James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is a American film, stage and television actor. Since his first Golden Globe nomination for a breakthrough role in The Onion Field (1979), Woods has starred in Once Upon a Time in America, Oliver Stone movies Salvador and Nixon , Ghosts of Mississippi, and in legal series Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards (for tele-movies Promise and My Name Is Bill W.) and has been twice nominated for an Academy Award. His voice work has been heard in the animated series Family Guy, The Simpsons, Disney movie Hercules (as Hades) and the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.