Kevin Spacey

Acting · Born 1959-07-26 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Kevin Spacey Fowler KBE (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, producer, and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, obtaining supporting roles in film and television. Spacey's first roles in film were in Mike Nichols' Heartburn (1986), and Working Girl (1988). He gained critical acclaim in the 1990s, with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995) and an Academy Award for Best Actor for the midlife-crisis-themed drama American Beauty (1999). His other starring roles have included Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), the comedy-drama film Swimming with Sharks (1994), the psychological thriller Seven (1995), the neo-noir crime film L.A. Confidential (1997), the drama Pay It Forward (2000), the science…

Filmography

• American Beauty as Lester Burnham
• K-PAX as Prot
• The Usual Suspects as Verbal
• L.A. Confidential as Jack Vincennes
• A Time to Kill as Rufus Buckley
• Pay It Forward as Eugene Simonet
• The Life of David Gale as David Gale
• A Bug's Life as Hopper (voice)
• Glengarry Glen Ross as John Williamson
• The Negotiator as Lt. Chris Sabian

TV

• House of Cards as Frank Underwood
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
• L.A. Law as Giles Keenan
• The Daily Show as Self
• Today as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• The View as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Equalizer as Detective Sgt. Cole