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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.
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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% | 23% | Keys to Tulsa | Ronnie Stover (Character) | $53.2K | 1997 |
| 60% | 54% | 2 Days in the Valley | Lee Woods (Character) | $11.1M | 1996 |
| 63% | 61% | Crash | James Ballard (Character) | $3.4M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Driftwood | The Man (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 57% | 38% | Dream Lover | Ray Reardon (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 54% | 73% | Stargate | Dr. Daniel Jackson (Character) | $70.9M | 1994 |
| 62% | 43% | Wolf | Stewart Swinton (Character) | $65.0M | 1994 |
| 100% | 87% | 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 |
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- | 1988 |
| 20% | 55% | Mannequin | Richards (Character) | $34.9M | 1987 |
| 50% | 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 | 46% | 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 | 10% | The View | Guest | 2013 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | 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% | 94% | 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 |