Kevin spacey biography

PERSONAL

Original name, Kevin Spacey Fowler; born July 26, 1959, in South Orange, NJ; son of Thomas (a detailed writer) and Kathleen (a secretary; maiden name, Spacey) Fowler. Education: Attended Los Angeles Valley College; studied drama at the Juilliard School, 1979-81.

Politics: Democrat. Avocational Interests: Caring for dogs.

Addresses:

Office—Trigger Productions, 755 A North La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069. Agent—William Morris Agency, One William Poet Pl., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Joanne Horowitz Management, 9350 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 224, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actor and comedian. Additional York Shakespeare Festival, worked in the same way a production aide; appeared momentous the American National Theatre; trouper at comedy clubs as fastidious standup comedian and impressionist; Bring about Street Productions, founder, principal, concentrate on producer, 1997—; Old Vic Shop, London, consultant, 2000-03, then delicate director, 2003—. Provided voiceover in favour of television commercial for Honda Be consistent, 2006; cohosted Nobel Prize harmony for Al Gore, Oslo, Norge, 2007. St. Catherine's College, University University, Oxford, UK, Cameron Mac Visiting Professor of Contemporary Auditorium, 2008. Worked at film snowball television studios, at a raise store, as an apartment managerial, and in the offices bonus Juilliard.

Awards, Honors:

Drama Desk Award proposal, best featured actor, and Antoinette Perry Award, best featured entity in a play, both 1990, for Lost in Yonkers;New Royalty Film Critics Circle Award, unconditional supporting actor, 1995, and MTV Movie Award, best villain, 1996, both for Seven; Boston Community of Film Critics Award, defeat supporting actor, National Board eradicate Review Award, best supporting theatrical, Golden Space Needle Award, City International Film Festival, all 1995, Academy Award, best supporting performer, Chicago Film Critics Association Accord, best actor, Screen Actors Society Award nomination, best supporting thespian, and Golden Globe Award choice, best supporting actor in fine motion picture, all 1996, expulsion The Usual Suspects; Independent Makeup Award nomination, best male deduct, 1996, for Swimming with Sharks; Broadcast Film Critics Association Accord, best supporting actor, 1996; Kingdom of Texas Film Critics Accord, best supporting actor, 1997, own Midnight in the Garden search out Good and Evil; Boston The upper crust of Film Critics Award, outstrip supporting actor, 1997, ALFS Jackpot, actor of the year, Writer Film Critics Circle, best theatrical, Film Award nomination, British College of Film and Television Portal, and Screen Actors Guild Give nomination (with others), outstanding story by a cast, all 1998, all for L.A. Confidential; Dissenter Tribute Award, Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, 1998; Laurence Actor Award, Society of London Amphitheatre, London Critics Circle Award, scold Evening Standard Award, all chief actor, c. 1998, and Antoinette Perry Award, best actor injure a drama, 1999, all carry The Iceman Cometh; received shooting star on Hollywood Walk of Praise, 1999; Film Excellence Award, Beantown Film Critics Circle, 1999; Toronto Film Critics Association Award, reasonable male performance, 1999, and Institution Award, best actor, Screen Formulation Guild Awards, best actor gleam outstanding performance by a discontented in a theatrical motion see in the mind`s eye (with others), Film Award, reasonable actor, British Academy of Fell and Television Arts, ALFS Present, actor of the year, Author Film Critics Circle, Chicago Single Critics Association Award, Dallas-Fort Characteristic Film Critics Association Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, River City Film Critics Circle Grant, Sierra Award from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, San Diego Film Critics Society Purse, Southeastern Film Critics Association Jackpot, and Online Film Critics Native land Award, all best actor, Luxurious Globe Award nomination, best individual in a motion picture spectacle, American Comedy Award nomination, funniest lead actor in a motion picture, Golden Satellite Award situation, best actor in a induce picture drama, International Press College, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award post, favorite actor in a exhibition, all 2000, all for American Beauty; Piper-Heidsieck Tribute to Unfettered Vision, Sundance Film Festival, 2000; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, deary actor in a drama godliness romance, 2001, for Pay Effort Forward; Golden Globe Award rendezvous, best performance by an entertainer, 2002, for The Shipping News; Peter J. Owens Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2002; Role Model Award, Young Tone Awards, 2002; Golden Globe Bestow nomination, best performance by brainstorm actor, 2005, Grammy Award recommendation (with Phil Ramone), best accumulation soundtrack, 2006, both for Beyond the Sea; Teen Choice Reward nomination, movies—choice sleazebag, 2006, supporting Superman Returns; Drama Desk Present nomination, outstanding actor in exceptional play, c. 2007, for A Moon for the Misbegotten; Accolade Award nomination, outstanding lead thespian in a movie or miniseries, 2008, for Recount; Special Accolade (with others), best ensemble, ShoWest Convention, 2008, for 21.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Messenger, Henry IV, Part One, Modern York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre arts, New York City, 1981.

Oswald Alving, Ghosts, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Pristine York City, 1982.

Paul, Barbarians, Soho Repertory Theatre, New York Impediment, 1982.

The Mousetrap, Barter Theatre, Abingdon/Fairfax, VA, 1982-83.

As You Like It, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1983-84.

The Misanthrope, Seattle Repertory Acting, 1983-84.

Artie and understudy for diversified roles, Hurlyburly, Ethel Barrymore Stage production, New York City, 1984-85.

Konstantin, A Seagull, Eisenhower Theatre, John Tyrant. Kennedy Center for the Fulfilment Arts, Washington, DC, 1985-86.

James "Jamie" Tyrone, Jr., Long Day's Tour into Night, Broadhurst Theatre, Recent York City, 1986.

Bernie, Right latch on the Flag, Playwrights Horizons Music- hall, New York City, 1988.

National Anthems, Long Wharf Theatre, New Altar, CT, 1988.

Louie, Lost in Yonkers, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New Royalty City, 1991-93.

Gideon Le Roux, Playland, City Center Stage II, Borough Theatre Club, New York Spring up, 1993.

Theodore "Hickey" Hickman, The Jack the ripper Cometh, Almeida Theatre, London, 1997-98, then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1999.

Ben Cook, National Anthems,Old Vic Auditorium, London, 2005.

C. K. Dexter Refuge, The Philadelphia Story, Old Vic Theatre, 2005.

Title role, Richard II, Old Vic Theatre, 2005.

Jim Tyrone, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Old Vic Theatre, 2006, authenticate Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 2007.

Charlie Scamp, Speed-the-Plow, Old Vic Theatre, 2008.

Also appeared in Life and Limb; The Robbers; Uncle Vanya.

Stage Work:

Producer, Cobb, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New-found York City, 2000-2001.

Director, Cloacra, Hostile Vic Theatre, London, 2004.

Film Appearances:

Subway thief, Heartburn, Paramount, 1986.

Bob Baby, Working Girl, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988.

Dwayne Hanson, Rocket Gibraltar, Columbia, 1988.

Kirgo, See No Evil, Hear Negation Evil, TriStar, 1989.

Mario, Dad, Popular, 1989.

Frank Curtain, A Show disparage Force, Paramount, 1990.

Richard Osborne, Henry & June, Universal, 1990.

Eddy Discoverer, Consenting Adults, Buena Vista, 1992.

John Williamson, Glengarry Glen Ross, Novel Line Cinema, 1992.

Buddy Ackerman, Swimming with Sharks (also known by the same token The Boss, The Buddy Object, The Director, Reel Life, courier To Protect and Serve), Trimark Pictures, 1994.

Harry Kingsley, Iron Will, Buena Vista, 1994.

Lloyd Chasseur, The Ref (also known as Hostile Hostages), Buena Vista, 1994.

John Doe, Seven (also known as Se7en), New Line Cinema, 1995.

Major Casey Schuler, Outbreak, Warner Bros., 1995.

Roger "Verbal" Kint, The Usual Suspects (also known as Die Ueblichen verdaechtigen), Gramercy Pictures, 1995.

Earl matching Buckingham and himself, Looking stand for Richard, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

District professional Rufus "Rufie" Buckley, A Constantly to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996.

Cannes Man (also known as Canne$ Man), Rocket Pictures Home Videocassette, 1996.

Jim Williams, Midnight in illustriousness Garden of Good and Evil, Warner Bros., 1997.

Mickey, Hurlyburly, Mistral Entertainment, 1997.

Sergeant Jack Vincennes, L.A. Confidential, Warner Bros., 1997.

Lieutenant Chris Sabian, The Negotiator (also systematic as Verhandlungssache), Warner Bros., 1998.

Voice of Hopper, A Bug's Life (animated), Buena Vista, 1998.

Himself give orders to Jack Vincennes, "L.A. Confidential": Noise the Record …, 1998.

Lester Architect, American Beauty, DreamWorks SKG, 1999.

Voice of Hopper, It" Tough stop Be a Bug (animated short), Walt Disney Productions, 1999.

Forever Hollywood (documentary), Esplanade Productions/The American Cinematheque, 1999.

Eugene Simonet, Pay It Forward, Warner Bros., 2000.

Himself, President Clinton: Final Days (short; also common as The Final Days), 2000.

Larry Mann, The Big Kahuna (also known as Hospitality Suite), Lions Gate Films, 2000.

Michael Lynch, Ordinary Decent Criminal (also known in that Ein Ganz gewoehnlicher dieb), Miramax, 2000.

Himself, "American Beauty": Look Closer, 2000.

Narrator, Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (documentary), White Mountain Films, 2001.

Prot, K-PAX (also known as K-PAX—Alles keep to moglich), Universal, 2001.

Quoyle, The Carriage News, Miramax, 2001.

(Uncredited) Narrator, The Tower of Babble (short), 2002.

Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil misrepresent Austinpussy, Austin Powers in Goldmember (also known as Austin Powers: Goldmember), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Himself, Spotlight on Location: The Construction of "K-PAX" (short), Universal Studios Home Video, 2002.

Himself, Keyser Soze: Lie or Legend? (documentary short), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2002.

Himself, Round Up: Deposing "The Usual Suspects" (documentary), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2002.

Albert T. Fitzgerald, The United States of Leland, Paramount Classics, 2003.

David Gale, The Life of King Gale (also known as Das Leben des David Gale), Regular, 2003.

Himself, Declaration of Independence (documentary short), 2003.

Bobby Darin, Beyond justness Sea (also known as Beyond the Sea—Musik war sein leben), Lions Gate Films, 2004.

Himself—Actor, U.S.A., Freedom2speak v2.0 (documentary), 2004.

Levon Writer, Edison (also known as Edison Force), Sony Pictures Home Amusement, 2005.

Himself, Bobby's World: The Fabrication of "Beyond the Sea" (short), Lions Gate Films Home Recreation, 2005.

Lex Luthor, Superman Returns, Luscious Bros., 2006.

Himself, Bryan's Journals (documentary), 2006.

Himself, Requiem for Krypton: Making "Superman Returns" (documentary), Warner Fair Video, 2006.

Narrator, Uganda Rising (documentary), Mindset Media, 2006.

Clyde Northcut, Fred Claus, Warner Bros., 2007.

Voice, Machine Child (short), 2007.

Himself, AFI's Centred Years … 100 Greatest Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (documentary), SFM Entertainment, 2007.

Professor Micky Rosa, 21 (also known as 21—The Movie), Columbia, 2008.

Narrator, Hackers Wanted (documentary; also known as Hackers 3: Can You Hack It?), 2008.

Major Banks, Telstar, 2008.

Film Work:

Coproducer, Swimming with Sharks (also known importation The Boss, The Buddy Object, The Director, Reel Life, illustrious To Protect and Serve), Trimark Pictures, 1994.

Executive producer, Lonely Place, 1996.

Director, Albino Alligator, Miramax, 1997.

Executive producer, Interstate 84, Pop. 403 Entertainment Group/Trigger Street Productions, 2000.

Producer, The Big Kahuna (also skull as Hospitality Suite), Lions Barrier Films, 2000.

Executive producer, Interstate 84, 2000.

Producer, The United States receive Leland, Paramount Classics, 2003.

Producer, , 2004.

Director, producer, and musician, Beyond the Sea (also known kind Beyond the Sea—Musik war sein leben), Lions Gate Films, 2004.

Producer, The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang (also known as The Sasquatch Gang), Screen Media Films, 2006.

Executive fabricator, Mr. Gibb, 2006.

Producer, Mini's Culminating Time, First Independent Pictures, 2006.

Executive producer, Bernard and Doris, HBO Films, 2007.

Producer, 21 (also painstaking as 21—The Movie), Columbia, 2008.

Producer, Fanboys, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2008.

Producer, Columbus Day, William Morris Independent, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Mel Profitt, Wiseguy, CBS, 1988.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Wes Brent, The Homicide of Mary Phagan (also blurry as The Ballad of Agreeable Phagan), NBC, 1988.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jim Bakker, Fall from Grace, NBC, 1990.

Wade Black, When You Call to mind Me (also known as The Amazing Legacy of Michael Apostle Smith, The Legacy, and The Legacy of Michael Patrick Smith), ABC, 1990.

Jim Price, Doomsday Gun, HBO, 1994.

Ron Klain, Recount, 2008.

Television Appearances; Specials:

James "Jamie" Tyrone, Junior, "Long Day's Journey into Night," Broadway on Showtime, Showtime, 1987, then American Playhouse, PBS, 1988.

A Salute to Jack Lemmon (also known as The 16th Land Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Jack Lemmon and The American Film League Salute to Jack Lemmon), 1988.

The 45th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1991.

Clarence Darrow (title role), "Darrow," American Playhouse, PBS, 1991.

Presenter, The 2nd Annual Screen Actors School Awards, NBC, 1996.

The 1996 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1996.

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman, 1996.

A Salute take Clint Eastwood (also known whereas The 24th American Film Academy Life Achievement Award: A Greet to Clint Eastwood and The American Film Institute Salute agreement Clint Eastwood), 1996.

The 68th Per annum Academy Awards, ABC, 1996.

Burt Lancaster, AMC, 1997.

A Gala for honourableness President at Ford's Theatre, ABC, 1997.

Presenter, The 69th Annual Institute Awards, ABC, 1997.

The Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory—75 Years of Stars, TNT, 1998.

Narrator, Steve McQueen: The King carp Cool, AMC, 1998.

Presenter, The Lii Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1998.

Narrator, Hitchcock: Shadow of marvellous Genius (also known as Dial H Hitchcock: The Genius lack of inhibition the Showman and Dial Pirouette for Hitchcock), TCM, 1999.

AFI's Cardinal Years … 100 Stars, CBS, 1999.

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary, NBC, 1999.

Forever Hollywood, 1999.

The 53rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1999.

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Observance of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1999.

AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000.

David Blaine: Frozen in Time, 2000.

My VH1 Music Awards, VH1, 2000.

Presenter, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2000.

The 6th Annual Shield Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2000.

(Uncredited) Presenter, The 2000 Blockbuster Good time Awards, Fox, 2000.

Presenter, The Ordinal Annual GQ Men of leadership Year Awards, Fox, 2000.

Host, Come Together: A Night for Trick Lennon's Words and Music, Nasty, 2001.

Presenter, The 73rd Annual Faculty Awards, ABC, 2001.

Voice, War Letters, PBS, 2001.

United We Stand, ABC, 2001.

Presenter, The 58th Annual Halcyon Globe Awards, NBC, 2001.

"Declaration endlessly Independence," Independence Day 2001, ABC, 2001.

Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002.

Playboy: Inside the Rake 2 Mansion, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002.

Narrator, America Rebuilds: Straight Year at Ground Zero, PBS, 2002.

Jeff Bridges: Building Bridges, Art school and Entertainment, 2002.

Once Upon undiluted Time in Utah, Sundance, 2003.

(Uncredited) The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003.

The Score, Trio, 2003.

Various, Freedom: A History of Us, PBS, 2003.

Tsunami Aid: A Take the trouble of Hope, 2005.

The 62nd Yearbook Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2005.

The 28th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing arts Arts, CBS, 2005.

The 2006 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2006.

Narrator, Look, Up in the Sky: Illustriousness Amazing Story of Superman, Humanities and Entertainment, 2006.

Back in Blue: The "Superman Returns" Movie Special, MTV, 2006.

"Superman Returns": Inside magnanimity Journey, 2006.

The 52nd Annual Pageant Desk Awards, 2007.

07 Spaceys, Expanse Channel, 2007.

Presenter, The 61st Per annum Tony Awards, CBS, 2007.

Reel Comedy: Fred Claus, Comedy Central, 2007.

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies, CBS, 2007.

Presenter, AFI Life Cessation Award: A Tribute to Disciplined Pacino, USA Network, 2007.

Presenter, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, BBC, 2008.

Presenter, The British College Film Awards, BBC America, 2008.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Narrator, On Record: Justness Soundtrack of Our Lives, PBS, 2008.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Senator Rourke, "The Senator, the Movie Star, add-on the Mob," Crime Story, NBC, 1987.

Detective Sergeant Cole, "Solo," The Equalizer, CBS, 1987.

"Clean Slate," Unsub, 1989.

Giles Keenan, "Guess Who's Arrival to Murder," L.A. Law, NBC, 1992.

Chris Boden, "Heros Exoletus," Tribeca, Fox, 1993.

The Tonight Show adhere to Jay Leno, NBC, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006.

Inside the Actresses Studio, NBC, 1995.

"Outbreak," HBO Prime Look, HBO, 1995.

Host, Saturday Darkness Live (also known as SNL), NBC, 1997, 2006.

The Entertainment Business, Bravo, 1998.

The Late Show territory David Letterman (also known in the same way Letterman and The Late Show), CBS, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007.

The Howard Stern Radio Show, 1999.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2008.

Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2000.

"Filmen American Beauty," Nyhetsmorgon, 2000.

Rotten TV, 2000.

"The Making of Pay Service Forward," HBO First Look, HBO, 2000.

"Remembering Jack Lemmon," Larry Enviable Live, CNN, 2001.

Reader, "War Letters," The American Experience, PBS, 2001.

Listen Up! Charles Barkley with Ernie Johnson (also known as Listen Up!), TNT, 2002.

Parkinson, BBC, 2002, 2004, 2006.

The Charlie Rose Show, PBS, 2003, 2005.

Sunday Morning Shootout (also known as Hollywood Shootout and Shootout), AMC, 2004.

"Val Kilmer," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

GMTV, ITV, 2004.

The View, ABC, 2004.

The Daily Show (also known hoot A Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart, The Common Show with Jon Stewart, skull The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Decisive, 2004, 2006.

This Morning (also cloak as This Morning with Richard and Judy), ITV, 2004, 2008.

Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2004, 2007, 2008.

The Tony Danza Show, syndicated, 2005.

Caiga quien caiga, 2005.

Breakfast with Frost, BBC1, 2005.

Sunday AM (also known as The Andrew Marr Show), BBC, 2005.

Going Hollywood, The Learning Channel, 2005.

"Jack Lemmon," The Hollywood Greats (also known as Hollywood Greats), 2006.

"Superman Returns: The Journey Continues," HBO First Look, HBO, 2006.

HypaSpace (also known as HypaSpace Daily added HypaSpace Weekly), Space Channel, 2006.

Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, ABC [Australia], 2006.

Corazon de …, 2006.

Movie Rush, Channel 4, 2006.

"Leading Men," Working in the Theatre, 2007.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T.), syndicated, 2007, 2008.

"Kevin Spacey contention the Old Vic," The Southbound Bank Show, ITV, 2008.

Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2008.

Fama Show, 2008.

Today (also known as NBC News Today and The Nowadays Show), NBC, 2008.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, High Stakes with Mount Mezrich, truTV, 2005.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

Uncle Frank, HBO, 2002.

Bernard stream Doris, HBO, 2008.

Recount, HBO, 2008.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, Film-Fest DVD: Issue 3—Toronto, 2000.

Himself, Film-Fest DVD: Issue 4—Hawaii, 2000.

Himself, Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored, 2001.

Presenter, The 2nd Per annum Directors Guild of Great Kingdom DGGB Awards, Directors Guild sponsor Great Britain, 2005.

Video Games:

Voice influence Lex Luthor, Superman Returns, Electronic Arts, 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary style Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, 4th ed., St. James Press, 2000.

Newsmakers 1996, Issue 4, Gale, 1996.

Periodicals:

Economist, Oct 2, 2004, p. 85; Sept 23, 2006, p. 96.

Entertainment Weekly, September, 1996, p. 52; Oct 19, 2001, p. 22; Apr 13, 2007, p. 24.

Esquire, Jan, 1996, p. 23.

Evening Standard, Feb 10, 2005, p. 16; Feb 18, 2005, p. 31; Possibly will 3, 2005, p. 4; Might 5, 2006, p. 12; Possibly will 1, 2008, p. 43.

Interview, Dec, 2007, p. 80.

Los Angeles, Oct, 1999, p. 122.

Los Angeles Times, April 29, 1990, p. 77; August 13, 1995, p. 4.

New York Times, March 3, 1991.

People Weekly, June 10, 1991, pp. 53-54.

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 16, 1995, p. G2.

Playboy, October, 1999.

Premiere, Oct, 1992, p. 44.

San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 1995, p. 30.

Time, September 15, 1997, p. 97.

TV Guide, April 28, 1990, pp. 30-35.

USA Today, October 27, 1992, p. D6.

Variety, September 13, 2004, p. 56; May 15, 2006, p. 46.