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 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 bused 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.
Bio:
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 bused 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.
Tivia:
Has an eidetic memory. He can look at a script and he remembers what the pages look like. As he films a scene, he "reads" the page. The only reason he screws up a line is if very similar words (e.g. "it" and "is") are written fairly close together.Has very poor eyesight, and cannot wear contact lenses. Has said that in roles in which he does not wear his eyeglasses, he can barely make out the face of the actor across from him in the scene.He was working as a janitor at a rehearsal studio run by acting teacher & casting director Trent Gough in Times Square when he landed his first feature film Endless Love (1981).Loves cooking and is an excellent chef.Is quick to point out that, unlike the sleazy, sneaky characters he is best known for playing, he is actually a nice, friendly man in real life.Refuses to watch any of the movies he has appeared in.Is known to prefer being called "Jimmy".The birth date on the "Ten Most Wanted" poster for Raymond "Red" Reddington on The Blacklist (2013) in February 7, 1960, Spader's actual birth date.First performer to win Leading Drama Actor Emmy Awards for portraying the same character (Alan Shore) on two different series (The Practice (1997) and Boston Legal (2004)).Has two sons: Sebastian Spader (born 1989) and Elijah Spader (born 1992).Has appeared with Andrew McCarthy in three films: Pretty in Pink (1986), Mannequin (1987) and Less Than Zero (1987). McCarthy would later direct Spader in multiple episodes of The Blacklist (2013).Was close friends with John Kennedy Jr., both having attended Phillips Academy (Andover) high school together. Spader even dined occasionally with John Jr. at his mother Jacqueline Kennedy's Upper East Side apartment in New York.Did commercial voice-overs for Acura car commercials.Greatly admires the work of Charles Laughton.His wife, Victoria Spader, was the set decorator for Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989).Good friends Christian Clemenson, Robert Downey Jr., Eric Stoltz, Jason Alexander, and Rowdy Herrington.He has English, with small amounts of Scottish, French, Dutch, German, Swiss-German, Norwegian, Welsh, and Irish, ancestry. Many of his family lines trace back to Colonial America of the 1600s. Among James's famous ancestors are Laurent Clerc, an educator of the deaf, who was born in La Balme, Cremieu, Isere, France; mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch, Revolutionary War general Joshua Babcock, and Paul Mascarene, a Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. James also shares a common "Vanderbilt" ancestor with famous businessman Cornelius Vanderbilt.Fianc��e Leslie Stefanson gave birth to his third son, Nathaneal, on August 31, 2008.His father died two weeks before he began production on Critical Care (1997).Parents are Stoddard Greenwood and Jean (Fraser) Spader, both educators.Has appeared with Eric Stoltz in four films: A Killer in the Family (1983), The New Kids (1985), 2 Days in the Valley (1996) and Keys to Tulsa (1997).Auditioned for the role of Cadet Captain Alex Dwier in the drama film Taps (1981), but eventually lost to Sean Penn.Has two unsuccessful television pilots, Diner (1983) and Starcrossed (1985), to his credit.Is a huge fan of the immortal Bob Dylan.Ex-son-in-law of Lee Kheel.Born on the same date (February 7, 1960) as Saturday Night Live (1975) "TV Fun House" writer/cartoonist Robert Smigel, best known as the voice of Triumph the insult comic dog from Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). |
| Name: |
James Spader |
Type: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
| Category: |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Model rank: |
125 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 02:54:50 |
| Height: |
5' 9?' (1.77 m) |
| Biography: |
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 eleven |
| Trivia: |
Has an eidetic memory. He can look at a script and he remembers what the pages look like. As he films a scene, he "reads" the page. The only reason he screws up a line is if very similar words (e.g. "it" and "is") are written fairly close together.Has very poor eyesight, and cannot wear contact lenses. Has said that in roles in which he does not wear his eyeglasses, he can barely make out the face of the actor across from him in the scene.He was working as a janitor at a rehearsal studio run by acting teacher & casting director Trent Gough in Times Square when he landed his first feature film Endless Love (1981).Loves cooking and is an excellent chef.Is quick to point out that, unlike the sleazy, sneaky characters he is best known for playing, he is actually a nice, friendly man in real life.Refuses to watch any of the movies he has appeared in.Is known to prefer being called "Jimmy".The birth date on the "Ten Most Wanted" poster for Raymond "Red" Reddington on The Blacklist (2013) in February 7, 1960, Spader's actual birth date.First performer to win Leading Drama Actor Emmy Awards for portraying the same character (Alan Shore) on two different series (The Practice (1997) and Boston Legal (2004)).Has two sons: Sebastian Spader (born 1989) and Elijah Spader (born 1992).Has appeared with Andrew McCarthy in three films: Pretty in Pink (1986), Mannequin (1987) and Less Than Zero (1987). McCarthy would later direct Spader in multiple episodes of The Blacklist (2013).Was close friends with John Kennedy Jr., both having attended Phillips Academy (Andover) high school together. Spader even dined occasionally with John Jr. at his mother Jacqueline Kennedy's Upper East Side apartment in New York.Did commercial voice-overs for Acura car commercials.Greatly admires the work of Charles Laughton.His wife, Victoria Spader, was the set decorator for Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989).Good friends Christian Clemenson, Robert Downey Jr., Eric Stoltz, Jason Alexander, and Rowdy Herrington.He has English, with small amounts of Scottish, French, Dutch, German, Swiss-German, Norwegian, Welsh, and Irish, ancestry. Many of his family lines trace back to Colonial America of the 1600s. Among James's famous ancestors are Laurent Clerc, an educator of the deaf, who was born in La Balme, Cremieu, Isere, France; mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch, Revolutionary War general Joshua Babcock, and Paul Mascarene, a Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. James also shares a common "Vanderbilt" ancestor with famous businessman Cornelius Vanderbilt.Fianc��e Leslie Stefanson gave birth to his third son, Nathaneal, on August 31, 2008.His father died two weeks before he began production on Critical Care (1997).Parents are Stoddard Greenwood and Jean (Fraser) Spader, both educators.Has appeared with Eric Stoltz in four films: A Killer in the Family (1983), The New Kids (1985), 2 Days in the Valley (1996) and Keys to Tulsa (1997).Auditioned for the role of Cadet Captain Alex Dwier in the drama film Taps (1981), but eventually lost to Sean Penn.Has two unsuccessful television pilots, Diner (1983) and Starcrossed (1985), to his credit.Is a huge fan of the immortal Bob Dylan.Ex-son-in-law of Lee Kheel.Born on the same date (February 7, 1960) as Saturday Night Live (1975) "TV Fun House" writer/cartoonist Robert Smigel, best known as the voice of Triumph the insult comic dog from Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). |
| Trademarks: |
Rich smooth voice with slow long drawl
Often plays spoiled or smarmy yuppies
Often plays morally ambiguous characters |
| Quotes: |
If I don't need the money, I don't work. I don't mind going to somebody and saying, "Okay, this is how much money I need to pay my bills for the next six months. If you pay me that, I'll do the film.".
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[Why did he accept the lead in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)?] I took the film because I was interested in doing that part. Looking at work as stepping stones is something I don't have any time or energy for. It seems a shame to look at your work as some sort of means to an end, because the end is death, you know? The means is the flesh and blood, so you had better enjoy it. Fuck the end.
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If I don't need the money, I don't work. I'm going to spend time with my family and friends, and I'm going to travel and read and listen to music and try to learn a little bit more about how to be a human being, as opposed to learning how to be somebody else.
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Studio people are afraid of Crash (1996). It makes a statement about whoever releases the film. Miramax took a lot of flak for releasing Kids (1995). The same will happen for whoever releases Crash (1996).
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I have my own artistic sensibilities and Crash (1996) complements them. It is a provocative, challenging, disturbing film made for adults. It's not a skeleton in the closet for me. |
| Salaries: |
Secretary (2002) - $400,000 + gross points
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Stargate (1994) - $1,000,000 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
Read the audio version of Dean R. Koontz's "Strange Highways".
Does the voiceover for Acura car commercials.
(2011) Acura commercial voiceover for Minesota road test AD
(Fall 2012) TV commercial for new 2013 Acura (voice over). |
| Spouse: |
Victoria Spader (1987 - 2004) (divorced, 2 children) |
| Children: |
Sebastian SpaderElijah SpaderNathaniel Spader |
| Parents: |
Jean Fraser
Stoddard Greenwood Spader |
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