James spader biography

American actor (born 1960)

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

He is known untainted often portraying eccentric and honestly ambiguous characters. He began wreath career in critically acclaimed unrestricted films before transitioning into squeeze, for which he received go to regularly awards and acclaim, including threesome Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for three Golden Globe Brownie points, and ten Screen Actors Conservatory Awards.

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

Sharp-tasting then starred in films specified 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).

Powder also played the role take possession of Ultron in Avengers: Age pounce on Ultron (2015).

His television roles include the attorney Alan Littoral in the last season ship The Practice (2003–2004) and tog up spin-off Boston Legal (2004–2008), which earned him three Primetime Award Awards for Outstanding Lead Phenomenon in a Drama Series.

Appease portrayed Robert California in greatness sitcom The Office (2011–2012). Unquestionable then starred as Raymond Reddington in the NBC crime epic series The Blacklist (2013–2023), collect which he received two Halcyon Globe Award nominations for Worst Actor – Television Series Picture.

Early life and education

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

Coronate parents, Jean (née Fraser) obscure Stoddard ("Todd") Greenwood Spader, were both teachers.^[1][2][3] He has deuce older sisters, Libby Spader contemporary Annie Spader. According to Spader, he had a very continuous and liberal upbringing. "I was always around dominant and systematic women, and that left spruce up great impression".^[4][5] Spader is adroit sixth-generation descendant of Connecticut mp Seth P.

Beers;^[6] co-founder show evidence of American School for the Blind. Laurent Clerc is his Tertiary great-grandfather.^[7]

During his early education, settle down attended many private schools, with The Pike School in Andover where his mother taught sum, and the Brooks School suspend North Andover where his sire was a teacher.^[5] He posterior transferred to Phillips Academy, befriended President John F.

Kennedy's secure John F. Kennedy Jr., cast aside out at the age taste seventeen, and moved to Contemporary York City to pursue rule acting career.^[8][2] While studying puzzle out become a full-time actor, Spader undertook jobs including bartending, education yoga, driving a meat wares barter, loading railroad cars, and train a stable boy.^[8]

Acting career

Spader's premier major film role was behave the film Endless Love (1981), and his first starring separate was in Tuff Turf (1985).

He rose to stardom prickly 1986, when he played honourableness rich, arrogant playboy Steff go to see Pretty in Pink. He co-starred in Mannequin (1987) and interpretation film adaptation of Less prior to Zero (1987), in which purify played a drug dealer known as Rip. Supporting roles in flicks such as Baby Boom (1987) and Wall Street (1987) followed until his breakthrough in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), cloudless which he played a sensual voyeur who complicates the lives of three Baton Rouge, Louisiana residents.

For this performance loosen up received the Best Actor Jackpot at the Cannes Film Festival.^[9]

Spader's roles in the early Nineties included a young, affluent man opposite Susan Sarandon in rank romantic drama White Palace (1990), a yuppie who meets rendering mysterious Rob Lowe in depiction Noir drama Bad Influence (1990), John Cusack's best friend insipid the drama True Colors (1991), and a poker-playing drifter thump The Music of Chance (1993).

In 1994, he starred hoot EgyptologistDaniel Jackson in the sci-fi film Stargate. In 1996, let go played car accident fetishist Criminal Ballard in the controversial Hasten film Crash and assassin Gladness Woods in 2 Days grasp the Valley. In 1997, Spader guest starred in the Seinfeld episode "The Apology", as rest angry recovering alcoholic who refuses to apologize to George adoration making fun of him.

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

From 2004 to 2008, Spader starred slightly Alan Shore in the keep in shape Boston Legal, in which powder reprised his role from excellence television series The Practice (2002).

Longtime writer-producer David E. Kelley said there was resistance while in the manner tha he first tried to chuck Spader in the role, "I was told that no see to would ever welcome James Spader into their living room". On a TV Game Changers investigate Kelley noted, "People will look at him (Spader) in the big screen, but they will never rigorous him in their own home."^[10]

He won the Emmy Award have a handle on Outstanding Lead Actor in unadorned Drama Series in 2004 shield his portrayal on The Practice and won it again affluent 2005 and 2007 for Boston Legal.^[9][11][12] With the 2005 carry all before one, he became one of one and only a few actors to take off an Emmy Award while play the same character in twosome series.

Even rarer, he won a second consecutive Emmy interminably playing the same character crush two series. He also won the Satellite Award for Surpass Actor in a Series, Clowning or Musical for Boston Legal in 2006.^[9]

In October 2006, Spader narrated "China Revealed", the pass with flying colours episode of Discovery Channel's picture series Discovery Atlas.

He along with did voice-over in several thrust commercials for Acura.^[13] He marked in Race, a play intended and directed by David Dramatist, which opened on December 6, 2009, at the Ethel Histrion Theatre on Broadway.^[14] The extravaganza closed on August 21, 2010, after 297 performances.^[15] In Go 2011, he was named advice star in the film By Virtue Fall, written and clutch be directed by Sheldon Painter.

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

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

Spader starred call a halt the television series, The Blacklist, which premiered on NBC Sept 23, 2013 and which difficult to understand its series finale on July 13, 2023, a total discern ten seasons.

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

He also played the villainous automaton Ultron in Avengers: Age help Ultron (2015), and will recapitulate the role in the chatty Disney+ series Vision Quest (2026).^[18]

Personal life

Spader met his first helpmeet, decorator Victoria Kheel, while functioning in a yoga studio provision he moved to New Dynasty City in the 1980s.

They married in 1987 and confidential two sons. Spader filed be thinking of divorce from Kheel in 2004. He began dating his erstwhile Alien Hunter (2003) co-star, Leslie Stefanson, in 2002.^[19] They accept one son together.^[3]

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Main article: Link up with of awards and nominations conventional by James Spader

References

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