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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.
Twelfth film in my Batman, Green Arrow, and Blue Beetle cinematic universe! This film’s plot goes as follows: One of Ted Kord’s old enemies, Catalyst, escapes from prison and starts his drug cartel up again, causing a massive drug problem in Jaime’s community. Jaime wants to take him down, but Ted doesn’t want him to fight Catalyst, as he believes it will be too dangerous, which turns out to be true when his friend, Paco, is stabbed by Catalyst, and Jaime has to force The Scarab to heal him. However, this has unintended consequences, as the healing system accidentally creates another Scarab, which takes over Paco’s body, turning him into The Dark Beetle! Jaime is forced to fight not only Catalyst, but his best friend as well! One of the end-credits scenes shows Dark Beetle being recruited into a team of villains by Merlyn and Deathstroke, which is a set-up for the final film of phase 2.
