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James Spader

James Spader

Highest Rated: 100% The Music of Chance (1993)

Lowest Rated: 10% Keys to Tulsa (1997)

Birthday: Feb 7, 1960

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Actor James Spader played multiple intriguing deviants in a number of acclaimed independent films in the 1980s and 1990s before his magic touch with morally ambiguous outsiders found its way to television on "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004-08). Spader began his career playing a series of unsympathetic yuppie types in the era of the shamelessly wealthy, then put films like "Wall Street" (1987) and "Less Than Zero" (1987) behind him in favor of exploring man's attraction to danger - often sexual - in acclaimed indie films like "sex, lies, and videotape" (1989), "Crash" (1996) and "Secretary" (2002). In 2003, he was handpicked to shake things up on David E. Kelley's stale law drama, "The Practice" (ABC, 1997-2004), before being given a starring role as lawyer of questionable ethics in the spin-off, "Boston Legal," for which he earned several Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. By the time he joined the cast of "The Office" (NBC, 2005-2013) in 2011, Spader was firmly established as a credible lead in television and on film, capably performing in just about any role that came his way. His starring role on the thriller series "The Blacklist" (NBC 2013- ), playing master manipulator "Red" Reddington, perfectly encapsulated his ability to make unpleasant characters fascinating.

Highest rated movies

100% 88% The Music of Chance
96% 79% Sex, Lies, and Videotape
90% 80% Lincoln
81% 53% The Homesman
79% 81% Wall Street
78% 82% Secretary
75% 81% Pretty in Pink
71% 38% Jack's Back

Filmography

Movies

Credit
76% 82% Avengers: Age of Ultron Ultron (Voice) $459.0M 2015
81% 53% The Homesman Aloysius Duffy (Character) $2.4M 2014
90% 80% Lincoln W.N. Bilbo (Character) $182.2M 2012
47% 32% Shorts Mr. Black (Character) $20.9M 2009
No Score Yet 3% Shadow of Fear William Ashbury (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 32% I Witness Douglas Draper (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 64% The Pentagon Papers Daniel Ellsberg (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 16% Alien Hunter Julian Rome (Character) - 2003
78% 82% Secretary E. Edward Grey (Character) $4.0M 2002
No Score Yet 51% The Stickup John Parker (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 38% Speaking of Sex Dr. Roger Klink (Character) - 2001
12% 12% Slow Burn Marcus (Character) - 2000
11% 28% The Watcher Campbell (Character) $28.9M 2000
11% 17% Supernova Nick Vanzant (Character) $14.2M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Curtain Call Stevenson Lowe (Character) - 1998
59% 30% Critical Care Dr. Werner Ernst (Character) $169.4K 1997
10% 37% Keys to Tulsa Ronnie Stover (Character) $53.2K 1997
60% 54% 2 Days in the Valley Lee Woods (Character) $11.1M 1996
64% 61% Crash James Ballard (Character) $3.4M 1996
No Score Yet 52% Driftwood The Man (Character) - 1995
57% 39% Dream Lover Ray Reardon (Character) - 1994
53% 73% Stargate Dr. Daniel Jackson (Character) $70.9M 1994
62% 43% Wolf Stewart Swinton (Character) $65.0M 1994
100% 88% The Music of Chance Jack Pozzi (Character) - 1993
67% 22% Storyville Cray Fowler (Character) $352.5K 1992
44% 45% True Colors Tim Gerrity (Character) $304.5K 1991
65% 51% Bad Influence Michael Boll (Character) $11.3M 1990
50% 62% White Palace Max Baron (Character) $16.9M 1990
45% 53% The Rachel Papers Deforest (Character) $154.6K 1989
96% 79% Sex, Lies, and Videotape Graham (Character) $22.7M 1989
71% 38% Jack's Back John/Rick Westford (Character) - 1988
20% 55% Mannequin Richards (Character) $34.9M 1987
48% 63% Less Than Zero Rip (Character) $10.8M 1987
79% 81% Wall Street Roger Barnes (Character) $41.3M 1987
67% 62% Baby Boom Ken Arrenberg (Character) $25.4M 1987
75% 81% Pretty in Pink Steff (Character) $521.0K 1986
40% 48% The New Kids Eddie Dutra (Character) - 1985
17% 59% Tuff Turf Morgan Hiller (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 32% Starcrossed Joey Callaghan (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Secrets Lowell Everall (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 44% Cocaine: One Man's Seduction Buddy Gant (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Killer in the Family Donny Tison (Character) - 1983
26% 51% Endless Love Keith Butterfield (Character) - 1981

TV

Credit
81% 89% The Office Robert California (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2011-2012 2024
91% 79% The Blacklist Raymond "Red" Reddington (Character),
Executive Producer
2013-2023
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014-2019 2021 2023
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2014-2022
No Score Yet 14% The View Guest 2013 2019
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2013-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2012
86% 91% Boston Legal Alan Shore (Character) 2004-2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Discovery Atlas Narrator 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Practice Alan Shore (Character) 2003-2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2003
89% 92% Seinfeld Jason 'Stanky' Hanky (Guest Star) 1997
95% 94% Frasier Steven (Guest Voice) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Family Tree Jake Nichols (Character) 1983