, died from cardiac arrest at the age of 49
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2004· 1 entry
For the American Stroke Association charity
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2001· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor James Woods said he observed and reported four suspicious men possibly making a hijacking trial run on an airline flight before the 9/11 attacks.” True.
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Woods alleged noticing four men near him acting suspiciously on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Daytime Emmy Award (2000).
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For his work in season 2), as well as in House of Mouse (2001–2003), the Kingdom Hearts video game series, Disney Speedstorm (2023), and Once Upon a Studio (2023)
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1999· 1 entry
Commenting that "every single Democrat without exception stood behind a convicted perjurer
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1998· 2 entries
Woods was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a star at 7021 Hollywood Blvd
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Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1998).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996).
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1992· 1 entry
Woods dated Heather Graham, his co-star in the film Diggstown
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1989· 5 entries
Woods hosted Saturday Night Live with Don Henley as the musical guest
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for My Name Is Bill W. (1989).
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Woods acted in the courtroom drama True Believer with Robert Downey Jr
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Woods won his second Primetime Emmy Award, for his role as the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W
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Married 26-year-old equestrian and boutique owner Sarah Owen, but they divorced four months later
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1988· 2 entries
Woods portrayed a man struggling with cocaine addiction in The Boost
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Woods sued actress Sean Young for $2 million, accusing her of stalking him after they appeared together in the film The Boost
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Promise (1987).
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Woods won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as a disabled man in the made-for-television film Promise (1986)
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1980· 1 entry
Woods married costume designer Kathryn Morrison-Pahoa
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1973· 1 entry
To portray Steven Cooper in the original production of Jean Kerr's Finishing Touches at the Plymouth Theatre
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1972· 2 entries
Awarded Theatre World Award (1972).
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Woods won a Theatre World Award for his performance
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1971· 1 entry
Played Bob Rettie in the American premiere of Michael Weller's Moonchildren at the Arena Stage in Washington, D
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1969· 1 entry
One semester before graduating, to pursue an acting career
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1947· 2 entries
Born 1947-04-18.
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In Vernal, Utah, the elder of two brothers
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