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James Spader
Actor, Producer
Born February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
James Todd Spader was born on February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of teachers Jean (Fraser) and Stoddard Greenwood "Todd" Spader. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover with director Peter Sellars; he dropped out in eleventh grade. He bussed tables, shoveled manure, and taught yoga before landing his first roles. Spader's first major film role was as Brooke Shields' brother in the romance drama Endless Love (1981). Spader graduated from television movies to Brat Pack films, playing the scoundrel. In Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), he played a sexual voyeur who complicates the lives of three Baton Rouge residents. This performance earned him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and led to bigger and more varied roles. His best known role is the colorful attorney Alan Shore on the David E. Kelley television series The Practice (1997) and its spin-off Boston Legal (2004). He won 3 prime time Emmy Awards in the Best Actor, Drama category for playing the same character Alan Shore in two different television series 'The Practice' and 'Boston Legal' out of the 4 nominations he received for the same between the years 2004-2008. He also received a Golden Globe and several Screen Actor Guild Award Best Actor nominations for reprising this role.
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Top titles
Arrow
Arrow
Sex, Lies and Videotape
The Blacklist - Season 1
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Seinfeld Season 1
Frasier Season 1
Discovery Atlas Season 1
The Practice Season 1
Lincoln (Bonus Content)
Wall Street
Stargate: La puerta del tiempo
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Secretary
Pretty in Pink
Arrow
Arrow
Filmography
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Arrow
Arrow
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2014
The Homesman
2013
The Blacklist - Season 1
2012
Lincoln (Bonus Content)
2009
Shorts (2009)
2006
Discovery Atlas Season 1
2005
The Office - Producer's Picks
2004
Shadow of Fear
2003
I Witness
Alien Hunter
2002
Secretary
2001
Speaking of Sex
2000
Supernova
The Watcher
1997
Keys to Tulsa
The Practice Season 1
Critical Care
1996
2 Days in the Valley
1994
Dream Lover
Stargate: La puerta del tiempo
Wolf
1993
Frasier Season 1
1992
Storyville
1991
True Colors
1990
Bad Influence
White Palace
1989
Sex, Lies and Videotape
The Rachel Papers
Seinfeld Season 1
1988
Jack's Back
1987
Wall Street
Baby Boom
1986
Pretty in Pink
1985
Tuff Turf
The New Kids
1984
Family Secrets
1983
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1981
Endless Love
Arrow
Arrow
Connections
Robert Rodriguez
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