1989
sex, lies, and videotape
His performance won best actor at Cannes.
FLM.REDJAMES
SPADER
เจมส์ สเปเดอร์
An actor drawn to complicated characters
From sex, lies, and videotape to Ultron.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
A distinctive screen presence
James Spader was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1960. His early screen work included Pretty in Pink and Wall Street before a major turning point in Steven Soderbergh’s sex, lies, and videotape.
His performance in the 1989 film earned the best actor award at Cannes. Later films including Stargate, Crash and Secretary show the range of projects in his film career.
On television he played attorney Alan Shore in The Practice and Boston Legal, winning three Emmy Awards for the role. He later starred as Raymond Reddington in The Blacklist.
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spader performed the role of Ultron, the artificial intelligence opposed to the Avengers. The film is among his credits listed on FLM.RED.
Characters across decades
2004–2008
The Practice / Boston Legal
Alan Shore earned him three Emmy Awards.
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
He performed the role of Ultron.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Television Academy — career interview
- Television Academy — awards
- Golden Globes — filmography
- IMDb — biography
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.