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James Spader
James Spader in 2007
Born	James Todd Spader February 7, 1960 (1960-02-07) (age 48) Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Victoria Spader (1987–2004)
Awards won Emmy Awards Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series 2004 The Practice 2005, 2007 Boston Legal

James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960), who is known to prefer being called "Jimmy",^[1] is a three-time Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated^[2] American actor. He is perhaps best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as sex, lies, and videotape (for which he won the Best Actor award Cannes Film Festival),^[2] Stargate, and Secretary, and the television series Boston Legal and The Practice. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boston redirects here. ... An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners: 1974: Telly Savalas - Kojak 1975: Robert Blake - Baretta 1976: Peter Falk - Columbo 1977: James Garner - The Rockford Files 1978: Edward Asner - Lou Grant 1979: Ron Leibman - Kaz 1980: Edward Asner - Lou Grant... The Practice was an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston, Massachusetts law firm. ... Boston Legal is an American dramedy television series that began airing on ABC on October 3rd, 2004. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... . The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions. ... The Best Actor Award (French: Prix dinterprétation masculine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ... Stargate is a science fiction/action film released in 1994, directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, with a soundtrack by David Arnold. ... Secretary DVD Secretary is a 2002 romantic black comedy film based on a short story from Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill. ... Boston Legal is an American dramedy television series that began airing on ABC on October 3rd, 2004. ... The Practice was an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston, Massachusetts law firm. ...

Biography

Early life

Spader was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of teachers Jean and Todd Spader.^[3] He attended The Pike School (where his mother taught art) and lived at Brooks School (where his father taught) in North Andover, Massachusetts. The Spader family lived on the Brooks School campus.^[4] Spader later attended Phillips Academy. Spader dropped out of school in the eleventh grade to pursue acting at the Michael Chekhov School in New York City.^[4] Before becoming a full-time actor, Spader did a variety of jobs including being a yoga instructor, busboy, truck driver, stable boy, and railroad-car loader.^[4] Boston redirects here. ... The Pike School, founded in 1926 by Cynthia E. Pike, is a private day school in Andover, Massachusetts. ... Brooks School // Brooks School is a private co-educational preparatory secondary school in North Andover, Massachusetts near the shore of Lake Cochichewick . ... North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Andover or simply P.A. or Andover) is a co-educational University preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. ... Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов, August 29, 1891 in Moscow – September 30, 1955 in Beverly Hills, California) was an Academy Award-nominated Russian-American actor, director, author, and developer of his own acting technique used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Career

Spader stars as the popular lead character Alan Shore in the TV series Boston Legal, where he has reprised his role from the TV series The Practice. Spader won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy Award for his portrayal of Alan Shore in 2004 on The Practice and won it again in 2005 for Boston Legal.^[2] Spader has become one of the few actors to win consecutive Emmy Awards for playing the same character on two different series (another being co-star William Shatner as Denny Crane). Spader won the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical for Boston Legal in 2006 and took home his third Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2007.^[2] Alan Shore is a fictional character on the television series Boston Legal, played by James Spader. ... Boston Legal is an American dramedy television series that began airing on ABC on October 3rd, 2004. ... The Practice was an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston, Massachusetts law firm. ... An Emmy Award. ... William Alan Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for playing James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. ... Information Gender Male Date of birth 1932 or 1933 Occupation Lawyer Portrayed by William Shatner Created by David E. Kelley Dennis Denny Crane is a fictional character on the television series Boston Legal. ... The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. ...

In October 2006, Spader narrated China Revealed, the first episode of Discovery Channel's documentary series Discovery Atlas. He has also done the voice-over in several television commercials for Acura.^[5] Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. ... Discovery Atlas is a documentary television series on the Discovery Channel and Discovery HD Theater which focuses on the cultural, sociological, and natural aspects of various countries by exploring their different peoples, traditions, and lands. ... A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ... Acura (Japanese: アキュラ, Akyura) is the luxury vehicle brand of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. ...

In 1997, James Spader guest stared in an episode of Seinfeld as an angry rageaholics who refuses to apologize to George for yelling at him.

Personal life

Spader met his wife, Victoria Kheel, a decorator, while working in a yoga studio after he moved to New York in the early 1980s. They married in 1987 and had two sons, Sebastian and Elijah. Spader and Kheel divorced in 2004. James Spader currently has plans to marry his girlfriend, Leslie Stefanson.^[6] For other uses such as Yoga postures, see Yoga (disambiguation) Statue of Shiva performing Yogic meditation Yoga (Sanskrit: योग Yoga, IPA: ) is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. ...

Spader loves to cook, has very poor eyesight, and usually points out that even though his characters can be sleazy at times, he is actually a nice, friendly guy in real life.^[1] Those who know him or have met him say that he is a real sweetheart; pensive and shy.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

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References

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External links

• James Spader at the Internet Movie Database
• JamesSpader.org Fan Web Site