James Spader Net Worth

James Spader net worth is
$10 Million

James Spader Wiki Biography

James Todd Spader was born on 7 February 1960, in Boston, Massachusetts USA, and is an actor known for a range of television and movie appearances, including ‘Pretty in Pink’, ‘Less Than Zero’, ‘The Pentagon Papers’ ‘Lies’, ‘The Practice’ and ‘Boston Legal’. James Spader is the winner of three Emmy Awards.

So just how rich is James Spader? Authoritative sources estimate that James’ net worth is at 12 million dollars, as of mid-2016, accumulated during his acting career now spanning almost 40 years.

James Spader Net Worth $12 Million

James was born into a family of educators Jean Fraser and Stoddard Greenwood Spader, in fact he was educated at his mother’s The Pike School, and his father’s Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, but finished at Phillips Academy to the age of seventeen before moving to New York City to chase an acting career. James Spader opened his net worth account landing a role in the film ‘Endless Love’ directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Afterwards, he appeared in television films ‘A Killer in the Family’ directed by Richard T. Heffron, and ‘Family Secrets’ directed by Jack Hofsiss, plus on the big screen in films ‘Tuff Turf’ directed by Fritz Kiersch, ‘The New Kids’ directed by Sean S. Cunningham, ‘Pretty in Pink’ directed by Howard Deutch , and ‘Wall Street’ co-written and directed by Oliver Stone, among many others, now totalling over 40 plus 15 TV productions. However, the recognition of critics James gained only in 1988 co-starring with Cynthia Gibb in the horror film written and directed by Rowdy Herrington ‘Jack’s Black’, for which he received a nomination of a Saturn Award for the Best Actor, in this way increasing his net worth.

The following year Spader won a Cannes Film Festival Award for the Best Actor for his leading role in ‘Sex, Lies, and Videotape’ directed by Steven Soderbergh. The next successful role in the horror film ‘Wolf’ directed by Mike Nichols brought James a nomination of a Saturn Award for the Best Supporting Actor in 1994. Since then, for a decade Spader took various roles in films as follows ‘Stargate’ directed by Roland Emmerich, ‘Crash’ directed by David Cronenberg, ‘2 Days in the Valley’ directed by John Herzfeld and other films adding to his net worth.

From 2004, Spader began to dominate major film awards and festivals, this way making James net worth grew faster. He was nominated for a Satellite Award for the Best Actor in Television Series Drama for his role in David E. Kelly’s creation ‘Boston Legal’, and in 2005, he received four nominations and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the same role. In 2006 and 2007 James won a Satellite Award for the Best Actor in Television Series and a Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, not to mention the fact that he was nominated for several more awards the same years. It is worth mentioning, that his role of Alan Shore in the ‘Boston Legal’ was the best through his whole career and made the biggest impact on Spader’s net worth.

In 2012, James Spader increased his net worth receiving two nominations by Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in the comedy series ‘The Office’ and for the for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for his role in the film ‘Lincoln’ directed by Steven Spielberg.

In his personal life, James Spader was married to Victoria Kheel(1987-2004) – they have two sons. He has been partnered with married Leslie Stefanson since 2002, and they have three children.

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Full Name	James Spader
Net Worth	$10 Million
Date Of Birth	February 7, 1960
Place Of Birth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Profession	Actor, Voice Actor
Education	Brooks School, The Pike School, Phillips Academy
Nationality	American
Spouse	Victoria Spader (m. 1987–2004)
Children	Sebastian Spader, Elijah Spader, Nathaneal Spader
Parents	Stoddard Greenwood Spader, Jean Fraser Spader
Siblings	Libby Spader, Annie Spader
Partner	Leslie Stefanson (2002–)
Nicknames	James Todd Spader , Jimmy Spader , Jimmy
IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000652
Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Cannes Best Actor Award, Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy
Nominations	Screen Actors Guild Awards for the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2012), Saturn Award
Movies	‘The Office’, ‘Pretty in Pink’, ‘Less Than Zero’, ‘The Pentagon Papers’ ‘Lies’, ‘The Practice’, ‘Boston Legal’, ‘Stargate’ , ‘Crash’ , ‘2 Days in the Valley’
TV Shows	‘A Killer in the Family’, ‘Family Secrets’, ‘Tuff Turf’, ‘The New Kids’, ‘Wall Street'

#	Trademark
1	Often plays sleazy, sneaky villains
2	Rich smooth voice

Title	Salary
Secretary (2002)	$400,000 + gross points
Stargate (1994)	$1,000,000

#	Quote
1	I've always loved antiheroes. Those were the characters I was drawn to growing up, and if I'm equipped to play a hero at all, it's certainly an antihero!
2	When you're a kid running around playing make-believe, everything is changing from moment to moment - and a TV show is like that too. That's what I got into the business for! I like to know just enough to do the job.
3	[on his menial jobs before acting] I drove a truck for a while for a meat packing plant. I shoveled manure at the Clarmont Riding Academy in New York. Mopped floors for a while. I uploaded railroad cars and trailers at a warehouse. I wasn't really qualified for anything else.
4	[on doing Stargate (1994)] I didn't have a great knowledge of this genre. The only demand I was putting on the picture was that my paycheck came in and that I had fun making it. It seemed like it would be rather light-hearted. And it was. I'm not a big fan of films that take themselves seriously.
5	[1995] I'm not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year and then do what is absolutely obligatory in terms of promoting them. My life outside of films is vital to me.
6	[1990] I had real trouble, actually, for a long time, getting people to hire me. My anxiety used to manifest itself in strange ways. I'd go in to read for some innocent, vulnerable character, and the feedback would be, "Well, we met Jimmy... and he scared us.".
7	[1990] You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as some kind of artistic endeavor. At its best, it is that. But the fact is, most of the actors out there don't earn $3 million a picture and can't afford to take two years off between films and look for the right thing. Most of us are tradesmen. 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-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money. No shame in taking a film because you have always wanted to visit China. I was thinking about this last night as I was driving home. I started to go back through the different films I've done, and the television movies I've done and I started to think about why I chose them at that time. And I realized, every single film I've ever done I've taken because of the money. Every single one. I'm not ashamed to say that.
8	I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum and Symphony Hall and going to the Common, walking around. My whole family at different times lived and worked in Boston.
9	I played cops and robbers and pirates and all the rest when I was a kid, but I didn't want to grow up and be an actor and play cops and robbers and pirates. I wanted to grow up and be that, be cops and robbers and pirates.
10	[2005] I've had a lazy career, sometimes one film a year, sometimes none. I'm walking around in the street and doing this other thing, living, that I'm much more interested in. I just do some acting on the side.
11	Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, and sometimes the work enables you to do other things that are more important to you. I probably am closer to that.
12	Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I mean, you are only making movies. It is a lot less pressure than being a surgeon; although it seemed like the only other thing that I was qualified for was manual labour.
13	You just want to work. I like playing character roles and I do not mind being a real son-of-a-bitch, or embarrassing myself. But as you go along you begin to realize that the work has a criterion and as your choices get broader you start cutting out the things that are not worth the time. On the whole I have been lucky; I do not look back with a huge amount of distaste for the work I have done.
14	(on his sadomasochistic scenes in the movie Secretary (2002)): I did something in that scene that I'd never done in a film before but that's been the case with so many of my movies.
15	I have my own artistic sensibilities and Crash (1996) complements them. It is a provocative, challenging, disturbing film made for adults. It's not a skeleton in the closet for me.
16	Studio people are afraid of Crash (1996). It makes a statement about whoever releases the film. Miramax took a lot of flak for releasing Kids (1995). The same will happen for whoever releases Crash (1996).
17	If I don't need the money, I don't work. I'm going to spend time with my family and friends, and I'm going to travel and read and listen to music and try to learn a little bit more about how to be a human being, as opposed to learning how to be somebody else.
18	(Why did he accept the lead in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)?): I took the film because I was interested in doing that part. Looking at work as stepping stones is something I don't have any time or energy for. It seems a shame to look at your work as some sort of means to an end, because the end is death, you know? The means is the flesh and blood, so you'd better enjoy it. F--- the end.
19	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.".

#	Fact
1	Was a close friend of John Kennedy Jr., both having attended Phillips Academy (Andover) high school together. Spader even dined occasionally with John Jr. at his mother Jacqueline Kennedy's Upper East Side apartment in New York.
2	The birth date on the "Ten Most Wanted" poster for Raymond "Red" Reddington on The Blacklist (2013) in February 7, 1960, Spader's actual birth date.
3	He has English, as well as smaller amounts of Scottish, French, Dutch, German, and Swiss-German, ancestry. Many of his ancestral lines trace back to Colonial America of the 1600s. Among James's famous ancestors are Laurent Clerc, an educator of the deaf, mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch, Revolutionary War general Joshua Babcock, and Paul Mascarene, a Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. James also shares a common "Vanderbilt" ancestor with famous businessman Cornelius Vanderbilt.
4	Parents are Stoddard Greenwood and Jean Spader.
5	Is a huge fan of Bob Dylan.
6	Ex-son-in-law of Lee Kheel.
7	Fiancée Leslie Stefanson gave birth to his third son on August 31, 2008.
8	Has a photographic memory. He can look at a script and he remembers what the pages look like. As he films a scene, he "reads" the page. The only reason he screws up a line is if very similar words (e.g. it and is) are written fairly close together.
9	His father died two weeks before he began production on Critical Care (1997).
10	He was working as a janitor at a rehearsal studio in Times Square when he landed his first feature film Endless Love (1981).
11	Auditioned for the role of Cadet Captain Alex Dwier in the drama film Taps (1981), but eventually lost to Sean Penn.
12	Has appeared with Eric Stoltz in four films: A Killer in the Family (1983), The New Kids (1985), 2 Days in the Valley (1996) and Keys to Tulsa (1997).
13	Good friends with actors Christian Clemenson, Robert Downey Jr., Eric Stoltz and Jason Alexander.
14	Is quick to point out that, unlike the sleazy, sneaky characters he is best known for playing, he is actually a nice, friendly man in real life.
15	First performer to win Leading Drama Actor Emmy Awards for portraying the same character (Alan Shore) on two different series (The Practice (1997) and Boston Legal (2004)).
16	Has very poor eyesight, and cannot wear contact lenses. Has said that in roles in which he does not wear his eyeglasses, he can barely make out the face of the actor across from him in the scene.
17	Loves cooking and is an excellent chef.
18	Born on the same date (7 February 1960) as Saturday Night Live (1975)'s "TV Fun House" writer/cartoonist Robert Smigel, best known as the voice of Triumph the insult comic dog from Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993).
19	Refuses to watch any of the movies he has appeared in.
20	His wife, Victoria Spader, was the set decorator for Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989).
21	Is known to prefer being called "Jimmy".
22	Has two unsuccessful television pilots, Diner (1983) and Starcrossed (1985), to his credit.
23	Greatly admires the work of Charles Laughton.
24	Has two sons: Sebastian Spader (born 1989) and Elijah Spader (born 1992).

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Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Blacklist	2013-2017	TV Series	Raymond 'Red' Reddington
Avengers: Age of Ultron	2015		Ultron
The Homesman	2014		Aloysius Duffy
Lincoln	2012		W.N. Bilbo
The Office	2011-2012	TV Series	Robert California
Shorts	2009		Mr. Black
Boston Legal	2004-2008	TV Series	Alan Shore
Shadow of Fear	2004		William Ashbury
The Practice	2003-2004	TV Series	Alan Shore
Alien Hunter	2003		Julian Rome
I Witness	2003		Douglas Draper
The Pentagon Papers	2003	TV Movie	Daniel Ellsberg
The Stickup	2002		John Parker
Secretary	2002		Mr. Grey
Speaking of Sex	2001		Dr. Roger Klink
Slow Burn	2000	Video	Marcus
The Watcher	2000/I		Campbell
Supernova	2000/I		Nick Vanzant
It All Came True	1998		Stevenson Lowe
Seinfeld	1997	TV Series	Jason 'Stanky' Hanky
Critical Care	1997		Dr. Werner Ernst
Keys to Tulsa	1997		Ronnie Stover
Driftwood	1997		The Man
2 Days in the Valley	1996		Lee Woods
Crash	1996		James Ballard
Stargate	1994		Dr. Daniel Jackson
Frasier	1994	TV Series	Steven
Wolf	1994		Stewart Swinton
Dream Lover	1993		Ray Reardon
The Music of Chance	1993		Jack Pozzi
Bob Roberts	1992		Chuck Marlin
Storyville	1992		Cray Fowler
True Colors	1991		Tim Gerrity
White Palace	1990		Max Baron
Bad Influence	1990		Michael Boll
The Rachel Papers	1989		Deforest
Sex, Lies, and Videotape	1989		Graham Dalton
Jack's Back	1988		John / Rick Wesford
Greasy Lake	1988	Video	Digby
Wall Street	1987		Roger Barnes
Less Than Zero	1987		Rip
Baby Boom	1987		Ken Arrenberg
Mannequin	1987		Richards
Pretty in Pink	1986		Steff
Starcrossed	1985	TV Movie	Joey Callaghan
The New Kids	1985		Dutra
Tuff Turf	1985		Morgan Hiller
Family Secrets	1984	TV Movie	Lowell Everall
A Killer in the Family	1983	TV Movie	Donny Tison
Diner	1983	TV Short	Fenwick
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction	1983	TV Movie	Buddy Gant
The Family Tree	1983	TV Series	Jake Nichols
Endless Love	1981		Keith Butterfield (as Jimmy Spader)
Team-Mates	1978		Jimmy

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Blacklist		TV Series executive producer - 28 episodes, 2015 - 2017 co-executive producer - 18 episodes, 2014 - 2015

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Late Night with Seth Meyers	2014-2017	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
Today	2014-2017	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2014-2017	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
2016 MTV Movie Awards	2016	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	2016	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Live with Kelly and Ryan	2005-2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Avengers: Age of Ultron - From the Inside Out: Making of Avengers - Age of Ultron	2015	Video documentary short	Himself
Made in Hollywood	2012-2015	TV Series	Himself
Good Morning America	2012-2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
72nd Golden Globe Awards	2015	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf	2014	TV Series
2014 Golden Globe Arrivals Special	2014	TV Special	Himself (uncredited)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	2013-2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The View	2004-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Blacklist: Are You on the Blacklist?	2013	TV Special	Raymond 'Red' Reddington
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	1996-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	2009-2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien	2009	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show	2004-2008	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards	2008	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2008	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Male Actor in a Drama Series & Presenter
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	2004-2007	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Discovery Atlas	2006	TV Series documentary	Narrator
The Reichen Show	2005	TV Series	Himself
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series & Presenter: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards	2005	TV Special documentary	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Television Series [Drama]
The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2004	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series & Co-Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
2004 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	2004	TV Special	Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly	2004	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Daily Show	2003	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Cinema 3	1996	TV Series	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman	1994	TV Series	Himself - Guest
CBS This Morning	1994	TV Series	Himself - Guest

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Lego Marvel's Avengers	2016	Video Game	Ultron
Entertainment Tonight	2015	TV Series	Himself
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2014	TV Series	Dr. Daniel Jackson
The Frame	2013	TV Series	James Ballard
Scenes from the Roundtable	2007	Video documentary short	Jason 'Stanky' Hanky
Cinema 3	2007	TV Series	James Ballard
Sexes	2005	TV Series	James Ballard
Cinema mil	2005	TV Series	Graham
Retrosexual: The 80's	2004	TV Mini-Series documentary
Celebrities Uncensored	2003	TV Series	Himself
The Making of 'Stargate'	2003	Video documentary short	Himself
Master of Desaster: Roland Emmerich - eine Hollywoodkarriere	1998	TV Movie documentary	Dr. Daniel Jackson (uncredited)

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2016	BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award	Behind the Voice Actors Awards	Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
2012	BFCC Award	Black Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Ensemble	Lincoln (2012)
2012	NFCS Award	Nevada Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble Cast	Lincoln (2012)
2012	SEFCA Award	Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble	Lincoln (2012)
2007	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2006	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical	Boston Legal (2004)
2005	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2004	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Practice (1997)
1989	Best Actor	Cannes Film Festival		Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2016	BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award	Behind the Voice Actors Awards	Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
2016	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Villain	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
2016	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Virtual Performance	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
2015	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama	The Blacklist (2013)
2014	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama	The Blacklist (2013)
2014	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Actor in a Television Series	The Blacklist (2013)
2014	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actor in a Drama Series	The Blacklist (2013)
2014	TV Guide Award	TV Guide Awards	Favorite Actor	The Blacklist (2013)
2014	TV Guide Award	TV Guide Awards	Favorite Villain	The Blacklist (2013)
2013	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Ensemble Cast	Lincoln (2012)
2013	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Lincoln (2012)
2012	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Cast Ensemble	Lincoln (2012)
2012	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Office (2005)
2009	Golden Nymph	Monte-Carlo TV Festival	Outstanding Actor - Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2009	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2009	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2008	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2008	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2008	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2008	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2007	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2007	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2006	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2006	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2006	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Boston Legal (2004)
2005	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama	Boston Legal (2004)
2005	People's Choice Award	People's Choice Awards, USA	Favorite Male Television Star
2005	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Series, Drama	Boston Legal (2004)
2005	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical	Boston Legal (2004)
2003	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Actor	Secretary (2002)
1995	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Wolf (1994)
1990	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Actor	Jack's Back (1988)
1990	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor	Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
1990	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Male Lead	Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

2^nd Place Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2013	COFCA Award	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble	Lincoln (2012)

Known for movies

The Blacklist (2013-2017)
as Raymond 'Red' Reddington

Boston Legal (2004-2008)
as Alan Shore

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
as Ultron

Stargate (1994)
as Dr. Daniel Jackson