Kevin Spacey Profile, Age, Height, Family, Affairs, Wiki, Biography & More

Kevin Spacey Profile, Age, Height, Family, Affairs, Wiki, Biography & More

Kevin Spacey is an American actor. Kevin Spacey began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, obtaining supporting roles before gaining a leading man status in film and television. Spacey has received various accolades for his performances on stage and screen including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Tony Award, two Laurence Olivier Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He received nominations for a Grammy Award as well as twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. Spacey received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, and was named an honorary Commander and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2010 and 2015, respectively.

His first film roles were in the Mike Nichols films Heartburn (1986) and Working Girl (1988). Spacey received two Academy Awards, the first for Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects (1995) and the second for Best Actor for American Beauty (1999). He starred in the neo-noir crime film L.A. Confidential earning a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination. His other notable films include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Swimming with Sharks (1994), Se7en (1995) Pay It Forward (2000), Superman Returns (2006), Margin Call (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), Baby Driver (2017). He directed Albino Alligator (1996), and the musical biopic Beyond the Sea (2004), starring as Bobby Darrin in the latter.

In Broadway theatre, Spacey starred in the revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night in 1986 alongside Jack Lemmon. He won a Tony Award in 1991 for his role in Lost in Yonkers. Spacey continued to act in theatre, receiving his second Tony Award nomination and first Laurence Olivier Award win for his performance in the revival of The Iceman Cometh in 1999. In 2011, Spacey portrayed Richard III in Richard III and Clarence Darrow in Darrow in 2015 in the West End. He was the artistic director of the Old Vic theater in London from 2004 until stepping down in mid-2015 and received the Laurence Olivier Award for Society of London Theater Special Award. In 2017, he hosted the 71st Tony Awards.