In 1989, at the 42nd Cannes International Film Festival, Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), which had little investment, a relatively young choreographer, and a new perspective on social phenomena, unexpectedly won the Palme d'Or for best film, and the film's actor James Spides Spader, whose actor and actor James Spedder, also won the best actor award. Jump to become a star that producers compete for.
Images of James Spade in the film Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989).
James Spade was born on February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, to an educational family whose father was a professor of English, his mother taught in kindergarten, and his two older sisters also worked as teachers.
James Spade was the only one in the family who was interested in theatrical performances, and as a child he used to wear a hat to play pirates.
James Spade (left) took a picture with his friend John F. Kennedy Jr. when he was in high school
After entering secondary school, he was not interested in the subjects he was studying, but he was quite partial to drama subjects.
In his sophomore year of high school, he eventually dropped out because he could not stand the strict norms and authoritative education methods of the school.
James Spade (right) is a close friend of John F. Kennedy Jr., and the two attended Phillips College High School together
After dropping out of school, James Spade came to live in the home of his sister, who was a teacher in New York, and spent a difficult time.
"At that time, I drove trucks in a meatpacking factory for a while, shoveled dung at the Clamont Riding Academy in New York, and went to restaurants to do odd jobs... I'll do whatever I can do. ”
Images of James Spade in the film Endless Love (1981).
Stills from the movie Endless Love (1981), James Spade
Every day he has to work part-time and go to an actor training class to learn acting skills. In the evening, a tired and exhausted James Spade curled up on his sister's little couch and spent the long night.
In 1981, 21-year-old James Spade finally got the chance to film, playing his brother in The Endless Love Endless Love (1981), starring Brooke Shields.
Stills from the movie Endless Love (1981), from left: Martin Hewitt, Brooke Little Silk, James Spade
He then participated in the filming of A Killer in the Family (1983), Tuff Turf (1985), And The New Kids (1985).
Stills from the movie "Hot Boys" (1985), James Spade (left) and Robert Downey Jr. Jr.
In 1986, he co-starred with popular student Andrew McCarthy in Pretty in Pink (1986), and his status began to rise.
James Spade's image in the film Red Pink (1986).
In the later films "Less Than Zero" (1987), "Wall Street Wall Street" (1987), "Baby Boom" (1987), "Mannequin" (1987) and other films, his acting skills matured day by day.
James Spade's image from the film Wall Street (1987).
In 1989, James Spade's acting career took a huge turn.
In the debut film "Sex, Lies and Videotapes" by the famous American new director Steven Soderbergh, James Spade made his first leading role.
In 1989, the creators of the film Sex, Lies and Videotape took a group photo in Cannes, from left: Steven Soderbergh, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Geller, James Spade
The humorous and ingenious film, based on director Steven Soderbergh's 24-year-old experience, focuses on a lawyer named John (Peter Geller) who hides endless worries behind his fame: his unhappy sex with his wife Ann (Andy McDowell and Andie MacDowell) makes her sexually frigid, while he is also with Ann's sister (Laura San Giacomo Laura). San Giacomo) has a dye.
In this way, husband and wife and sisters have been living in a world of lies.
The appearance of John's friend Graham (James Spade) shatters their seemingly peaceful lives.
Graham is an autistic young man who specializes in filming videotapes of his most secretive things.
When Ann discovers her husband's ambiguous relationship with her sister, she is sad and resolutely asks Graham to take a video for her. Through this contact, they communicated their emotions and thoughts to each other, reaching a state of spiritual unity.
The film directed by Steven Soderbergh is different from ordinary American feature films, it does not have strong contradictions and conflicts, nor does it have a very complete storyline, but with a long and life-like dialogue, exposing the reality that today's American society cannot face and the incompleteness of some people's lives.
At the time, Graham's role was a highly controversial figure, and many male actors were afraid to play this role that was difficult to perform and difficult to please the audience.
But it is precisely because of these characteristics of Graham that James Spade is interested and willing to create this "Yuppie" image on the screen.
The so-called "Ya pi" refers to some young people who have cultural attainments, but are spiritually decadent, do not do their jobs and want to gain fame and fortune, which is the product of the deformed development of American society.
In life, James Spade has a pair of melancholy light blue eyes, light brown hair, a fair and beautiful face, and a complete schoolboy who seems to lack manhood, which is almost in line with those gloomy and moody "Yuppie".
In Sex, Lies, and Videotape, James Spide uses his characteristic eyes to show the character's hidden inner activities, and in large sections of dialogue he is as relaxed and unpretentious as he usually chats with friends.
Promotional photo for the movie Sexy Encounter (1989), James Spade
After the cannes award, James Spade, who stood on the podium, showed great calmness and sanity, saying: "I made this film or other films because I was interested in the characters in the film. I don't care about fame and fortune, all I want is to be satisfied with my work, try to move forward, and do a better job. As for other things, such as attending banquets, accepting photographs, and dressing up, this is not something I am happy to do. ”
Stills from the movie Sexy Encounter (1989), from left: Anon Skye Skye, James Spade, Dexter Fletcher Dexter Fletcher
He said so and did just that, in The Sexy Encounters The Rachel Papers (1989) he played a young, unassuming but confident Young British man.
In 1990, James Spade played a widower Max in Louis Mandoki's Juneflower/White Palace White Palace (1990), still an emotionally weightless "Dumbo" character due to the death of his beloved wife.
Promotional photo for the film Juneflower (1990), James Spade
After a few months of living in the mud, Max falls in love with a fast-food restaurant waitress Nora (played by Susan Sarandon) who is more than 10 years old, and the two have a huge difference in age, cultural literacy and social status, and it seems difficult to establish a strong relationship.
Images of James Spade and Susan Sarandon in the film Juneflower (1990).
Max is an advertising producer, a Jewish, classical and courteous person, while Nora is Catholic and loves country music, and her work determines her social status.
With such different conditions and mutual love, the waitressEs Nora and Max decided to stay together for the rest of their lives despite all kinds of class differences and social pressures.
James Spade's image in the film Juneflower (1990).
The male protagonist in the original book is a diminutive barber shop owner who is very different from the tall and handsome James Spade, but it is only because of James Spade's fame that he is invited to play this role, and the film is a huge success.
Director Louis Mandocky praised: "James Spade simply makes you feel like he's in the bones of the character, not just talking lines and doing action." ”
James Spade is not impressed with fame, he believes that an actor's satisfaction in the work is the most important, unremitting efforts, continuous progress, and better results are his goal from the film.
James Spade's image in the film Scorpion Lover (1993).
He then starred in True Colors (1991), Dream Lover (1993), Wolf (1994), Stargate Stargate (1994) and other films.
Images of James Spade and Jack Nicholson in the film Werewolf Love (1994).
Especially in director Mike Nichols (1931-2014), "Werewolf Life and Death", not only is the wonderful and unforgettable scene with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer, but he is also best known for playing the werewolf with both good and evil faces.
Images of James Spade and Michelle Pfeiffer in the film Werewolf Life and Death (1994).
But after the film's release, American critics unanimously agreed that Mike Nichols failed to give the film more content, wasting such a strong star cast.
In 1995, James Spade was drawn to director David Cronenberg's distinctive cult script "Rush the Express of Desire" (1996), starring the film's lead actor James.
Location of the film Desire Express (1996), directed by David Cornenberg (left) and James Spade
David Cronenberg didn't just gather a bunch of male and female stars and leave them disheveled in rags in a pile of cars that had nothing to do with love and faith, betrayal or fidelity, ethics and morality—he copied the illusions that led to his dreams with money and film.
The final scene is when James knocks his wife's car out of the driveway and scrambles with his wife on the grassy slopes of the road until the end credits appear.
Images of James Spade and Holly Hunter in the film Desire Express (1996).
At that time, this movie caused a lot of controversy, but now it seems that this movie is a "disease-free groan", "self-enjoyment" in "stimulation".
James Spade had expected David Cronenberg's film to "restructure the river", but the film did not have much repercussions in the market.
James Spade's image in the film Desire Express (1996).
Later, in an interview, James Spade acknowledged that many of the main characters he played in the 1990s were mostly perverted, eccentric characters, related to his precocious puberty, "You know, when I was in high school, my parents and two older sisters were very calm about sex. And I have a lot of girls and boys around me, and sometimes I play on both sides (this can be brain supplemented)..."
After James Spade turned 40, the competition in show business became more intense, and some good fortune came to James Spade. But it was also his most perfect appearance in the film industry.
Images of James Spade and Maggie Gyllenhaal in the film The Pretty Secretary of the Merry Boss (2002).
James Spade played Grey, the owner of a law firm, in the erotic comedy Pretty Secretary Secretary (2002), while Maggie Gyllenhaal played the typist with "masochistic" tendencies.
James Spade's image in the film The Pretty Secretary of the Merry Boss (2002).
The film is more like a comedic story of a masochist encountering a sadist's thunder and fire.
James Spade's acting skills make the audience realize a truly powerful person, his words do not have to be repeated many times, only need to say once, just look into your eyes, you will never forget what he said.
Of course, this kind of love, a different kind of color, is also worth blessing.
At the end of 2002, James Spader separated from his wife, Victoria Spader, who married in 1987 and gave birth to two sons, who was also the set designer for the film Sex, Lies and Videotape. The two divorced until 2004.
James Spade's 2004 emmy awards
James Spade's 2007 image at the Emmy Awards
It was in 2004 that James Spade began to focus on television, and won three Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series in four years with ABC's "Lawyer's Nature Season 8 Season 8" (2003) and the follow-up "Lawyer/ Boston Legal" series (2004).
Tv series "Lawyer Storm" (2004) image photo, James Spade
At that time, many people were very disgusted with the Emmy Award "exclusive favorite" James Spade, and ignored the efforts of other male actors in their work, but at that time, the Emmy Award was good for him to play the free-spirited heretical lawyer Aaron Saul.
The commentary said: "James Spade, in Aaron Saul, has a very different view of the world, so in order to get to the right place, he sometimes chooses a path through a very dark forest. This leads to a little evil among the show's most interesting heroes, and a little heroism for the funniest villains. This is very rare in other plays. ”
James Spade's video in the TV series The Lawyer (2004).
Interestingly, both sets of shows were written by David Scott. E. Kelly David E. Kelley, while David E. Kelly's wife is Michelle Pfeiffer, who worked with James Spade in the film Werewolf Life and Death.
Images of James Spade in the series The Blacklist
When screenwriter Jon Bokenkamp was conceiving the first episode of NBC's The Blacklist Season 1 (2013), raymond was modeled after Gary Oldman or Kevin Spacey. In the play, Raymond is described as a "criminal gatekeeper", inexplicably surrenders to the FBI, and assists a novice agent — who may or may not be his daughter — to arrest his criminal accomplices.
Images of James Spade on a talk show
Before James Spade accepted the script, several actors had already pushed the role off. Screenwriter Jon Bokenkamp said James Spalder brought unexpected good fortune to the show, "Now I can't imagine anyone else who would be suitable for this role." ”
"The Blacklist" also became NBC's most watched new series in nearly a decade, and the most watched new TV series in 19 years since ER in 1994.
Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "James Spade interprets the plot with his superb acting skills and takes away the focus in each scene. ”
Unexpectedly, James Spade has acted in the eighth season of The Blacklist Season 8 (2020).
Images of James Spade and Megan Boone in the series The Blacklist
James Spade also helped Sony Pictures Television succeed in Breaking Bad Season 1 (2008). The Crime List has been sold to 175 locations, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, India, and South Africa.
James Spade said that since filming the "Lawyer Storm" series, he has suffered from insomnia. He smokes, which he claims to keep himself in good spirits, but he doesn't drink caffeine (except for mint tea).
"I don't sleep well," he says, "and it takes me 9 or 10 hours to get 5 or 6 hours of sleep." The others were probably getting up early, and in my line, I was getting ready to come back to bed. ”
James Spade and actress Leslie Stefanson were engaged in 2008 and on August 31, 2008, his two first children were born.
Leslie Stephenson
Leslie Stephenson, with the exception of occasional cameos in a friendly film and television role, largely focused on her sculptor work and taking the kids out of the house.
Although James Spade had poor eyesight, he never wore contact lenses. He said that in his unspectacled role, he could barely see the faces of the actors opposite the scene.
On the red carpet at the 72nd Annual Ballon d'Or, James Spide appeared with Leslie Stephenson
James Spader, who is now 61 years old, is no longer the spokesperson of the American "Yuppie", and in real life, he does not like the colorful life of Hollywood, and he does not like his personal life to become the object of public consumption.
Whenever filming was over, he immediately returned to his hometown in Massachusetts to rest for a while, living a quiet and simple life with his wife and three sons.
Although he thinks he is suitable for playing the role of being free from good and evil, he also hopes to play a more realistic and ordinary person in life.
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