Age: 66
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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.
James Spader
Lex Luthor
for Lex Luthor in Last Son of Krypton (Visno DCEU Film #4)
Suggested by visno
Man of Steel 2’s primary antagonist will be Lex Luthor this go around, and the story will revolve around Lex’s new arch that he took from batman in snyder’s version. with his genius and vast resources, he secretly uses Zod’s exhumed corpse to create a kryptonian clone of Superman (Bizzaro) to cause havoc and turn the public against Superman. with the help of a detective John Jones, Supes, as Clark Kent, discovers the plot is orchestrated by Lex but chooses not to expose him for the greater good, and retreats to his fortress of solitude as the public has turned against him. this film will serve as the first time the audience encounters martian manhunter, although briefly disguised as John Jones; and feature a cameo from Diana Prince. in the first act of the film we also encounter El Diablo, who is captured by Superman, setting up another character in our future Suicide Squad film. the end credits scene shows us a large meteor impact from space crashing outside metropolis, the screen goes black and we hear a single word echoing; DOOM.
