Question: who played alex cross in along came a spider?
Answer: Morgan Freeman

Along Came a Spider is a 2001 American neo noir psychological thriller film directed by Lee Tamahori . It is a sequel to the 1997 film Kiss the Girls , with Morgan Freeman reprising his role as detective Alex Cross . The screenplay by Marc Moss was adapted from the 1993 novel of the same title by James Patterson , but many of the key plot elements of the book were controversially eliminated . The movie received negative to mixed critical reviews , although it became a box office success .