Changes: James Woods

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James Howard Woods is an American actor and producer, who is best known for playing Sebastian Stark, the lead character of the TV series Shark. He also voiced Falcon, the main antagonist of Stuart Little 2, and Reggie Belafonte in the 2007 Sony Pictures animated film, Surf's Up.

For Disney, he voiced Hades in the 1997 Disney animated feature film, Hercules, and reprised the role in most of his appearances. He also voiced Dr. Phillium Benedict in Recess: School's Out and Gloomius Maximus in Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun. Additionally, he played Bob Haldeman in the 1995 Hollywood Pictures biographical drama Nixon and Jack Russell in Straight Talk.

Disney Roles

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Trivia

James Woods has said in some interviews that he enjoyed voicing Hades so much, that he will always be willing to voice him in any future appearances, regardless of the pay. So far, he has done so in Hercules: The Animated Series, Hades Challenge, Fantasmic!, House of Mouse, the Kingdom Hearts series, Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular, and World of Color: Villainous.
- However, the only time Woods didn't voice Hades was his singing voice, which was done by Rob Paulsen, especially in the song It's Our House Now!.

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-|born = James Howard Woods<br>[[April 18]], [[1947]] (age 72)<br>Vernal, [[Utah]], [[United States]]
+|born = James Howard Woods<br>[[April 18]], [[1947]] (age 73)<br>Vernal, [[Utah]], [[United States]]
 |nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
-|occupation(s) = Actor, voice actor, producer
+|occupation(s) = Actor, producer voice actor
 |alternate names = Jimmy Woods
 |years active = [[1970]]-present
-|spouse = Kathryn Morrison ([[1980]]-[[1983]])<br>Sarah Owen ([[1989]]-[[1990]])}}'''James Howard Woods''' is an American actor, voice actor, and producer who is best known for playing Sebastian Stark, the lead character of the TV series ''{{WikipediaLink|Shark (U.S. TV series)|Shark}}''. He also voiced [[w:c:stuartlittle:Falcon|Falcon]], the main antagonist of ''{{WikipediaLink|Stuart Little 2}}'', and [[w:c:surfs-up:Reggie Belafonte|Reggie Belafonte]] in the [[2007]] Sony Pictures animated film, ''{{WikipediaLink|Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up}}''.
+|spouse = Kathryn Morrison ([[1980]]-[[1983]])<br>Sarah Owen ([[1989]]-[[1990]])}}'''James Howard Woods''' is an American actor and producer, who is best known for playing Sebastian Stark, the lead character of the TV series ''{{WikipediaLink|Shark (U.S. TV series)|Shark}}''. He also voiced [[w:c:stuartlittle:Falcon|Falcon]], the main antagonist of ''{{WikipediaLink|Stuart Little 2}}'', and [[w:c:surfs-up:Reggie Belafonte|Reggie Belafonte]] in the [[2007]] Sony Pictures animated film, ''{{WikipediaLink|Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up}}''.
 For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he voiced [[Hades]] in the [[1997]] [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]] animated feature film, ''[[Hercules]]'', and reprised the role in most of his appearances. He also voiced [[Dr. Phillium Benedict]] in ''[[Recess: School's Out]] ''and Gloomius Maximus in ''Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun''. Additionally, he played Bob Haldeman in the [[1995]] [[Hollywood Pictures]] biographical drama ''[[Nixon]]'' and Jack Russell in ''[[Straight Talk]]''.
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 ==Gallery==
 <gallery position="center" spacing="small" widths="150" captionalign="center">
-James woods 1995 emmy awards.jpg|Woods at the 47th Primetime Emmy Awards on in September 1995.
 James Woods behind the scenes Hercules.jpg|James Woods behind the scenes of ''Hercules''.
+James Woods behind the scenes Recess School's Out.jpg|James Woods behind the scenes of ''Recess: School's Out''.
+James Woods 65th Cannes Fest.jpg|James Woods attending the 65th annual Cannes Film Fest in May 2012.
+James Woods 52nd NYFF.jpg|James Woods attending the 52nd annual New York Film Fest in October 2014.
 James Woods 2017 Writers Guild.jpg|James Woods speaks onstage at the 2017 Writers Guild Awards.
 </gallery>
 ==Trivia==
-*James Woods has said in some interviews that he enjoyed voicing Hades so much, that he will always be willing to voice him in any future appearances, regardless of the pay. So far, he has done so in ''[[Hercules (TV series)|Hercules: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Hades Challenge]]'', ''[[Fantasmic!]]'', ''[[House of Mouse]]'', the [[Kingdom Hearts (series)|''Kingdom Hearts'' series]], and ''[[Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom]]''.
+*James Woods has said in some interviews that he enjoyed voicing Hades so much, that he will always be willing to voice him in any future appearances, regardless of the pay. So far, he has done so in ''[[Hercules (TV series)|Hercules: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Hades Challenge]]'', ''[[Fantasmic!]]'', ''[[House of Mouse]]'', the [[Kingdom Hearts (series)|''Kingdom Hearts'' series]], ''[[Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom]]'', ''[[Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular]]'', and ''[[World of Color#Villainous|World of Color: Villainous]]''.
-**Though the only time Woods didn't voice Hades was his singing voice, whom was done by [[Rob Paulsen]], especially in the song ''[[It's Our House Now!]]''.
+**However, the only time Woods didn't voice Hades was his singing voice, which was done by [[Rob Paulsen]], especially in the song ''[[It's Our House Now!]]''.
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