Birth Day: 1960-02-07
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for often portraying eccentric and morally ambiguous characters. He started his career in critically acclaimed independent films before transitioning into television, for which he received numerous awards and acclaim, including three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and ten Screen Actors Guild Awards. Spader started his career acting in youth-orientated films such as Tuff Turf (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Mannequin (1987). His breakthrough role came with the Steven Soderbergh drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), for which he received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He then starred in films such as White Palace (1990), True Colours (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 role of Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). His television roles include the attorney Alan Shore in the last season of The Practice (2003–2004) and its spin-off Boston Legal (2004–2008), which earned him three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He portrayed Robert California in the sitcom The Office (2011–2012). Spader is also known for starring as Raymond Reddington in the NBC crime thriller series The Blacklist (2013–2023), for which he received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor—TV Series Drama. Description above is from the Wikipedia article James Spader, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Credits
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As Self (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Self -
As Ultron (voice) -
As Aloysius Duffy -
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As W.N. Bilbo -
As Carbon Black -
As William Ashbury -
As Douglas Draper -
As Daniel Ellsberg -
As Julian Rome -
As John Parker -
As Mr. Grey -
As Dr. Roger Klink -
As Marcus -
As FBI Special Agent Joel Campbell -
As Nick Vanzant -
As Stevenson Lowe -
As The Man -
As Ronnie Stover -
As Dr. Werner Ernst -
As James Ballard -
As Lee Woods -
As Dr. Daniel Jackson -
As Stewart Swinton -
As Jack Pozzi -
As Ray Reardon -
As Chuck Marlin -
As Cray Fowler -
As Tim Gerrity -
As Michael Boll -
As Max Baron -
As Graham Dalton -
As Deforest -
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As John Allen Wesford / Richard Wesford -
As Rip -
As Roger Barnes -
As Mr. Richards -
As Ken Arrenberg -
As Steff -
As Eddie Dutra -
As Joey Callaghan -
As Morgan Hiller -
As Lowell Everall -
As Donny Tison -
As Buddy Gant -
As Fenwick
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As Keith -
As Jimmy