James Spader

Narrated China Revealed, the first episode of Discovery Channel s documentary series Discovery Atlas

Reprised role of attorney Alan Shore for The Practice spinoff, Boston Legal (ABC); received Golden Globe (2005) and SAG (2006, 2007, 2008) and Emmy (2008) nominations for Actor in a Drama Series

Joined the cast of The Practice (ABC) as attorney Alan Shore

Starred as Maggie Gyllenhaal s sadomasochistic boss in the critically-acclaimed Secretary

Appeared with Keanu Reeves in The Watcher playing a former FBI agent who returns to search for a serial killer

Appeared with Minnie Driver and Josh Brolin in Slow Burn (filmed 1998)

Featured in Supernova ; director Walter Hill took his name off the troubled project (was credited as Thomas Lee)

Portrayed an unethical resident physician in Sidney Lumet s Critical Care

Cast as assassin Lee Woods in the ensemble feature, 2 Days in the Valley

Played car fetishist James Ballard in David Cronenberg s controversial Crash

Cast as Egyptologist Daniel Jackson in the blockbuster hit Stargate

Featured as Jack Nicholson s friend turned enemy in Mike Nichols Wolf

Had a memorable role as a hot-headed young gambler in Phillip Haas The Music of Chance

Played the lead role in Mark Frost s Storyville

Played John Cusack s moral best friend in True Colors

Played a young, affluent widower opposite Susan Sarandon in White Palace

Breakthrough film role, played a sexual voyeur in Steven Soderbergh s sex, lies, and videotape

Played a loathsome drug dealer named Rip in Less Than Zero ; based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis

Played Blane s (Andrew McCarthy) rakish friend Steff in Pretty in Pink ; scripted by John Hughes

Acted in the feature Tuff Turf

Appeared in the TV-movie, Cocaine: One Man s Seduction (NBC)

TV acting debut, playing Fenwick (role originated by Kevin Bacon in the feature) in the unsold CBS pilot Diner

First major film role, playing Brooke Shields brother in Endless Love

Moved to NYC and performed in stage productions with the Actors Studio