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 The Man of Steel (Visno DCEU Film #1)
Suggested by visno
My version of Man of Steel would similarly follow the origins of Superman, focusing mostly on how he is secretly helping the people of Metropolis, and intercut with flashbacks to his discovery of his super powers with his Earth parents, slowly revealed over the course of the film, and ultimately coming to terms with his alien origins as revealed to him by Zod. In the end of Act 1, he encounters Bloodsport and takes him into custody, setting up the first member of The Suicide Squad, which will become a recurring theme in my version of the DCEU, laying the groundwork for multiple movies at once in each film to help them feel more connected and make the audience not feel lost by the time we reach our ensemble cast films. Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor meet at a fancy party, our first introduction to Bruce. Lex Luthor gets the arc that Bruce Wayne did in Snyder’s version, which makes much more sense for his character. Superman and Zod’s battle destroys parts of Metropolis, with Superman trying to take the fighting out of the city and Zod trying to bait him back each time by destroying it. The battle ends with the death of Zod over the ocean, and includes a mid credits scene with LexCorp exhuming his body from the sea, setting up Man of Steel 2, and this is where the audience will first encounter Aquaman.
