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James Todd Spader is an American actor. He is best known for portraying eccentric characters in films such as the drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape , the action science fiction film Stargate , the controversial psychological thriller Crash , and the erotic romance Secretary .

His best-known television roles are those of attorney Alan Shore in The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal , and Robert California in the comedy-mockumentary The Office. He currently stars as high-profile criminal-turned-FBI-informant Raymond "Red" Reddington in the NBC crime drama The Blacklist, for which he has earned two Golden Globe Award nominations.

✵ 7. February 1960
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Famous James Spader Quotes

“Love is the one emotion actors allow themselves to believe.”

James Spader

Playboy (May 2005)

“I enjoy the most that Alan seems to be the happiest the stranger that it can be. I don't think it ever can be strange enough for him.”

James Spader

On his character at Boston Legal. Albany Times Union (November 14, 2005)

“The most interesting heroes have a bit of villainy to them, and the most interesting villains have a certain bit of heroism in them, … I think (Alan Shore) intends to do the right thing, but his view of the world is very different so, to get to the right place, he sometimes takes a path that goes through a very dark forest.”

James Spader

On Alan Shore, his character at Boston Legal. The Olympian (October 4, 2005)

“I'd like to thank the academy and I'd like to thank my mother and I'd like to thank my mother again, because I forgot to thank her last year.”

James Spader

2005 Emmy Awards acceptance speech for Best dramatic actor. Quoted at BBC News (September 19, 2005)

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