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James Woods was born in Vernal, Utah in 1947.
Rumoured to have a brain the size of a planet, James Woods studied political
science at M.I.T, but left to start his acting career. Woods made his film
debut in 'The Visitors' directed by Elia Kazan in 1972.
Although consistently employed in the 70s, many argue that his breakthrough
came in 'The Onion Field' in 1979.
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One year later, Jennifer co-starred with Robin Williams in the box-office
James Woods was sensational in the brilliant film 'Salvador' directed by
Oliver Stone in 1986. He was nominated for an Oscar for best actor for his
role as journalist, Richard Boyle.
In 1997 James Woods was again nominated for an Oscar. This time for best
supporting actor for his work in 'Ghosts of Mississippi'.
Although succesful in the movies, Woods has had greater critical success on
television, winning Emmys for his performances in 'Promise' (1986) and 'My
Name is Bill W.' (1989); and nominations for 'Citizen Cohn', 'Indictment:
The McMartin Trial' and, most recently, 'Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story'.
James Woods gave an extraordinary interview to Amy Reiter that was published
in salon.com in August 2003. In it he explains his leaning towards
independent film and his history of playing a lot of finks, villains and
cheats:
"I've never really done many blockbusters, actually. I wouldn't know how to
do them. I couldn't hop around in "Spider-Man" in, like, a little Spandex
outfit. I mean, I enjoy going to those movies. I'm really glad they're
making them, because it makes it possible to make other movies and it makes
this business healthy. But I don't know how good I'd be in them.
"... If you're the more mature, accomplished, middle-aged, white,
heterosexual male in that equation, you're usually going to be the villain
because that's how those things are set up. And to hop around in a little
mask and tights, I can just find better things to do with my time."
Earlier this year (2004) Woods appeared in Bravo TV's Celebrity Poker
Showdown where he was the third person knocked out in tournament 2. Please
visit our celeb poker player pages to see biographies and poker records of
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