Scary Movie 2: James Woods

James Woods - Father McFeely
James Woods comes face to face with the devilish humor of the Wayans in SCARY MOVIE 2. Woods is known for his chameleon like quality, playing diverse roles, continually astounding audiences with his tremendous talent. From his Academy Award® and Golden Globe-nominated role as Byron De La Beckwith in Rob Reiner's "Ghosts Of Mississippi" to daring independent film ventures like "Another Day In Paradise," (which he also produced) Woods consistently receives raves from critics and fans alike. Woods most recently has been seen in Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday," John Boorman's "The General's Daughter" and Sophia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides." His forthcoming roles include "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within," Penny Marshall's "Riding in Cars With Boys" and Nick Cassavetes' "John Q" with Denzel Washington.

Woods received his first Academy Award® nomination as well as an Independent Film Project Spirit Award for Best Actor for his work in "Salvador" directed by Oliver Stone. Other honors include a Golden Globe for his portrayal of cop-killer Gregory Powell in "The Onion Field"; a Golden Satellite Award for his performance in Stone's low-budget film, "Killer: A Journal Of Murder"; a Golden Globe Award, a Golden Apple Award and an Emmy Award, all for the Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie "Promise"; as well as Golden Globe nominations for Hallmark's "The Summer of Ben Tyler" and NBC's "In Love and War." He turned in another Emmy Award-winning performance, as the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous in "My Name is Bill W."

Also among his credits are John Carpenter's "Vampires" (which earned Woods his first Saturn Award), "Hercules," "Contact," "Nixon," "Casino," "The Specialist," "The Getaway," "Curse Of The Starving Class," "Diggstown," "The Hard Way," "Immediate Family," "Bestseller," "True Believer," "Against All Odds," "Joshua," "Then And Now," "Videodrome," "Once Upon A Time In America," Arthur Penn's "Night Moves," "Alex And The Gypsy" and Sidney Pollack's "The Way We Were." His feature film work includes some fascinating motion pictures outside the mainstream including Peter Yates' "Eyewitness" with William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver, "Split Image" directed by Ted Kotcheff, Harold Becker's "The Black Marble" and Elia Kazan's "The Visitors."

On television he appeared in a prestigious series of critically praised telefilms, "Indictment: The McMartin Trial," "Jane's House," "Citizen Cohn," "All the Way Home," "Holocaust," "And Your Name is Jonah," "Badge of the Assassin" and "The Boys," many of them bringing him still more awards and nominations. "Citizen Cohn" earned him the first American Television Award Best Actor Trophy (awarded by the nation's critics) and the Peabody Award as well as numerous other accolades. In 1999, Woods won an Emmy for his voice work on the animated series "Hercules." In 2000, he received Golden Globe and Golden Satellite nominations for his role as a courageously principled museum director in the Showtime telefilm "Dirty Pictures." His other recent television work includes the miniseries "Founding Fathers" and the forthcoming "Uprising" directed by Jon Avnet.

Woods began his career while majoring in political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He appeared in some 36 plays at MIT, Harvard and the Theatre Company of Boston. Summer stock at the Provincetown Playhouse completed his preparation to move to New York and become a professional actor. He made his Broadway debut in Brendan Behan's "Borstal Boy," followed by the lead in the off-Broadway play "Saved," for which he won the Obie Award and the Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Actor. Other stage credits include "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine," "Finishing Touches," "Green Julia" and Michael Weller's "Moonchildren" for which he won the Theatre World Award.