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James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor and producer. He is often known for villainous roles, and appeared in a variety of films, including ''The Onion Field'' (1979), ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984), ''Salvador'' (1986), ''Casino'' (1995), ''Nixon'' (1995), ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996), ''Hercules'' (1997) and ''White House Down'' (2013). On television, he is known for acting in ''Shark'' (2006–2008). He has been nominated twice for an Academy Award and has won one Golden Globe Award. Additionally, he has won three Emmy Awards – for television movies ''Promise'' and ''My Name Is Bill W.'', and for the animated series ''Hercules''. His voice work has been heard in ''The Simpsons'', ''Family Guy'', ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', and in films such as ''Stuart Little 2'' (as Falcon) and Disney's ''Hercules'' (as Hades). ==Early life== Woods was born in Vernal, Utah.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Utah Local News - Salt Lake City News, Sports, Archive - The Salt Lake Tribune )〕 His father, Gail Peyton Woods, was an army intelligence officer who died in 1960 after routine surgery. His mother, Martha A. (née Smith), operated a pre-school after her husband's death〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Woods Biography (1947-) )〕 and later married Thomas E. Dixon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Martha A. Woods Dixon - Warwick Beacon )〕 Woods grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he attended Pilgrim High School. He is of part Irish descent and was raised Catholic, briefly serving as an altar boy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Woods on Twitter )〕 Woods ultimately chose to pursue his undergraduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he majored in political science〔Stated on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2000〕 (though he originally planned on a career as an eye surgeon). While at MIT, Woods pledged to Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He was also an active member of the student theatre group "Dramashop" where he both acted in and directed a number of plays. In order to pursue a career in acting, he dropped out of MIT in 1969 before his graduation.〔New York Times Service, published by New York Times and Arno press, 1989, page 788〕 Woods has said that he became an actor thanks to Tim Affleck (father of actor Ben Affleck), who was a stage manager at the Theatre Company of Boston while Woods was a student there. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Woods」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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