Kevin Spacey, sometimes credited as Kevin Spacey Fowler, was born on July 26, 1959 in South Orange New Jersey. He keeps most information about his personal life hidden, but some very interesting things about his life before Hollywood is known. As a child, he burned down his sister's treehouse and was sent off to military school but was soon kicked out for hitting a classmate with a tire. He then went on to Chatsworth high school where he got involved with the drama department and graduated covaledictorian. Fellow Chatsworth classmate, Val Kilmer, adviced him to get into the Julliard drama program, which Kevin did. He left though after two years and went into the theater. He won a Tony award in 1990 for his role in "Lost in Yonkers". He then turned to film, mostly playing supporting roles and villians. In the 2001 issue of Total Films Magazine, he was listed twice in the Top 10 Villians of all time list. (#10 for Se7en, and #5 for Usual Suspects). Just before his greatest film yet was released in theaters, American Beauty, Kevin Spacey was awarded a star on the Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd. In 1997, he was named the #56 spot on the Top 100 Movie Stars of all time list by Empire Magazine, and in 1999, voted the greatest actor of the decade by the same publication.

Awards and Nominations

*Academy Awards/ Oscars*

Won:Best Actor for American Beauty
Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects

*American Comedy Awards*

Nominated: Funniest Lead Actor for American Beauty

*Blockbuster Entertainment Awards*

Nominated: Favorite Actor, Drama for Pay It Forward
Favorite Actor, Drama for American Beauty

*British Academy Awards*

Won: Best Actor for American Beauty
Nominated: Best Actor for L.A. Confidential

*Golden Globes*

Nominted: Best Actor, Drama for The Shipping News
The above nomination is for 2001, winners will be announced January 2002Nominated: Best Actor for American Beauty
Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects

*MTV Movie Awards*

Won: Best Villian for Se7en

*Screen Actors Guild Awards*

Won: Outstanding Performance by a Cast for American Beauty
Outstanding Performance by an Actor for American Beauty
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Cast for L.A. Confidential
Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects

*Walk of Fame*

Awarded a star on the Hollywood Blvd. walk of fame

Kevin Spacey has also won tons of other awards by Film Critics Associations and the like for roles in American Beauty, The Usual Suspects, and others.


Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham in American Beauty

Filmography

The Life of David Gale (2002) as David Gale
The Shipping News (2001) as Quoyle
K-Pax (2001) as Prot
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (2001) as the voice of the narrator
Pay It Forward (2000) as Eugene Simonet
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) as Michael Lynch
It's Tough To Be A Bug (1999) as the voice of Hopper
The Big Kahuna (1999) as Larry Mann
American Beauty (1999) as Lester Burnham
A Bug's Life (1998) as the voice of Hopper
HurlyBurly (1998) as Mickey
The Negotiater (1998) as Lt. Chris Sabien
Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) as Jim Williams
L.A. Confidential (1997) Sgt. Jack Vincennes