James Spader

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1960-02-07

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Team-Mates	Jimmy	10
2	1981	Endless Love	Keith	57
3	1983	Cocaine: One Man's Seduction	Buddy Gant	66
4	1983	Diner	Fenwick	55
5	1983	A Killer in the Family	Donny Tison	65
6	1984	Family Secrets	Lowell Everall	37
7	1985	Tuff Turf	Morgan Hiller	59
8	1985	The New Kids	Eddie Dutra	62
9	1985	Starcrossed	Joey Callaghan	51
10	1986	Pretty in Pink	Steff McKee	67
11	1987	Mannequin	Mr. Richards	69
12	1987	Baby Boom	Ken Arrenberg	64
13	1987	Less Than Zero	Rip	64
14	1987	Wall Street	Roger Barnes	72
15	1988	Greasy Lake		40
16	1988	Jack's Back	John Allen Wesford / Richard Wesford	54
17	1989	The Rachel Papers	Deforest	51
18	1989	sex, lies, and videotape	Graham Dalton	70
19	1990	Bad Influence	Michael Boll	60
20	1990	White Palace	Max Baron	61
21	1991	True Colors	Tim Gerrity	62
22	1992	Storyville	Cray Fowler	50
23	1992	Bob Roberts	Chuck Marlin	65
24	1993	The Music of Chance	Jack Pozzi	65
25	1993	Dream Lover	Ray Reardon	59
26	1994	Wolf	Stewart Swinton	61
27	1994	Stargate	Dr. Daniel Jackson	70
28	1996	Crash	James Ballard	64
29	1996	2 Days in the Valley	Lee Woods	62
30	1997	Driftwood	The Man	60
31	1997	Keys to Tulsa	Ronnie Stover	47
32	1997	Critical Care	Dr. Werner Ernst	64
33	1998	Curtain Call	Stevenson Lowe	50
34	2000	Supernova	Nick Vanzant	49
35	2000	The Watcher	FBI Special Agent Joel Campbell	51
36	2000	Slow Burn	Marcus	46
37	2001	Speaking of Sex	Dr. Roger Klink	56
38	2002	The Stickup	John Parker	59
39	2002	Secretary	Mr. Grey	68
40	2003	The Pentagon Papers	Daniel Ellsberg	58
41	2003	I Witness	Douglas Draper	55
42	2003	Alien Hunter	Julian Rome	51
43	2004	Shadow of Fear	William Ashbury	53
44	2009	Shorts	Carbon Black	58
45	2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	(archive footage)	76
46	2012	Lincoln	W.N. Bilbo	69
47	2014	The Homesman	Aloysius Duffy	65
48	2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Ultron (voice)	73
49	2024	BRATS	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1983	The Family Tree		50
3	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		56
4	1989	Seinfeld	Jason 'Stanky' Hanky	83
5	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
6	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
7	1993	Frasier	Steven (voice)	77
8	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
9	1997	The Practice	Alan Shore	77
10	1997	The View	Self	45
11	2003	Celebrities Uncensored	Self	40
12	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
13	2004	Boston Legal	Alan Shore	79
14	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
15	2005	The Office	Robert California	86
16	2005	The Reichen Show	Self - Guest	48
17	2006	Discovery Atlas		60
18	2013	The Frame	James Ballard	100
19	2013	The Blacklist	Raymond 'Red' Reddington	76
20	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
21	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
22		Untitled Vision Series	Ultron (voice)	0

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1944