# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-woods-q193105
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:00:43.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-woods-q193105"
name: "James Woods"
slug: "james-woods-q193105"
description: "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 by Borstal Boy (1970), The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971) and Moonchildren (1972). His early film roles include The Visitors (1972), The Way We Were (1973) and The Gambler (1974). Woods starred with Meryl Streep in the NBC miniseries Holocaust (1978)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Woods_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           28.966288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "RealJamesWoods"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000249/"
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    title: "James Woods"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Woods_(actor)"
    title: "James Woods (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump