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James Spader is an American actor born in Boston on February 7, 1960. His birth name is James Todd Spader. He has worked in film and television since 1978. Spader was educated at Phillips Academy and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. He speaks and writes American English.
His notable works include The Blacklist, Boston Legal, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and The Office. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Spader plays the piano and uses his voice as an instrument. He has two children and is unmarried partner to Leslie Stefanson. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
James Todd Spader (/ˈspeɪdər/ SPAY-dər; born February 7, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for often portraying eccentric and morally ambiguous characters. He began his career in critically acclaimed independent films before transitioning into television, where he has received acclaim and many awards, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, and…
Known for
- VisionQuest — Ultron2026
- BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
- Avengers: Age of Ultron — Ultron (voice)2015
- Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Behind the Magic of ILM — Self2015
- The Homesman — Aloysius Duffy2014
- Life Itself — Self - Actor (archive footage)2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest2014
- The Blacklist — Raymond 'Red' Reddington2013
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Wikidata facts
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- Given name
- Todd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Notable work
- The Office
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- James Spader by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- James Spader
- date of birth
- 1960-02-07
- unmarried partner
- Leslie Stefanson
- birth name
- James Todd Spader
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- James Spader
- name in native language
- James Spader
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- writing language
- American English
- medical condition
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Encyclopedic overview
James Todd Spader (/ˈspeɪdər/ SPAY-dər; born February 7, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for often portraying morally ambiguous and eccentric characters. His accolades include three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and ten Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Spader began acting in youth-oriented films such as Tuff Turf, The New Kids (both 1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Mannequin (1987). His breakthrough role came in Steven Soderbergh's 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 Colors (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 the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
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