James Spader | |
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Born | James Todd Spader February 7, 1960 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, producer |
Years active | 1978–present |
Known for | The Blacklist The Practice Boston Legal The Office |
Fisher StevensFisher StevensBornSteven Fisher November 27, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.OccupationActor, director, producer, writerYears active1981–presentSpouse(s)Alexis Bloom ​ ​ ( m. 2017)​2 more rows
In the mid-1980s, James Spader wasn't exactly a movie star, but he was rather well-known for prominent roles in various influential independent or otherwise artistically ambitious films. More recently, however, Spader has transitioned away from film work into a career largely dominated by roles in TV series.Jun 24, 2021
Neville Townsend was a drug lord and crime lord in Russia with ties to the Russian Bratva, that used his ports to move their drugs. 30 years ago, as the result of N-13's actions, his narcotics smuggling operation was exposed.
Marvin Gerard is a well-educated man who served as a shadow counsel for Red. Marvin pops up from time to time to advise Red, and he returned in season 9 episode 9. Here's where fans have probably seen Marvin actor Fisher Stevens onscreen before.Jan 27, 2022
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Victoria SpaderJames Spader / Spouse (m. 1987–2004)
She is also known for her roles as a serial killer Heather Taffet (aka The Gravedigger) on the Fox series Bones and White House Counsel Cynthia Panabaker on NBC's series The Blacklist....Deirdre LovejoyOccupationActressYears active1990–present2 more rows
The culprit of the interruption is Neville Townsend (Reg Rogers), who shows up in Latvia with his own motivations. With the help of Dembe (Hisham Tawfiq), Red gets Liz into a bunker before setting decades of intelligence, Neville, and his men on fire in the space above them.Jun 17, 2021
Members ChartNumber on The BlacklistNameNumber RevealedNumber 1Elizabeth Keen“Elizabeth Keen”Number 2TBA“TBA”Number 3Tatiana Petrova“Katarina Rostova” ”Katarina Rostova: Conclusion“Number 4Kathryn Nemec“Mr. Kaplan” “Mr. Kaplan: Conclusion”100 more rows
Weecha XiuWeecha Xiu is Raymond Reddington's new bodyguard after Dembe Zuma joined the FBI.
Meanwhile, Red has cottoned on to a potential betrayal by Marvin Girard, and brought Marvin and Skip to a warehouse to discuss business matters. Marvin insists that he turned Liz down, which Skip confirms, but Red has discovered plane tickets and housing reservations under his name for Switzerland.
The Blacklist season 6 seemingly revealed the truth, revealing that yes, Raymond Reddington IS Liz's father — but the man Liz knows isn't Reddington.Mar 4, 2022
Harold Cooper. Portrayed by Harry Lennix. Harold Cooper is the Assistant Director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division and head of the covert FBI task force assigned to pursue the criminals on the Blacklist.
After arresting Liz, Ressler joins Red's efforts to protect her from the Cabal, aiding in protecting Karakurt in "the Director".
Elizabeth Scott Keen is an FBI profiler. According to Reddington and the FBI, her birth name is Masha Rostova, and she was born in Moscow to Katarina Rostova, a Russian intelligence agent whom everyone regards as a "myth". Elizabeth has a mysterious and traumatic past: her wrist bears a large scar from a fire she was trapped in as a child, and her only memory of her biological father is of him rescuing her from the fire. Reddington admitted to blocking her memories of the fire. She eventually regains her memory of the event when she killed her father to protect her mother. Reddington had been trying to protect her from the knowledge when he blocked her memories.
in the episode "The Longevity Initiative", the Germans track down both Tom and the Major and torture them for their leader's death. After they threatened him to kill Elizabeth if he didn't talk about his motives for his infiltration, Tom and makes a deal: in exchange for Liz would not be their target, he reveals his assignment: he's going to help them solve the murder of a woman named Sarah Hastings, who was affiliated to the Germans, which is the main reason they want revenge for her death. After accepting the truce, they let Tom and the Major go.
Many Blacklist watchers were aware of Boone’s exit before the end of Season 8. As a result, it came to an as little surprise when in the season finale episode.
James was born on the 7th of February 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts. As of October 2021, his age is 61 years.
James Todd Spader is an American actor who excels in portraying offbeat roles in both films and television.
The real Raymond Reddington was in a relationship with Liz's mother Katarina Rostova, who was really a KGB agent sent to seduce and enter into a relationship with him. When Liz was only four she shot Reddington while he was attacking Katarina. The Blacklist then revealed Katarina's friend and sometime lover Ilya Koslov - a KGB agent - took Raymond ...
The Blacklist is an NBC thriller that opens with notorious wanted criminal Raymond Reddington (James Spader) handing himself into the FBI. Red offers to help them track down other wanted criminals that he's compiled on his own "blacklist.".
This latter series focused on Liz's spy husband Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) and his mother Scottie (Famke Janssen), a private contractor.
The prevailing theory is that he IS the real Reddington, who survived his apparent death and burning. He also doesn't consider himself to be the old Raymond, and hence doesn't see himself as Liz's true father. If the show ever does reveal the truth about his identity, it probably won't be until it's coming to an end.
Played by: Jack Dimich. A Czech politician who serves as Reddington's inside man whenever he needs to get something done in the Czech Republic. Bilingual Bonus: He speaks fluent Czech and English. Clear My Name: What he's doing after he stepped down from Czech politics.
Borakove serves as Reddington's man in sifting through data when traditional means of searching evidence do not work. He leads a small team in charge of IT work as well.
Requiem reveals her true undying loyalty is to Liz, as she tells Red in a flashback that she will always choose Liz over him if she has to.
Evil Genius: For Reddington. Sacrificial Lion: When Anslo Garrick kills her in Episode 9 (very nearly followed by Dembe' in the closing seconds ), it very effectively destroys Plot Armour and displays Garrick's level of villainy and threat.
Brutal Honesty: The Cowboy straight-up tells Reddington he didn't like him. The Cowboy: Well, you want me to bring her in, there's gonna be a fee, and it's gonna cost you double.
No Name Given: His real name was never revealed. Only Known by Their Nickname: He's only known as "The Cowboy.".
Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real name is Kathryn Nemec. Her nickname comes from her dead girlfriend, Annie Kaplan, when her killer mockingly referred to Kathryn as 'Mr. Kaplan.'. Put on a Bus: Hasn't been seen after the events of "Alexander Kirk", but there's a mention of her in "The Harem".
Spader featured in The Blacklist as Raymond Reddington. Spader 's first major film role was in the film Endless Love (1981), and his first starring role was in Tuff Turf (1985). He rose to stardom in 1986, when he played the rich, arrogant playboy Steff in Pretty in Pink. He co-starred in Mannequin (1987) and the film adaptation ...
As of June 2011. [update] , the movie was in pre-production. Spader guest starred as Robert California in " Search Committee ", the season 7 finale of The Office.
Spader's roles in the early 1990s included a young, affluent widower opposite Susan Sarandon in the romantic drama White Palace (1990), a yuppie who meets the mysterious Rob Lowe in the Noir drama Bad Influence (1990), John Cusack 's best friend in the drama True Colors (1991), and a poker-playing drifter in The Music of Chance (1993).
Spader stars in the NBC series The Blacklist, which premiered on NBC September 23, 2013. He portrays Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI 's most wanted fugitives. He also played villainous robot Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
In October 2006 Spader narrated " China Revealed ", the first episode of Discovery Channel 's documentary series Discovery Atlas. He has also done the voice-over in several television commercials for Acura.
In 2002 he starred as a sadomasochistic boss in Secretary . From 2004 to 2008 Spader starred as Alan Shore in the series Boston Legal, in which he reprised his role from the television series The Practice (2002).
In 1996 he played car accident fetishist James Ballard in the controversial Canadian film Crash and assassin Lee Woods in 2 Days in the Valley. In 1997 Spader guest starred in the Seinfeld episode " The Apology ", as an angry recovering alcoholic who refuses to apologize to George for making fun of him.
When Red puts together a team to exonerate Liz, he calls in Gerard as part of that team. Gerard helps them plan on how to kidnap Peter Kotsiopulos. Once they have the Director, Red demands Laurel Hitchin exonerate Liz in exchange for Red not taking the Director to the Hague and sends in Gerard to discuss the terms of the deal with Laurel. Eventually Gerard manages to negotiate a deal where Liz is exonerated publically for all but the Tom Connolly murder as Liz killed him in front of witnesses and it wasn't in self-defense. Instead, Laurel offers a plea of involuntary manslaughter with 3 years probation. Gerard privately talks to Red and convinces him to take the deal as it will keep Liz safe and out of prison and is better than Gerard expected them to get. Gerard later presents the deal to Liz who reluctantly signs it as she will no longer able to be an FBI agent though she can remain on the task force in a similar capacity to Red. Thanks to Gerard's deal, Liz is later able to walk free.
Eventually Gerard manages to negotiate a deal where Liz is exonerated publically for all but the Tom Connolly murder as Liz killed him in front of witnesses and it wasn't in self-defense. Instead, Laurel offers a plea of involuntary manslaughter with 3 years probation.
While Gerard was being considered for a seat on the federal bench, his teenage son, Timothy, fell in with a bad crowd and, suffering emotional abuse from his mother, got addicted to medications prescribed to him by his psychiatrist.