The Real Life Partners Of The Cast Of The Blacklist

Publish date: 2024-05-08

James Spader absolutely nails his role as the Naval Intelligence officer turned criminal. He combines just the right amount of devilishness with the intelligence necessary to be, well, both an intelligence officer and a criminal who evades capture for two decades.

Spader met his first wife, Victoria Kheel, in New York City in the 1980s when she was working at a yoga studio. They married in 1987 and worked together on "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" in 1989. Kheel was the set decorator on the film, per IMDb. The couple had two sons, Sebastian (1989) and Elijah (1992). Sebastian is a film producer, while Elijah works in the sound department on "The Blacklist," according to IMDb. Spader and Kheel divorced in 2004, per Country Living.

In 2002, Spader started dating actor and artist Leslie Stefanson. They met while working on the film "Alien Hunter." Soon after, Stefanson retired from acting to focus on sculpting, according to her official website. In 2008, Spader and Stefanson welcomed their son, Nathaniel. The couple lives in a carriage house in Greenwich Village, Rolling Stone reported.

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