Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey is an American actor, director and producer. He was born on July 26, 1959 as Kevin Spacey Fowler in south Orange, New Jersey in the United States. Spacey is his middle name and his mother’s maiden name. His parents were Thomas and Kathleen Fowler and he is the youngest of three children. Spacey attended Los Angeles Valley College leaving early to attend Julliard. He then quit Julliard after two years to start acting. Spacey has never married and has no children.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/bio

Kevin Spacey was voted the Greatest Actor of the Decade by Empire magazine in May of 1999. He was listed as one of Entertainment Weekly’s Twenty-Five Best Actors in 1998.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/bio Spacey owns a production company called TriggerStreet. He produced 19 titles between the years 1994 and 2011.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/main details

He has won 39 awards for such movies as American Beauty, The Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential and Se7en.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/awards He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards for his performance in Casino Jack.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/awards

Spacey spent two years at Juilliard and then found his professional debut as a recurring actor at the New York Shakespeare Festival. In 1982, he turned to Broadway, appearing in productions of Uncle Vanya, The Mousetrap and As You Like It.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/kevin-spacey/biography/73?page=3 Spacey found his feature film debut in Mike Nichol's 1986 film, Heartburn, which starred Jack Nicholson. Afterward, he appeared in a number of TV movies and the TV series, Wiseguy. In 1989, Spacey took a role in the comedy film, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and was cast in Henry & June the following year.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/

In 1992, Spacey played Williamson in film, Glenngary Glenn Ross, which was adapted from a David Mamet play. Three years later, Spacey took on a role in the mystery film, The Usual Suspects and portrayed John Doe in David Fincher's Se7en. In 1997, he played Jack Vincennes in the Academy Award-winning film, L.A. Confidential . 1999 saw Spacey take the starring role in American Beauty, which also won a number of Academy Awards. In 2003, Spacey changed his pace and portrayed several historical figures in the TV documentary series, Freedom: The Story of Us. The following year, the actor played Bobby Darin in "Beyond the Sea, which featured Kate Bosworth.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363473/

In 2006, Spacey was cast in Bryan Singer's, Superman Returns, as Lex Luthor. He voiced the robot, GERTY, in the science fiction film, Moon in 2009. That same year he appeared in Shrink and The Men Who Stare at Goats. In 2010, the actor took on the role of Jack Abramoff in the comedy biopic, Casino Jack.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194417/

1986: Heartburn

1987: The Equalizer (TV)

1988: Wiseguy (TV)

1990: Henry & June

1992: Glenngary Glenn Ross

1994: The Ref

1995: The Usual Suspects

1995: Se7en

1997: L.A. Confidential

1999: American Beauty

2003: Freedom: A History of Us (TV)

2004: Beyond the Sea

2006: Superman Returns

2009: Shrink

2010: Casino Jack

2011: Margin Callhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/

"I think maybe there's some need that we have when we go to the theater, when we go to a movie to go: "Wow! Maybe I'm not so bad off. Look at how screwed up these people are.""  - Kevin Spacey, interview with Moviefonehttp://blog.moviefone.com/2009/07/27/kevin-spacey-interview-shrink/

"If you look at how most artistic beginnings have been greeted in this country, 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 theatre, 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." - Kevin Spacey, interview with The Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2005/sep/11/theatre