James Spader Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This James Spader filmography covers 41 movie titles and 6 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

James Spader movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Endless Love (1981) as Keith
• The New Kids (1985) as Eddie Dutra
• Tuff Turf (1985) as Morgan Hiller
• Pretty in Pink (1986) as Steff McKee
• Baby Boom (1987) as Ken Arrenberg
• Less Than Zero (1987) as Rip
• Mannequin (1987) as Mr. Richards
• Wall Street (1987) as Roger Barnes
• Jack's Back (1988) as John Allen Wesford / Richard Wesford
• sex, lies, and videotape (1989) as Graham Dalton
• The Rachel Papers (1989) as Deforest
• Bad Influence (1990) as Michael Boll
• White Palace (1990) as Max Baron
• True Colors (1991) as Tim Gerrity
• Bob Roberts (1992) as Chuck Marlin
• The Music of Chance (1993) as Jack Pozzi
• Dream Lover (1994) as Ray Reardon
• Stargate (1994) as Dr. Daniel Jackson
• Wolf (1994) as Stewart Swinton
• 2 Days in the Valley (1996) as Lee Woods
• Crash (1996) as James Ballard
• Critical Care (1997) as Dr. Werner Ernst
• Keys to Tulsa (1997) as Ronnie Stover
• Curtain Call (1998) as Stevenson Lowe
• Slow Burn (2000) as Marcus
• Supernova (2000) as Nick Vanzant
• The Watcher (2000) as FBI Special Agent Joel Campbell
• Speaking of Sex (2001) as Dr. Roger Klink
• Secretary (2002) as Mr. Grey
• The Stickup (2002) as John Parker
• Alien Hunter (2003) as Julian Rome
• I Witness (2003) as Douglas Draper
• The Pentagon Papers (2003) as Daniel Ellsberg
• Shadow of Fear (2004) as William Ashbury
• Shorts (2009) as Carbon Black
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
• Lincoln (2012) as W.N. Bilbo
• Life Itself (2014) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• The Homesman (2014) as Aloysius Duffy
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) as Ultron (voice)
• BRATS (2024) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Spader television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for James Spader; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• Boston Legal as Alan Shore
• Frasier as Steven (voice)
• Seinfeld as Jason 'Stanky' Hanky
• The Blacklist as Raymond 'Red' Reddington
• The Office as Robert California
• The Practice as Alan Shore

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of James Spader's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.