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James Spader

Born: 1960

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.
Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Resources

Movies

Crash

James Ballard in Crash

sex, lies, and videotape

Graham Dalton in sex, lies, and videotape

Stargate

Dr. Daniel Jackson in Stargate

Mannequin

Mr. Richards in Mannequin

Bob Roberts

Chuck Marlin in Bob Roberts

Supernova

Nick Vanzant in Supernova

The Watcher

FBI Special Agent Joel Campbell in The Watcher

Wolf

Stewart Swinton in Wolf

Secretary

Mr. Grey in Secretary

Pretty in Pink

Steff in Pretty in Pink

Alien Hunter

Julian Rome in Alien Hunter

Bad Influence

Michael Boll in Bad Influence

Shorts

Carbon Black in Shorts

2 Days in the Valley

Lee Woods in 2 Days in the Valley

True Colors

Tim Gerrity in True Colors

The Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsberg in The Pentagon Papers

Less Than Zero

Rip in Less Than Zero

Tuff Turf

Morgan Hiller in Tuff Turf

White Palace

Max Baron in White Palace

The Rachel Papers

Deforest in The Rachel Papers

Jack's Back

John Allen Wesford / Richard Wesford in Jack's Back

The Stickup

John Parker in The Stickup

Critical Care

Dr. Werner Ernst in Critical Care

I Witness

Douglas Draper in I Witness

Speaking of Sex

Dr. Roger Klink in Speaking of Sex

The Music of Chance

Jack Pozzi in The Music of Chance

Dream Lover

Ray Reardon in Dream Lover

Curtain Call

Stevenson Lowe in Curtain Call

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

Buddy Gant in Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

Endless Love

Keith in Endless Love

Shadow of Fear

William Ashbury in Shadow of Fear

Starcrossed

Joey Callaghan in Starcrossed

The New Kids

Eddie Dutra in The New Kids

Lincoln

W.N. Bilbo in Lincoln

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Ultron (voice) in Avengers: Age of Ultron

Driftwood

The Man in Driftwood

Team-Mates

Jimmy in Team-Mates

Greasy Lake

in Greasy Lake

Storyville

Cray Fowler in Storyville

Slow Burn

Marcus in Slow Burn

Keys to Tulsa

Ronnie Stover in Keys to Tulsa

A Killer in the Family

Donny Tison in A Killer in the Family

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage) in Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Wall Street

Roger Barnes in Wall Street

The Homesman

Aloysius Duffy in The Homesman

Baby Boom

Ken Arrenberg in Baby Boom

BRATS

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) in BRATS

Family Secrets

Lowell Everall in Family Secrets

Diner

Fenwick in Diner

Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Behind the Magic of ILM

Self in Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Behind the Magic of ILM

TV Shows