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!!'''Spader's career provides examples of tropes such as:'''

* BaldOfEvil: He started going bald in middle age and decided to rock the look openly as Red and has kept it ever since.
* DeadpanSnarker: His characters are generally very sarcastic. When playing villains, this only serves to make them more intimidating.
* EvilSoundsDeep: When playing a less-than-upstanding character, expect his silky voice to get used a lot. Most notable in his portrayal of Ultron.
* MoneyDearBoy:
** He unashamedly admitted to half his career being due to this trope, ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' in particular.
** Though pointedly subverted in ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'' according to him.
--> "Acting, for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-labourist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some fucking money."
* ThePrankster: Used to hide in his boarding school roommate's closet and leap out to scare him. The fact that his roommate was John F. Kennedy Jr led the Secret Service pointedly telling him to knock it off.
* QuizzicalTilt: Seems to be very fond of this trope. He utilizes this trope ''a lot'' as Raymond Reddington, toned down as Ultron but still present. He almost never uses it in a manner where he's confused; to the contrary, he uses it instead to listen to whoever is talking and also during his speeches as both characters. He also employed it frequently while playing Alan Shore. Spader has said he does this to focus on the person speaking to him to counter [[BlindWithoutEm being unable to see without his glasses]].
* ThoseTwoActors:
** With Creator/RobertDowneyJr.
** Andrew [=McCarthy=] (three-time costar).



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!!'''Spader's career provides examples of tropes such as:'''

* BaldOfEvil: He started going bald in middle age and decided to rock the look openly as Red and has kept it ever since.
* DeadpanSnarker: His characters are generally very sarcastic. When playing villains, this only serves to make them more intimidating.
* EvilSoundsDeep: When playing a less-than-upstanding character, expect his silky voice to get used a lot. Most notable in his portrayal of Ultron.
* MoneyDearBoy:
** He unashamedly admitted to half his career being due to this trope, ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' in particular.
** Though pointedly subverted in ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'' according to him.
--> "Acting, for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-labourist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some fucking money."
* ThePrankster: Used to hide in his boarding school roommate's closet and leap out to scare him. The fact that his roommate was John F. Kennedy Jr led the Secret Service pointedly telling him to knock it off.
* QuizzicalTilt: Seems to be very fond of this trope. He utilizes this trope ''a lot'' as Raymond Reddington, toned down as Ultron but still present. He almost never uses it in a manner where he's confused; to the contrary, he uses it instead to listen to whoever is talking and also during his speeches as both characters. He also employed it frequently while playing Alan Shore. Spader has said he does this to focus on the person speaking to him to counter [[BlindWithoutEm being unable to see without his glasses]].
* ThoseTwoActors:
** With Creator/RobertDowneyJr.
** Andrew [=McCarthy=] (three-time costar).
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He's currently the lead of ''Series/TheBlacklist''. Oh--and he's [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron.]]

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He's currently He was the lead of ''Series/TheBlacklist''. Oh--and he's [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron.]]

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