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Short Info

Net Worth$80 million
Date Of BirthJuly 26, 1959
MarkDistinctive clipped manner of speaking
FactListed as one of Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Actors [1998]
PaymentsEarned $4,500,000 from The Negotiator (1998)


Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s that culminated in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects (1995) and an Academy Award for Best Actor for American Beauty (1999). His other starring roles have included Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Se7en (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997), Pay It Forward (2000), K-PAX (2001), Superman Returns (2006), and Baby Driver (2017).

Spacey has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London since 2004. He was previously artistic director of the Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, where he produced many of his own plays. He has won a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He has also been nominated for an Emmy Award and a BAFTA Award.

Spacey was born in South Orange, New Jersey, to Kathleen Ann (née Knutson), a secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler, a technical writer and data consultant. His father was from a working-class English family, and his mother was of Swedish descent. Spacey has two older siblings, a sister, Julie Ann, and a brother, Randy Fowler, who is a limousine driver and Rod Stewart impersonator in Boise, Idaho. He has English, Swedish, and Welsh ancestry. Spacey attended Northridge Military Academy, Canoga Park High School, and then Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, California.

Spacey’s father was a sometimes violent alcoholic who left the family when Spacey was 13 years old. His parents divorced when he was 15. His mother later remarried to Jack Willis, a stage actor who appeared in several productions at the Pasadena Playhouse with Spacey’s father. Spacey’s grandfather was a butcher; his grandmother was a factory worker. Spacey worked as a busboy at the popular Hollywood nightclub The Troubadour while attempting to find acting work. When he was 16, he took the lead role in a school production of The Sound of Music.

Spacey moved to New York City after high school to pursue an acting career. He supported himself by working as a busboy and waiter at various restaurants including the now-closed Studio 54. He also appeared in an Off-Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts in 1981. He made his Broadway debut in 1982 with a small role in Henry IV, Part 1. In 1984, he appeared in a production of David Rabe’s Hurlyburly with Ethan Hawke and Sigourney Weaver. In 1985, Spacey appeared in a production of Jonathan Marc Sherman’s play Complicit with John Cusack at the Public Theater.

Spacey’s film debut was in the horror film Heartbeeps (1981) with Andy Kaufman; however, his scenes were cut from the final film. His first significant film role was in the crime drama The Untouchables (1987) with Sean Connery and Robert De Niro. Spacey played Connery’s protégé, Eliot Ness. The film was a box office success and launched Spacey’s career.

In 1988, Spacey starred in the comedy Working Girl with Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford. The film was a critical and commercial success, and earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Spacey’s next film role was in the drama Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) with Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon. The film was based on David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name about salesmen trying to succeed in a cutthroat business. Spacey’s performance earned him critical acclaim and he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his work on Broadway.

In 1995, Spacey starred in two films that were both critical and commercial successes. The first was Bryan Singer’s crime thriller The Usual Suspects with Gabriel Byrne and Benicio del Toro. Spacey played the role of Roger “Verbal” Kint, a con artist with cerebral palsy. The film was a box office hit and earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The second film was David Fincher’s thriller Se7en with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. Spacey played John Doe, a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. The film was another box office hit and earned him critical acclaim.

In 1997, Spacey starred in another box office hit, Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential with Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce. Spacey played Jack Vincennes, an LAPD detective who is more interested in celebrity gossip than solving crimes. The film earned him critical acclaim and won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.

In 1999, Spacey starred in Sam Mendes’ American Beauty with Annette Bening and Thora Birch. Spacey played Lester Burnham, an unhappy suburban father who has an affair with his teenage daughter’s best friend (Birch). The film was a critical and commercial success, earning him an Academy Award for Best Actor.

In 2000, Spacey starred in Mimi Leder’s Pay It Forward with Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment. Spacey played Trevor McKinney, a boy who comes up with an idea to change the world by paying good deeds forward instead of paying them back. The film was a box office disappointment but earned him critical acclaim.

In 2001, Spacey starred in Iain Softley’s K-PAX with Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins. Spacey played Prot, an alien who is being treated for mental illness at a psychiatric hospital. The film was a box office success and earned him critical acclaim.

In 2006, Spacey starred in Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns with Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth. Spacey played Lex Luthor, Superman’s arch-nemesis. The film was a box office success but was met with mixed reviews from critics.

In 2017, Spacey starred in Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver with Ansel Elgort and Lily James. Spacey played Doc, a crime boss who employs Baby (Elgort), a talented getaway driver, to help him pull off heists. The film was a critical and commercial success and earned him praise from critics.

Spacey has been married twice; first to Diane Dreyer from 1992 to 1995 and then to Ashley Judd from 1996 to 1997. He has no children from either marriage. In 2017, it was revealed that Spacey had been sexually assaulting young men for decades. In response to the allegations, Spacey issued a statement coming out as gay; however, many people criticized him for using his sexuality as a shield from the allegations against him.

General Info

Full NameKevin Spacey
Net Worth$80 million
Date Of BirthJuly 26, 1959
Height1.79 m
ProfessionScreenwriter, Television producer, Comedian, Film producer, Voice Actor, Film director, Theatre Director
EducationJuilliard School, Canoga Park High School, Los Angeles Valley College, Chatsworth High School
NationalityAmerican

Family

ParentsThomas Fowler, Kathleen Fowler
SiblingsRandall Fowler, Julie Ann Fowler

Accomplishments

AwardsAcademy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Per...
NominationsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor �...
MoviesAmerican Beauty, The Usual Suspects, Nine Lives, Seven, L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, Horrible Bosses, Swimming with Sharks, K-PAX, Superman Returns, The Negotiator, Glengarry Glen Ross, Beyond the Sea, The Life of David Gale, A Time to Kill, Casino Jack, Margin Call, 21, The Ref, The Shipping ...
TV ShowsHouse of Cards, Wiseguy, Freedom: A History of Us, Gorilla School, On Record: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

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Marks

#Marks / Signs
1Deadpan delivery
2Distinctive clipped manner of speaking
3Often plays cold-blooded and sadistic characters
4Often plays deceptively intelligent and ruthless men
5Recognizable drawling voice

Salary

TitleSalary
The Negotiator (1998)$4,500,000

Quotes

#Quote
1My interest is not to repeat myself. There's a danger in this business. You get known for something. Then people who make movies want you to do it again and again in their movie, except their movie isn't a good one. So I resist doing the same character. American Beauty and Negotiator were different from each other and completely different from any film or genre I've done. They were good actor's pieces. For Negotiator, I also thought it would be really fun to see what Sam Jackson and I could do with the story.
2I was in a piano bar. Some guy was absolutely convinced that I was that musician...what's his name? The guy in Genesis? Phil Collins! To the point that I even put on a British accent and signed a napkin as him.
3I am one of these actors where I believe very strongly that if you want to get a part, you have to do anything within reason to get that part. I admire Woody Allen so much. I was at a point where every time he announces a new movie, I never get an audition and nobody ever calls me to come in. I was like, "You know what? I am going to just write Woody Allen." So, I introduced myself and sent him a Netflix subscription and said "I don't know if you've seen my work, but you might want to watch this series." He wrote me back a warm and wonderful letter, and thanked me for the Netflix. He said he'd seen me play lots of different roles and said he absolutely would consider me in a film.
4[on Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)] I think it is a little bit crazier. I'm very glad that almost everybody is back for it and I so love working with Jason Sudeikis and Jason Bateman and Charlie Day because being opposite them in a scene when they're riffing and they're improv-ing and they're trying different ways to do scenes, it is the hardest thing in the world not to absolutely lose your cookies. We spend most of our time laughing and any time somebody wants to pay me to come and laugh all day long, I'm there.
5I look at the last 10 years, where I've done a play every year... and I'd like to think that this decade has made me a better actor. All that work has prepared me to do the best work that I can do, and I'm pretty convinced that if I hadn't gone and done this, I wouldn't have been prepared for a thing like 'House of Cards.' [2014]
6[on the difference between working in film and on stage] Theater is my primary allegiance. And I've not only had such an extraordinary life in the theater, but I've also been given the incredible opportunity to have a life in film... But I always try to remember this: no matter how good an actor might be in movie, they'll never be any better in that movie. That's it. But in theater, we can be better next Tuesday than we were this Tuesday, we can be better infinitely. It is why we call the film 'Now.' It's not just the first word of the first sentence of the play, it is what theater is, it's NOW, it's at this moment, it's here and it's gone. And to people who think it's the same thing every night, I always make the analogy that it's like tennis. You can go out and play tennis eight times a week. And it's always the same rules, but it's always a different game, every single time. That's what it's like, when we go on stage every night. [2014]
7The theater has always been dying. They've been saying that for centuries. And you know what, it just keeps limping along and doing alright. By the way, the single biggest money-making franchise in the United States is Broadway.... I think, and this is my honest opinion, as long as people want to tell stories, and as long as people want to hear those stories, the theater will be alive and well for all time. [2014]
8[on why he hasn't made a movie since Horrible Bosses (2011)] Unless it's Martin Scorsese, and it's a really significant role, fuck off. I'm not playing someone's brother. I'm not playing the station manager. I'm not playing the FCC chairman.
9I'm used to people thinking I'm nuts. And you know what? I kind of love it.
10The camera doesn't know if it's a TV camera, or a streaming camera, or. a movie camera - it is just a camera. It doesn't change our process in terms of how we work. What did change our process was that we weren't obligated or asked by Netflix to do a pilot. We were just able to get on with the story-telling from the get-go.
11[on Netflix airing all 13 episodes of House of Cards (2013) at once] I think in some ways maybe this proves, with the way in which an audience has been able to find the series, that we have learned the lesson the music industry didn't learn. Give people what they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, and they will buy it and they won't steal it.
12[on the current state of film versus TV] I was lucky to get into film at a time (the 1990s) that was very interesting for drama. But if you look now, the focus is not on the same kind of films that were made in the 90s. When I look now, the most interesting plots, the most interesting characters, they are on TV.
13[on House of Cards (2013) and Netflix] This is a really new perspective... to drop them [release the episodes] all at once but I think that's how we watch TV now. Because this is the first time they [Netflix] are doing drama, they don't even have the offices to do this compared with the other networks. I feel sorry for the makers of the third series they do - when they have the offices (and can interfere).
14I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.
15I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot.
16Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.
17[on Albino Alligator (1996)] Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.
18[on Se7en (1995)] I liked it because it was such a dangerous script and showed just what human beings are capable of. Here was a movie in which Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, who always win in every movie they ever do, simply don't win. I felt that was outrageous for a commercial movie....It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face. It's so easy for us to misperceive and see the things in others that we want to see. And, when we're wrong, and often we're dead wrong, we miss the truth.
19[on undertaking dark roles]: They're great parts! These are the parts audiences love to hate! First of all, you don't play a villain. You play a person who is doing things they think are quite justified. It's not one thing that makes a person do something. It's a lifetime of experience and motivations and relationships and terrors. We too often, conveniently and cutely, try to label everything so that we understand it, and there are things we'll never f---ing understand. ever. All we can do is just watch them.
20(On traveling to Africa with Bill Clinton in 2002) He invited me. It was an opportunity to go to Africa, which I'd always been fascinated by. He's the first president to go there while he was in office. He went to raise money and awareness for a number of issues: AIDS, debt, economic relief. We went to seven different countries in 10 days-Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, and then to the town of Johannesburg for an event with Mandela. It was just a remarkable experience.
21I love living in London. I can say with all sincerity that London is my home. This is my seventh year in London, fifth season at the Old Vic. I will never renounce being American but there is a part of me that is British now. I may go for dual citizenship, who knows?
22I was doing a play called 'The Iceman Cometh' at the Old Vic, and in the middle of the quietest moment of the second act, a phone started ringing. I felt the anger starting in my toes and it came right out of my mouth, as loud as anything else I'd said on the stage, I looked out to the audience and said, 'Tell them we're busy!' And it got a round of applause.
23I don't care about my personal acting career any more. I'm done with it. After 10 years of making movies and going better than I ever could have imagined, I sort of had to ask myself: What am I supposed to do with all of this success that I have had? Am I just going to keep making movie after movie and be concerned with all of that 'Are you up, are you down, are you hot, are you not?', and I don't really care. What I care about is working with people, what I care about is the remarkable experience of being able to be a part of bringing people together.
24[As Artistic Director of London's Old Vic Theatre] I'm living my dream. I'm doing it the way I want to do it. I'm working with an extraordinary group of people at that theatre who are dedicated and who really have in so many ways helped us discover what our ethos is.
25John Normington was a remarkable talent and all of us at the Old Vic are deeply saddened by his passing. We were fortunate to have John in the company of The Entertainer, where so many audiences had the chance to see his extraordinary performance as Archie Rice's father. John brought a wide range of experience to his characters throughout a diverse and successful career that touched the lives of all who worked with him. We were honored to have enjoyed John's company for as long as we had him. His spirit and influence remained throughout and now that same spirit joins the other great actors who have played the Old Vic stage, where he will always be remembered with admiration and affection. They don't make them like him anymore. We send our love and condolences to John's partner, family and friends.
26"As far as I'm concerned, when I looked at what happened in my career in 2000 - after American Beauty (1999) - I thought it couldn't get much better. What was I going to spend the rest of my life doing? Trying to top myself? Trying to stay hot, trying to make sure I was in the right movies? I don't give a s**t. I'm trying to do something with my success which is bigger than myself. I'm no longer interested in my personal career. I am interested in the impact I can have on a lot of other people's careers and on audiences".
27There is no prize, out there. The only prize is, this one, and what you feel and what you want to accomplish. And if you can, as you start out, these what could be lean years or could be fat years. I feel that I very often watch a lot of young people sort of meander around without any idea about why they're doing what they're doing. I mean to want and to be ambitious and to want to be successful, is not enough. That's just desire. To know what you want, to understand why you're doing it, to dedicate every breath in your body to achieve... If you feel you have something to give, if you feel that your particular talent is worth developing, is worth caring for then there's nothing you can't achieve.
28If you look at how most artistic beginnings have been greeted in this country [UK], I'm in very good company. I know I'm a bigger target as long as I'm seen as a Hollywood movie star instead of as an actor of the theater, even an artistic director. They don't accept that I come in to work here every day, and have done for the last two-and-a-half years, and will continue to do so.
29The movies are not my first priority - the theater is.
30I was beginning to feel I just didn't want to go through another 10 years of living in hotels, making three or four movies a year. I long for the ritual of theater. I adore it. And I want to do plays that challenge me.
31If you're lucky enough to do well, it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down. as quoted in Woman's World, 2-22-05 issue.
32"Beyond the Sea (2004) is not a linear story at all. It's not what people will expect and it's not a biopic. It's my statement".
33Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.
34The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen. It allows an audience to come into a movie theatre and believe I am that person.
35My idea of credibility is primarily self-imposed and it all relates to the thing that I've been interested in as an actor and a director, which is what are you *willing* to live with as a human being? And there's things I'm just not willing to live with--and I won't. And if it means that I stop and find something else in life that interests me or challenges me, so be it.
36Discussing occasional misconceptions by women that he is gay: For them it's a challenge. They want to be the one to turn me around. I let them.
37On American Beauty (1999): "I read the screenplay and nearly fell out of bed. I thought I better meet him quick before someone else read it".
38[on winning the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in American Beauty (1999))] This has definitely been the highlight of my day.

Facts

#Fact
1He was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performance Arts category.
2Shares the role of Lex Luthor with Gene Hackman, Michael Rosenbaum and Jesse Eisenberg. He and Rosenbaum appeared together in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) for director Clint Eastwood, who also directed Hackman in Unforgiven (1992) and Absolute Power (1997). Spacey and Hackman have also both won an Oscar for Best Actor and Supporting Actor. After winning Best Supporting Actor, they each appeared in a John Grisham adaptation: The Firm (1993) and A Time to Kill (1996). Spacey also produced The Social Network (2010), which Eisenberg appeared in.
3He was awarded an honorary CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. He was awarded an honorary Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and theatre especially as artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre in London, England.
4He was considered for the role of Silva in Skyfall (2012).
5Was the first choice to play President Whitmore in Independence Day (1996), but an executive at 20th Century Fox refused to let producer Dean Devlin cast him in the role, feeling he didn't have the potential to be a big-time movie star. Ten months later, Spacey won his first Academy Award. Independence Day was about aliens attacking Earth. He would later play an alien visiting the Earth in K-PAX (2001).
6He grew up in California.
7As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Working Girl (1988), L.A. Confidential (1997) and American Beauty (1999), with the latter winning in the category.
8Being Artistic Director of the Old Vic, he currently plays "A Moon for the Misbegotten", by Eugene O'Neill, opposite Eve Best. [September 2006]
9Performing opposite Jeff Goldblum in "Speed-The-Plow" at The Old Vic, London. [February 2008]
10Filming for Superman Returns (2006). [July 2005]
11His film, Beyond the Sea (2004), will be showing at the Toronto Film Festival, Sept 2004. [August 2004]
12London, England: Starring in "Richard III" at the Old Vic Theatre [July 2011]
13Slated to teach the theater course at Oxford University in the fall [June 2008]
14Currently playing the lead in Richard II at The Old Vic. [September 2005]
15Epidavros, Greece: Playing Richard 111 as part of The Bridge Project [August 2011]
16Filming Casino Jack (2010) in Toronto, Canada. [June 2009]
17San Francisco, United States: Playing Richard 111 as part of The Bridge Project [October 2011]
18Currently starring in "The Philadelphia Story" at London's Old Vic Theatre [May 2005]
19Announced on Live with Kelly and Michael (1988) that he will be directing and starring in a biopic about singer Bobby Darin. He will also be singing. [February 2003]
20Starring in 'National Anthems' at the Old Vic, where he is also Artistic Director [February 2005]
21Was in Rolling Stone's "Hot" issue as "Hot Character" twice, in 1988 and 1995.
22He and producer Dean Devlin have been friends since high school.
23Credits Mel Profitt on Wiseguy (1987) as being his "breakthrough role.".
24After he dropped out of Julliard, he worked as a shoe salesman and a super in his apartment building.
25Kevin's maternal grandfather was the son of Swedish parents. Kevin's other ancestry includes English and Welsh.
26A guest at Simon Cowell's 50th birthday party.
27Voted Man of the Year in Theater by GQ Magazine in 1999.
28In a Butterfields LA auction on September 10, 2001, the Oscar won by George Stoll for Anchors Aweigh (1945) was being auctioned for $157,000. Kevin bought it and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
29In Total Film's Top 100 Greatest Movie Villains, he ranked 65 for his role as Buddy Ackerman in Swimming with Sharks (1994). His Keiser Soze in The Usual Suspects (1995) was ranked 52 and his John Doe in Se7en (1995) was ranked 13.
30In Total Film's The 150 Greatest Movie Performances of All Time, his Roger "Verbal" Kint in The Usual Suspects (1995) was rated 39th.
31Was the first Hollywood star to be cast as a lead actor in a fully Chinese-financed film: Dayyan Eng's Inseparable (2011).
32Divides his time between London, England and Los Angeles, California.
33In November of 2010, Prince Charles presented Kevin Spacey with an award for his services to drama. He was named an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition for his work at London's Old Vic theatre, where he has been Artistic Director since 2003.
34Lives in Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York.
35Thanked by the band Matchbox 20 in the liner notes of their album "Yourself or Someone Like You".
36Has never married or had children.
37Visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Carnival. [February 2008]
38In 1970 he attended Northridge Military Academy in Northridge (Los Angeles) California, with producer/director Thomas R. Bond II.
39Co-hosted the Nobel Peace Prize concert for Al Gore because Tommy Lee Jones had to drop out at the last minute.
40To pay his way through Juilliard, he worked in Juilliard's admin office.
41Ranked #10 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
42As of 2013, he is only one of 6 actors who have a 2-0 winning record when nominated for an acting Oscar. The others are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937); Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Airport (1970); Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004); and Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012)..
43His older brother, Randy, makes a living as a Rod Stewart impersonator.
44Huge fan of Professional Wrestling.
45Has a black mongrel terrier called Mini. "She is named after the car.".
46April 2000: The Los Angeles Times reported that he was being considered for the role of Inspector Clouseau, in The Pink Panther (2006). The following month, Spacey denied he was in negotiations for the role of Clouseau. He said he'd only had two conversations with MGM about the role, but that since the announcement, claiming he was in the running for it, he'd had to answer 8000 Pink Panther questions.
47As part of his research for the role of Bobby Darin in the film Beyond the Sea (2004), Spacey watched several of Michael Bublé's performances.
48Character Deadshot from Justice League voice and personality were based on Kevin Spacey.
49Has twice shaved his head completely bald to play the villain in movies. He did it to play "John Doe" in Se7en (1995) and "Lex Luthor" in Superman Returns (2006).
50Parodied a mad bald man, "Dr. Evil", in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) while portraying a sinister bald man, "Lex Luthor", in Superman Returns (2006).
51His performance as "Verbal Kint" in The Usual Suspects (1995) is ranked #100 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
52His guest appearance in Crime Story: The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob (1987) was his first major television appearance.
53Father Thomas Fowler died in 1992. Mother Kathleen died of a brain tumor in 2003.
54Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, and Jason Robards are his idols.
55Has said that working with Jack Lemmon on a stage production of Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987) (the TV edition of the stage production) changed his life. Previously possessive of a reckless ambition, he said he was amazed at how Lemmon was both a great actor and generous to a fault as both a co-star and a human being, teaching him that being a good person and a good actor were not mutually exclusive. He still considers Lemmon his role model.
56His Oscar-winning performance as Verbal Kint from his film The Usual Suspects (1995) (1995) was ranked #48 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in their compilation of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.
5717 April 2004, London - suffered a head injury after tripping over his dog while pursuing a young man who stole his cell phone. Initially, he reported that the injury was the result of a mugging, but later admitted the truth and stated that he was embarrassed by the situation.
58He was awarded the 1998 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Iceman Cometh.
59He was awarded the 1998 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best Actor for his performance in The Iceman Cometh at the Almeida and at the Old Vic Theatres.
60When they were both performing on Broadway in 1998, he would often meet Dame Judi Dench during intermission or between shows.
61He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1999 (1998 season) for Best Actor for his performance in The Iceman Cometh.
62His father was a technical writer.
63Has an older brother, Randall, and an older sister, Julie Ann. Has a nephew and a niece.
64Attended the UK Labour Party Conference with former US President Bill Clinton. [October 2002]
65Named as Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre in London, England, UK.
66Kevin Spacey's production company, TriggerStreet, is named after an actual street in the San Fernando Valley where Spacey grew up and dreamed of building a theatre and making movies. The late cowboy star Roy Rogers once owned a ranch on the land and named the street for his horse Trigger.
67Dedicated the Oscar that he won for Best Actor in American Beauty (1999) to Jack Lemmon. Spacey has said in interviews that he based his performance of Lester Burnham on Lemmon's C.C. Baxter in The Apartment (1960). Appropriately, there is also a family connection between those films: Lemmon's love interest was Shirley MacLaine, whose sister-in-law, Annette Bening played Spacey's wife.
68Owns a Mini-Cooper.
69Supporter of London's Old Vic Theater, co-hosting fund-raiser for it in NYC, April 2002.
70During his appearance on BBC TV's Parkinson (1971) in March 2002, he did impressions of Jack Lemmon, Bill Clinton, Judi Dench, Katharine Hepburn, Al Pacino, Ian McKellen, Peter O'Toole and James Stewart.
71Was the first Academy Award winner to be on The Daily Show (1996).
72His Labrador dog's name is Legacy. [2001]
73Won Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Lost in Yonkers." He was also nominated in 1999 as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh."
74Was expelled from Northridge Military Academy (in California) for throwing a tire at a classmate.
75Studied drama at Juilliard School for 2 years.
76On People's (USA) 'Best-Dressed' list. [September 2000]
77Listed as one of Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Actors [1998]
78Appears twice in Total Film's (U.K) '10 Greatest Villains of All Time' poll. His "John Doe", from Se7en (1995) came in at number 10, while his character in The Usual Suspects (1995) was voted fifth. [February 2001]
79Was the first choice to play the role of Lester Burnham in American Beauty (1999).
80Kevin burnt his sister's tree house down when they were children. This caused his parents to opt for military school, which Kevin promptly left for Chatsworth.
81Voted greatest actor of the decade by Empire Magazine. [May 1999]
82The use of the name Spacey, while rumored as a combination of Spencer Tracy's names, is actually his mother's maiden name.
83Went to Chatsworth High School in Los Angeles with Mare Winningham. During their senior year, Kevin played von Trapp and Mare played Maria in a school production of The Sound of Music. Upon hearing of their Oscar nominations in 1996, Winningham sent a telegram to Spacey saying: "Captain von Trapp - congratulations on your nomination - Maria."
84Ranked #56 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
85Was paid 225 pounds per week for appearing in the play "The Iceman Cometh" at the Almeida Theatre in London (1998).
86Was Co-Valedictorian of his high school class at Chatsworth HS (1977).
87His mother was his date for the Oscars the night he won.
88Also attended Chatsworth High School with Val Kilmer.
89Auditioned for The Gong Show (1976) in 1978 and was rejected.

Pictures

Movies

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Billionaire Boys Club2017post-productionRon Levin
All the Money in the WorldfilmingJ. Paul Getty Jr.
House of Cards2013-2017TV SeriesFrancis Underwood
Baby Driver2017Doc
Rebel in the Rye2017Whit Burnett
Nine Lives2016/ITom Brand
Elvis & Nixon2016Nixon
Horrible Bosses 22014Dave Harken
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare2014Video GameJonathan Irons (voice)
Nature Is Speaking2014TV Series shortThe Rainforest
The Colbert Report2014TV SeriesFrank Underwood
At the Top2013Video shortNarrator (voice)
The Ventriloquist2012/IShortThe Ventriloquist
Envelope2012ShortEvgeniy
American Masters2012TV Series documentaryNarrator
Spirit of a Denture2012ShortDr. Robert Middling
Old Vic: Tunnels2012Short
Inseparable2011Chuck
Horrible Bosses2011Dave Harken
The Organ Grinder's Monkey2011ShortFatty
Margin Call2011Sam Rogers
Casino Jack2010Jack Abramoff
Gorilla School2010TV SeriesNarrator
Father of Invention2010Robert Axle
The Men Who Stare at Goats2009Larry Hooper
Moon2009GERTY (voice)
Shrink2009Henry
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story2008Major Wilfred Banks
The Applicant2008ShortHuman Resources (uncredited)
Recount2008TV MovieRon Klain
212008Micky Rosa
Machine Child2007Short voice
Fred Claus2007Clyde
Superman Returns2006Video GameLex Luthor (voice)
Superman Returns2006Lex Luthor
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa2006ShortInterrogator
Edison2005Wallace
Beyond the Sea2004Bobby Darin
The Life of David Gale2003David Gale
The United States of Leland2003Albert T. Fitzgerald
Freedom: A History of Us2003TV Series documentaryHerbert Hoover / Sidney Andrews / Ira Stewart / ...
Austin Powers in Goldmember2002Kevin Spacey / Famous Dr. Evil ('Austinpussy')
The Tower of Babble2002ShortNarrator (voice, uncredited)
The Shipping News2001Quoyle
K-PAX2001Prot
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure2001Documentary shortNarrator (voice)
Pay It Forward2000Eugene Simonet
Ordinary Decent Criminal2000Michael Lynch
The Big Kahuna1999Larry Mann
American Beauty1999Lester Burnham
A Bug's Life1998Hopper (voice)
Hurlyburly1998Mickey
The Negotiator1998Chris Sabian
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil1997Jim Williams
L.A. Confidential1997Jack Vincennes
A Time to Kill1996D.A. Rufus Buckley
Se7en1995John Doe
Outbreak1995Casey Schuler
The Usual Suspects1995Verbal
Swimming with Sharks1994Buddy Ackerman
Doomsday Gun1994TV MovieJim Price
The Ref1994Lloyd
Iron Will1994Harry Kingsley
Tribeca1993TV SeriesChris Boden
Consenting Adults1992Eddy Otis
Glengarry Glen Ross1992John Williamson
L.A. Law1992TV SeriesGiles Keenan
Darrow1991TV MovieClarence Darrow
When You Remember Me1990TV MovieWade
Henry & June1990Osborn
A Show of Force1990Frank Curtin
Fall from Grace1990TV MovieJim Bakker
Dad1989Mario
See No Evil, Hear No Evil1989Kirgo
Unsub1989TV SeriesBenton
Working Girl1988Bob Speck
Rocket Gibraltar1988Dwayne Hanson
Wiseguy1988TV SeriesMel Profitt
The Murder of Mary Phagan1988TV Mini-SeriesWes Brent
Crime Story1987TV SeriesSenator Rourke
Long Day's Journey Into Night1987TV MovieJames 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
The Equalizer1987TV SeriesDetective Sgt. Cole
Heartburn1986Subway Thief

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Manhunt: Unabomber2017TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes pre-production
Change in the Airexecutive producer post-production
House of Cards2013-2017TV Series executive producer - 65 episodes
Home2016/XVIIShort producer
Beauty Mark2016Short producer
Race for the White House2016TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 6 episodes
Boredom2015Short executive producer
The Library Book2015Short producer
The Mascot2015Short producer
Jump!2014Short producer
The Gift2014/XShort producer
NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage2014Documentary executive producer
Captain Phillips2013executive producer
Love's Routine2013Video short producer
The Smile Man2013Short producer
Saving Norman2013Video short producer
The Ventriloquist2012/IShort producer
Envelope2012Short producer
Spirit of a Denture2012Short producer
Safe2012/Iexecutive producer
Inseparable2011executive producer
Shakespeare High2011Documentary executive producer
The Social Network2010executive producer
Father of Invention2010producer
Fanboys2009producer
Shrink2009producer
Hackers Wanted2009Documentary producer
Columbus Day2008producer
212008producer
Bernard and Doris2006executive producer
Mini's First Time2006producer
The Good Student2006executive producer
The Sasquatch Gang2006producer
Beyond the Sea2004producer
Triggerstreet.com2004Short producer
The United States of Leland2003producer
Uncle Frank2002Documentary executive producer
Interstate 842000executive producer
The Big Kahuna1999producer
Swimming with Sharks1994co-producer

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014-2017TV Series performer - 3 episodes
House of Cards2015TV Series performer - 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance2011-2013TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Beyond the Sea2004performer: "Mack the Knife" 1954, "Lazy River" 1931, "Jump Down, Spin Around" 1958, "Rock Island Line" 1954, "Splish Splash" 1958, "Artificial Flowers" 1960, "Beyond the Sea" La Mer, "18 Yellow Roses", "Dream Lover" 1959, "Once Upon a Time" 1962, "Hello, Young Lovers" 1951, "That's All" 1952, "Fabulous Places" 1967, "Charade" 1963, "Change" 1968, "Simple Song of Freedom" 1969, "Ain't Got No Mama Ain't Got No Papa" 2004, "The Curtain Falls" 1963, "As Long as I'm Singing" 1962, "Some of These Days
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil1997performer: "That Old Black Magic"
Consenting Adults1992performer: "Cheek To Cheek"

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Beyond the Sea2004
Albino Alligator1996

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 71st Annual Tony Awards2017TV Movie special material by
Beyond the Sea2004written by

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Beyond the Sea2004music performer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Victor James2014Short very special thanks
Fallen Angels2013very special thanks
The Circle of Men2011Short special thanks
Jess//Jim2011Short with thanks to
The Voorman Problem2011Short special thanks
Paper Hearts2011Short the producer wishes to thank
Joe Papp in Five Acts2010Documentary special thanks
Double Agency2010Documentary short special thanks
Artists of the Roundtable2008Video documentary special thanks
The Doorman2007thanks
Cry_Wolf2005the filmmakers wish to express their profound gratitute to
The Tower of Babble2002Short very special thanks
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory1998TV Movie documentary special thanks
L.A. Confidential: Off the Record...1998Video documentary short special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition2007TV Movie documentaryHimself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino2007TV MovieHimself
07 Spaceys2007TV MovieHimself
The 61st Annual Tony Awards2007TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
The 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards2007TV SpecialHimself
Working in the Theatre2007TV Series documentaryHimself - Actor
Bryan's Journals2006Video documentaryHimself
Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns'2006Video documentaryHimself
Movie Rush2006TV Series documentaryHimself
Corazón de...2006TV SeriesHimself
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton2006TV SeriesHimself - Guest
HypaSpace2006TV Series documentaryHimself
Superman Returns: Inside the Journey2006TV Movie documentaryHimself
Back in Blue: The 'Superman Returns' Movie Special2006TV Movie documentaryHimself
HBO First Look1995-2006TV Series documentary shortHimself
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman2006TV Movie documentaryNarrator (voice)
2006 MTV Movie Awards2006TV SpecialHimself
Saturday Night Live1997-2006TV SeriesHimself - Host / Neil Young / Phillip Sarc / ...
Hollywood Greats2006TV Series documentaryHimself
Uganda Rising2006DocumentaryNarrator (voice)
Parkinson2002-2006TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts2005TV SpecialHimself
Going Hollywood2005TV SeriesHimself
Sunday AM2005TV SeriesHimself
Bobby's World: The Making of 'Beyond the Sea'2005Video shortHimself
Breakfast with Frost2005TV SeriesHimself - Guest
2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards2005VideoHimself - Presenter
Caiga quien caiga2005TV SeriesHimself
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards2005TV Special documentaryHimself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture [Musical or Comedy]
Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope2005TV SpecialHimself
The Tony Danza Show2005TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The View2004TV SeriesHimself - Guest
GMTV2004TV SeriesHimself
Biography2004TV Series documentaryHimself
Freedom2speak v2.02004DocumentaryHimself - Actor, USA
The 75th Annual Academy Awards2003TV SpecialHimself - recalling his awards (pre-recorded) (uncredited)
The Score2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
Once Upon a Time in Utah, Sundance2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
Declaration of Independence2003Video documentary shortHimself
Listen Up! Charles Barkley with Ernie Johnson2002TV SeriesHimself
America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero2002TV Movie documentaryNarrator (voice)
Young Hollywood Awards2002TV SpecialHimself
Heisting Cannes with 'The Usual Suspects'2002Video documentary shortHimself
Keyser Söze: Lie or Legend?2002Video documentary shortHimself
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'2002Video documentaryHimself
Spotlight on Location: The Making of 'K-PAX'2002Video shortHimself
The 74th Annual Academy Awards2002TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: In Memoriam
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion2002TV Movie documentaryHimself
The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards2002TV Special documentaryHimself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute2002TV Movie documentaryHimself
Independence Day 20012001TV MovieHimself
American Experience2001TV Series documentaryHimself - Reader
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music2001TV Special documentaryHimself - Host
Larry King Live2001TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards2001TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards2001TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: Cecil B. DeMille Award
Dive Beneath the Surface of the Shipping News2001Video documentary shortHimself
Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored2001Video documentaryHimself
Film-Fest DVD: Issue 3 - Toronto2000Video documentaryHimself
The Final Days2000ShortHimself
The 5th Annual GQ Men of the Year Awards2000TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
David Blaine: Frozen in Time2000TV SpecialHimself - Guest Appearance
American Beauty: Look Closer...2000Video documentary shortHimself
Inside the Actors Studio2000TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Rotten TV2000TV SeriesHimself
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies2000TV Special documentaryHimself
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards2000TV Special documentaryHimself - Presenter (uncredited)
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards2000TV SpecialHimself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leadign Role & Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2000TV SpecialHimself
Gomorron2000TV SeriesHimself
60 Minutes2000TV Series documentaryHimself - Actor (segment "Kevin Spacey")
The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards2000TV SpecialHimself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Forever Hollywood1999TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts1999TV SpecialHimself
The Laurence Olivier Awards 19991999TV MovieHimself - Winner: Best Actor
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius1999TV Movie documentaryNarrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live 251999TV Special documentaryHimself
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends1999TV Special documentaryHimself
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards1999TV SpecialHimself - Nominee, Presenter & Performer
The Howard Stern Radio Show1999TV SeriesHimself - Guest
L.A. Confidential: Off the Record...1998Video documentary shortHimself / Jack Vincennes
The 50th British Academy Film Awards1998TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actress in Motion Picture
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool1998TV Movie documentaryHimself - Narrator (voice)
The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards1998TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
Dennis Pennis R.I.P.1997VideoHimself (uncredited)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Martin Scorsese1997TV Special documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Maury1997TV SeriesHimself
The 69th Annual Academy Awards1997TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The 39th Annual Grammy Awards1997TV SpecialHimself
1996 MTV Movie Awards1996TV SpecialHimself
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman1996TV Movie documentary
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Clint Eastwood1996TV Special documentaryHimself
The 68th Annual Academy Awards1996TV SpecialHimself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards1996TV SpecialHimself - Nominee
The Annual Artists Rights Foundation Honors Martin Scorsese1996TV MovieHimself
The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards1996TV SpecialHimself - Nominee
Looking for Richard1996DocumentaryHimself / Earl of Buckingham
Introducing 'The Usual Suspects'1995Video documentary shortHimself
Late Night with David Letterman1991TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The 45th Annual Tony Awards1991TV SpecialHimself - Winner: Best Featured Actor in a Play
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1990TV SeriesHimself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon1988TV Special documentaryHimself
Moving Image Salutes James Stewart1988TV MovieHimself
Extra2014-2017TV SeriesHimself
The 71st Annual Tony Awards2017TV MovieHimself - Host Johnny Carson Bill Clinton ...
CBS This Morning2017TV SeriesHimself
Late Night with Seth Meyers2017TV SeriesHimself
Today2008-2017TV SeriesHimself - Guest / Himself
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015-2017TV SeriesHimself - Guest / Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014-2017TV SeriesHimself - Guest / Himself / First Tennis Player / ...
23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2017TV SpecialHimself
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come2016TV SpecialHimself
39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors2016TV MovieHimself
American Valor: A Salute to Our Heroes2016TV Movie documentaryHimself
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards2016TV SpecialHimself
Crazy But True2016Video documentary shortHimself
Made in Hollywood2010-2016TV SeriesHimself
C à vous2016TV SeriesHimself
Race for the White House2016TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - Narrator
Meet the Press2016TV SeriesHimself
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2016TV SpecialHimself - Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Entertainment Tonight2007-2015TV SeriesHimself
E! Live from the Red Carpet2014-2015TV SeriesHimself
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards2015TV SpecialHimself - Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Co-Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series
Unity2015DocumentaryNarrator (voice)
House of Cards: Backstage Politics on the Set of House of Cards2015TV ShortHimself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show2014-2015TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2010-2015TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Charlie Rose1996-2015TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman1994-2015TV SeriesHimself - Guest / Himself
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2015TV SpecialHimself - Winner
72nd Golden Globe Awards2015TV SpecialHimself - Winner
The Library of Congress: Gershwin Prize for Popular Song - Billy Joel2015TV MovieHimself
Bystander Revolution2014TV Series documentaryHimself
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards2014TV SpecialHimself - Nominee
House of Cards: Line of Succession2014Video shortHimself
House of Cards: Politics for the Sake of Politics2014Video shortHimself
House of Cards: The Direct Address2014Video shortHimself
House of Cards: Two Houses2014Video shortHimself
CBS News Sunday Morning2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest
East 'N' Style2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest
NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage2014DocumentaryRichard Duke of Gloucester
Fox Report2014TV SeriesHimself
The 86th Annual Academy Awards2014TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: Governors Awards
The Daily Show2001-2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest / Himself
20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2014TV SpecialHimself - Presenter & Nominee
2014 Golden Globe Arrivals Special2014TV SpecialHimself (uncredited)
71st Golden Globe Awards2014TV SpecialHimself - Nominee (uncredited)
30-Second Bunny Theatre2014TV SeriesHimself - Narrator
Breakthrough Prize 20132013TV SpecialHimself - Host
The Day Kennedy Died2013TV Movie documentaryNarrator
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards2013TV SpecialHimself - Nominee & Performer
The Colbert Report2011-2013TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The EE British Academy Film Awards2013TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
Arena2012TV Series documentaryHimself
The Diamond Queen2012TV Series documentaryHimself - Actor
Theater Talk2012TV SeriesHimself - Guest
MSN Exclusives2012TV SeriesHimself (2014)
Live with Kelly and Ryan2004-2011TV SeriesHimself - Guest
A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation2011DocumentaryHimself
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division2011ShortHimself
Close Up2011TV SeriesHimself - Interviewee / Actor
Shakespeare High2011DocumentaryHimself
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards2011TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: Song 'We Belong Together' and 'I See the Light'
Cinema 32011TV SeriesHimself - Interviewee
Metropolis2011TV SeriesHimself
Días de cine2009-2011TV SeriesHimself - Interviewee
Conan2010-2011TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards2011TV SpecialHimself - Nominee & Presenter
16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards2011TV Special documentaryHimself - Presenter
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?2011Video documentaryHimself
Chelsea Lately2011TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2011TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Up Close with Carrie Keagan2010TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Tavis Smiley2010TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Role That Changed My Life2010TV Series documentaryHimself
IMDb's 20th Anniversary Star of the Day2010TV Series documentaryHimself
AMC News Special: Toronto Film Festival 20102010TV MovieHimself
In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber2010TV SeriesHimself
Breakfast2008-2010TV SeriesHimself - Guest
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols2010TV MovieHimself
2010 Britannia Awards2010TV SpecialHimself
The Variety Club Showbiz Awards 20092009TV SpecialHimself - Stage Actor of the Year Awardee
My Big Break2009DocumentaryHimself
Söndagsparty med Filip och Fredrik2009TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992-2009TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Hackers Wanted2009DocumentaryHimself - Narrator (voice)
A True Ensemble: The Cast of L.A. Confidential2008Video documentary shortHimself
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'2008Video documentary shortHimself
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'2008Video documentary shortHimself
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards2008TV SpecialHimself - Nominee
TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards2008TV SpecialHimself
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker2008TV SeriesHimself
L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen2008Video documentary shortHimself
Recount: The True Inside Story of the 2000 Presidential Election2008Video documentary shortHimself
Shootout2004-2008TV SeriesHimself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1999-2008TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Fama Show2008TV SeriesHimself
This Morning2004-2008TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Orange British Academy Film Awards2008TV Movie documentaryHimself - Presenter
Richard & Judy2008TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The South Bank Show2008TV Series documentaryHimself
Newsnight2007TV SeriesHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Extra2015-2017TV SeriesHimself
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone2016DocumentaryVerbal
Entertainment Tonight2000-2016TV SeriesHimself
Lennon or McCartney2014Documentary shortHimself
Mad As Hell2014DocumentaryHimself
SNL Shorts2014TV MovieChristopher Walken / Walter Matthau (uncredited)
Chelsea Lately2013TV SeriesFrancis Underwood
The O'Reilly Factor2012TV SeriesHimself
Welcome to the Basement2012TV SeriesJohn Williamson
Being Mean Is So Much Fun2011ShortHarken
Horrible Bosses: My Least Favorite Career2011Video documentary shortDave Harken / Himself - Dave Harken (uncredited)
Edición Especial Coleccionista2011TV SeriesHimself / Verbal
Quelli che... il calcio2009TV SeriesHimself
Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts2009TV SpecialChristopher Walken Walter Matthau (uncredited)
Recount: A Conversation between Bob Balaban and the Real Ben Ginsberg2008Video documentary shortHimself / Ron Klain
Recount: A Conversation Between Kevin Spacey and the Real Ron Klain2008Video documentary shortHimself / Ron Klain
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo2008TV Movie documentaryHimself (uncredited)
20 to 12007TV Series documentaryLester Burnham
Der Geist des Geldes2007DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Curse of Superman2006TV Movie documentaryLex Luthor (uncredited)
Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop2005TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Cinema mil2005TV SeriesHimself
Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State2005DocumentaryNarrator
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan2003TV SpecialDoctor Dowden (uncredited)
Sendung ohne Namen2002-2003TV Series documentaryDavid Gale
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary2003TV MovieLloyd Chasseur
60 Minutes2000TV Series documentaryHimself - Actor (segment "Kevin Spacey")
The 1999 European Film Awards1999TV SpecialLester Burnham
SNL: 25 Years of Music1999TV MovieDr. Eckhard (uncredited)
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory1998TV Movie documentaryHimself
Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle1998TV MovieHimself (uncredited)
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards1998TV SpecialHimself

Awards

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2015Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - DramaHouse of Cards (2013)
2015Golden CameraGolden Camera, GermanyBest International ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2015NAVGTR AwardNAVGTR AwardsOutstanding Performance in a Drama, LeadCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
2015ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2012Robert Altman AwardIndependent Spirit AwardsMargin Call (2011)
2008Special AwardShoWest Convention, USABest Ensemble21 (2008)
2005Sonny Bono Visionary AwardPalm Springs International Film FestivalActing, producing & directing.
2002Peter J. Owens AwardSan Francisco International Film Festival
2002Role Model AwardYoung Hollywood Awards
2001Golden AppleGolden Apple AwardsMale Star of the Year
2001Audience AwardSESC Film Festival, BrazilBest Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro)American Beauty (1999)
2000OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actor in a Leading RoleAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000Chlotrudis AwardChlotrudis AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000DFWFCA AwardDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000FFCC AwardFlorida Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000Jupiter AwardJupiter AwardBest International ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000Sierra AwardLas Vegas Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000ALFS AwardLondon Critics Circle Film AwardsActor of the YearAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000OFTA Film AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000OFCS AwardOnline Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000Golden AriesRussian Guild of Film CriticsBest Foreign ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion PictureAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000SEFCA AwardSoutheastern Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000Tribute to Independent Vision AwardSundance Film Festival
1999ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Actor in a Leading RoleAmerican Beauty (1999)
1999Film Excellence AwardBoston Film Festival
1999KCFCC AwardKansas City Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
1999SDFCS AwardSan Diego Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
1999TFCA AwardToronto Film Critics Association AwardsBest Performance, MaleAmerican Beauty (1999)
1999Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 5 October 1999. At 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
1998Chlotrudis AwardChlotrudis AwardsBest Supporting ActorL.A. Confidential (1997)
1998Maverick Tribute AwardCinequest San Jose Film Festival
1998Empire AwardEmpire Awards, UKBest ActorL.A. Confidential (1997)
1998Special Achievement AwardLondon Critics Circle Film Awards
1997BSFC AwardBoston Society of Film Critics AwardsBest Supporting ActorL.A. Confidential (1997)
1997STFC AwardSociety of Texas Film Critics AwardsBest Supporting ActorL.A. Confidential (1997)
1996OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1996Critics Choice AwardBroadcast Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorOutbreak (1995)
1996CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1996Chlotrudis AwardChlotrudis AwardsBest Supporting ActorThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1996DFWFCA AwardDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1996MTV Movie AwardMTV Movie AwardsBest VillainSe7en (1995)
1995ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1995ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Cast EnsembleThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1995BSFC AwardBoston Society of Film Critics AwardsBest Supporting ActorThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1995NBR AwardNational Board of Review, USABest Supporting ActorThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1995NBR AwardNational Board of Review, USABest Acting by an EnsembleThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1995NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Supporting ActorSe7en (1995)
1995Golden Space Needle AwardSeattle International Film FestivalBest ActorThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1995STFC AwardSociety of Texas Film Critics AwardsBest Supporting ActorThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1992Best ActorValladolid International Film FestivalGlengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2017PGA AwardPGA AwardsOutstanding Producer of Episodic Television, DramaHouse of Cards (2013)
2017Screen Actors Guild AwardScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2016Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2016Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2016Critics' Choice TV AwardCritics Choice Television AwardsBest Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2016Gold Derby TV AwardGold Derby AwardsDrama Lead ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2016OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2016PGA AwardPGA AwardsOutstanding Producer of Episodic Television, DramaHouse of Cards (2013)
2016ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2015Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2015Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2015BAFTA Games AwardBAFTA AwardsBest PerformerCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
2015Dorian AwardGay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)TV Performance of the Year - ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2015Gold Derby TV AwardGold Derby AwardsDrama Lead ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2015Golden NymphMonte-Carlo TV FestivalOutstanding Actor in a Drama TV SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2015OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2015PGA AwardPGA AwardsOutstanding Producer of Episodic Television, DramaHouse of Cards (2013)
2015ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2014Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - DramaHouse of Cards (2013)
2014Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2014Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2014Dorian AwardGay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)TV Performance of the Year - ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2014Gold Derby TV AwardGold Derby AwardsDrama Lead ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2014Golden NymphMonte-Carlo TV FestivalOutstanding Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2014PGA AwardPGA AwardsOutstanding Producer of Episodic Television, DramaHouse of Cards (2013)
2014ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2014TV Guide AwardTV Guide AwardsFavorite ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2013Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2013Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2013Critics' Choice TV AwardCritics Choice Television AwardsBest Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2013Gold Derby TV AwardGold Derby AwardsDrama Lead ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2013IGN AwardIGN Summer Movie AwardsBest TV ActorHouse of Cards (2013)
2013OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Actor in a Drama SeriesHouse of Cards (2013)
2013Satellite AwardSatellite AwardsBest Actor in a Series, DramaHouse of Cards (2013)
2012Movies for Grownups AwardAARP Movies for Grownups AwardsBest ActorMargin Call (2011)
2012COFCA AwardCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest EnsembleMargin Call (2011)
2011Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or MusicalCasino Jack (2010)
2011Movies for Grownups AwardAARP Movies for Grownups AwardsBest ActorCasino Jack (2010)
2011Gotham Independent Film AwardGotham AwardsBest Ensemble PerformanceMargin Call (2011)
2011PFCS AwardPhoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Ensemble ActingMargin Call (2011)
2009Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for TelevisionRecount (2008)
2009Golden NymphMonte-Carlo TV FestivalTelevision Films - Best Performance by an ActorRecount (2008)
2009PGA AwardPGA AwardsOutstanding Producer of Long-Form TelevisionBernard and Doris (2006)
2009ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or MiniseriesRecount (2008)
2009WFCC AwardWomen Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActorShrink (2009)
2008Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieRecount (2008)
2008Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Made for Television MovieBernard and Doris (2006)
2008Gold Derby TV AwardGold Derby AwardsTV Movie/Mini ActorRecount (2008)
2008OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Actor in a Motion Picture or MiniseriesRecount (2008)
2008Satellite AwardSatellite AwardsBest Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for TelevisionRecount (2008)
2006GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual MediaBeyond the Sea (2004)
2006Teen Choice AwardTeen Choice AwardsMovies - Choice SleazebagSuperman Returns (2006)
2005Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or MusicalBeyond the Sea (2004)
2002Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - DramaThe Shipping News (2001)
2002BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleThe Shipping News (2001)
2002Saturn AwardAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USABest ActorK-PAX (2001)
2001Blockbuster Entertainment AwardBlockbuster Entertainment AwardsFavorite Actor - Drama/RomancePay It Forward (2000)
2001Empire AwardEmpire Awards, UKBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - DramaAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000American Comedy AwardAmerican Comedy Awards, USAFunniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)American Beauty (1999)
2000Blockbuster Entertainment AwardBlockbuster Entertainment AwardsFavorite Actor - DramaAmerican Beauty (1999)
2000Golden Satellite AwardSatellite AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, DramaAmerican Beauty (1999)
1999OFTA Film AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Voice-Over PerformanceA Bug's Life (1998)
1998BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleL.A. Confidential (1997)
1998CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorL.A. Confidential (1997)
1998ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a CastL.A. Confidential (1997)
1996Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1996Independent Spirit AwardIndependent Spirit AwardsBest Male LeadSwimming with Sharks (1994)
1996ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Usual Suspects (1995)
1995ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Actor in a Supporting RoleSe7en (1995)
1995ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Cast EnsembleSe7en (1995)
1993Saturn AwardAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USABest Supporting ActorConsenting Adults (1992)

2nd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1999ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Cast EnsembleAmerican Beauty (1999)
1999BSFC AwardBoston Society of Film Critics AwardsBest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)
1998NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest Supporting ActorL.A. Confidential (1997)
1997ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Actor in a Supporting RoleL.A. Confidential (1997)
1997LAFCA AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorL.A. Confidential (1997)
1996NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest Supporting ActorSe7en (1995)
1995LAFCA AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorSe7en (1995)

3rd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2000NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest ActorAmerican Beauty (1999)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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