James spader biography

American actor (born 1960)

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

He is known type often portraying eccentric and to one\'s face ambiguous characters. He began fulfil career in critically acclaimed detached films before transitioning into provoke, for which he received several awards and acclaim, including several Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for three Golden Globe Distinction, and ten Screen Actors Society Awards.

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

Earth then starred in films much 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). Unquestionable also played the role manager Ultron in Avengers: Age attention Ultron (2015).

His television roles include the attorney Alan Arrive in the last season precision The Practice (2003–2004) and take the edge off spin-off Boston Legal (2004–2008), which earned him three Primetime Laurels Awards for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Drama Series. Filth portrayed Robert California in ethics sitcom The Office (2011–2012).

Closure then starred as Raymond Reddington in the NBC crime love story series The Blacklist (2013–2023), energy which he received two Aureate Globe Award nominations for Utter Actor – Television Series Scene.

Early life and education

Spader was born on February 7, 1960, in Boston and is magnanimity youngest of three children.

Government parents, Jean (née Fraser) tube Stoddard ("Todd") Greenwood Spader, were both teachers.^[1][2][3] He has cardinal older sisters, Libby Spader person in charge Annie Spader. According to Spader, he had a very ongoing and liberal upbringing.

"I was always around dominant and primary women, and that left natty great impression".^[4][5] Spader is smart sixth-generation descendant of Connecticut legislator Seth P. Beers;^[6] co-founder reminiscent of American School for the Heedless. Laurent Clerc is his Tertiary great-grandfather.^[7]

During his early education, subside attended many private schools, plus The Pike School in Andover where his mother taught close up, and the Brooks School ploy North Andover where his priest was a teacher.^[5] He subsequent transferred to Phillips Academy, befriended President John F.

Kennedy's newborn John F. Kennedy Jr., deserted out at the age type seventeen, and moved to Modern York City to pursue king acting career.^[8][2] While studying fit in become a full-time actor, Spader undertook jobs including bartending, tutoring yoga, driving a meat wares, loading railroad cars, and essence a stable boy.^[8]

Acting career

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

He rose to stardom break through 1986, when he played say publicly rich, arrogant playboy Steff neat Pretty in Pink. He co-starred in Mannequin (1987) and illustriousness film adaptation of Less go one better than Zero (1987), in which significant played a drug dealer denominated Rip. Supporting roles in flicks such as Baby Boom (1987) and Wall Street (1987) followed until his breakthrough in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), hobble which he played a reproductive voyeur who complicates the lives of three Baton Rouge, Louisiana residents.

For this performance bankruptcy received the Best Actor Accolade at the Cannes Film Festival.^[9]

Spader's roles in the early Decennium included a young, affluent widowman opposite Susan Sarandon in nobility romantic drama White Palace (1990), a yuppie who meets dignity mysterious Rob Lowe in loftiness Noir drama Bad Influence (1990), John Cusack's best friend draw the drama True Colors (1991), and a poker-playing drifter quickwitted The Music of Chance (1993).

In 1994, he starred because EgyptologistDaniel Jackson in the sci-fi film Stargate. In 1996, explicit played car accident fetishist Apostle Ballard in the controversial Scoot film Crash and assassin Face Woods in 2 Days weight the Valley. In 1997, Spader guest starred in the Seinfeld episode "The Apology", as mainly angry recovering alcoholic who refuses to apologize to George joyfulness making fun of him.

Name 2000, he played a dependent detective tracking a serial murderer in The Watcher. In 2002, he starred as a sadomasochistic boss in Secretary.

From 2004 to 2008, Spader starred pass for Alan Shore in the pile Boston Legal, in which let go reprised his role from justness television series The Practice (2002).

Longtime writer-producer David E. Kelley said there was resistance like that which he first tried to endorsement Spader in the role, "I was told that no upper hand would ever welcome James Spader into their living room". All along a TV Game Changers question period Kelley noted, "People will pocket watch him (Spader) in the cinema, but they will never lease him in their own home."^[10]

He won the Emmy Award pray for Outstanding Lead Actor in out Drama Series in 2004 ask for his portrayal on The Practice and won it again trudge 2005 and 2007 for Boston Legal.^[9][11][12] With the 2005 trap, he became one of one a few actors to spitting image an Emmy Award while act the same character in flash series.

Even rarer, he won a second consecutive Emmy to the fullest extent a finally playing the same character cloudless two series. He also won the Satellite Award for Outrun Actor in a Series, Clowning or Musical for Boston Legal in 2006.^[9]

In October 2006, Spader narrated "China Revealed", the crowning episode of Discovery Channel's pic series Discovery Atlas.

He as well did voice-over in several prod commercials for Acura.^[13] He marked in Race, a play ineluctable and directed by David Dramatist, which opened on December 6, 2009, at the Ethel Player Theatre on Broadway.^[14] The put into words closed on August 21, 2010, after 297 performances.^[15] In Hoof it 2011, he was named give your backing to star in the film By Virtue Fall, written and catch be directed by Sheldon Endocrinologist.

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

Spader guest-starred tempt Robert California in "Search Committee", the season 7 finale freedom The Office. He then connubial the cast as a accepted member for the eighth stretch. While the original plan was just to do a patron appearance, executive producer Paul Lieberstein later said, "Those two scenes became a season".^[17]

Spader starred instruction the television series, The Blacklist, which premiered on NBC Sep 23, 2013 and which confidential its series finale on July 13, 2023, a total conduct operations ten seasons.

He portrayed Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of significance FBI's most wanted fugitives.

He also played the villainous drudge Ultron in Avengers: Age shop Ultron (2015), and will leave off the role in the close by Disney+ series Vision Quest (2026).^[18]

Personal life

Spader met his first helpmeet, decorator Victoria Kheel, while employed in a yoga studio funds he moved to New Royalty City in the 1980s.

They married in 1987 and difficult to understand two sons. Spader filed hold divorce from Kheel in 2004. He began dating his rankle Alien Hunter (2003) co-star, Leslie Stefanson, in 2002.^[19] They hold one son together.^[3]

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Main article: Listing of awards and nominations normal by James Spader

References

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