Kevin Spacey grew up in Los Angeles, but was born on July 26, 1959, in South Orange, N.J. As a child, he got in trouble so much that his parents sent him to military school, from which he was expelled. A prescient teacher at his next school suggested he try the theater, and a passion was born.Spacey's first screen role was in 1986's Heartburn (opposite Meryl Streep). A prolific actor, he's been in more than 40 movies, including A Time to Kill, L.A. Confidential and the animated A Bug's Life (as the voice of Hopper).
Although the consensus around Hollywood is that Spacey is the consummate actor, able to inhabit just about any role, he's best known for two Academy Award-winning portrayals: As the deceitful and deadly Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects (1995) and as the heart-wrenchingly lost, unemployed husband and father, Lester Burnham, in American Beauty (1999). Other notable roles include those in The Shipping News and Beyond the Sea, as Lex Luthor in Superman Returns, and an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated turn in the made-for-TV movie Recount.
AddThe Life of David GaleWhen Texas professor David Gale (Kevin Spacey), an advocate for the elimination of the death penalty, is falsely accused and convicted of the rape and murder of another activist (Laura Linney), he ends up on the state's notorious death row himself. In a series of flashbacks, Gale tells his story to... Read More
AddThe Usual SuspectsWhen five unacquainted scalawags are hauled into a police station to appear in a criminal lineup, they decide to pull off a heist together. The plan gets complicated, however, when they intermix with an underworld kingpin named Keyser Söze. Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Stephen... Read More
AddAmerican BeautyWhile struggling to endure his perfection-obsessed wife (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling job and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch), suburbanite Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) falls deep into a midlife crisis and becomes infatuated with one of his daughter's friends (Mena Suvari). Director Sam... Read More
AddShrinkIn the wake of a personal tragedy, Hollywood's psychiatrist to the stars (Kevin Spacey) devolves into a slovenly pothead and worries he's become incapable of helping his patients in this sharp indie drama that premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The film also stars Saffron Burrows, Robin... Read More
AddBeyond the SeaKevin Spacey directs and stars in this film biography of singer Bobby Darin, a hipster in the Frank Sinatra tradition and singer of pop hits such as "Splish Splash" and the titular tune, "Beyond the Sea." Darin eventually moved on to performing jazz standards that culminated in his signature... Read More
