Biography of James Spader -

James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960 in
Boston, Massachusetts|Boston, Massachusetts) is an
actor best known for his eccentric roles in
film|movies such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape (for
which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes
Film Festival), Stargate (movie)|Stargate, and
Secretary (movie)|Secretary.  Known for his
mastery of the smarmy, sexually deviant yuppie,
Spader got his start in Pretty in Pink.  He was
also the lead of the mostly-new cast which creator
David E. Kelley put in place in 2003 for American
Broadcasting Company|ABC's The Practice (for which
he won an Emmy Award) and was given the lead in
that show's spin-off (television)|spin-off, Boston
Legal.  Offbeat and fiercely private, Spader has
always narrowly avoided mainstream success, but he
is widely acclaimed as one of the most talented,
albeit unwilling, actors of his generation.

Spader attended The Pike School in Andover,
Massachusetts and is one of the school's most
famous alumni.  Afterwards he attended Phillips
Academy, but he dropped out in the eleventh grade
to pursue acting in New York City.  

==Filmography==
*Shadow of Fear (2004)
*I Witness (2003)
*Alien Hunter (2003)
*Secretary (movie)|Secretary (2002)
*Speaking of Sex (2001)
*Supernova (movie)|Supernova (2000)
*Slow Burn (2000 film)|Slow Burn (2000)
*The Watcher (2000)
*Curtain Call (1999)
*Keys to Tulsa (1997)
*Driftwood (movie)|Driftwood (1997)
*Curtain Call (1997)
*Critical Care (1997)
*2 Days in the Valley (1996)
*Crash (novel)|Crash (1996)
*Dream Lover (1994)
*Wolf (movie)|Wolf (1994)
*Stargate (movie)|Stargate (1994)
*The Music of Chance (1993)
*Storyville (film)|Storyville (1992)
*Bob Roberts (1992)
*True Colors (movie)|True Colors (1991)
*Bad Influence (1990)
*White Palace (1990)
*The Rachel Papers (1989)
*Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
*Jacks Back|Jack's Back (1988)
*Baby Boom (movie)|Baby Boom (1987)
*Less Than Zero (1987)
*Mannequin (movie)|Mannequin (1987)
*Wall Street (movie)|Wall Street (1987)
*Pretty in Pink (1986)
*The New Kids (1985)
*Tuff Turf (1985)
*Endless Love (1981)

==External link==
*imdb name|id=0000652|name=James Spader
* http://jamesspader.org James Spader fan website
at JamesSpader.org

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