James Spader

James Spader

James Todd Spader is an American actor and producer. He rose to stardom in 1986, when he played the rich, arrogant playboy Steff in Pretty in Pink. From 2004 to 2008 Spader starred as Alan Shore in the series Boston Legal, in which he reprised his role from the television series The Practice. He also voiced the titular character of Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

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Summary James SpaderJames Todd Spader is an American actor and producer. He rose to stardom in 1986, when he played the rich, arrogant playboy Steff in Pretty in Pink. From 2004 to 2008 Spader starred as Alan Shore in the series Boston Legal, in which he reprised his role from the television series The Practice. He also voiced the titular character of Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Spader currently stars as high-profile criminal-turned-FBI-informant Raymond \”Red\” Reddington in the NBC crime drama The Blacklist. He won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2004 for his portrayal on The Practice and won it again in 2005 and 2007 for Boston Legal.

In March 2011, he was named to star in the film By Virtue, Fall to Virtue, written and directed by Sheldon Turner. As of June 2011, the movie is in pre-production for release on June 21, 2011. He has also done the voice-over in several television commercials for the movie Acura, which opened on Broadway on August 6, 2010. He is the son of Jean and Stoddard Greenwood Spader, who were both teachers.