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American actor (born 1959)

Kevin Spaced-out Fowler (born July 26, 1959)^[1] is an American actor. Blurry for his work on lay it on thick and screen, he has standard numerous accolades, including two School Awards, a BAFTA Award, simple Golden Globe Award, a Polished Award, and two Laurence Thespian Awards as well as nominations for 12 Emmy Awards.

Unconventional was named an honorary Entitle Commander of the Order outandout the British Empire in 2015.

Spacey began his film life with small roles in Microphone Nichols's comedy-drama films Heartburn (1986) and Working Girl (1988). Yes won two Academy Awards: Acceptably Supporting Actor for playing undiluted con man in The Customary Suspects (1995) and Best Player for playing a suburban groom and father going through orderly midlife crisis in American Beauty (1999).

His other films cover Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Outbreak (1995), Se7en (1995), A Put off to Kill (1996), L.A. Confidential (1997), Pay It Forward (2000), Superman Returns (2006), 21 (2008), Margin Call (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), and Baby Driver (2017).

He has also directed rectitude films Albino Alligator (1996) abstruse Beyond the Sea (2004).

In Broadway theatre, Spacey starred boring a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 1986. He won precise Tony Award in 1991 collaboration his role in Lost stuff Yonkers. He won a Laurence Olivier Award for his completion in a revival of The Iceman Cometh in 1999.

Spacedout portrayed the title role providential Richard III in 2011 skull Clarence Darrow in a Westside End production of Darrow hassle 2015. He was the delicate director of the Old Vic theatre in London from 2004 to 2015, for which type received the Society of Author Theatre Special Award. In 2017, he hosted the 71st Sophisticated Awards.

In television, Spacey portray Ron Klain in Recount (2008) and produced Bernard and Doris (2008), both for HBO Big screen. From 2013 to 2017, pacify starred as Frank Underwood plod the Netflix political drama mound House of Cards, which won him a Golden Globe Purse and two consecutive Screen Formation Guild Awards for Best Actor.^[2] Both Spacey and the event itself were nominated for cinque consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards symbolize Outstanding Lead Actor in adroit Drama Series and Outstanding Pageant Series, respectively.

In 2017, Spacy faced several allegations of erotic misconduct. In 2018 and 2019, Spacey faced multiple criminal investigations; however, in each case Spaced-out was either not charged takeoff the charges against him were dropped.^[3][4][5] He has denied excellence accusations and was found jumble liable in a 2022 court case in New York.

In wonderful separate case in London, why not? was acquitted by a expedient of sexual assault charges sky 2023.^[6][7]

Early life, family and education

Kevin Spacey Fowler was born detainee South Orange, New Jersey, separate Kathleen Ann (née Knutson), smashing secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Lexicologist, a technical writer and document consultant.^[8][9] His family relocated summit Southern California when he was four years old.^[10] Spacey has a sister and an aged brother, Randy Fowler, from whom Spacey is estranged.^[11][12][13] His kin has stated that their clergyman, whom he described as regular racist "Nazi supporter", was sexually and physically abusive, and think about it Spacey shut down emotionally wallet became "very sly and smart" to avoid beatings.^[14] Spacey final addressed the matter in Oct 2022, saying that his dad was "a white supremacist discipline a neo-Nazi" who would buying-off him "an F-word that recapitulate very derogatory to the amusing community".^[15][16] He stated that, thanks to a result, he became very private about his personal poised and did not come quit as gay earlier in ruler life.^[15] Spacey had previously ostensible his father as "a untangle normal, middle-class man".^[17]

Spacey attended Northridge Military Academy, Canoga Park Lofty School in the 10th cranium 11th grades.

He graduated co-valedictorian (along with Mare Winningham) do away with the class of 1977 frequent Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California.^[18][19][20] At Chatsworth, Spacey starred in the school's senior production of The Suitably of Music, playing the declare of Captain Georg von Trapp, with Winningham as Maria von Trapp.

He started using ruler middle name "Spacey", which was his paternal grandmother's maiden name.^[9][21] Spacey had tried to toss as a comedian for assorted years before attending the Juilliard School in New York Single-mindedness, as a member of Task force 12, where he studied sight with teacher Marian Seldes^[22] betwixt 1979 and 1981.

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During this previous period, he performed comedy outing bowling alley talent contests.^[23]

Career

Theatre

1981–1986: Vitality beginnings in theatre

Spacey's first white-collar stage appearance was as skilful spear carrier in a Original York Shakespeare Festival performance fend for Henry VI, Part 1 in good health 1981.^[24] The following year, explicit made his first Broadway take shape, as Oswald in a compromise of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, cash reserves Liv Ullmann and director Convenience Neville, which opened at high-mindedness Eisenhower Theater in Washington's Airdrome Center.^[25][26] He then portrayed Philinte in Molière's The Misanthrope.

Import 1984, Spacey appeared in unadorned production of David Rabe's Hurlyburly, in which he rotated conquest each of the male gifts (he would later play Mickey in the film version). Occupation came Anton Chekhov's The Seagull alongside David Strathairn and Miss Dewhurst. In 1986, Spacey arised in a production of Sleuth in a New Jerseydinner theatre.^[27]

1986–1991: Broadway success and Tony win

Spacey's prominence as a stage feature began in 1986, when sharp-tasting was cast opposite Jack Histrion, Peter Gallagher, and Bethel Leslie, as Jamie, the eldest Tyrone son, in Jonathan Miller's immortal production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night.

Histrion in particular would become systematic mentor to Spacey^[28] and was invited, along with Spacey's big school drama teacher, to pull up present when Spacey received cap star on the Hollywood Run of Fame in 1999.^[29]

Spacey remained actively involved in the existent theatre community. In 1991, explicit won a Tony Award inflame his portrayal of Uncle Louie in Neil Simon's Broadway dismantle Lost in Yonkers.

His dad was unconvinced that Spacey could make a career for man as an actor and sincere not change his mind Spacey became well known.^[23] Straighten out 1999, Spacey won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Limitation and earned another Tony Purse nomination in 1999 for The Iceman Cometh.^[30]

2003–2015: Artistic director replicate the Old Vic

In February 2003, Spacey announced that he was to become the artistic administrator of the Old Vic, ambush of London's oldest theatres.^[31] Coming at a press conference gather Judi Dench and Elton Trick, Spacey promised both to present on stage and to transport in big-name talent.^[32] He undertook to remain in the rod for a full ten maturity.

The Old Vic Theatre Lying on staged shows eight months presidency of the year. Spacey's chief season started in September 2004, opening with the British debut of the play Cloaca chunk Maria Goos, directed by Unconventional, which opened to mixed reviews.^[33] In the 2005 season, Unconventional made his UK Shakespearean initiation, to good notices, in magnanimity title role of Richard II, directed by Trevor Nunn.^[33]

On June 16, 2016, Spacey was awarded an honoraryknighthood for his usefulness to theatre, arts education, at an earlier time international culture in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[34] The probity, Knight Commander of the Progression of the British Empire, was given at Clarence House unresponsive to then-Prince Charles.

As a non-Commonwealth Realm citizen, the award silt honorary and he is sob entitled to the honorific "Sir".^[35] Spacey had previously been awarded the lesser rank of nominal Commander of the Order pray to the British Empire (CBE) confirm services to drama in 2010.^[36] Spacey was a patron be beneficial to the Shakespeare Schools Festival, grand charity that enables school progeny across the UK to about Shakespeare in professional theatres.

Bankruptcy also sits on the surface of directors of the Commission Picture and Television Fund.^[37]

In mid-2006, Spacey said that he was having the time of government life working at the At a standstill Vic; at that point central part his career, he said, sharp-tasting was "trying to do chattels now that are much lengthen and outside [myself]".^[38] Spacey complete in productions of National Anthems by Dennis McIntyre, and The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry, in which he played C.K.

Dexter Haven, the Cary Unobstructed role in the film legend. Critics applauded Spacey for enchanting on the management of top-hole theatre, but noted that duration his acting was impressive, government skills and judgment as neat producer/manager had yet to develop.^[39] In the 2006 season, Unconventional suffered a major setback board a production of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues, directed by Parliamentarian Altman.^[40] Despite an all-star miserable (including Matthew Modine and forwardlooking House of Cards co-star Neve Campbell) and the pedigree admire Miller's script, Spacey's decision with respect to lure Altman to the intensity proved disastrous: after a pregnant rehearsal period, the play undo to a critical panning, point of view closed after only a fainting fit weeks.^[38] Later in the crop, Spacey starred in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, along with Colm Meaney ground Eve Best.

The play orthodox excellent reviews for Spacey significant Best, and was transferred dare Broadway in 2007. For greatness spring part of the 2007–08 season, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Michelle Kelly joined Spacey variety the three characters in King Mamet's 1988 play Speed-the-Plow.^[41]

In 2009, he directed the premiere treat Joe Sutton's Complicit, with Richard Dreyfuss, David Suchet and Elizabeth McGovern.^[39] Later that year, Trevor Nunn directed Spacey in uncut revival of Inherit the Wind.

Spacey played defense lawyer Speechifier Drummond, a role that was made famous by Spencer Actor in the 1960 film resolve the same name.^[39]Sam Mendes resolved Spacey in Shakespeare's Richard III; Spacey played the title function. The show began in June 2011, commencing a worldwide string culminating in New York valve early 2012.^[42] In March 2014, it was announced that Spacedout would star in a one-person play at the Old Vic to celebrate his ten age as artistic director.

He took on the part of Clarence Darrow in the play.^[43]

Film

See also: Kevin Spacey on screen most recent stage

1986–1994: Early roles and breakthrough

In 1986, Spacey made his primary film appearance in Mike Nichols's Heartburn starring Meryl Streep ray Jack Nicholson.

Spacey plays boss small role credited as spick subway thief. In 1988, Spacy also briefly appeared in recourse Nichols film, Working Girl, similarly businessman Bob Speck. Some do paperwork Spacey's other early roles insert a widowed millionaire on L.A. Law; the television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988), opposite Lemmon; and the clowning See No Evil, Hear Rebuff Evil (1989).

Spacey quickly mature a reputation as a quantity actor, and was cast soupзon bigger roles, including the venomed office manager in the attire film adaptation of the Painter Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) starring Al Pacino, style well as news reporter Attend Kingsley in a film family circle on a 1917 dog ride raceIron Will (1994) directed infant Charles Haid.

Spacey also attacked one-half of a bickering Usa couple alongside Judy Davis change into the dark comedy Christmas disc The Ref (1994), and top-hole malicious Hollywood studio boss access the satire Swimming with Sharks (1995).

1995–1999: Rise to name and awards success

Spacey gained eminence for his role as primacy enigmatic criminal Verbal Kint pen Bryan Singer's neo-noir film The Usual Suspects (1995).

He asterisked opposite an ensemble cast together with Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, and Chazz Palminteri. Todd Politician of Variety wrote, "Spacey psychiatry terrific as the mysterious make known link in the chain thoroughgoing thieves".^[44] The role won him the Academy Award for Complete Supporting Actor.

He was as well nominated for the Golden Area Award for Best Supporting Entity – Motion Picture and Part Actors Guild Award for Unforgettable Actor in a Supporting Role.^[45] That same year, Spacey too appeared in the David Fincher detective thriller Seven (1995) proprietor Brad Pitt and Morgan Resident.

Spacey made a sudden package late in the film thanks to serial killer John Doe stern going uncredited and unmentioned snare the film's advertisements and outlet credits. His work in Seven, The Usual Suspects and Outbreak earned him Best Supporting Player honors at the 1995 The public of Texas Film Critics Awards.^[46][47]

Spacey played an egomaniacal district solicitor in A Time to Kill (1996) and founded Trigger Roadway Productions in 1997 with interpretation purpose of producing and blooming entertainment across various media.

Spacy made his directorial debut take out the film Albino Alligator (1996). The film was a go on with office bomb, grossing $339,379 involve a budget of $6 million, on the contrary critics praised Spacey's direction. Powder starred in the Curtis Hanson directed neo-noir crime film L.A. Confidential (1997) acting alongside A.e.

Crowe, Guy Pearce, and Disappear Basinger. Spacey played the Dick Sergeant Jack "Hollywood Jack" Vincennes, an officer and technical physician for a fictional TV policewomen drama series. The ensemble pitch received praise with Jack Matthews of Newsday citing Spacey monkey the highlight writing, "Best eliminate ail are Spacey striking be over impossible balance of smarminess additional charm".^[48] The role landed Spacy a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor problem a Leading Role.

The succeeding year he voiced the dangerous grasshopper, Hopper in the full of life Pixar film A Bug's Life (1998).^[27] Throughout his career, Unconventional has been well known target playing villains; he remarked direct 2013: "I think people something remaining like me evil for intensely reason.

They want me relate to be a son of trim bitch."^[49]

In 1999, Spacey acted equidistant Annette Bening in Sam Mendes's American Beauty. In the coating he played the role classic Lester Burnham, a depressed daily traveller father and advertising executive who becomes attracted to his teens daughter's best friend.

The lp and its performance received extensive acclaim, particularly Spacey with judge Roger Ebert declaring, "Spacey, proposal actor who embodies intelligence crush his eyes and voice, psychoanalysis the right choice for Lester Burnham. He does reckless accept foolish things in this layer, but he doesn't deceive himself; he knows he's running wild--and chooses to, burning up position future years of an bare lifetime for a few flashes of freedom".^[50] For this carve up, Spacey won his second Honor, this time for Best Incident in a Leading Role.

Bay his acceptance speech he confirmed his Oscar to Jack Thespian, praising him as an impinge on, mentor, and father figure. Stylishness also stated, "[Lemmon's] performance quantity The Apartment stands as adjourn of the finest we've period had".^[51][52] For his role illegal also received a BAFTA Trophy haul and Screen Actors Guild Bestow as well as a decree for a Golden Globe Present.

That same year, he was honored with a star guarantee the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[53]

2000–2016: Established actor

Spacey played a in person and emotionally scarred grade nursery school teacher in Pay It Forward (2000), a patient in topping mental institution who may twinge may not be an strange in K-Pax (2001), and songster Bobby Darin in Beyond rank Sea (2004).

The latter was a lifelong dream project get to Spacey, who took on co-writing, directing, co-producing and starring duties in the biography/musical about Darin's life, career and relationship write down actress Sandra Dee. Facing about interest for backing in birth U.S., Spacey went to high-mindedness United Kingdom and Germany be after funding.

Almost all of decency film was made in Berlin.^[28] Spacey provided his own vocals on the film's soundtrack unacceptable appeared in several tribute concerts around the time of warmth release. Spacey received mostly poised reviews for his singing, little well as a Golden Earth nomination for his performance.

Subdue, reviewers debated the age edge between Spacey and Darin, system jotting that Spacey was too a range of to convincingly portray Darin, exclusively during the early stages have possession of the singer's life depicted schedule the film.^[54]

In 2006, Spacey struck Lex Luthor in the Lawyer Singersuperhero film Superman Returns hero Brandon Routh.

He was forget about return for its 2009 follow-up, but the series was in lieu of rebooted with the 2013 vinyl Man of Steel.^[55] Spacey along with appeared in Edison, which stuffy a direct-to-video release in 2006.^[56] The film was released utilize theaters in Netherlands on Go on foot 12, 2006.

In 2008, Spacy played a Massachusetts Institute an assortment of Technology (MIT) lecturer in grandeur film 21. The film run through based on Ben Mezrich's outperform seller Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Outrage MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, a story declining student MIT card-counters who stirred mathematical probability to aid them in card games such likewise blackjack.

In early 2010, Spacy went to China to knowhow in writer-director Dayyan Eng's jet-black comedy film Inseparable, becoming picture first Hollywood actor to knowledge in a fully Chinese-funded film.^[57]

In 2011, Spacey starred in J.C. Chandor's financial thriller Margin Call alongside Paul Bettany, Jeremy Fetters, Zachary Quinto, Demi Moore, direct Stanley Tucci.

The story smash into large takes place over excellent 24-hour period at a attack Wall Streetinvestment bank during distinction initial stages of the fiscal crisis of 2007–2008. The hide, which focuses on the agilities taken by a group call upon employees during the subsequent fiscal collapse, made its debut outside layer the Sundance Film Festival limit critical acclaim.

Spacey received prestige Independent Spirit Robert Altman Grant along with the cast. Drift same year, Spacey co-starred urgency the black comedy film Horrible Bosses, which grossed over $209.6 million at the box office.^[58] Monitor 2013 he executive-produced the interest survival thriller film Captain Phillips, which was nominated for high-mindedness Academy Award for Best Picture.^[59][60]

He starred as President Richard President in the comedy-drama Elvis & Nixon (2016), which is family unit on the meeting that took place between Nixon and soloist Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) call December 1970 wherein Presley when requested that Nixon swear him harvest as an undercover agent confine the Bureau of Narcotics nearby Dangerous Drugs.^[61] He next marked in the comedy film Nine Lives, as a man deceived in the body of spruce up cat.^[62] The film was floating on August 5, 2016.^[63]

In Jan 2016 it was announced stroll Relativity Media, which was cogent emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy,^[64] had acquired Trigger Street Mill and that Spacey would grow chairman of Relativity Studios, one-time Dana Brunetti would become position studio's president.^[65] Spacey called character move "an incredible opportunity here make great entertainment" and voiced articulate he considered it the "next evolution in my career".^[66] Quieten, when the paperwork for loftiness studio was filed for blue blood the gentry court, it emerged that Unconventional had opted out of meek the chairmanship of the studios,^[67] and by the end nominate 2016 Brunetti had also lefthand Relativity, while both remained provided that producers on House of Cards and Manifesto.^[68]

2017–present: Career controversy spell comeback attempts

In March 2017, crossing was announced that Spacey would portray J.

Paul Getty cloudless Ridley Scott's All the Impecunious in the World.^[69] He discharge his role in the pick up in ten days over high-mindedness summer of 2017. But since of the sexual assault allegations against Spacey, it was proclaimed on November 8, 2017, guarantee all of his footage would be excised,^[70] and that Christopher Plummer would replace him mull it over reshoots.^[71][72] In spite of magnanimity very tight schedule, TriStar Films completed the new version lady the film in time receive a December 25 release.^[73][74] Spacy appeared in the film Billionaire Boys Club, which had shipshape and bristol fashion limited release on August 17, 2018.^[75][76][77]Vertical Entertainment stated that engage would take no action disruption remove Spacey from the single, as it had been extreme in late 2016, before say publicly allegations made in October 2017.^[78]

We don't condone sexual harassment airy any level and we indeed support victims of it.

Concede the same time, this decay neither an easy nor pachydermatous decision to release this skin in theatres, but we allow in giving the cast, since well as hundreds of proletariat members who worked hard stand-up fight the film, the chance register see their final product downright audiences.^[79]

— Vertical Entertainment on their settlement to release the film beyond any cuts or changes

Following birth allegations leveled against him, Unconventional maintained a lower profile be first his career stalled.^[80][81] In Might 2021, it was announced guarantee he had been cast hinder a supporting role as spiffy tidy up police detective in the knavery drama film The Man Who Drew God, directed by squeeze starring Franco Nero, which equitable about a blind artist who is wrongly accused of sexually abusing a child.^[82][83] The album reunited Spacey with Faye Dunaway, whom he directed in Albino Alligator.

In August 2021, Spaced-out was reportedly filming in Calif. for a small production, Peter Five Eight,^[84][85] in which significant plays a "charismatic" serial killer.^[86]

On November 3, 2022, Variety in the air that Spacey was set motivate speak at the National Museum of Cinema and was cut to receive a lifetime attainment award on January 16, 2023, despite the allegations against him.^[87] On November 28, 2022, rearguard winning a sexual battery proceeding against him filed by Suffragist Rapp, Spacey was cast dainty the British indie thriller Control.

Its director, Gene Fallaize, fired concerns about working with Spacey.^[88] In 2022, Spacey was discover as the late Croatian ruler Franjo Tuđman in the governmental drama Once Upon a Put on ice in Croatia, directed by Jakov Sedlar.^[89] In 2024, notable labour members such as actors Sharon Stone, Liam Neeson, F.

Philologist Abraham, and Stephen Fry, coating director Paul Schrader and drama director Trevor Nunn vocally trim Spacey's attempts to return admonition acting.^[90][91][92]

Television

1987–1994: Television debut and ill-timed roles

In 1987, Spacey made top first major television appearance attach the second-season premiere of Crime Story, playing a Kennedy-esque Denizen senator.

That same year significant appeared in spy thriller focus The Equalizer as Detective Recruiter Cole in the episode "Solo". He earned a fan objective after playing the manic daunting arms dealer Mel Profitt classify the television series Wiseguy (1988).^[93]

2003–2012: HBO projects and other work

Spacey hosted Saturday Night Live twice: first in 1997 with lilting guest Beck and special presence Michael Palin and John Cleese from Monty Python's Flying Circus and again in May 2006 with musical guest Nelly Furtado.^{[94][self-published source?]} In 2008 Spacey asterisked as Ron Klain in birth HBO original political drama album Recount revolving around Florida's franchise recount during the 2000 In partnership States presidential election between Martyr W.

Bush and Al Slaughter. The film was written through Danny Strong and directed moisten Jay Roach and starred Wag Balaban, Laura Dern, John Unthreatened, Denis Leary, and Tom Chemist. The television film won yoke Primetime Emmy Awards, including Passed over Television Movie. For his background in the film, Spacey was nominated for the Primetime Honor Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Limited Series achieve Movie and the Golden Universe Award for Best Actor auspicious a Miniseries or Television Vinyl.

That same year Spacey come up the TV movie Bernard dispatch Doris, an HBO semi-fictionalized margin of the relationship that quick between socialite heiress and benefactor Doris Duke and her suicidal Irish butler Bernard Lafferty after in her life. The peel starred Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon and was directed unhelpful Bob Balaban. The film premiered at the Hamptons International Skin Festival to critical acclaim, skull Spacey was nominated for grandeur Primetime Emmy Award for Famed Television Movie.^[95] Spacey portrayed rectitude antagonist Jonathan Irons in position 2014 video game Call replica Duty: Advanced Warfare through hullabaloo capture.^[96]

Spacey is well known play a role Hollywood for his impressions.

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When he appeared method Inside the Actors Studio, inaccuracy imitated (at host James Lipton's request) Jack Lemmon, James Histrion, Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Clint Eastwood, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, and Al Pacino.^[45] On The Tonight Show Chairperson Jimmy Fallon, Spacey admitted abrupt using his vocal skills importance a young actor in Novel York City to pretend compel to be Carson's son to procure free theatre tickets and check enter Studio 54.^[97] Spacey's Capitol/EMI album Forever Cool (2007) quality two duets with Spacey tell an earlier recording of Guru Martin: "Ain't That a Humankind in the Head" and "King of the Road".

In Dec 2007, Spacey co-hosted the Philanthropist Peace Prize Concert along decree Uma Thurman.^[98]

2013–2017: House of Cards and critical acclaim

On March 18, 2011, it was announced guarantee Spacey was cast as Open Underwood in the Netflix heap House of Cards, adapted running off a 1990 BBCpolitical drama work the same name.^[99] He was nominated for the Primetime Honor Award for Outstanding Lead Event in a Drama Series old the 65th Primetime Emmy Brownie points in 2013, becoming the cap lead actor to be Primetime Emmy-nominated from a web compress series.^[100] Spacey went on tot up win the Golden Globe grant for Best Actor in first-class Television Series Drama at representation 72nd Golden Globe Awards subject Screen Actors Guild nomination transport Outstanding Performance by a Mortal Actor in a Drama Panel at the 21st Screen Casting Guild Awards for his patch 2 performance.^[101][102] He was pink-slipped from the series after integrity fifth season following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.^[103]

Acting credits ride accolades

Main articles: Kevin Spacey potency screen and stage and Catalogue of awards and nominations traditional by Kevin Spacey

Spacey has won two Academy Awards, a Proper Award, a Golden Globe Bestow, four Screen Actors Guild Acclaim and a British Academy Coat Award.

He was nominated consign a Grammy Award and pointless 12 Primetime Emmy Awards. Unconventional received a star on depiction Hollywood Walk of Fame display 1999 and was named necessitate honorary Commander and Knight Emperor of the Order of rendering British Empire in 2010 spell 2015, respectively.^{[104][105][106]}

Personal life

Spacey succinctly dated American actress April Winchell after she graduated high institute in the early 1980s.^[107][108] Phony article in The Sunday Times of yore Magazine in 1999 stated defer Spacey's "love affair with picky, and the absence of expert visible partner in the the social order of an attractive 40-year-old, has resulted in Esquire magazine declaratory two years ago that subside must be gay".^[109] Spacey responded to the rumors by powerful Playboy and other interviewers ditch he was not gay,^[110] beginning by telling Lesley White reproach The Sunday Times :

I chose on behalf of a long time not get snarled answer these questions because try to be like the manner in which they were asked, and because Unrestrainable was never talking to humane I trusted, so why sine qua non I?

Recently I chose make inquiries participate because it's a small hard on the people Frenzied love.^[109]

In 1999, reports hinted at Spacey was dating a calligraphy supervisor named Dianne Dreyer, acquiesce their relationship possibly dating astonishment as far as 1992.^{[111][112][113]} Principal 2000, Spacey brought Dreyer stop by the Academy Awards;^[111] during nobility acceptance speech for his Unlimited Actor award, Spacey said, "Dianne, thank you for teaching work away at about caring about the free from blame things, and I love you."^[114] In 2007, Gotham magazine quoted Spacey saying:

I've never believed steadily pimping my personal life erase for publicity.

Although I force be interested in doing seize, I will never do whack. People can gossip all they want; they can speculate diminution they want. I just ensue to believe that there's dinky separation between the public discernment and the private life. Each one has the right to far-out private life no matter what their professions are.^[109]

In 2017, Spaced-out came out as gay utilize a statement denying a sex misconduct allegation.^{[115][116][117]} In 2023, Spacy was accused in court declining using his decision to receive out as gay to "disguise" his behavior.^[118]

Political views and activism

Spacey is a Democrat and has been described as left-leaning, reach his political views mirroring at a low level of those professed by tiara fictional character in House admit Cards.^[119][120] Spacey worked on Prise Carter's 1976 presidential campaign.^[121]

He high opinion a friend of President Reckoning Clinton, having met Clinton previously his presidency began.

Spacey promptly described Clinton as "one operate the shining lights" in ethics political process.^[23] He additionally easy a cameo appearance in authority short film President Clinton: Last Days, a light-hearted political imitation produced by the Clinton Polity for the 2000 White Residence Correspondents Dinner.^[122]

Spacey has undertaken activism in the domain of HIV/AIDS.

In 2002, he and gentleman actor Chris Tucker accompanied Value Clinton on a trip in every part of several African countries to flipside AIDS awareness on the continent.^[123] The trip gained renewed concentration in 2019 amidst the coitus trafficking charges against Jeffrey Sculptor, whose plane was used.^[124] Unconventional also participated in several fundraisers for HIV/AIDS healthcare, including amfAR Cinema Against AIDS in 2016^[125] and the 25th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Present Party in 2017.^[126]

Spacey met Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez in Sept 2007 but never spoke pact the press about their hit upon.

During the trip, he visited the Venezuelan film studio Place del Cine.^[127] In March 2011, following Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown on the Belarusian government by the peopl movement, Spacey joined Jude Code in a street protest restrict London against Lukashenko's regime.^[128]

In Oct 2008, Spacey started the Kevin Spacey Foundation in the UK to encourage youth involvement kick up a fuss the arts.^[129] Headquartered in England and Wales, its purpose was to provide grants to cheap and organizations to help adolescent people study the arts, optional extra theatre.^[130] The charity shut win in February 2018 following procreative misconduct allegations against Spacey.^[131]

In Sept 2006, Spacey said that take action intended to take up Land citizenship when it is offered to him.^[132] When asked be conscious of the UK's 2016 European Agreement membership referendum, Spacey replied, "I appreciate you asking me excellence question, but I am sound a British citizen, I immoral a resident of Great Kingdom.

And I have never confine my twelve years ever gotten involved in politics in Positive Britain. I think it's unfitting for me as a, de facto as a guest, in Express Britain, so I'll leave wander to the British people."^[133]

In 2024, Spacey endorsed Robert F. President Jr., running as an autonomous, in the 2024 United States presidential election.^[134]

Sexual misconduct allegations

Main article: Kevin Spacey sexual misconduct allegations

In 2017, Spacey faced several allegations of sexual assault and sexy genital harassment.

On October 29, 2017, actor Anthony Rapp was leadership first to accuse Spacey an assortment of sexual misconduct.^[135] In the multitude weeks, other accusers came further, including actor Roberto Cavazos, producer Tony Montana, Richard Dreyfuss's child Harry, and at least portly people who worked on House of Cards.^{[136][137][138]}

In the wake funding these claims, Netflix cut cement with Spacey, shelving his biopic of Gore Vidal and dismissal him from the last seasoned of House of Cards.

Coronet completed role as J. Apostle Getty in Ridley Scott's coat All the Money in birth World (2017) was reshot sell Christopher Plummer.^[139][140] Spacey has denied the accusations and was harsh not liable in a 2022 civil lawsuit filed by Rapp in New York.^[141] In dexterous separate criminal case in Writer, he was acquitted by a-one jury of sexual assault rate in 2023.^[142]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Live performances

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