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Kevin Spacey
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 Primetime Emmy Awards. He was named an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2015.
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Born 26 July 1959 · Q25144
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2026· 7 entries
The Guardian: Yours for just £228: a Kevin Spacey stainless steel gold-tone Fourth of July ‘adversity ring’
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Public attention spiked: 18,173 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 4,643, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Kevin Spacey Speaks Out on Sexual Assault Trials and Says His Career Is Rebounding Out of Hollywood Jail: ‘I Feel Much More Welcomed’” (Variety).
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Variety: Kevin Spacey Speaks Out on Sexual Assault Trials and Says His Career Is Rebounding Out of Hollywood Jail: ‘I Feel Much More Welcomed’
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radaronline: Scandal-Hit Kevin Spacey Makes Out-of-Court Settlement to 3 Men Who Accused Oscar-Winning Star of Sexual Assault
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AOL: Kevin Spacey and accusers settle before civil trial
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Kevin Spacey, who faced allegations of sexual misconduct, said he would play the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a biographical movie.” Originated as Satire.
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2025· 4 entries
Page Six: Kevin Spacey clarifies he’s not homeless, says thousands of people have offered him a place to stay
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E!: Kevin Spacey Says He Has "No Home" After Sexual Misconduct Allegations
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Snopes rated the claim “In mid-July 2025, actor Kevin Spacey made a post on X reading: "Release the Epstein files. All of them. For those of us with nothing to fear, the truth can't come soon enough."” True.
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New York Daily News: Kevin Spacey compares his plight to blacklisted Dalton Trumbo
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2024· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Kevin Spacey once said "young girls" were on a plane belonging to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that Spacey flew on with Clinton Foundation members.” Correct Attribution.
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Spacey owed considerable legal expenses, and his house in Baltimore, Maryland was undergoing foreclosure and sale at auction
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Notable industry members such as actors Sharon Stone, Liam Neeson, F
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Marked Spacey's return to a major role after his legal troubles
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2023· 3 entries
Published video “Being Frank With Tucker”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Stephen King, Kevin Spacey Actually Said They Will Leave The U.S. If The 'Epstein Client List' Is Released” Unsupported.
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2022· 3 entries
After winning a sexual battery lawsuit against him filed by Anthony Rapp, Spacey was cast in the British indie thriller Control
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Variety reported that Spacey was set to speak at the National Museum of Cinema and was going to receive a lifetime achievement award on January 16, 2023, despite the allegations against him
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Spacey was cast as the late Croatian leader Franjo Tuđman in the political drama Once Upon a Time in Croatia, directed by Jakov Sedlar
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2021· 1 entry
fact checker rated the claim “Kevin Spacey, who has been ostracized from Hollywood followed sexual assault allegations, is starring in his first film in years.” excitement.
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2020· 1 entry
Published video “1-800 XMAS”.
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2019· 3 entries
Published video “KTWK”.
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Snopes rated the claim “A film producer claimed actor Kevin Spacey had "drugged and raped" Justin Bieber.” False.
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Amidst the sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein, whose plane was used
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2018· 1 entry
Published video “Let Me Be Frank”.
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2017· 5 entries
That all of his footage would be excised, and that Christopher Plummer would replace him in reshoots
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Actor Anthony Rapp was the first to accuse Spacey of sexual misconduct
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Published video “Kevin Spacey is Clarence Darrow at Arthur Ashe Stadium”.
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Spacey came out as gay in a statement denying a sexual misconduct allegation
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Spacey faced various allegations of sexual misconduct
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2016· 2 entries
Spacey was awarded an honorary knighthood for his services to theatre, arts education, and international culture in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours
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And the 25th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party in 2017
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2014· 6 entries
Published video “Somebody once said "Generosit...”.
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2014).
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Published video “NOW: The Film Clip - "Relish"”.
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Published video “NOW: The Film Clip - "Eggs Him On"”.
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Published video “NOW: The Film Clip - "Bad Man"”.
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Published video “NOW: The Film Clip - "Sharp"”.
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2013· 2 entries
Executive-produced the biographical survival thriller film Captain Phillips, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture
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Becoming the first lead actor to be Primetime Emmy-nominated from a web television series
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2011· 2 entries
It was announced that Spacey was cast as Frank Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards, adapted from a 1990 BBC political drama of the same name
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And Clarence Darrow in a West End production of Darrow in 2015
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2009· 1 entry
Directed the premiere of Joe Sutton's Complicit, with Richard Dreyfuss, David Suchet and Elizabeth McGovern
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2008· 2 entries
Spacey played a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lecturer in the film 21
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Spacey starred as Ron Klain in the HBO original political drama film Recount revolving around Florida's vote recount during the 2000 United States presidential election between George W
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2007· 1 entry
Gotham magazine quoted Spacey saying:I've never believed in pimping my personal life out for publicity
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2006· 2 entries
“s 2016 European Union membership referendum, Spacey replied,”
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Spacey played Lex Luthor in the Bryan Singer superhero film Superman Returns starring Brandon Routh
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “Beyond the Sea: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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2003· 1 entry
“s oldest theatres. Appearing at a press conference with Judi Dench and Elton John, Spacey promised both to appear on stage and to bring in big-name talent. He undertook to remain in the post for a full ten years. The Old Vic Theatre Company staged shows eight months out of the year. Spacey”
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2002· 1 entry
And fellow actor Chris Tucker accompanied Bill Clinton on a trip throughout several African countries to promote AIDS awareness on the continent
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2000· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for American Beauty (2000).
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“Dianne, thank you for teaching me about caring about the right things, and I love you.”
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Spacey brought Dreyer to the Academy Awards; during the acceptance speech for his Best Actor award, Spacey said, "Dianne, thank you for teaching me about caring about the right things, and I love you
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1999· 5 entries
And was named an honorary Commander and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2010 and 2015, respectively
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Reports suggested that Spacey was dating a script supervisor named Dianne Dreyer, with their relationship possibly dating back to 1992
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Spacey won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received his second Tony Award nomination in 1999 for The Iceman Cometh
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Stated that Spacey's "love affair with acting, and the absence of a visible partner in the life of an attractive 40-year-old, has resulted in Esquire magazine asserting two years ago that he must be gay"
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Spacey acted alongside Annette Bening in Sam Mendes's American Beauty
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1997· 2 entries
With musical guest Beck and special guests Michael Palin and John Cleese from Monty Python's Flying Circus
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With the purpose of producing and developing entertainment across various media
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for Seven (1996).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects (1996).
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (1991).
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Won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Uncle Louie in Neil Simon's Broadway hit Lost in Yonkers
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1988· 1 entry
Spacey also briefly appeared in another Nichols film, Working Girl, as businessman Bob Speck
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1987· 1 entry
Spacey made his first major television appearance in the second-season premiere of Crime Story, playing a Kennedy-esque American senator
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1986· 3 entries
Spacey appeared in a production of Sleuth in a New Jersey dinner theatre
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Spacey made his first film appearance in Mike Nichols's Heartburn starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson
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When he was cast opposite Jack Lemmon, Peter Gallagher, and Bethel Leslie, as Jamie, the eldest Tyrone son, in Jonathan Miller's lauded production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night
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1984· 1 entry
Spacey appeared in a production of David Rabe's Hurlyburly, in which he rotated through each of the male parts (he would later play Mickey in the film version)
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-07-26.
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