Kevin Spacey
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Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for twelve Emmy Awards.
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Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American film and television actor, as well as a theatrical and film director. Born in South Orange in 1959, he is a male citizen of the United States who speaks and writes in English. He began his work period in 1981 and has worked primarily in the United States, though he currently resides in Salta Province. He was educated at the Juilliard School and was a student of Marian Seldes.
Spacey has received several major awards, including the Laurence Olivier Awards, the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and an Academy Award for Best Actor. He has also been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. He is a member of the Democratic Party and identifies as homosexual.
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Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. He was named an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2015.
Spacey began his film career with small roles in Mike Nichols's comedy-drama films Heartburn (1986) and Working Girl (1988). He won two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for playing a con man in The Usual Suspects (1995) and Best Actor for playing a suburban husband and father going through a midlife crisis in American Beauty (1999). His other films include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Outbreak (1995), Se7en (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), L.A. Confidential (1997), Pay It Forward (2000), Superman Returns (2006), 21 (2008), Margin Call (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), and Baby Driver (2017). He has also directed the films Albino Alligator (1996) and Beyond the Sea (2004).
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