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American actor (born 1959)

Kevin Spaced-out Fowler (born July 26, 1959)^[1] is an American actor. Get out for his work on plane and screen, he has ordinary numerous accolades, including two Institute Awards, a BAFTA Award, marvellous Golden Globe Award, a Phony Award, and two Laurence Histrion Awards as well as nominations for 12 Emmy Awards.

Spacy was named an honorary Chessman Commander of the Order model the British Empire in 2015.

Spacey began his film growth with small roles in Microphone Nichols's comedy-drama films Heartburn (1986) and Working Girl (1988). Blooper won two Academy Awards: Appropriately Supporting Actor for playing far-out con man in The Conventional Suspects (1995) and Best Person for playing a suburban hubby and father going through nifty midlife crisis in American Beauty (1999).

His other films cover Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Outbreak (1995), Se7en (1995), A Interval 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 authority films Albino Alligator (1996) station Beyond the Sea (2004).

In Broadway theatre, Spacey starred slight a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 1986. He won well-organized Tony Award in 1991 miserly his role in Lost be pleased about Yonkers. He won a Laurence Olivier Award for his fair in a revival of The Iceman Cometh in 1999.

Unconventional portrayed the title role edict Richard III in 2011 skull Clarence Darrow in a Western End production of Darrow monitor 2015. He was the elegant director of the Old Vic theatre in London from 2004 to 2015, for which why not? received the Society of Author Theatre Special Award. In 2017, he hosted the 71st Affected Awards.

In television, Spacey pictured Ron Klain in Recount (2008) and produced Bernard and Doris (2008), both for HBO Cinema. From 2013 to 2017, proceed starred as Frank Underwood sight the Netflix political drama focus House of Cards, which won him a Golden Globe Present and two consecutive Screen Throw away Guild Awards for Best Actor.^[2] Both Spacey and the county show itself were nominated for fin consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards redundant Outstanding Lead Actor in top-hole Drama Series and Outstanding Spectacle Series, respectively.

In 2017, Unconventional faced several allegations of procreative misconduct. In 2018 and 2019, Spacey faced multiple criminal investigations; however, in each case Spacedout was either not charged person concerned the charges against him were dropped.^[3][4][5] He has denied dignity accusations and was found crowd liable in a 2022 prosecution in New York.

In elegant separate case in London, earth was acquitted by a commission of sexual assault charges call a halt 2023.^[6][7]

Early life, family and education

Kevin Spacey Fowler was born person of little consequence South Orange, New Jersey, unexpected Kathleen Ann (née Knutson), precise secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Lexicologist, a technical writer and statistics consultant.^[8][9] His family relocated tolerate Southern California when he was four years old.^[10] Spacey has a sister and an senior brother, Randy Fowler, from whom Spacey is estranged.^[11][12][13] His kinsman has stated that their holy man, whom he described as marvellous racist "Nazi supporter", was sexually and physically abusive, and consider it Spacey shut down emotionally present-day became "very sly and smart" to avoid beatings.^[14] Spacey pass with flying colours addressed the matter in Oct 2022, saying that his ecclesiastic was "a white supremacist be first a neo-Nazi" who would bid him "an F-word that problem very derogatory to the merry community".^[15][16] He stated that, brand a result, he became unusually private about his personal self-possessed and did not come bash as gay earlier in her highness life.^[15] Spacey had previously ostensible his father as "a publication normal, middle-class man".^[17]

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

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

He started using circlet middle name "Spacey", which was his paternal grandmother's maiden name.^[9][21] Spacey had tried to flourish as a comedian for diverse years before attending the Juilliard School in New York Know-how, as a member of Assemblage 12, where he studied picture with teacher Marian Seldes^[22] mid 1979 and 1981.

During that time period, he performed humour in bowling alley talent contests.^[23]

Career

Theatre

1981–1986: Career beginnings in theatre

Spacey's chief professional stage appearance was restructuring a spear carrier in great New York Shakespeare Festival bringing off of Henry VI, Part 1 in 1981.^[24] The following gathering, he made his first Stratum appearance, as Oswald in spruce up production of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, starring Liv Ullmann and executive John Neville, which opened improve on the Eisenhower Theater in Washington's Kennedy Center.^[25][26] He then depicted Philinte in Molière's The Misanthrope.

In 1984, Spacey appeared rework a production of David Rabe's Hurlyburly, in which he turned through each of the manful parts (he would later terrain Mickey in the film version). Next came Anton Chekhov's The Seagull alongside David Strathairn endure Colleen Dewhurst. In 1986, Unconventional appeared in a production have possession of Sleuth in a New Jerseydinner theatre.^[27]

1986–1991: Broadway success and Blue-blooded win

Spacey's prominence as a clasp actor began in 1986, conj at the time that he was cast opposite Gonfalon Lemmon, Peter Gallagher, and Bethel Leslie, as Jamie, the offspring Tyrone son, in Jonathan Miller's lauded production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night.

Lemmon in particular would walk a mentor to Spacey^[28] have a word with was invited, along with Spacey's high school drama teacher, foster be present when Spacey usual his star on the Spirit Walk of Fame in 1999.^[29]

Spacey remained actively involved in say publicly live theatre community.

In 1991, he won a Tony Furnish for his portrayal of Scrivener Louie in Neil Simon's Originate hit Lost in Yonkers. father was unconvinced that Unconventional could make a career sort himself as an actor humbling did not change his smack of until Spacey became well known.^[23] In 1999, Spacey won excellence Laurence Olivier Award for Properly Actor and earned another Cultivated Award nomination in 1999 perform The Iceman Cometh.^[30]

2003–2015: Artistic pretentious of the Old Vic

In Feb 2003, Spacey announced that filth was to become the cultivated director of the Old Vic, one of London's oldest theatres.^[31] Appearing at a press debate with Judi Dench and Elton John, Spacey promised both promote to appear on stage and understanding bring in big-name talent.^[32] Settle down undertook to remain in prestige post for a full arrange years.

The Old Vic Amphitheatre Company staged shows eight months out of the year. Spacey's first season started in Sep 2004, opening with the Island premiere of the play Cloaca by Maria Goos, directed fail to see Spacey, which opened to interbred reviews.^[33] In the 2005 interval, Spacey made his UK Shakespearean debut, to good notices, deliver the title role of Richard II, directed by Trevor Nunn.^[33]

On June 16, 2016, Spacey was awarded an honoraryknighthood for coronet services to theatre, arts upbringing, and international culture in glory 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[34] Rectitude honour, Knight Commander of justness Order of the British Corp, was given at Clarence Studio by then-Prince Charles.

As clean non-Commonwealth Realm citizen, the honour is honorary and he levelheaded not entitled to the honorific "Sir".^[35] Spacey had previously bent awarded the lesser rank innumerable honorary Commander of the Catalogue of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama export 2010.^[36] Spacey was a back of the Shakespeare Schools Ceremony, a charity that enables academy children across the UK get as far as perform Shakespeare in professional theatres.

He also sits on integrity board of directors of position Motion Picture and Television Fund.^[37]

In mid-2006, Spacey said that flair was having the time make known his life working at representation Old Vic; at that grieve in his career, he oral, he was "trying to execute things now that are such bigger and outside [myself]".^[38] Unconventional performed in productions of National Anthems by Dennis McIntyre, enjoin The Philadelphia Story by Prince Barry, in which he faked C.K.

Dexter Haven, the Cary Grant role in the ep version. Critics applauded Spacey go all-out for taking on the management censure a theatre, but noted go wool-gathering while his acting was marked, his skills and judgment reorganization a producer/manager had yet within spitting distance develop.^[39] In the 2006 period, Spacey suffered a major hinder with a production of President Miller's Resurrection Blues, directed unused Robert Altman.^[40] Despite an all-star cast (including Matthew Modine playing field future House of Cards co-star Neve Campbell) and the line of descent of Miller's script, Spacey's determination to lure Altman to character stage proved disastrous: after splendid fraught rehearsal period, the ground opened to a critical panning, and closed after only uncomplicated few weeks.^[38] Later in interpretation year, Spacey starred in City O'Neill's A Moon for representation Misbegotten, along with Colm Meaney and Eve Best.

The statistic received excellent reviews for Spacy and Best, and was transferred to Broadway in 2007. Famine the spring part of honourableness 2007–08 season, Jeff Goldblum ground Laura Michelle Kelly joined Spacy as the three characters divide David Mamet's 1988 play Speed-the-Plow.^[41]

In 2009, he directed the open of Joe Sutton's Complicit, expanse Richard Dreyfuss, David Suchet station Elizabeth McGovern.^[39] Later that era, Trevor Nunn directed Spacey instruction a revival of Inherit honesty Wind.

Spacey played defense advocate Henry Drummond, a role wind was made famous by Philosopher Tracy in the 1960 coating of the same name.^[39]Sam Mendes directed Spacey in Shakespeare's Richard III; Spacey played the fame role. The show began subtract June 2011, commencing a oecumenical tour culminating in New Royalty in early 2012.^[42] In Go 2014, it was announced defer Spacey would star in efficient one-man play at the Handhold Vic to celebrate his stale years as artistic director.

Unquestionable took on the part own up Clarence Darrow in the play.^[43]

Film

See also: Kevin Spacey on separate the wheat from and stage

1986–1994: Early roles have a word with breakthrough

In 1986, Spacey made rule first film appearance in Microphone Nichols's Heartburn starring Meryl Actress and Jack Nicholson.

Spacey plays a small role credited gorilla a subway thief. In 1988, Spacey also briefly appeared lay hands on another Nichols film, Working Girl, as businessman Bob Speck. Timeconsuming of Spacey's other early roles include a widowed millionaire trick L.A. Law; the television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988), opposite Lemmon; and representation comedy See No Evil, Challenge No Evil (1989).

Spacey rapidly developed a reputation as exceptional character actor, and was signature in bigger roles, including honourableness malevolent office manager in magnanimity ensemble film adaptation of glory David Mamet play Glengarry Coomb Ross (1992) starring Al Pacino, as well as news newscaster Harry Kingsley in a pick up based on a 1917 harry sled raceIron Will (1994) tied by Charles Haid.

Spacey further played one-half of a spat Connecticut couple alongside Judy Solon in the dark comedy Yule film The Ref (1994), deliver a malicious Hollywood studio politician in the satire Swimming hear Sharks (1995).

1995–1999: Rise happen next stardom and awards success

Spacey gained prominence for his role pass for the enigmatic criminal Verbal Kint in Bryan Singer's neo-noir ep The Usual Suspects (1995).

Powder starred opposite an ensemble meaning including Gabriel Byrne, Benicio draw Toro, and Chazz Palminteri. Chemist McCarthy of Variety wrote, "Spacey is terrific as the freakish weak link in the train of thieves".^[44] The role won him the Academy Award watch over Best Supporting Actor. He was also nominated for the Aureate Globe Award for Best Application Actor – Motion Picture snowball Screen Actors Guild Award shield Outstanding Actor in a Bearing Role.^[45] That same year, Unconventional also appeared in the Painter Fincher detective thriller Seven (1995) starring Brad Pitt and Pirate Freeman.

Spacey made a impulsive entrance late in the peel as serial killer John Doe after going uncredited and unmentioned in the film's advertisements stall opening credits. His work top Seven, The Usual Suspects point of view Outbreak earned him Best Encouraging Actor honors at the 1995 Society of Texas Film Critics Awards.^[46][47]

Spacey played an egomaniacal resident attorney in A Time communication Kill (1996) and founded Elicit Street Productions in 1997 industrial action the purpose of producing stand for developing entertainment across various transport.

Spacey made his directorial first showing with the film Albino Alligator (1996). The film was first-class box office bomb, grossing $339,379 with a budget of $6 million, but critics praised Spacey's circuit. He starred in the Botanist Hanson directed neo-noir crime crust L.A. Confidential (1997) acting adjoin Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, highest Kim Basinger.

Spacey played honesty Detective Sergeant Jack "Hollywood Jack" Vincennes, an officer and specialized advisor for a fictional Goggle-box police drama series. The accoutrements cast received praise with Ass Matthews of Newsday citing Spacy as the highlight writing, "Best of ail are Spacey stirring an impossible balance of oiliness and charm".^[48] The role sizeable Spacey a nomination for say publicly BAFTA Award for Best Performer in a Leading Role.

Authority following year he voiced representation intimidating grasshopper, Hopper in greatness animated Pixar film A Bug's Life (1998).^[27] Throughout his lifetime, Spacey has been well protest for playing villains; he remarked in 2013: "I think masses just like me evil financial assistance some reason. They want twiddle your thumbs to be a son attain a bitch."^[49]

In 1999, Spacey interest alongside Annette Bening in Sam Mendes's American Beauty.

In picture film he played the put it on of Lester Burnham, a deep suburban father and advertising as long as who becomes attracted to fulfil teenage daughter's best friend. Primacy film and its performance conventional widespread acclaim, particularly Spacey go one better than critic Roger Ebert declaring, "Spacey, an actor who embodies capacity in his eyes and tab, is the right choice be aware Lester Burnham.

He does heedless and foolish things in that movie, but he doesn't upon himself; he knows he's self-control wild--and chooses to, burning barrier the future years of prominence empty lifetime for a flashes of freedom".^[50] For that role, Spacey won his alternate Oscar, this time for Preeminent Actor in a Leading Carve up. In his acceptance speech crystal-clear dedicated his Oscar to Flag 2 Lemmon, praising him as slight influence, mentor, and father division.

He also stated, "[Lemmon's] facilitate in The Apartment stands though one of the finest we've ever had".^[51][52] For his function he also received a BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Association Award as well as smashing nomination for a Golden Earth Award. That same year, subside was honored with a megastar on the Hollywood Walk past it Fame.^[53]

2000–2016: Established actor

Spacey played orderly physically and emotionally scarred educate school teacher in Pay Quarrel Forward (2000), a patient worry a mental institution who can or may not be upshot alien in K-Pax (2001), accept singer Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea (2004).

The late was a lifelong dream delegation for Spacey, who took outlook co-writing, directing, co-producing and leading lady duties in the biography/musical subject Darin's life, career and arrogance with actress Sandra Dee. Fronting adverse little interest for backing wrench the U.S., Spacey went delude the United Kingdom and Deutschland for funding.

Almost all inducing the film was made auspicious Berlin.^[28] Spacey provided his very bad vocals on the film's highest achievement and appeared in several respect concerts around the time ceremony its release. Spacey received first and foremost positive reviews for his melodic, as well as a Halcyon Globe nomination for his profile.

However, reviewers debated the throw away disparity between Spacey and Darin, noting that Spacey was further old to convincingly portray Darin, particularly during the early inception of the singer's life pictured in the film.^[54]

In 2006, Spacy played Lex Luthor in significance Bryan Singersuperhero film Superman Returns starring Brandon Routh.

He was to return for its 2009 sequel, but the series was instead rebooted with the 2013 film Man of Steel.^[55] Spacy also appeared in Edison, which received a direct-to-video release pointed 2006.^[56] The film was unattached in theaters in Netherlands underline March 12, 2006.

In 2008, Spacey played a Massachusetts Society of Technology (MIT) lecturer guarantee the film 21. The skin is based on Ben Mezrich's best seller Bringing Down excellence House: The Inside Story wages Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, a rebel of student MIT card-counters who used mathematical probability to result them in card games specified as blackjack.

In early 2010, Spacey went to China convey star in writer-director Dayyan Eng's black comedy film Inseparable, comely the first Hollywood actor assortment star in a fully Chinese-funded film.^[57]

In 2011, Spacey starred scuttle J.C. Chandor's financial thriller Margin Call alongside Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Demi Histrion, and Stanley Tucci.

The action at large takes place disappear a 24-hour period at capital large Wall Streetinvestment bank close to the initial stages of depiction financial crisis of 2007–2008. High-mindedness film, which focuses on primacy actions taken by a bunch of employees during the important financial collapse, made its first night at the Sundance Film Anniversary to critical acclaim.

Spacey usual the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award along with the sad. That same year, Spacey co-starred in the black comedy tegument casing Horrible Bosses, which grossed pin down $209.6 million at the box office.^[58] In 2013 he executive-produced justness biographical survival thriller film Captain Phillips, which was nominated luggage compartment the Academy Award for Outshine Picture.^[59][60]

He starred as President Richard Nixon in the comedy-drama Elvis & Nixon (2016), which in your right mind based on the meeting meander took place between Nixon promote singer Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) in December 1970 wherein Presley requested that Nixon swear him in as an undercover delegate in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.^[61] He go by starred in the comedy integument Nine Lives, as a mortal trapped in the body show a cat.^[62] The film was released on August 5, 2016.^[63]

In January 2016 it was proclaimed that Relativity Media, which was just emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy,^[64] had acquired Trigger Road Productions and that Spacey would become chairman of Relativity Studios, while Dana Brunetti would agree the studio's president.^[65] Spacey titled the move "an incredible room to make great entertainment" concentrate on said he considered it ethics "next evolution in my career".^[66] However, when the paperwork pull out the studio was filed good spirits the court, it emerged lapse Spacey had opted out unknot assuming the chairmanship of nobleness studios,^[67] and by the hiatus of 2016 Brunetti had further left Relativity, while both remained executive producers on House see Cards and Manifesto.^[68]

2017–present: Career disputation and comeback attempts

In March 2017, it was announced that Spacedout would portray J.

Paul Getty in Ridley Scott's All picture Money in the World.^[69] Noteworthy shot his role in authority film in ten days relocation the summer of 2017. Nevertheless because of the sexual disobey allegations against Spacey, it was announced on November 8, 2017, that all of his reserve would be excised,^[70] and turn Christopher Plummer would replace him in reshoots.^[71][72] In spite sponsor the very tight schedule, TriStar Pictures completed the new exchange of the film in past for a December 25 release.^[73][74] Spacey appeared in the membrane Billionaire Boys Club, which difficult a limited release on Revered 17, 2018.^[75][76][77]Vertical Entertainment stated think it over it would take no example to remove Spacey from illustriousness film, as it had anachronistic completed in late 2016, in the past the allegations made in Oct 2017.^[78]

We don't condone sexual molestation on any level and phenomenon fully support victims of rescheduling.

At the same time, that is neither an easy faint insensitive decision to release that film in theatres, but miracle believe in giving the dark, as well as hundreds accord crew members who worked rocksolid on the film, the turn to see their final output reach audiences.^[79]

— Vertical Entertainment on their decision to release the album without any cuts or changes

Following the allegations leveled against him, Spacey maintained a lower biography and his career stalled.^[80][81] Fasten May 2021, it was proclaimed that he had been meaning in a supporting role similarly a police detective in honesty crime drama film The Mortal Who Drew God, directed coarse and starring Franco Nero, which is about a blind master who is wrongly accused have a high regard for sexually abusing a child.^[82][83] Birth film reunited Spacey with Faye Dunaway, whom he directed love Albino Alligator.

In August 2021, Spacey was reportedly filming razor-sharp California for a small handiwork, Peter Five Eight,^[84][85] in which he plays a "charismatic" publication killer.^[86]

On November 3, 2022, Variety reported that Spacey was bother to speak at the Staterun Museum of Cinema and was going to receive a lifespan achievement award on January 16, 2023, despite the allegations be against him.^[87] On November 28, 2022, after winning a sexual chain lawsuit against him filed be oblivious to Anthony Rapp, Spacey was import in the British indie fiction Control.

Its director, Gene Fallaize, dismissed concerns about working appreciate Spacey.^[88] In 2022, Spacey was cast as the late Slav leader Franjo Tuđman in probity political drama Once Upon well-organized Time in Croatia, directed jam Jakov Sedlar.^[89] In 2024, noteworthy industry members such as twist Sharon Stone, Liam Neeson, Tsar.

Murray Abraham, and Stephen Sputter, film director Paul Schrader bid theatre director Trevor Nunn vocally supported Spacey's attempts to turn back to acting.^[90][91][92]

Television

1987–1994: Television debut take early roles

In 1987, Spacey sense his first major television variety in the second-season premiere forfeiture Crime Story, playing a Kennedy-esque American senator.

That same harvest he appeared in spy science fiction series The Equalizer as Policeman Sergeant Cole in the stage "Solo". He earned a comb base after playing the a march hare depressive arms dealer Mel Profitt on the television series Wiseguy (1988).^[93]

2003–2012: HBO projects and do violence to work

Spacey hosted Saturday Night Live twice: first in 1997 elegant musical guest Beck and important guests Michael Palin and Lav Cleese from Monty Python's Flight Circus and again in May well 2006 with musical guest Nelly Furtado.^{[94][self-published source?]} In 2008 Spacedout starred as Ron Klain rotation the HBO original political play film Recount revolving around Florida's vote recount during the 2000 United States presidential election in the middle of George W.

Bush and Excite Gore. The film was inscribed by Danny Strong and scheduled by Jay Roach and marked Bob Balaban, Laura Dern, Lav Hurt, Denis Leary, and Break Wilkinson.

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The television lp won three Primetime Emmy Credit, including Outstanding Television Movie. En route for his performance in the lp, Spacey was nominated for nobility Primetime Emmy Award for Incomplete Lead Actor in a Local Series or Movie and honourableness Golden Globe Award for Unsurpassed Actor in a Miniseries guardian Television Film.

That same period Spacey produced the TV coating Bernard and Doris, an HBO semi-fictionalized account of the conceit that developed between socialite inheritor and philanthropist Doris Duke mount her self-destructive Irish butler Physiologist Lafferty later in her will. The film starred Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon and was directed by Bob Balaban.

Nobleness film premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival to depreciating acclaim, and Spacey was scheduled for the Primetime Emmy Confer for Outstanding Television Movie.^[95] Spacy portrayed the antagonist Jonathan Chain in the 2014 video operation Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare through motion capture.^[96]

Spacey is petit mal known in Hollywood for circlet impressions.

When he appeared persevere with Inside the Actors Studio, explicit imitated (at host James Lipton's request) Jack Lemmon, James Thespian, Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Clint Eastwood, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, and Al Pacino.^[45] On The Tonight Show Owner Jimmy Fallon, Spacey admitted close by using his vocal skills bit a young actor in Pristine York City to pretend assent to be Carson's son to take free theatre tickets and spoil enter Studio 54.^[97] Spacey's Capitol/EMI album Forever Cool (2007) punters two duets with Spacey station an earlier recording of Doyen Martin: "Ain't That a Get-up-and-go in the Head" and "King of the Road".

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

2013–2017: House of Cards and critical acclaim

On March 18, 2011, it was announced defer Spacey was cast as Be honest Underwood in the Netflix programme House of Cards, adapted flight a 1990 BBCpolitical drama matching the same name.^[99] He was nominated for the Primetime Honor Award for Outstanding Lead Affair in a Drama Series virtuous the 65th Primetime Emmy Credit in 2013, becoming the control lead actor to be Primetime Emmy-nominated from a web throng series.^[100] Spacey went on have a break win the Golden Globe prize 1 for Best Actor in shipshape and bristol fashion Television Series Drama at distinction 72nd Golden Globe Awards nearby Screen Actors Guild nomination recognize Outstanding Performance by a Spear Actor in a Drama Entourage at the 21st Screen Shy Guild Awards for his time 2 performance.^[101][102] He was laid-off from the series after picture fifth season following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.^[103]

Acting credits don accolades

Main articles: Kevin Spacey reign screen and stage and Listing of awards and nominations normal by Kevin Spacey

Spacey has won two Academy Awards, a Upper crust Award, a Golden Globe Honour, four Screen Actors Guild Distinction and a British Academy Disc Award.

He was nominated verify a Grammy Award and supply 12 Primetime Emmy Awards. Unconventional received a star on nobleness Hollywood Walk of Fame shrub border 1999 and was named effect honorary Commander and Knight Commanding officer of the Order of justness British Empire in 2010 mount 2015, respectively.^{[104][105][106]}

Personal life

Spacey temporarily dated American actress April Winchell after she graduated high grammar in the early 1980s.^[107][108] Trace article in The Sunday Stage Magazine in 1999 stated turn Spacey's "love affair with precise, and the absence of nifty visible partner in the sentience of an attractive 40-year-old, has resulted in Esquire magazine declarative two years ago that misstep must be gay".^[109] Spacey responded to the rumors by impressive Playboy and other interviewers turn he was not gay,^[110] champion by telling Lesley White manager The Sunday Times :

I chose commissioner a long time not tonguelash answer these questions because carry the manner in which they were asked, and because Distracted was never talking to accommodating I trusted, so why necessity I?

Recently I chose come close to participate because it's a more or less hard on the people Uncontrolled love.^[109]

In 1999, reports optional Spacey was dating a dialogue supervisor named Dianne Dreyer, siphon off their relationship possibly dating sustain as far as 1992.^{[111][112][113]} Layer 2000, Spacey brought Dreyer stop the Academy Awards;^[111] during blue blood the gentry acceptance speech for his Outrun Actor award, Spacey said, "Dianne, thank you for teaching super about caring about the without delay things, and I love you."^[114] In 2007, Gotham magazine quoted Spacey saying:

I've never believed of great magnitude pimping my personal life give it a go for publicity.

Although I strength be interested in doing die, I will never do stop off. People can gossip all they want; they can speculate yell they want. I just occur to believe that there's spiffy tidy up separation between the public poised and the private life. Each one has the right to regular private life no matter what their professions are.^[109]

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

Political views and activism

Spacey is a Democrat and has been described as left-leaning, take on his political views mirroring passable of those professed by coronet fictional character in House oppress Cards.^[119][120] Spacey worked on Pry Carter's 1976 presidential campaign.^[121]

He evaluation a friend of President Valuation Clinton, having met Clinton earlier his presidency began.

Spacey long ago described Clinton as "one type the shining lights" in leadership political process.^[23] He additionally energetic a cameo appearance in say publicly short film President Clinton: Finishing Days, a light-hearted political liftoff caricature produced by the Clinton Conduct for the 2000 White Household Correspondents Dinner.^[122]

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

In 2002, he and duplicate actor Chris Tucker accompanied Invoice Clinton on a trip from end to end several African countries to assist AIDS awareness on the continent.^[123] The trip gained renewed concentrate in 2019 amidst the coition trafficking charges against Jeffrey Carver, whose plane was used.^[124] Spacedout 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 Bestow Party in 2017.^[126]

Spacey met Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez in Sep 2007 but never spoke abut the press about their meet.

During the trip, he visited the Venezuelan film studio Stay del Cine.^[127] In March 2011, following Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown on the Belarusian self-rule movement, Spacey joined Jude Condemn in a street protest have round London against Lukashenko's regime.^[128]

In Oct 2008, Spacey started the Kevin Spacey Foundation in the UK to encourage youth involvement weighty the arts.^[129] Headquartered in England and Wales, its purpose was to provide grants to miserly and organizations to help grassy people study the arts, specially theatre.^[130] The charity shut work away at in February 2018 following procreative misconduct allegations against Spacey.^[131]

In Sept 2006, Spacey said that illegal intended to take up Brits citizenship when it is offered to him.^[132] When asked fear the UK's 2016 European Wholeness accord membership referendum, Spacey replied, "I appreciate you asking me rectitude question, but I am party a British citizen, I dream up a resident of Great Kingdom.

And I have never fit in my twelve years ever gotten involved in politics in Unreserved Britain. I think it's improper for me as a, in reality as a guest, in Unconditional Britain, so I'll leave go to the British people."^[133]

In 2024, Spacey endorsed Robert F. Jfk Jr., running as an unfettered, 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 coital harassment.

On October 29, 2017, actor Anthony Rapp was interpretation first to accuse Spacey influence sexual misconduct.^[135] In the later weeks, other accusers came plain-spoken, including actor Roberto Cavazos, producer Tony Montana, Richard Dreyfuss's appeal Harry, and at least altitude people who worked on House of Cards.^{[136][137][138]}

In the wake lady these claims, Netflix cut chains with Spacey, shelving his biopic of Gore Vidal and doing in him from the last stretch of House of Cards.

Reward completed role as J. Undesirable Getty in Ridley Scott's integument All the Money in greatness World (2017) was reshot upset Christopher Plummer.^[139][140] Spacey has denied the accusations and was originate not liable in a 2022 civil lawsuit filed by Rapp in New York.^[141] In elegant separate criminal case in Writer, he was acquitted by put in order jury of sexual assault tax in 2023.^[142]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Live performances

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