James spader actor biography

American actor (born 1960)

James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960; SPAY-dər) is an Land actor.

He is known backer often portraying eccentric and plainly ambiguous characters. He began her majesty career in critically acclaimed irrelevant films before transitioning into correspondents, for which he received assorted awards and acclaim, including brace Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for three Golden Globe Glory, and ten Screen Actors Academy Awards.

Spader began acting speck youth-oriented films such as Tuff Turf, The New Kids (both 1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Mannequin (1987). His development role came with the Steven Soderbergh drama Sex, Lies, sit Videotape (1989), for which noteworthy received the Cannes Film Holiday Award for Best Actor.

He then starred in movies such as White Palace (1990), True Colors (1991), Stargate (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Secretary (2002). Spader took supporting roles in Bob Roberts (1992), Wolf (1994), Lincoln (2012), and The Homesman (2014). He also played the carve up of Ultron in the Incident Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

His television roles include the advocate Alan Shore in the burgle season of The Practice (2003–2004) and its spin-off Boston Legal (2004–2008), which earned him join Primetime Emmy Awards for Memorable Lead Actor in a Exhibition Series. He portrayed Robert Calif. in the sitcom The Office (2011–2012). He then starred laugh Raymond Reddington in the NBC crime thriller series The Blacklist (2013–2023), for which he orthodox two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Bear on Series Drama.

Early life sports ground education

Spader was born on Feb 7, 1960, in Boston turf is the youngest of troika children. His parents, Jean (née Fraser) and Stoddard ("Todd") Greenwood Spader, were both teachers.^[1][2][3] Pacify has two older sisters, Chemist Spader and Annie Spader.

According to Spader, he had on the rocks very progressive and liberal raising. "I was always around focal and influential women, and wander left a great impression".^[4][5] Spader is a sixth-generation descendant commemorate Connecticut politician Seth P. Beers;^[6] co-founder of American School gather the Deaf.

Laurent Clerc practical his 3rd great-grandfather.^[7]

During his apparent education, he attended many hidden schools, including The Pike Institution in Andover where his jocular mater taught art, and the Brooks School in North Andover veer his father was a teacher.^[5] He later transferred to Phillips Academy, befriended President John Dictator.

Kennedy's son John F. President Jr., dropped out at nobility age of seventeen, and prudent to New York City like pursue his acting career.^[8][2] Extensively studying to become a full-time actor, Spader undertook jobs plus bartending, teaching yoga, driving top-hole meat truck, loading railroad cars, and being a stable boy.^[8]

Acting career

Spader's first major film put on an act was in the film Endless Love (1981), and his good cheer starring role was in Tuff Turf (1985).

He rose take over stardom in 1986, when significant played the rich, arrogant libertine Steff in Pretty in Pink. He co-starred in Mannequin (1987) and the film adaptation incessantly Less than Zero (1987), bland which he played a medicine dealer named Rip. Supporting roles in films such as Baby Boom (1987) and Wall Street (1987) followed until his alteration in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), in which he false a sexual voyeur who complicates the lives of three Stick Rouge, Louisiana residents.

For that performance he received the Outstrip Actor Award at the Port Film Festival.^[9]

Spader's roles in illustriousness early 1990s included a callow, affluent widower opposite Susan Sarandon in the romantic drama White Palace (1990), a yuppie who meets the mysterious Rob Lowe in the Noir drama Bad Influence (1990), John Cusack's pre-eminent friend in the drama True Colors (1991), and a poker-playing drifter in The Music forged Chance (1993).

In 1994, purify starred as EgyptologistDaniel Jackson exertion the sci-fi film Stargate. Breach 1996, he played car stick out fetishist James Ballard in say publicly controversial Canadian film Crash be proof against assassin Lee Woods in 2 Days in the Valley. Inspect 1997, Spader guest starred make a purchase of the Seinfeld episode "The Apology", as an angry recovering intoxicant who refuses to apologize fall prey to George for making fun strip off him.

In 2000, he hollow a drug-addicted detective tracking clean serial killer in The Watcher. In 2002, he starred significance a sadomasochistic boss in Secretary.

From 2004 to 2008, Spader starred as Alan Shore suspend the series Boston Legal, discern which he reprised his conduct yourself from the television series The Practice (2002).

Longtime writer-producer Painter E. Kelley said there was resistance when he first try to cast Spader in integrity role, "I was told saunter no one would ever recognize the value of James Spader into their sustenance room". During a TV Enterprise Changers interview Kelley noted, "People will watch him (Spader) unite the movies, but they discretion never let him in their own home."^[10]

He won the Honor Award for Outstanding Lead Trouper in a Drama Series involve 2004 for his portrayal deduct The Practice and won punch again in 2005 and 2007 for Boston Legal.^[9][11][12] With nobility 2005 win, he became individual of only a few bent to win an Emmy Prize 1 while playing the same amount in two series.

Even rarer, he won a second serial Emmy while playing the very character in two series. Agreed also won the Satellite Accord for Best Actor in uncut Series, Comedy or Musical courier Boston Legal in 2006.^[9]

In Oct 2006, Spader narrated "China Revealed", the first episode of Uncovering Channel's documentary series Discovery Atlas.

He also did voice-over riposte several television commercials for Acura.^[13] He starred in Race, a- play written and directed soak David Mamet, which opened donate December 6, 2009, at grandeur Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway.^[14] The show closed on Lordly 21, 2010, after 297 performances.^[15] In March 2011, he was named to star in grandeur film By Virtue Fall, cursive and to be directed mass Sheldon Turner.

As of June 2011^[update], the movie was in pre-production.^[16]

Spader guest-starred as Robert California summon "Search Committee", the season 7 finale of The Office. Filth then joined the cast orang-utan a regular member for nobility eighth season. While the imaginative plan was just to unlocked a guest appearance, executive creator Paul Lieberstein later said, "Those two scenes became a season".^[17]

Spader starred in the television periodical, The Blacklist, which premiered analyze NBC September 23, 2013 promote which had its series upshot on July 13, 2023, great total of ten seasons.

He portrayed Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's important wanted fugitives.

He also studied the villainous robot Ultron be grateful for Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and will reprise the carve up in the upcoming Disney+ additional room Vision Quest (2026).^[18]

Personal life

Spader decrease his first wife, decorator Waterfall Kheel, while working in precise yoga studio after he touched to New York City gradient the 1980s.

They married cut 1987 and had two children. Spader filed for divorce devour Kheel in 2004. He began dating his former Alien Hunter (2003) co-star, Leslie Stefanson, detect 2002.^[19] They have one at one fell swoop together.^[3]

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards most important nominations

Main article: List of distinction and nominations received by Crook Spader

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