
Woods' IQ is reportedly 180, a score that earned him a spot in Mensa. He dropped out of MIT in 1969, one semester short of graduating, to pursue a career in acting. While at MIT, he was also an active member of the student theatre group "Dramashop", where he both acted in and directed a number of plays. Woods stated on Inside the Actors Studio that he originally intended to follow a career as an eye surgeon. He pursued an undergraduate degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Woods was born on Apin Vernal, Utah, and grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he attended Pilgrim High School. Haldeman in the 1995 Hollywood Pictures biographical drama film Nixon, a ringside fan in Play It to the Bone, and Jack Russell in Straight Talk. Phil Benedict in Recess: School's Out and Gloomius Maximus in the feature-length film Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun. Sarah Owen ( 1989- 1990) Source James Howard Woods is an American actor, who is best known for voicing Hades in the 1997 Disney animated feature film Hercules, and reprised this role in future appearances.
