Kevin Spacey
Name
Kevin Spacey Fowler
Birthplace
South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Birth date
July 26, 1959
Occupation
Actor, director, producer, comedian
Active Years
1986–present
Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, film director, producer, singer and comedian. He is best known in films such as Consenting Adults, Swimming with the Sharks, The Usual Suspects, Seven, L.A. Confidential, American Beauty (1999) and Pay It Forward. He earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Early life[]
Spacey was born in South Orange, New Jersey, to Kathleen Ann and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler and has two older siblings. He attended Northridge Military Academy, Canoga Park High School, and then Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California where he graduated valedictorian of his class.
Career[]
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Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1986 | Heartburn | Subway Thief | Mike Nichols | Cameo |
| 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Dwayne Hanson | Daniel Petrie | |
| 1988 | Working Girl | Bob Speck | Mike Nichols | |
| 1989 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Kirgo | Arthur Hiller | |
| 1989 | Dad | Mario | Gary David Goldberg | |
| 1990 | A Show of Force | Frank Curtin | Bruno Barreto | |
| 1990 | Henry & June | Richard Osborn | Philip Kaufman | |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | John Williamson | James Foley | |
| 1992 | Consenting Adults | Eddy Otis | Alan J. Pakula | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1994 | Iron Will | Harry Kingsley | Charles Haid | |
| 1994 | The Ref | Lloyd Chasseur | Ted Demme | |
| 1994 | Swimming with Sharks | Buddy Ackerman | George Huang |
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| 1995 | The Usual Suspects | Roger "Verbal" Kint | Bryan Singer |
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| 1995 | Outbreak | Major Casey Schuler | Wolfgang Petersen | |
| 1995 | Seven | John Doe | David Fincher | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Himself / Duke of Buckingham | Al Pacino | |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | District Attorney Rufus Buckley | Joel Schumacher | |
| 1997 | Albino Alligator | Kevin Spacey | Director | |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Detective Sergeant Jack Vincennes | Curtis Hanson |
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| 1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | James "Jim" Williams | Clint Eastwood | |
| 1998 | The Negotiator | Lieutenant Chris Sabian | F. Gary Gray | |
| 1998 | Hurlyburly | Mickey | Anthony Drazan | |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Hopper | John Lasseter | Voice |
| 1999 | American Beauty | Lester Burnham | Sam Mendes |
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| 1999 | The Big Kahuna | Larry Mann | John Swanbeck | Also producer |
| 2000 | Ordinary Decent Criminal | Michael Lynch | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Also producer |
| 2000 | Pay It Forward | Eugene Simonet | Mimi Leder | |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Prot / Robert Porter | Iain Softley | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Quoyle | Lasse Hallström |
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| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Albert T. Fitzgerald | Matthew Ryan Hoge | Also producer |
| 2003 | The Life of David Gale | David Gale | Alan Parker | |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin | Kevin Spacey |
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| 2005 | Edison | Wallace | David J. Burke | Direct-to-video |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | Lex Luthor | Bryan Singer | |
| 2007 | Fred Claus | Clyde Northcut | David Dobkin | |
| 2008 | 21 | Mickey Rosa | Robert Luketic | |
| 2008 | Telstar | Major Banks | Nick Moran | |
| 2009 | Shrink | Henry Carter | Jonas Pate | |
| 2009 | Moon | GERTY | Duncan Jones | Voice |
| 2009 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Larry Hooper | Grant Heslov | |
| 2010 | Father of Invention | Robert Axle | Trent Cooper | |
| 2010 | Casino Jack | Jack Abramoff | George Hickenlooper | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 2010 | The Social Network | N/A | David Fincher | Executive producer |
| 2011 | Margin Call | Sam Rogers | J. C. Chandor | |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses | Dave Harken | Seth Gordon | |
| 2011 | Inseparable | Chuck | Dayyan Eng | |
| 2012 | Envelope | Evgeniy Petrov | Aleksey Nuzhny | Short film |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Paul Greengrass | Executive producer | |
| 2014 | Horrible Bosses 2 | Dave Harken | Sean Anders | |
| 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Richard Nixon | Liza Johnson | |
| 2016 | Nine Lives | Tom Brand / Mr. Fuzzypants | Barry Sonnenfeld | Post-production |
| 2016 | Billionaire Boys Club | Ron Levin | James Cox | Filming |
| 2017 | Boss Baby | CEO of Puppy Co. | Tom McGrath | Voice |
| 2017 | Baby Driver | Doc | Edgar Wright | Filming |
| TBA | Rebel in the Rye | Danny Strong | Filming |