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 began his professional career in 1981. He received his education at the Juilliard School. Spacey is a member of the Democratic Party and identifies as gay.
His career has been recognized with several major honors, including the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has also received Laurence Olivier Awards and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Additionally, he is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
Spacey has authored works such as *Shakespeare High* and *Kevin Spacey on Richard II (Shakespeare on Stage)*. He is also associated with the work *House of cards*. He speaks English and American English.
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- Kevin Spacey on Richard II (Shakespeare on Stage)
- House of cards
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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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