James Spader

James Spader

Actor (b. 1960)
23
Movies
73.0%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate James Spader’s films higher than 63% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Stargate (YouTube, Fawesome) · Wall Street (Philo) · Pretty in Pink (Kanopy, Hoopla) · Wolf (Xumo Play) · Baby Boom (YouTube, Tubi, Hoopla) · The New Kids (Tubi) and 9 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Tommy Lee Jones (3)Hal Holbrook (2)Andrew McCarthy (2)Robert Downey Jr. (1)Chris Hemsworth (1)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for James Spader (73.0%) is the average audience approval rating across 23 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of James's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

James Todd Spader (/ˈspeɪdər/ SPAY-dər; born February 7, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for often portraying eccentric and morally ambiguous characters. He began his career in critically acclaimed independent films before transitioning into television, where he has received acclaim and many awards, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, and ten Screen Actors Guild Awards. Spader began acting in youth-oriented films such as Tuff Turf, The New Kids (both 1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Mannequin (1987). His breakthrough role came with the Steven Soderbergh drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), for which he received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.

He then starred in films such as White Palace (1990), True Colors (1991), Stargate (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Secretary (2002). Spader took supporting roles in Bob Roberts (1992), Wolf (1994), Lincoln (2012), and The Homesman (2014). He also played the role of Ultron in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). His television roles include the attorney Alan Shore in the last season of The Practice (2003–2004) and its spin-off Boston Legal (2004–2008), which earned him three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He portrayed Robert California in the sitcom The Office (2011–2012). He then starred as Raymond Reddington in the NBC crime thriller series The Blacklist (2013–2023), for which he received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Spader, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1960-02-07 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

On ThumbScore, James Spader appears in 23 films with an average audience score of 73.0%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every James Spader movie, ranked by audience score

Stargate
Stargate
1994
👍 89%
Mannequin
Mannequin
1987
👍 89%
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
👍 84%
Wall Street
Wall Street
1987
👍 82%
Lincoln
Lincoln
2012
👍 81%
Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink
1986
👍 81%
Wolf
Wolf
1994
👍 81%
Baby Boom
Baby Boom
1987
👍 74%
White Palace
White Palace
1990
👍 73%
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero
1987
👍 72%
The New Kids
The New Kids
1985
👍 72%
sex, lies, and videotape
sex, lies, and videotape
1989
👍 71%
Dream Lover
Dream Lover
1994
👍 70%
Tuff Turf
Tuff Turf
1985
👍 70%
Secretary
Secretary
2002
👍 69%
2 Days in the Valley
2 Days in the Valley
1996
👍 69%
Endless Love
Endless Love
1981
👍 69%
The Watcher
The Watcher
2000
👍 67%
Bad Influence
Bad Influence
1990
👍 67%
The Homesman
The Homesman
2014
👍 66%
Crash
Crash
1996
👍 64%
Supernova
Supernova
2000
👍 61%
Alien Hunter
Alien Hunter
2003
👍 57%