James Spader

James Todd Spader is an American actor. He is best known for portraying eccentric characters in films such as the landmark independent drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape , the action science fiction film Stargate , the controversial psychological thriller Crash , and the erotic romance Secretary .

Spader was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is the youngest of three children. His parents Jean and Stoddard Greenwood Todd Spader are both retired teachers. Spader grew up in a liberal and progressive home, saying regarding his mother and two sisters, I was always around dominant and influential women, and that left a great impression. During his early education, he attended multiple private schools, including The Pike School, where his mother taught art, and the Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, where his father taught. He later transferred to Phillips Academy before, at the age of seventeen, Spader dropped out and moved to New York City to pursue his acting career. On his way to becoming a fulltime actor, Spader undertook jobs such as bartending, teaching yoga, driving a meat truck, loading railroad cars, and being a stable boy.

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