best actor in television
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haringjg — 11 years ago(September 21, 2014 06:21 PM)
Wow! Incredibly misguided judgement. Spader, along Jennifer Coolidge, and Dana Delaney, are some of the pathetic actors in the business and I cringe any time I see their lack of skill. Spader is so one-dimmensional.
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warnworld — 11 years ago(October 07, 2014 09:24 AM)
Yes I am late to TheBlacklist party but after binging I am now up to date and fully appreciative of Reddington's place in Spader' acting career. I am in awe of the joy he brings to the simplest pieces of acting business as he intertwines bad guy credibility with impish frivolity without crossing the line to dangerously demented or unlikable. #JamesSpader
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TimmyAnn — 11 years ago(October 12, 2014 10:03 PM)
#JamesSpader unlikeable.
Well, clearly he is likable because many, many people like him. By definition that means he is likable just, apparently, not to everyone, but then no one is likable to everyone.
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TorsoDahlia — 11 years ago(October 18, 2014 08:31 AM)
His film career was light years better performance wise. He is fun on BlackList which is a severely flawed show but you do not care since Spader is there. Boston Legal was an embarrassing farce after the first season. I will take Secretary, Less Than Zero & Wolf any day, but hey different strokes. Great actor regardless just not in his prime. Mads Mikkelsen on Hannibal may be the best actor and character on Tv now that Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad and the cast of Boardwalk Empire are on the way out.
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TimmyAnn — 11 years ago(October 18, 2014 11:09 AM)
Mads Mikkelsen on Hannibal may be the best actor and character on Tv now
Perhaps, but my inability to look at the man for more than a second or two prevents me from being able to judge.
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OmarCapone — 11 years ago(October 18, 2014 02:39 PM)
So in other words you go by attraction? No wonder you are a Spader fan. That being said, Spader has been a highly underrated and often under-appreciated actor when he dominated the 80s and 90s with his textbook sleazy characters. This show as the other poster was getting at, is just fluff. Formulaic, doesn't surprise you at all but as he said watch it for Spader. Would prefer to see Spader being challenged like the big guns on cable but hey it's network television.
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TimmyAnn — 11 years ago(October 18, 2014 03:00 PM)
I didn't say that. There are great looking guys who are terrible actors and unattractive guys who are great actors (Buscemi, Giammatti, etc.) I am just saying that i can't look at the guy long enough to know if he can act or not because I find his appearance so repellent for some reason. Buscemi I can look at, Mikkelson I cannot.
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TorsoDahlia — 11 years ago(October 19, 2014 08:42 AM)
Too creepy for ya? Understandable, excellent actor though. Hannibal is the best show on tv now that Breaking Bad and Boardwalk Empire (well 2 eps left) are gone. Spader has always been a great actor since the late 80s, just a shame The Blacklist & Boston Legal is where the newer fans know him for because he is so much better when on the big screen. Different strokes. Of course though given the right role, typecast a lot doesn't help. Just ask the great Gary Oldman,lol.
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indymovies — 11 years ago(October 21, 2014 06:13 AM)
He was great in
The Practice
as well as the first season of
Boston Legal
; I just wish he'd left BL at that point but he's said that he works for the money and that's probably why he stayed in the show. It could be that money was the reason why he's in
The Blacklist
because although the show is quite fun the part of 'Red' doesn't really stretch him. -
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indymovies — 11 years ago(October 23, 2014 05:48 AM)
Maybe Boston Legal was a lot of fun for him. Besides, just because you didn't like it after the first season doesn't mean that he didn't.
Here's a quote from him which appears on this board:
"If I don't need the money, I don't work. I don't mind going to somebody and saying, "Okay, this is how much money I need to pay my bills for the next six months. If you pay me that, I'll do the film.".
He's a wonderful actor and puts everything he has into what he does but I don't get the impression he would stay in a show just because he found it 'a lot of fun'.