James Todd Spader is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in films such as Pretty in Pink; The Pentagon Papers; Less Than Zero; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Crash; Stargate; Secretary; and Lincoln. His most famous television roles are those of the colorful attorney Alan Shore in The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, for which he won three Emmy Awards, and Robert California in The Office. He currently stars as Raymond "Red" Reddington in The Blacklist, and he is set to play Ultron in Marvel Studios' upcoming film Avengers: Age of Ultron.