The cast featured James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney, and Wilson Cruz.

Marley ( Robert Forster ), co-pilot Nick Vanzant ( James Spader ), medical officer Kaela Evers ( Angela Bassett ), medical technician Yerzy Penalosa ( Lou Diamond Phillips ), search and rescue paramedic Danika Lund ( Robin Tunney ), and computer technician Benjamin Sotomejor ( Wilson Cruz ).

In school, he and Andie are harassed by Blane's friends, the arrogant so-called " richie " kids Benny ( Kate Vernon ) and Steff ( James Spader ).

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* James Spader as Alan Shore ( 2003 – 2004 ), a highly unethical friend of Ellenor's who was hired by the firm at the beginning of the show's final season.

Boston Legal is a spin-off of long-running Kelley series The Practice, following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore ( James Spader ) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt.

Spader is back playing the sort of loathsome yuppie he excelled at earlier in his career ... Nelligan has little to do as the unfaithful wife ... Eileen Atkins and David Hyde Pierce as Will's loyal publishing underlings, are dead perfect.

When Jade's older brother Keith ( James Spader ) tells the couple to come downstairs, he tells Jade that David is at fault for their father's death.

Film roles include Fast Times at Ridgemont High ( credited as Blair Ashleigh ), Three for the Road with Charlie Sheen " A Sinful Life with Anita Morris, Inside Monkey Zetterland, Dream Lover with James Spader, and The Anniversary Party with Gwyneth Paltrow.

Cryptologist Julien Rome ( James Spader ), a teacher at Berkeley University, is invited to investigate the mystery and he is sent to an Antarctic research base, which includes a huge greenhouse of genetically modified plants being studied by the scientists.

James Spader and Robert Downey, Jr. have also been considered members and appeared in several films alongside other Brat Packers, most notably together with Andrew McCarthy in Less Than Zero ( Downey was also in two eighties films with Anthony Michael Hall-Weird Science and Johnny Be Good, as well as The Pick-up Artist with Molly Ringwald ).

Michael Shanks was chosen because he did " the perfect imitation of James Spader ", according to Brad Wright.

The pilot was originally produced with former The Practice stars James Spader and Rhona Mitra, The Practice guest stars William Shatner and Lake Bell, Mark Valley and an expanded storyline featuring Larry Miller as Edwin Poole and John Michael Higgins as senior partner Jerry Austin.

Daniel Jackson was played by James Spader in the movie and by Michael Shanks in the series.

It stars Dexter Fletcher and Ione Skye as the two main characters, and a number of famous names in supporting roles such as Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, James Spader, Jared Harris, Claire Skinner, and Michael Gambon.

In her first feature film role, Nicholson starred opposite Michael Caine and James Spader in the Peter Yates film Curtain Call.

Spader met his first wife, Victoria Kheel, a decorator, while working in a yoga studio, after he moved to New York in the 1980s.

He responded by firing most of the cast and hiring James Spader for the role of Alan Shore, whom The New York Times described as " a lecherous, twisted antitrust lawyer with a breezy disregard for ethics.

* October 2009: Teenagers Steven Spader and Christopher Gribble murdered a mother and severely injured her daughter during a home invasion in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire.

Bobby Pendragon and Vo Spader, the Traveler from Cloral, arrive on First Earth ( New York City, 1937 ) shortly after the death of Bobby's uncle, Press Tilton, greeted by bullets from gangsters that Saint Dane has hired.

" Since then, it has been frequented by a number of famous visitors, including Tom Watson ( the 8 time major golf champion is a native of Kansas City and currently lives in Stilwell, Kansas ), Steven Spielberg, Bryant Gumbel, Jimmy Carter, Jack Nicholson, James Spader, and in 2008 by Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin, as well as barbecue aficionados.

James Todd Spader ( born February 7, 1960 ) is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in films such as Pretty in Pink ; Less Than Zero ; Sex, Lies, and Videotape ; Crash ; Stargate ; and Secretary.

Spader was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of teachers Jean ( née Fraser ) and Stoddard Greenwood " Todd " Spader.

Before becoming a full-time actor, Spader held a variety of jobs including being a yoga instructor, busboy, truck driver, stable boy, and railroad-car loader.

In 1997, Spader guest starred in an episode of Seinfeld as an angry recovering alcoholic who refuses to apologize to George for making fun of him.

From 2004 to 2008, Spader starred as the lead character Alan Shore in the television series Boston Legal, in which he reprised his role from the television 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 and 2007, for Boston Legal.

With the 2005 Emmy Win, Spader became one of the few actors ( along with co-star William Shatner as Denny Crane ) to win an Emmy award while playing the same character in two different series.

Even rarer, Shatner and Spader each won a second consecutive Emmy while playing the same character in two different series.

Spader also won the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical for Boston Legal in 2006.

In October 2006, Spader narrated China Revealed, the first episode of Discovery Channel's documentary series Discovery Atlas.

Spader starred as a lead character in Race, a play written and directed by David Mamet, alongside Richard Thomas, David Alan Grier and Kerry Washington.

In March 2011, Spader was named to star in By Virtue Fall, a film written and to be directed by Sheldon Turner.

Spader was one of a number of prominent guest stars in " Search Committee ," the final episode of season 7 of The Office.

On June 27, 2011, Ricky Gervais ( an executive producer on the show ) announced Spader was to join the cast on a permanent basis.

Spader planned to stay only through the eighth season, and while the original plan was just to do the guest appearance, executive producer Paul Lieberstein said, " those two scenes became a season.

Spader filed for divorce from Kheel in 2004 and,, has plans to marry his girlfriend ( and former Alien Hunter co-star ), Leslie Stefanson, with whom he had a child in August 2008.

Directed by Roland Emmerich, the film stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Carlos Lauchu, Djimon Hounsou, Erick Avari, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, John Diehl, French Stewart, and Viveca Lindfors.

* James Spader as Dr. Daniel Jackson, a professor who finds little acceptance of his theory that the Pyramids of Giza were much older than they were thought to be.

James Spader was intrigued by the script because he found it " awful ", but accepted the role that earned him money.

In 1989, Sarandon co-starred with Marlon Brando in A Dry White Season, followed by White Palace ( 1990 ) with James Spader.