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James Spader

Age: 49
Height: 5' 10"

Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born: Feb. 7th, 1960

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James Spader's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Boston Legal	Alan Shore
The Practice	Alan Shore
Discovery Atlas	Narator (2)
The Family Tree	Jake Nichols

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Son of teachers Todd and Jean Spader. Attended Phillips Academy in Andover with director Peter Sellars; dropped out in eleventh grade. Bused tables, shoveled manure, and taught yoga before landing his first roles. Graduated from TV movies to Brat Pack Films, playing the bad guy. His performance in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) (Best Actor, Cannes 1989) led to bigger and more varied roles.

TRIVIA:

Has two unsuccessful TV pilots, _Diner (1983) (TV)_ (qv) and _Starcrossed (1985) (TV)_ (qv), to his credit.
Refuses to watch any of the movies he's appeared in.
He was working as a janitor at a rehearsal studio in Times Square when he landed his first feature film, Endless Love.
Has a photographic 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.
Loves cooking and is an excellent chef.
Born on the same date (7 February 1960) as _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv)'s "TV Fun House" writer/cartoonist 'Robert Smigel' (qv), best known as the voice of 'Triumph the insult comic dog' from _"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)_ (qv).
His wife, 'Victoria Spader' (qv), was the set decorator for _Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)_ (qv).
His father died two weeks before he began production on Critical Care.