Kevin Spacey

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 fiction-mystery film K-PAX (2001), the musical biopic Beyond the Sea (2004), the superhero film Superman Returns (2006), and the action film Baby Driver (2017). In Broadway theatre, Spacey starred in Long Day's Journey into Night in 1986 alongside Jack Lemmon. In 1991, he won a Tony Award for his role in Lost in Yonkers. He continued to act in theatre receiving his second Tony Award nomination for The Iceman Cometh in 1999. He was the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London from 2004 until stepping down in mid-2015. In 2017, he hosted the 71st Tony Awards. From 2013 to 2017, Spacey played Frank Underwood in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, which won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and two consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series as well as five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series. In October 2017, actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of making a sexual advance toward him in 1986, when Rapp was 14. Other men alleged that Spacey had made unwanted advances and had sexually harassed and assaulted them as well. Netflix cut ties with Spacey, shelving his film Gore and removing him from the last season of House of Cards. His role as J. Paul Getty in Ridley Scott's film All the Money in the World (2017) was reshot with Christopher Plummer in his place. Spacey appeared in the 2018 film Billionaire Boys Club (which had been completed before the allegations surfaced), which was released with his role unchanged. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Spacey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

Saturday Night Live

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

Conan

All Movies (104)

• Torrente for President2026 · as Le Chief
• 17802025 · as Thomas
• The Contract2024 · as The Devil
• Peter Five Eight2024 · as Peter
• Control2023 · as The Voice
• The Man Who Drew God2023 · as Detective
• Prince Andrew: Banished2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Once Upon a Time in Croatia2022 · as Self - Host
• Untouchable2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Billionaire Boys Club2018 · as Ron Levin
• Rebel in the Rye2017 · as Whit Burnett
• Baby Driver2017 · as Doc
• Tony Bennett Celebrates 902016 · as Self
• All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone2016 · as Verbal (archive footage)
• Nine Lives2016 · as Tom Brand
• Elvis & Nixon2016 · as Richard Nixon
• Unity2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Horrible Bosses 22014 · as Dave Harken
• NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage2014 · as Self (Richard Duke of Gloucester)
• Mad As Hell2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Day Kennedy Died2013 · as Narrator
• The Ventriloquist2012 · as Frank
• Envelope2012 · as Evgeniy
• Spirit of a Denture2012 · as Dr. Robert Middling
• Inseparable2012 · as Chuck
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Margin Call2011 · as Sam Rogers
• Horrible Bosses2011 · as Dave Harken
• The Organ Grinder's Monkey2011 · as Fatty (voice)
• How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?2011 · as Self
• Casino Jack2010 · as Jack Abramoff
• Father of Invention2010 · as Robert Axle
• The Men Who Stare at Goats2009 · as Larry Hooper
• Shrink2009 · as Henry Carter
• Moon2009 · as GERTY (voice)
• Hackers Wanted2009 · as Narrator
• Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'2008 · as Self
• Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'2008 · as Self
• Telstar: The Joe Meek Story2008 · as Major Banks
• Recount2008 · as Ron Klain
• 212008 · as Micky Rosa
• Fred Claus2007 · as Clyde Archibald Northcutt
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Hopper (voice) (archive footage)
• Superman Returns2006 · as Lex Luthor
• Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa2006 · as Interrogator
• Edison2005 · as Wallace
• Beyond the Sea2004 · as Bobby Darin
• Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 52003 · as Self
• Declaration of Independence2003 · as Self
• The United States of Leland2003 · as Albert T. Fitzgerald
• The Life of David Gale2003 · as David Gale
• America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember2002 · as Kevin Spacey / Famous Dr. Evil ('Austinpussy')
• Pursuing the Suspects2002 · as Himself
• Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'2002 · as Self
• Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette2002 · as Self
• The Tower of Babble2002 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Shipping News2001 · as Quoyle
• K-PAX2001 · as Prot
• Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure2001 · as Narrator
• American Beauty: Look Closer...2000 · as Self
• Pay It Forward2000 · as Eugene Simonet
• The Final Days2000
• Ordinary Decent Criminal2000 · as Michael Lynch
• The Big Kahuna1999 · as Larry Mann
• Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius1999 · as Narrator
• American Beauty1999 · as Lester Burnham
• Forever Hollywood1999 · as Self
• Hurlyburly1998 · as Mickey
• A Bug's Life1998 · as Hopper (voice)
• The Negotiator1998 · as Lt. Chris Sabian
• Steve McQueen: The King of Cool1998 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil1997 · as James Williams
• L.A. Confidential1997 · as Jack Vincennes
• Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman1996 · as Self
• Looking for Richard1996 · as Self / Earl of Buckingham
• A Time to Kill1996 · as Rufus Buckley
• Se7en1995 · as John Doe
• The Usual Suspects1995 · as Verbal
• Outbreak1995 · as Casey Schuler
• Swimming with Sharks1994 · as Buddy Ackerman
• Doomsday Gun1994 · as Jim Price
• The Ref1994 · as Lloyd Chasseur
• Iron Will1994 · as Harry Kingsley
• Consenting Adults1992 · as Eddy Otis
• Glengarry Glen Ross1992 · as John Williamson
• Darrow1991 · as Clarence Darrow
• When You Remember Me1990 · as Wade
• Henry & June1990 · as Richard Osborn
• A Show of Force1990 · as Frank Curtin
• Fall From Grace1990 · as Jim Bakker
• Dad1989 · as Mario
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil1989 · as Kirgo
• Working Girl1988 · as Bob Speck
• Rocket Gibraltar1988 · as Dwayne Hanson
• Long Day's Journey Into Night1987 · as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
• Heartburn1986 · as Subway Thief
• The Bleeding Ground— · as Sol Layton
• The Awakening—
• Holiguards Saga: The Portal of Force—
• The Tenth Planet: The Red Sister - Part 1— · as Dr. David Harper
• The Awakening 2— · as Balthazar
• Melodies in the Forest— · as Petr Novotni

All TV Shows (44)

• Minimarket2025 · as Self
• Spacey Unmasked2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• The F Word2017 · as Self
• Race for the White House2016 · as Narrator
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Nature Is Speaking2015 · as The Rainforest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• House of Cards2013 · as Frank Underwood
• Evening Urgant2012 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik2009
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self - Guest
• Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker2008 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
• Parkinson2004 · as Self - Guest
• Tavis Smiley2004 · as Self - Guest
• Enough Rope With Andrew Denton2003
• Live from E!2002 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self
• TriBeCa1993 · as Chris
• HBO First Look1992
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Unsub1989 · as Benton
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• The Murder of Mary Phagan1988 · as Wes Brent
• Wiseguy1987 · as Mel Profitt
• Crime Story1986 · as Senator Rourke
• L.A. Law1986 · as Giles Keenan
• The Equalizer1985 · as Detective Sgt. Cole
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• The Hollywood Greats1977
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self