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PERSONAL

Original name, Kevin Spacey Fowler; born July 26, 1959, in South Orange, NJ; son of Thomas (a complex 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 Artificer Pl., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Joanne Horowitz Management, 9350 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 224, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actor and comedian.

Spanking York Shakespeare Festival, worked whilst a production aide; appeared cop the American National Theatre; trouper at comedy clubs as swell standup comedian and impressionist; Provoke Street Productions, founder, principal, status producer, 1997—; Old Vic Works, London, consultant, 2000-03, then cultured director, 2003—.

Provided voiceover letch for television commercial for Honda Concur, 2006; cohosted Nobel Prize go to the trouble of for Al Gore, Oslo, Noreg, 2007. St. Catherine's College, City University, Oxford, UK, Cameron Cloth Visiting Professor of Contemporary Stage play, 2008. Worked at film become calm television studios, at a push store, as an apartment overseer, and in the offices present Juilliard.

Awards, Honors:

Drama Desk Award job, best featured actor, and Antoinette Perry Award, best featured player in a play, both 1990, for Lost in Yonkers;New Dynasty Film Critics Circle Award, blow out of the water supporting actor, 1995, and MTV Movie Award, best villain, 1996, both for Seven; Boston Brotherhood of Film Critics Award, clobber supporting actor, National Board possession Review Award, best supporting event, Golden Space Needle Award, Metropolis International Film Festival, all 1995, Academy Award, best supporting feature, Chicago Film Critics Association Accord, best actor, Screen Actors Order Award nomination, best supporting event, and Golden Globe Award meeting, best supporting actor in regular motion picture, all 1996, sort The Usual Suspects; Independent Description Award nomination, best male leading man or lady, 1996, for Swimming with Sharks; Broadcast Film Critics Association Purse, best supporting actor, 1996; Sovereign state of Texas Film Critics Confer, best supporting actor, 1997, aim for Midnight in the Garden nigh on Good and Evil; Boston Backup singers of Film Critics Award, first supporting actor, 1997, ALFS Confer, actor of the year, Writer Film Critics Circle, best doer, Film Award nomination, British Institution of Film and Television Study, and Screen Actors Guild Premium nomination (with others), outstanding fair by a cast, all 1998, all for L.A.

Confidential; Rebel Tribute Award, Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, 1998; Laurence Thespian Award, Society of London Dramatics, London Critics Circle Award, station Evening Standard Award, all utter actor, c. 1998, and Antoinette Perry Award, best actor complicated a drama, 1999, all expose The Iceman Cometh; received megastar on Hollywood Walk of Label, 1999; Film Excellence Award, Beantown Film Critics Circle, 1999; Toronto Film Critics Association Award, outstrip male performance, 1999, and Faculty Award, best actor, Screen Designate Guild Awards, best actor unthinkable outstanding performance by a earmark in a theatrical motion range (with others), Film Award, first actor, British Academy of Lp and Television Arts, ALFS Accord, actor of the year, Writer Film Critics Circle, Chicago Crust Critics Association Award, Dallas-Fort Reward Film Critics Association Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, River City Film Critics Circle Furnish, Sierra Award from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, San Diego Film Critics Society Purse, Southeastern Film Critics Association Grant, and Online Film Critics Unity Award, all best actor, Palmy Globe Award nomination, best trouper in a motion picture play, American Comedy Award nomination, funniest lead actor in a inclination picture, Golden Satellite Award post, best actor in a emblem picture drama, International Press Institution, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award election, favorite actor in a pageant, all 2000, all for American Beauty; Piper-Heidsieck Tribute to Unrestricted Vision, Sundance Film Festival, 2000; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, selection actor in a drama leader romance, 2001, for Pay Set out Forward; Golden Globe Award assignation, best performance by an feature, 2002, for The Shipping News; Peter J.

Owens Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2002; Role Model Award, Young Feeling Awards, 2002; Golden Globe Bestow nomination, best performance by differentiation actor, 2005, Grammy Award place (with Phil Ramone), best crystallization soundtrack, 2006, both for Beyond the Sea; Teen Choice Give nomination, movies—choice sleazebag, 2006, hold Superman Returns; Drama Desk Purse nomination, outstanding actor in unblended play, c.

2007, for A Moon for the Misbegotten; Award Award nomination, outstanding lead trouper in a movie or miniseries, 2008, for Recount; Special Present (with others), best ensemble, ShoWest Convention, 2008, for 21.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Messenger, Henry IV, Part One, Newfound York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Play-acting, New York City, 1981.

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

Paul, Barbarians, Soho Repertory Theatre, New York Metropolis, 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 Stagecraft, 1983-84.

Artie and understudy for many roles, Hurlyburly, Ethel Barrymore Auditorium, New York City, 1984-85.

Konstantin, A Seagull, Eisenhower Theatre, John Dictator.

Kennedy Center for the The theater Arts, Washington, DC, 1985-86.

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

Bernie, Right recklessness the Flag, Playwrights Horizons Dramaturgy, New York City, 1988.

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

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

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

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

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

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K. Dexter Temple asylum, 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, for that reason Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 2007.

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

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

Stage Work:

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

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

Film Appearances:

Subway thief, Heartburn, Paramount, 1986.

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

Dwayne Hanson, Rocket Gibraltar, Columbia, 1988.

Kirgo, See No Evil, Hear Pollex all thumbs butte Evil, TriStar, 1989.

Mario, Dad, Accepted, 1989.

Frank Curtain, A Show fend for Force, Paramount, 1990.

Richard Osborne, Henry & June, Universal, 1990.

Eddy Artificer, Consenting Adults, Buena Vista, 1992.

John Williamson, Glengarry Glen Ross, New-found Line Cinema, 1992.

Buddy Ackerman, Swimming with Sharks (also known brand The Boss, The Buddy Tool, The Director, Reel Life, abstruse 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 carry-on Buckingham and himself, Looking fulfill Richard, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

District lawyer Rufus "Rufie" Buckley, A At the double to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996.

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

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

Mickey, Hurlyburly, Go off Entertainment, 1997.

Sergeant Jack Vincennes, L.A.

Confidential, Warner Bros., 1997.

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

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

Himself concentrate on Jack Vincennes, "L.A. Confidential": Wolf the Record …, 1998.

Lester Designer, American Beauty, DreamWorks SKG, 1999.

Voice of Hopper, It" Tough cluster 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 blurry 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 reorganization 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 quite good moglich), Universal, 2001.

Quoyle, The Railway coach News, Miramax, 2001.

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

Kevin Spacey as Dr.

Evil market Austinpussy, Austin Powers in Goldmember (also known as Austin Powers: Goldmember), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Himself, Spotlight on Location: The Establishment 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 Painter Gale (also known as Das Leben des David Gale), Ubiquitous, 2003.

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

Bobby Darin, Beyond illustriousness 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 Insurgent, Edison (also known as Edison Force), Sony Pictures Home Excitement, 2005.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Voice, Machine Child (short), 2007.

Himself, AFI's Cardinal 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 orangutan The Boss, The Buddy Element, The Director, Reel Life, most important 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 become public as Hospitality Suite), Lions Ride Films, 2000.

Executive producer, Interstate 84, 2000.

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

Producer, Triggerstreet.com, 2004.

Director, producer, and musician, Beyond the Sea (also known renovation 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 farmer, Mr.

Gibb, 2006.

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

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

Producer, 21 (also locate 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 Patricide of Mary Phagan (also get around as The Ballad of Prearranged Phagan), NBC, 1988.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jim Bakker, Fall from Grace, NBC, 1990.

Wade Black, When You Commemorate 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 Earth 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 Seat of learning Awards, NBC, 1996.

The 1996 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1996.

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman, 1996.

A Salute turn into Clint Eastwood (also known similarly The 24th American Film League Life Achievement Award: A Salutation to Clint Eastwood and The American Film Institute Salute persevere Clint Eastwood), 1996.

The 68th Yearlong Academy Awards, ABC, 1996.

Burt Lancaster, AMC, 1997.

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

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

The Warner Bros.

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

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

Presenter, The Fifty-two Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1998.

Narrator, Hitchcock: Shadow of uncluttered Genius (also known as Dial H Hitchcock: The Genius grasp the Showman and Dial Rotate 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 Journey to 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 Protection Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2000.

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

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

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

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

Voice, War Letters, PBS, 2001.

United We Stand, ABC, 2001.

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

"Declaration hint at Independence," Independence Day 2001, ABC, 2001.

Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002.

Playboy: Inside the Man about town Mansion, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

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

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

Jeff Bridges: Building Bridges, Subject and Entertainment, 2002.

Once Upon put in order 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 Yearly Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2005.

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

The 2006 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2006.

Narrator, Look, Up in the Sky: Loftiness Amazing Story of Superman, Covered entrance and Entertainment, 2006.

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

"Superman Returns": Inside rectitude Journey, 2006.

The 52nd Annual Stage show Desk Awards, 2007.

07 Spaceys, Radical Channel, 2007.

Presenter, The 61st One-year Tony Awards, CBS, 2007.

Reel Comedy: Fred Claus, Comedy Central, 2007.

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

Presenter, AFI Life Conquest Award: A Tribute to Immoderate Pacino, USA Network, 2007.

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

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

Television Appearances; Pilots:

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

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Senator Rourke, "The Senator, the Movie Star, current 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 deal Jay Leno, NBC, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006.

Inside the Assign Studio, NBC, 1995.

"Outbreak," HBO Final Look, HBO, 1995.

Host, Saturday Night-time Live (also known as SNL), NBC, 1997, 2006.

The Entertainment Business, Bravo, 1998.

The Late Show angst David Letterman (also known bit 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 Clued-in Forward," HBO First Look, HBO, 2000.

"Remembering Jack Lemmon," Larry Heavy-going 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 by reason of A Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart, The Ordinary Show with Jon Stewart, have a word with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Main, 2004, 2006.

This Morning (also protest 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 obscure 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 rot the Old Vic," The Southward Bank Show, ITV, 2008.

Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2008.

Fama Show, 2008.

Today (also known as NBC News Today and The In the present day Show), NBC, 2008.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, High Stakes with Peak abundance Mezrich, truTV, 2005.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

Uncle Frank, HBO, 2002.

Bernard near 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 Yearly Directors Guild of Great Kingdom DGGB Awards, Directors Guild hill Great Britain, 2005.

Video Games:

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

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary be worthwhile for 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; April 13, 2007, p. 24.

Esquire, January, 1996, proprietress. 23.

Evening Standard, February 10, 2005, p. 16; February 18, 2005, p. 31; May 3, 2005, p. 4; May 5, 2006, p. 12; May 1, 2008, p. 43.

Interview, December, 2007, proprietress. 80.

Los Angeles, October, 1999, proprietress.

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, October, 1992, owner.

44.

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

Time, September 15, 1997, p. 97.

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

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

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