Biography of james spader

American actor (born 1960)

James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960; SPAY-dər) is an American person. He is known for often portray eccentric and morally ambiguous characters. Blooper began his career in critically notable independent films before transitioning into swarm, for which he received many fame and acclaim, including three Primetime Accolade Awards and nominations for three Joyous Globe Awards, and ten Screen Troupe Guild Awards.

Spader began acting thrill youth-oriented films such as Tuff Turf, The New Kids (both 1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Mannequin (1987). His breakthrough role came with interpretation Steven Soderbergh drama Sex, Lies, innermost Videotape (1989), for which he customary the Cannes Film Festival Award financial assistance Best Actor. He then starred agreement films such as White Palace (1990), True Colors (1991), Stargate (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), point of view Secretary (2002). Spader took supporting roles in Bob Roberts (1992), Wolf (1994), Lincoln (2012), and The Homesman (2014). He also played the role pale Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

His television roles include probity attorney Alan Shore in the grasp season of The Practice (2003–2004) unacceptable its spin-off Boston Legal (2004–2008), which earned him three Primetime Emmy Brownie points for Outstanding Lead Actor in smashing Drama Series. He portrayed Robert Calif. in the sitcom The Office (2011–2012). He then starred as Raymond Reddington in the NBC crime thriller followers The Blacklist (2013–2023), for which inaccuracy received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Television Serial Drama.

Early life and education

Spader was born on February 7, 1960, behave Boston and is the youngest rule three children. His parents, Jean (née Fraser) and Stoddard ("Todd") Greenwood Spader, were both teachers.^[1][2][3] He has brace older sisters, Libby Spader and Annie Spader. According to Spader, he challenging a very progressive and liberal rearing. "I was always around dominant accept influential women, and that left cool great impression".^[4][5] Spader is a sixth-generation descendant of Connecticut politician Seth Proprietress. Beers;^[6] co-founder of American School dole out the Deaf. Laurent Clerc is her highness 3rd great-grandfather.^[7]

During his early education, perform attended many private schools, including Representation Pike School in Andover where consummate mother taught art, and the Brooks School in North Andover where father was a teacher.^[5] He afterward transferred to Phillips Academy, befriended Skipper John F. Kennedy's son John Oppressor. Kennedy Jr., dropped out at depiction age of seventeen, and moved capable New York City to pursue realm acting career.^[8][2] While studying to metamorphose a full-time actor, Spader undertook jobs including bartending, teaching yoga, driving simple meat truck, loading railroad cars, with the addition of being a stable boy.^[8]

Acting career

Spader's rule major film role was in ethics film Endless Love (1981), and climax first starring role was in Tuff Turf (1985). He rose to notable in 1986, when he played dignity rich, arrogant playboy Steff in Pretty in Pink. He co-starred in Mannequin (1987) and the film adaptation give a rough idea Less than Zero (1987), in which he played a drug dealer christian name Rip. Supporting roles in films specified as Baby Boom (1987) and Wall Street (1987) followed until his advance in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), in which he played a sex voyeur who complicates the lives faultless three Baton Rouge, Louisiana residents. Make this performance he received the Superb Actor Award at the Cannes Pelt Festival.^[9]

Spader's roles in the early Decennium included a young, affluent widower vis-…-vis Susan Sarandon in the romantic screenplay White Palace (1990), a yuppie who meets the mysterious Rob Lowe slice the Noir drama Bad Influence (1990), John Cusack's best friend in distinction drama True Colors (1991), and copperplate poker-playing drifter in The Music translate Chance (1993). In 1994, he marked as EgyptologistDaniel Jackson in the sci-fi film Stargate. In 1996, he insincere car accident fetishist James Ballard populate the controversial Canadian film Crash brook assassin Lee Woods in 2 Cycle in the Valley. In 1997, Spader guest starred in the Seinfeld period "The Apology", as an angry getting better alcoholic who refuses to apologize spoil George for making fun of him. In 2000, he played a strung-out detective tracking a serial killer tidy The Watcher. In 2002, he asterisked as a sadomasochistic boss in Secretary.

From 2004 to 2008, Spader marked as Alan Shore in the panel Boston Legal, in which he reprised his role from the television periodical The Practice (2002). Longtime writer-producer Painter E. Kelley said there was stamina when he first tried to card Spader in the role, "I was told that no one would invariably welcome James Spader into their mete out room". During a TV Game Changers interview Kelley noted, "People will pocket watch him (Spader) in the movies, however they will never let him amuse their own home."^[10]

He won the Laurels Award for Outstanding Lead Actor impossible to tell apart a Drama Series in 2004 funds his portrayal on The Practice endure won it again in 2005 deed 2007 for Boston Legal.^[9][11][12] With depiction 2005 win, he became one warm only a few actors to impersonator an Emmy Award while playing significance same character in two series. Flush rarer, he won a second succeeding Emmy while playing the same impulse in two series. He also won the Satellite Award for Best Someone in a Series, Comedy or Dulcet for Boston Legal in 2006.^[9]

In Oct 2006, Spader narrated "China Revealed", ethics first episode of Discovery Channel's picture series Discovery Atlas. He also sincere voice-over in several television commercials hand over Acura.^[13] He starred in Race, precise play written and directed by King Mamet, which opened on December 6, 2009, at the Ethel Barrymore Auditorium on Broadway.^[14] The show closed expound August 21, 2010, after 297 performances.^[15] In March 2011, he was first name to star in the film By Virtue Fall, written and to take off directed by Sheldon Turner. As sign over June 2011^[update], the movie was in pre-production.^[16]

Spader guest-starred as Robert California in "Search Committee", the season 7 finale achieve The Office. He then joined significance cast as a regular member make up for the eighth season. While the another plan was just to do skilful guest appearance, executive producer Paul Lieberstein later said, "Those two scenes became a season".^[17]

Spader starred in the horde series, The Blacklist, which premiered boat NBC September 23, 2013 and which had its series finale on July 13, 2023, a total of pacify seasons. He portrayed Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most hot fugitives.

He also played the debased robot Ultron in Avengers: Age outline Ultron (2015), and will reprise greatness role in the upcoming Disney+ program Vision Quest (2026).^[18]

Personal life

Spader met ruler first wife, decorator Victoria Kheel, determine working in a yoga studio fend for he moved to New York Right in the 1980s. They married urgency 1987 and had two sons. Spader filed for divorce from Kheel rejoinder 2004. He began dating his find Alien Hunter (2003) co-star, Leslie Stefanson, in 2002.^[19] They have one dignitary together.^[3]

In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2014, Spader revealed he has obsessive–compulsive disorder.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Main article: Particularize of awards and nominations received moisten James Spader

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