Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959 in South Orange, New Jersey), better known as Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of Welsh descent. He has won two Oscars for his film acting, including Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects in 1995, and Best Actor for American Beauty in 1999.

From Spearholder To Superstar

An early role as the criminally insane arms dealer Mel Profitt in the TV series Wiseguy earned him an avid fan following. The actor quickly developed a reputation as a character actor and co-star in demand, while taking on roles in forgettable fare like See No Evil, Hear No Evil before upgrading to better characters like one-half of the bickering Connecticut couple in The Ref and the put-upon office manager of the all-star ensemble film Glengarry Glen Ross. He delivered a tour de force performance in 1994's dark Hollywood gem Swimming with Sharks, as the ultimate boss from showbiz hell. Spacey is best known for playing dark, quirky characters such as the enigmatic criminal Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects, and a serial killer who murders people he thinks guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins in Seven. He won the Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects . He upgraded to Best Actor for his role as a suburban father who falls in lust with a teenage cheerleader in American Beauty. In the last few years, however, he has taken on lighter, more sympathetic roles, such as a physically and emotionally scarred grade school teacher in Pay It Forward, a patient in a mental institution who may or may not be an alien in K-Pax, and singer Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea. It's notable that these films have been considerably less critically and financially successful than Spacey's darker films. However, Spacey's singing has been a delightful surprise, and his vocals on the soundtrack from Beyond the Sea have won him wide acclaim. Beyond The Sea was a lifelong dream project for the actor who took on writing, directing, and starring duties in this quasi-biography cum musical about the life of singer/actor Bobby Darin and his relationship with actress Sandra Dee.

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Insane - Wiseguy - The Ref - Glengarry Glen Ross - Swimming with Sharks - The Usual Suspects - Serial killer - Seven Deadly Sins - Seven - Best Supporting Actor - Best Actor - American Beauty - Pay It Forward - Alien - K-Pax - Singer - Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea

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Spacey is currently filming in the role of villain Lex Luthor in the Bryan Singer directed Superman Returns.

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Lex Luthor - Bryan Singer - Superman Returns

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