James Spader

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RECENT CREDITS

Shorts (FILM) Aug. 7, 2009

Boston Legal (TV) Dec. 18, 2007

Tonight Show With Jay Leno (TV) Oct. 15, 2007

Late Night With Conan O'Brien (TV) Nov. 22, 2006

Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV) Oct. 17, 2006

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HIGHLIGHTS

Jobs before becoming a successful actor included yoga instructor, busboy, truck driver, stable boy and railroad-car loader.

Studied acting at the Michael Chekhov School in New York.

Has extremely poor eyesight and cannot wear contacts. Has said that when his characters do not wear glasses he can barely make out the faces of the other actors in the scene.

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Lincoln

Actor

Film

Secretary 2002 -E. Edward Grey

Actor

Film

The Watcher 2000 -Joel Campbell

Actor

Film

Supernova 2000 -Nick Vanzant

Actor

Film

Bob Roberts 1992 -News Anchor Chuck Marin

Actor

Film

Storyville 1992 -Cray Fowler

Actor

Film

True Colors 1991 -Tim Garrity

Actor

Film

White Palace 1990 -Max Baron

Actor

Film

Bad Influence 1990 -Michael Boll

Actor

Film

The Rachel Papers 1989 -DeForrest

Actor

Film

sex, lies, and videotape 1989 -Graham Dalton

Actor

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Wall Street 1987 -Roger Barnes

Actor

Film

Baby Boom 1987 -Ken Arrenberg

Actor

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Mannequin 1987 -Richards

Actor

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Less Than Zero 1987 -Rip

Actor

Film

Pretty in Pink 1986 -Steff McKee

Actor

Film

A Killer in the Family

Actor

Boston Legal 2004-2007 -Alan Shore

Actor

Green Christmas (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

TV Episode

No Brains Left Behind (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

TV Episode

Oral Contracts (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

TV Episode

Attack of the Xenophobes (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

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The Object of My Affection (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Hope and Gory (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

TV Episode

Do Tell (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

TV Episode

The Chicken and the Leg (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

TV Episode

The Innocent Man (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

TV Episode

Beauty and the Beast (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Trial of the Century (2007) -Alan Shore

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Duck and Cover (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Guantanamo by the Bay (2007) -Alan Shore

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Tea and Sympathy (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Guise 'n Dolls (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Brotherly Love (2007) -Alan Shore

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Son of the Defender (2007) -Alan Shore

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The Bride Wore Blood (2007) -Alan Shore

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The Good Lawyer (2007) -Alan Shore

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Fat Burner (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Selling Sickness (2007) -Alan Shore

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Dumping Bella (2007) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Nuts (2007) -Alan Shore

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Angel of Death (2007) -Alan Shore

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The Nutcrackers (2006) -Alan Shore

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On the Ledge (2006) -Alan Shore

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Lincoln (2006) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Trick or Treat (2006) -Alan Shore

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The Verdict (2006) -Alan Shore

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Whose God Is It Anyway? (2006) -Alan Shore

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Fine Young Cannibal (2006) -Alan Shore

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Desperately Seeking Shirley (2006) -Alan Shore

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New Kids on the Block (2006) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Can't We All Get a Lung? (2006) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Spring Fever/BL: Los Angeles (2006) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Squid Pro Quo (2006) -Alan Shore

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Deep End of the Poole (2006) -Alan Shore

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Race Ipsa (2006) -Alan Shore

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Ivan the Incorrigible (2006) -Alan Shore

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Word Salad Days (2006) -Alan Shore

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2006) -Alan Shore

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Stick It! (2006) -Alan Shore

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Shock and Oww! (2006) -Alan Shore

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...There's Fire! (2006) -Alan Shore

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Live Big (2006) -Alan Shore

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Smile (2006) -Alan Shore

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Breast in Show (2006) -Alan Shore

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Too Much Information (2006) -Alan Shore

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Helping Hands (2006) -Alan Shore

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The Cancer Man Can (2006) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Legal Deficits (2005) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Gone (2005) -Alan Shore

Actor

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The Ass Fat Jungle (2005) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Truly, Madly, Deeply (2005) -Alan Shore

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Witches of Mass Destruction (2005) -Alan Shore

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Men to Boys (2005) -Alan Shore

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A Whiff and a Prayer (2005) -Alan Shore

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Finding Nimmo (2005) -Alan Shore

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Schadenfreude (2005) -Alan Shore

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The Black Widow (2005) -Alan Shore

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Death Be Not Proud (2005) -Alan Shore

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Let Sales Ring (2005) -Alan Shore

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Tortured Souls (2005) -Alan Shore

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'Til We Meat Again (2005) -Alan Shore

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It Girls and Beyond (2005) -Alan Shore

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From Whence We Came (2005) -Alan Shore

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Schmidt Happens (2005) -Alan Shore

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Hired Guns (2004) -Alan Shore

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A Greater Good (2004) -Alan Shore

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Loose Lips (2004) -Alan Shore

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Questionable Characters (2004) -Alan Shore

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Truth Be Told (2004) -Alan Shore

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An Eye for an Eye (2004) -Alan Shore

Actor

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Change of Course (2004) -Alan Shore

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Catch and Release (2004) -Alan Shore

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Still Crazy After All These Years (2004) -Alan Shore

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Head Cases (2004) -Alan Shore

Actor

TV Episode

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

Actor

Diner

Actor

Discovery Atlas

Narrator

China Revealed (2006) -Narrator

Narrator

TV Episode

Seinfeld

Actor

The Apology (1997)

Actor

TV Episode

The Pentagon Papers -Daniel Ellsberg

Actor

Shadow of Fear 2004

Actor

Film

Speaking of Sex 2001 -Dr. Roger Klink

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Slow Burn 2000 -Marcus

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Film

Critical Care 1997 -Dr. Werner Ernst

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Keys to Tulsa 1997 -Ronnie Stover

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Crash 1997 -James Ballard

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2 Days in the Valley 1996 -Lee Woods

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Stargate 1994 -Dr. Daniel Jackson

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Wolf 1994 -Stewart Swinton

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Tuff Turf -Morgan Hiller

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The Stickup

Actor

Film

The Music of Chance -Jack Pozzi

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The New Kids -Dutra

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The Pentagon Papers -Daniel Ellsberg

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A Killer in the Family

Actor

Film

Alien Hunter -Julian Rome

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Curtain Call -Stevenson Lowe

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Film

Discovery Atlas: China Revealed -Narrator

Voice

Film

Discovery Program

Actor

Film

Dream Lover -Ray Reardon

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Film

Driftwood -The Man

Actor

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Endless Love -Keith

Actor

Film

Family Secrets -Lowell Everall

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I Witness -Douglas Draper

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Jack's Back -John, Rick Wesford

Actor, Actor

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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction -Buddy Gant

Actor

Film

Starcrossed

Actor

Film

Shorts 2009 -Mr. Black

Actor

Film

Highlights

Jobs before becoming a successful actor included yoga instructor, busboy, truck driver, stable boy and railroad-car loader.

Studied acting at the Michael Chekhov School in New York.

Has extremely poor eyesight and cannot wear contacts. Has said that when his characters do not wear glasses he can barely make out the faces of the other actors in the scene.