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.

* Travis Spader, ATV motocross racer, lived in Brick when he won his GNC National Championship in 2000.

At the 1989 Cannes Film Festival the film won the Palme d ' Or and the FIPRESCI Prize, with Spader getting the Best Actor Award.

Wolf won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick's screenplay, and it was nominated for a further 5 Saturn Awards, in the categories of Best Horror Film, Best Actor ( Jack Nicholson ), Best Actress ( Michelle Pfeiffer ), Best Supporting Actor ( James Spader ) and Best Make-up ( Rick Baker ).

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.

The addition of James Spader and Rhona Mitra to the cast for the eighth season somewhat revived the ratings ; Spader went on to win an Emmy for his appearance.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 film was also significant in that it featured James Spader playing the sympathetic protagonist, as in many of his past films he was best known for playing the role of the villain or the snobby preppy ( in particular, Pretty in Pink, and Less Than Zero ).

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.

However, on March 11, 2004, ABC announced that The Practice would not return for a ninth season ; rather, Kelley would create a new spin-off series Boston Legal, starring Spader, Mitra, Lake Bell and William Shatner.

Spader, Bergen, and Shatner were each nominated for their respective roles.

Unlike Francis Ford Coppola, who revealed a surprising enthusiasm for horrific vampire tricks in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mr. Nichols shows no great gusto for the supernatural ... there are admirable performances from Mr. Spader, still turning the business of being despicable into a fine art, and Kate Nelligan, as Will's deceptively brisk and efficient wife ... Ms. Pfeiffer's role is underwritten, but her performance is expert enough to make even diffidence compelling.

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.

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.

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

* 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.

** James Spader – Boston Legal as Alan Shore

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.

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

* James Spader for playing Alan Shore on The Practice

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

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.

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.

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.

Spader tries to save the Hindenburg on his own, but is stopped by Winn Farrow.

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

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.

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

Spader later transferred to Phillips Academy, but dropped out of school in the eleventh grade to pursue acting at the Michael Chekhov School in New York City.

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

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.

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

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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.