James Spader

James Spader

64 · Born: Feb 7, 1960

2015
2014
2013

Personal Details

Born Feb 7, 1960 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
  • Jean Fraser
  • Stoddard Greenwood Spader

Biography

James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor and producer. He has portrayed eccentric characters in films such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), Stargate (1994), Crash (1996), Secretary (2002), and Lincoln (2012). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he played the titular character of Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), which he portrayed through voice and motion capture. His television roles include those of attorney Alan Shore in The Practice (1997-2004) and its spin-off Boston Legal (2004-2008) (for which he won three Emmy Awards), and Robert California in the comedy-mockumentary The Office (2005-2013). He also stars as high-profile criminal-turned-FBI-informant Raymond "Red" Reddington in the NBC crime drama The Blacklist, (2013-) for which he has earned two Golden Globe Award nominations. Description above is from the Wikipedia article James Spader, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron as Ultron (voice)
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2014
The Homesman
The Homesman as Aloysius Duffy
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2013
The Blacklist
The Blacklist as Raymond 'Red' Reddington
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2012
Lincoln
Lincoln as W.N. Bilbo
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2011
The Office
The Office as Robert California
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2006
Discovery Atlas
Discovery Atlas
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2004
Shadow of Fear
Shadow of Fear as William Ashbury
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Boston Legal
Boston Legal as Alan Shore
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2003
I Witness
I Witness as Douglas Draper
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Alien Hunter
Alien Hunter as Julian Rome
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The Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers as Daniel Ellsberg
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The Practice
The Practice as Alan Shore
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2002
Secretary
Secretary as E. Edward Grey
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The Stickup
The Stickup as John Parker
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2001
Speaking of Sex
Speaking of Sex as Dr. Roger Klink
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2000
The Watcher
The Watcher as FBI Special Agent Joel Campbell
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Slow Burn
Slow Burn as Marcus
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Supernova
Supernova as Nick Vanzant
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1998
It All Came True
It All Came True as Stevenson Lowe
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1997
Driftwood
Driftwood as The Man
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Keys to Tulsa
Keys to Tulsa as Ronnie Stover
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Critical Care
Critical Care as Dr. Werner Ernst
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Seinfeld
Seinfeld as Jason 'Stanky' Hanky
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1996
Crash
Crash as James Ballard
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2 Days in the Valley
2 Days in the Valley as Lee Woods
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1994
Stargate
Stargate as Daniel Jackson
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Wolf
Wolf as Stewart Swinton
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1993
Dream Lover
Dream Lover as Ray Reardon
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The Music of Chance
The Music of Chance as Jack Pozzi
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1992
Storyville
Storyville as Cray Fowler
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1991
True Colors
True Colors as Tim Gerrity
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1990
Bad Influence
Bad Influence as Michael Boll
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White Palace
White Palace as Max Baron
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1989
The Rachel Papers
The Rachel Papers as Deforest
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Sex, Lies, and Videotape as Graham Dalton
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1988
Greasy Lake
Greasy Lake
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Jack's Back
Jack's Back as John Allen Wesford / Richard Wesford
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1987
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero as Rip
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Mannequin
Mannequin as Mr. Richards
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Wall Street
Wall Street as Roger Barnes
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Baby Boom
Baby Boom as Ken Arrenberg
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1986
Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink as Steff
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1985
Tuff Turf
Tuff Turf as Morgan Hiller
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The New Kids
The New Kids as Eddie Dutra
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Starcrossed
Starcrossed as Joey Callaghan
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1984
Family Secrets
Family Secrets as Lowell Everall
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1983
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction as Buddy Gant
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A Killer in the Family
A Killer in the Family as Donny Tison
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The Family Tree
The Family Tree
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1981
Endless Love
Endless Love as Keith
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1978
Team-Mates
Team-Mates as Jimmy
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