He garnered some attention for his role as Steff in 1986's Pretty in Pink. However, Sex, Lies, and Videotape truly opened the door for bigger opportunities for Spader on the big screen.

So convincingly despicable was Spader in his audition for Steff, Pretty in Pink‘s rich, sneering high schooler with those linen suits and the dangling cigarette, that the film’s casting ...

In honor of the second season premiere of “The Blacklist”, where James Spader plays ... Probably the first step on Spader’s path to pop cultury villainy was the snobby Steff in “Pretty ...

James Spader reminisces about his Pretty in Pink character Steff McKee and gives details about The Blacklist's recent animated episode. Watch the clip from "Late Night With Seth Meyers" below!

James Spader has been a respected character actor ... He plays the quintessential sleaze-ball. Steff is just the ultimate rich jerk that makes your skin crawl and blood boil.

Marvel Studios today announced that James Spader -- better known to many as The Office's Robert California, or perhaps Pretty in Pink's Steff -- will play Avengers: Age of Ultron's main bad guy ...

who memorably shared the screen with Blacklist star James Spader in several 1980s films, including Pretty in Pink, where they played best friends Blane McDonnagh and Steff McKee. McCarthy ...

Played by Emmy Award-winning actor James Spader, the protagonist Raymond "Red" Reddington is a mysterious former government agent turned criminal who works with the FBI to track down a "blacklist ...