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.

The film starred Susan Sarandon and James Spader.

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

That year she also starred in the comedy-drama film Keys to Tulsa with Eric Stoltz and James Spader.

The film featured Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer in the lead roles, alongside James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Plummer, Eileen Atkins, David Hyde Pierce, and Om Puri.

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.

Along with James Spader, Mitra also joined the cast of Boston Legal after The Practice ended, and her character became an attorney.

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.

He also had a minor role as Gary Meyers, an archaeologist who translated the symbols on the Stargate prior to James Spader ’ s character involvement in the 1994 movie, Stargate.

In 2010, she made her Broadway debut in David Mamet's Race, alongside James Spader, David Alan Grier, and Richard Thomas.

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

* Secretary ( 2002 ), directed by Steven Shainberg and starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal

Alien Hunter is a 2003 science-fiction-thriller film, directed by Ron Krauss and stars James Spader, Carl Lewis and Leslie Stefanson.

Keys to Tulsa is a 1997 film directed by Leslie Greif, and starring Eric Stoltz and James Spader.

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 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.

The movie, in which he is portrayed by James Spader, documents Ellsberg's life, starting with his work for RAND Corp and ending with the day on which the judge declared his espionage trial a mistrial.

* 1969 / 1970: Donna Juanita, a song performed by Swedish artist Monica Zetterlund, part of the revue and TV-show " Spader, Madame!

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.

The song appeared in the 1985 Kim Richards vehicle Tuff Turf starring James Spader and Robert Downey Jr. ( which also featured a cameo appearance by the band ), as well as 2004's Dawn of the Dead.

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

* 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.

Daniel Jackson is first introduced in the 1994 film Stargate, and is played by James Spader.

James Spader was intrigued by the script because he found it " awful ".

Infiniti's chief competitors in the Japanese-American luxury car market, Acura and Lexus, used a similar technique in their commercials, which have also featured celebrity voice-overs, done by James Sloyan ( Lexus ) and James Spader ( Acura ).

Soon after, he is demoted from editor in chief of a publishing house during a takeover by ruthless tycoon Raymond Alden ( Christopher Plummer ), who replaces him with Will's ambitious protégé Stewart Swinton ( James Spader ).

After a couple of singles, Bills and Humphreys left, with Halvorsen joining on bass, this line-up recording the Tanker album and the " Grader Spader " single, both produced by Brent McLachlan.

Endless Love was the feature film debut for a number of actors, including Tom Cruise, Jami Gertz, and Jeff Marcus, and features very early appearances by James Spader, as the elder brother of Brooke Shields, and of a pre-Beverly Hills, 90210, Ian Ziering.

After killing the System Lord Ra ( Jaye Davidson ) by rigging a nuclear bomb onto his ship as it left Abydos, O ' Neill returned to Earth with two survivors of his team, leaving behind Dr. Daniel Jackson ( James Spader ), who remained with his new love Sha're ( Mili Avital ; called Sha ' uri in the movie ) and her brother Skaara ( Alexis Cruz ).

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

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.

" 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.

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.

The film's other stars include Jack Black, John Cusack, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Gallagher, Helen Hunt, Jeremy Piven, Alan Rickman, James Spader, David Strathairn, Fred Ward, Ray Wise, and Gore Vidal.

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 ).

The cast included John Cusack, James Spader and Richard Widmark in his final movie role.

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.

Alan Shore ( Spader ) tells Denny Crane ( William Shatner ), " Denny, you're pretty in pink ", as they are both dressed in pink flamingos for a Halloween party.

** James Spader – Boston Legal as Alan Shore

* James Spader for playing Alan Shore on The Practice