American actor James Spader has been acting in films for more than 35 years, he has played more than forty different roles during this time. His characters grew up with him, subjects and acting techniques changed, but James always remained true to himself, each time creating images of one more interesting than the other.
The result of this work was the award: several Emmy awards for Best Actor in the series Boston Lawyers and Practice, as well as a Silver Award for Best Actor in the film Sex, Lies and Video in Cannes.
James Spader was born in 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Spader family had three children - James had two more older sisters. Therefore, he sometimes jokes that all his life he lived in the atmosphere of a female dictate.
James's parents were teachers, so he grew up an intelligent boy. The Spader family often moved, but their parents were always there - they worked in the same schools where their children studied. Therefore, it is difficult to say in which school the future actor received secondary education.
We can only assume that in his youth he was very decisive, because he left the elite Phillips school in Andover, not having finished his studies in 11th grade. James went to New York and enrolled in acting classes.
Life at that time was not easy for him: in order to raise funds for his life, the young man worked as a bartender, a yoga teacher, a loader, a groom and a truck driver. It seems that this experience helped him a lot in the future, when he had to play the roles of a wide variety of men.
Movie career
The first role came to Spader when he was only 18 years old - it was the movie "Teammates." And two years later he played in the film "Endless Love", where the famous Tom Cruise also starred.
Two years later, James immediately received two proposals for filming, and he played a major role in the drama "Wall to Wall", which could be seen on video in the USSR.
And the role of the handsome playboy in the film "Girl in Pink" brought him the "glory" of the spoiled insolent. This did not agree with the character of the actor himself, but you can not argue with the audience. Only one thing pleased: that means the role was a success.
In 1987, Spader portrayed the culprit in the film Less Than Zero, a bore in the Mannequin film, and played supporting roles in Baby Boom and Wall Street, where he worked on the same site as Michael Douglas and Charlie. The tire.
At the threshold of his thirtieth birthday, James was lucky to play a major role in the cult film - this is the picture Sex, Lies, and Video. She brought the director Steven Soderbergh not only fame, but also the “Palm Branch” of the Cannes Film Festival, and Spader for his role in this festival received the prize for best male role.
This film opened up new possibilities in working on a variety of roles, because there were a lot of offers to make. And filming in the following years simply did not stop for a single day.
Especially successful can be called a work in the film "Stargate", where Spader played the role of archaeologist Daniel Jackson, keen on the mysteries of history. Based on the film, two television films, an animated series, 3 television series, a comic book and several video games were also shot.
The successful actor was also invited to the series, and in 2004 he played the role of lawyer Alan Shore in the Boston Lawyers television project. The series was awarded five Emmy Awards, Golden Globe and Peabody Prizes.
With the beginning of the new millennium, James had to give up the role of a handsome smoothie, and switch to more serious roles. In recent years, he starred in the films "Wish Stone" (2009), "Office" (2011), "Lincoln" (2012), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015).
In one interview, Spader said his job is "that's it." Work and family occupy all his time, and nothing else interests him. Unless plans for producing various projects in film and television.
