Biography
Possessing a keen intellect and formidable IQ, Woods initially studied political science before turning to theater fulltime in 1969. He turned in impressive performances on the stages of Broadway, followed by small roles in film and on television before gaining notoriety alongside Meryl Streep in the miniseries "Holocaust" (NBC, 1978). His uncompromising performance as an unrepentant killer in "The Onion Field" (1979) only solidified his …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Played a mysterious hospital's chief of staff in A&E miniseries "Coma," based on 1978 film | |
2011 | Co-starred in Rod Lurie's remake of "Straw Dogs" | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie | |
2011 | Portrayed Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers in HBO's "Too Big to Fail" | |
2007 | Voiced surf promoter Reggie Belafonte in animated feature "Surf's Up" | |
2006 | Played an infamous defense lawyer who becomes a prosecutor on CBS legal drama "Shark" | |
2006 | Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series for "ER" | |
2005 | Portrayed the father of a teen (Evan Rachel Wood) who accuses her English teacher of sexual harassment in "Pretty Persuasion" | |
2003 | Starred as the Republican bulldog and former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani in "Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story" (USA Network) | |
2001 | Replaced an ailing Marlon Brando in a cameo role as a priest performing an exorcism in "Scary Movie 2" | |
2001 | Lent voice to animated sci-fi adventure feature "Final Fantasy: The Movie" | |
2000 | Contributed voice to animated series "Clerks: The Cartoon" (ABC) | |
2000 | Portrayed Dennis Barrie, who as director of the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center booked an exhibit of images by the controversial photographer Robert Maplethorpe in "Dirty Pictures" (Showtime) | |
2000 | Played father of five girls in Sofia Coppola's feature directorial debut "The Virgin Suicides" | |
1999 | Reteamed with Oliver Stone for the football-themed "Any Given Sunday" | |
1999 | Portrayed the disarmingly insightful and manipulative Colonel Moore in summer military thriller "The General's Daughter" | |
1998 | Reteamed with Melanie Griffith as a drug dealing, thieving couple in "Another Day in Paradise"; also produced | |
1998 | Starred as a vampire hunter in "John Carpenter's Vampires" | |
1998 | Honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (October 15) | |
1997 | Voiced the character of Hades in Disney's animated feature "Hercules" and the subsequent ABC spin-off series | |
1996 | Received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination portraying Byron de la Beckwith, the killer of Civil Rights activist Medgar Evans, in the earnest "Ghosts of Mississippi" | |
1996 | Turned in a remarkably nuanced portrait of a jailed murderer in the overlooked "Killer: A Journal of Murder" | |
1995 | Starred in the acclaimed HBO movie "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" | |
1995 | Co-starred in Showtime special "Curse of the Starving Class," adapted from Sam Shepard's play | |
1995 | Portrayed H.R. Haldeman in Stone's "Nixon" | |
1992 | Starred as Roy Cohn in HBO biopic "Citizen Cohn" | |
1992 | Played romantic lead opposite Dolly Parton in "Straight Talk" | |
1989 | Essayed real-life lawyer Eddie Dodd in "True Believer" | |
1989 | Played Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson in ABC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation "My Name Is Bill W." | |
1988 | Produced first film "Cop"; also starred | |
1987 | Portrayed Vietnam POW James Stockdale in NBC biography "In Love and War" | |
1986 | Played James Garner's younger schizophenic brother in "Promise," a CBS "Hallmark Hall of Fame" special | |
1986 | Won critical and audience attention for Oliver Stone's "Salvador" | |
1984 | Offered a fine villainous turn in "Against All Odds" as rival with Jeff Bridges for Rachel Ward | |
1982 | Starred in David Cronenberg's "Videodrome" | |
1979 | Landed breakthrough role as unrepentant villain in "The Onion Field" | |
1978 | Made TV miniseries debut in "Holocaust" (NBC) | |
1977 | Acted in the ensemble of the comedy-drama "The Choirboys" | |
1975 | Made first screen collaboration with Melanie Griffith in "Night Moves," directed by Arthur Penn | |
1973 | Cast in small role as a pal of Barbra Streisand's in "The Way We Were" | |
1972 | Landed feature film debut in Elia Kazan's "The Visitors" | |
1971 | Made TV-movie debut in "All the Way Home"; aired as part of NBC's "Hallmark Hall of Fame" | |
1970 | Made Broadway debut in "Borstal Boy" | |
| Acted in numerous plays at Harvard, MIT, and with the Theater Company of Boston before moving to New York City | ||
| Family settled in Warwick, Rhode Island | ||
| Moved frequently as a child due to father's military career | ||
Awards
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in Too Big to Fail |
2011 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in Too Big to Fail |
2006 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor In a Drama Series in ER |
2003 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In a Miniseries or Movie in Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in Dirty Pictures |
2000 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Dirty Pictures |
1996 | Academy Award for Actor In a Supporting Role in Ghosts of Mississippi |
1996 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in Ghosts of Mississippi |
1996 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Nixon |
1996 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in The Summer of Ben Tyler |
1995 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Indictment: the Mcmartin Trial |
1995 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In a Miniseries or Special in Indictment: the Mcmartin Trial |
1993 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In a Miniseries or Special in Citizen Cohn |
1992 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Citizen Cohn |
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance In Informational Programming in Crimes of Passion |
1989 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in My Name Is Bill W. |
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In a Miniseries or Special in My Name Is Bill W. |
1989 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in The Boost |
1988 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in Best Seller |
1987 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in In Love and War |
1987 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in Salvador |
1986 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Promise |
1986 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Salvador |
1979 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in The Onion Field |