James Spader is a prolific actor in television and film who rose to fame in the mid-80s, and ranking his movies from worst to best reveals niche stand-out projects he's chosen to take on for decades. Spader's first role was in a raunchy 1978 comedy called Team-Mates but he didn't rise to fame until he starred alongside Molly Ringwald in the 1986 teen comedy Pretty in Pink. With his increasing popularity, Spader continued to act under renowned directors like David Cronenberg and Steven Soderbergh and even landed a role as the lead villain in Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor James Spader dropped out of school at seventeen and moved to New York to achieve the American dream of becoming a successful actor. Earning money from jobs driving meat trucks, instructing yoga, or being a stable hand to study acting, he eventually garnered several major movie roles which catapulted him to stardom. He is most known for his controversially risqué 1980s-90s films and notable television roles such as the sharp-witted Alan Shore from the lawyer comedy Boston Legal where he stars alongside Star Trek's William Shatner.
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Currently, James Spader is returning for a 10th season of the hit NBC crime series The Blacklist. Proving a talent for playing a gleefully sinister character, he successfully portrays the titular fugitive Raymond Reddington who covets the attention and aid of profiler Elizabeth Keen. He is continuing to keep his name in the sphere of relevance despite having stuck with television for his most recent starring roles. With a history of Criterion and Cannes-recognized accomplishments, however, it would be prudent to look over James
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