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  Kevin Spacey Bio
Spacey was born Kevin Spacey Fowler in South Orange, New Jersey to Thomas Geoffrey Fowler, a technical writer, and Kathleen (née Spacey), a secretary; he has two older siblings: a sister and a brother, Randy.
Spacey attended Northridge Military Academy after he set his sister's treehouse on fire, but was asked to leave after throwing a tire at another student at the academy, and subsequently attended Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, California.
Spacey has noted that he is "having the time of [his] life" working at the Old Vic, and explained that at this point in his career, he feels that he is "trying to do things now that are much bigger than myself and outside of myself".
www.celebritypro.com /bio/kevin_spacey_bio.htm   (1657 words)

  
 Kevin Spacey Biography | Kevin Spacey Pictures | Kevin Spacey News
The son of a technical procedure writer and a secretary, Spacey was born in South Orange, NJ, on July 26, 1959.
Criminal or morally questionable activities were to figure largely in Spacey's subsequent portrayals: His first starring role in a film was as the husband of a murdered woman in the 1992 Consenting Adults.
Spacey's next memorable film role was as yet another foul-mouthed jerk in the 1994 Swimming With Sharks, which he also co-produced.
www.allstarcelebrity.com /Actors/Kevin_Spacey   (1083 words)

  
  ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton - episode 111: Kevin Spacey (10/07/2006)
Kevin Spacey is one of those - a man with two Oscars and a deserved reputation for going the extra mile in preparation for roles like this one from his new film 'Beyond the Sea'.
KEVIN SPACEY: Well, I met him before he became President and I always thought he was one of the shining lights in the political process in the United States, and, quite frankly, I miss him as our President almost every single day.
KEVIN SPACEY: I think a lot of it has to do with the ambition to do well, to be the kind of actor that you want to be.
www.abc.net.au /tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1679270.htm   (1773 words)

  
  Kevin Spacey - Wikipedia
Kevin Spacey (eigentlich: Kevin Matthew Fowler) (* 26.
Seit seiner spektakulären Rolle in Die üblichen Verdächtigen und der ersten Auszeichnung mit dem Oscar gilt Spacey als einer der interessantesten und besten Schauspieler Hollywoods.
In dieser Rolle trat Spacey mit dem Old Vic Ensemble im Rahmen der Ruhrfestspiele 2006 auch in Recklinghausen auf.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kevin_Spacey   (307 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey is a smart man. In fact, he is a very smart man. For years, audiences have wanted to know more about his personal life since he has always been one of Hollywood's most intriguing actors.
Kevin Fowler was born July 26, 1959, in South Orange, New Jersey, to parents Kathleen and Thomas Spacey.
Spacey is proving himself to be just another hollywood idiot by his cavorting with H Chavez.
www.askmen.com /men/january00/11_kevin_spacey.html   (729 words)

  
 Kevin Spacey: Charming, classy and funny - one of the biggest entertainment stars at MondoStars.com
Spacey was raised with two older siblings, a sister and a brother.
Spacey quickly developed a reputation as a character actor; he does particularly well in dark, quirky roles such as the criminal Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects, and the ego-driven district attorney in A Time to Kill, and the serial killer in Se7en.
Spacey is a skilled mimic, and known for his impersonations of celebrities like Johnny Carson and Katharine Hepburn.
www.mondostars.com /entertainment/kevinspacey.html   (443 words)

  
 Kevin Spacey Biography
Kevin already had a deep knowledge of cinematic history from constantly sneaking downstairs in the night to watch old movies on TV (and he remembers ALL of them).
Spacey was already ready to move on, a fact recognised by the Festival's director, Joseph Papp, who sacked him, deliberately forcing him out into the "real world" of theatre.
Spacey later claimed this was his favourite role, as Darrow was the character closest to himself - though this may well have been more of that notorious Spacey humour.
www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/biographies/kevin_spacey_biog.html   (4199 words)

  
 Kevin Spacey Website
Yet, once he'd achieved a modicum of professional security, Kevin Spacey actually demanded that his name be taken off the credits of a sure-fire blockbuster.
Kevin Matthew Fowler better known as Kevin Spacey, is an American actor and London-based theatre director.
Welcome to Kevin Spacey Website, and its dedicated to the chameleonic actor equally at home on stage or in film and as a hero or a villain, Kevin Spacey first gained notice with several strong stage performances.
www.westlord.com /kevin-spacey   (450 words)

  
 Kevin Spacey, tous les films avec Kevin Spacey
David Gale (Kevin Spacey) mène une vie exemplaire de père de famille dévoué et de respectable professeur.
Avec : Kevin Spacey, Pete Postlethwaite, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Gabriel Byrne
Avec : Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, Rene Russo
www.locafilm.com /acteur/366/kevin-spacey.html   (727 words)

  
 Inside the Actors Studio: Kevin Spacey's Bio is Available Online - Official Bravo TV Site
Kevin Spacey Fowler was born in New Jersey on 26 July, 1959, but grew up mostly in Southern California.
Mike Nichols chose Kevin Spacey to replace Harvey Keitel in David Rabe's Hurlyburly on Broadway, which helped jump start his career.
Spacey had a role alongside Jack Lemmon in Dad (1989) but was more memorable as the crafty office manager in the testosterone-laden Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) with a cast that included Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris and Alec Baldwin.
www.bravotv.com /Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guests/Kevin_Spacey.shtml   (358 words)

  
 kevin spacey » The Girl In The Cafe - a weblog
For me Kevin Spacey is the second best actor in the Universe, I think he is fantastic, no matter what he plays.
Fall in London is going to be fantastic with Kevin Spacey back on stage in the Old Vic Theatre.
Kevin Spacey has just announced The Old Vic’s program, and he is going to play in A Moon for the Misbegotten.
www.thegirlinthecafe.com /tag/kevin-spacey   (629 words)

  
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 Salon Arts & Entertainment | Kevin Spacey knows our secrets   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When Spacey limns a suburban husband and father, as he does in the highly touted, pitifully voguish "American Beauty" (opening Sept. 17), the man is apt to have weird hang-ups and disquieting obsessions, such as wanting to make love to a comely friend of his high-school daughter.
In Spacey's first co-starring role -- the homicidal scam artist in the ludicrous sex thriller "Consenting Adults" (1992) -- he spent half the movie persuading Kevin Kline that Kline was bold and swinging enough to swap wives with Spacey.
Spacey is the movie star as shape-changer (even if it means getting into shape, as it does in "American Beauty"): You can't tell what form he'll take from scene to scene, much less from movie to movie.
www.salon.com /ent/col/srag/1999/09/10/spacey   (786 words)

  
 Reel.com: Kevin Spacey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Though it may seem as if Spacey has been a Hollywood legend for decades now, it was only in 1992 with Glengarry Glen Ross that the actor began to make a name for himself.
By 1994, Spacey was on a roll as he began to headline such films as Swimming With Sharks and L.A. Confidential.
It was in 1995 that Spacey won his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Usual Suspects, and then earlier this year he won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Lester Burnham in American Beauty.
www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=features/interviews/spacey   (1406 words)

  
 Flipside Movie Emporium: Qamp;A with Kevin Spacey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On October 9, 1999, when Kevin Spacey came through Houston, Texas promoting American Beauty, one brave fan asked him the question we were all dying to hear the answer to.
Spacey pondered the question a moment, then replied, "I happen to think that scene is one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen played -- because we've all had a plastic bag moment, you know.
Spacey said, "This script was unusual in that Alan Ball, the screenwriter, actually put in the script from the very beginning the red door, the red rose petals, the red car.
www.flipsidemovies.com /kevinspacey.html   (705 words)

  
 KEVIN SPACEY interview
Spacey initially responded with a statement from his publicist calling the article "dishonest and malicious." Then he turned to a full slate of work, including several films, and the recent award-winning stage revival of The Iceman Cometh.
Spacey says he wasn't quite so happy with all the work he had to do to buff up for the scenes when Lester becomes a health-conscious weight-lifter.
Spacey was restless and troublesome in his youth, until he discovered acting.
www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/a/amesid.html   (1057 words)

  
 The Biography Channel - Kevin Spacey Biography
Kevin Spacey Fowler was the youngest of three children born in South Orange, New Jersey.
Spacey’s first professional stage role was as a messenger in ‘Henry VI’ when he signed up with the New York Shakespeare festival in 1981.
Spacey’s dedication to his craft has meant that he has always kept a low profile with the public regarding his private life.
www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/560:0/Kevin_Spacey.htm   (746 words)

  
 CNN.com - Entertainment - Kevin Spacey plays it different in 'Pay It Forward' - October 18, 2000
Years ago, Spacey's character was burned in a fire, and the multiple scars he bears on his face mirror the emotional damage he suffers inside.
Kevin Spacey on why he took the role as a teacher in 'Pay It Forward'...
Spacey: Yes, because if you're telling the story, (it) has sort of an arc to it, and the characters are learning things about themselves that maybe the audience already recognizes.
www.cnn.com /2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/18/kevin.spacey/index.html   (1056 words)

  
 Salon | Media Circus
He calls Spacey "a creature of entrances and exits," which is just what you would have to be if you lived in a closet.
Spacey and his supporters have read this as a not very veiled insinuation that there is a gay man hiding beneath Spacey's straight façade.
Spacey, for instance, said the article "proved that the legacy of Joseph McCarthy is alive and well," which is a weird invocation when you consider that Roy Cohn, McCarthy's chief aide, was a notorious closet case.
www.salon.com /media/1997/10/15esquire.html   (909 words)

  
 Kevin Spacey Pictures, Biography, Filmography, Awards, Wallpapers
Kevin burnt his sister's tree house down when they were children.
They eventually settled in southern California, where young Kevin developed into quite a little hellion--after he set his sister's tree house on fire, he was shipped off to the Northridge Military Academy, only to be thrown out a few months later for pinging a classmate on the head with a tire.
Spacey claims that his interest in acting--and his nearly encyclopedic accumulation of film knowledge--began at an early age, when he would sneak downstairs to watch the late late show on TV.
www.starglimpse.com /celebs/pages/kevin_spacey/kevin_spacey.shtml   (1553 words)

  
 Kevin Spacey - Cranky Critic® StarTalk - Movie Star Interviews
After an attempt at stand-up comedy, Spacey did go to Julliard, where he continued to act with school pal Kilmer, who was two years his senior.
Spacey's next memorable film role was as yet another foul-mouthed jerk in the 1994 Swimming with Sharks, which he also co-produced.
Spacey has often been accused of being closed off, a similar trait to elements of his latest screen character.
www.crankycritic.com /qa/pf_articles/kevinspacey.html   (1820 words)

  
 The Unofficial Kevin Spacey Fan Page
I believe Kevin Spacey is one of the most talented actors out there, and he definitely deserves a page.
Kevin Spacey was born Kevin Fowler on July 26, 1959 in South Orange, NJ and was raised in Southern California.
Kevin also made his film debut that year with a small part in Heartburn and started to show up in episodic television.
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 Kevin Spacey as The Big Kahuna
We know that Spacey's secretary mother and technical writer father—in an act of desperation after an incident involving a book of matches and a sibling's treehouse—sent their intractable child to Northridge Military Academy, where a harsh disciplinary regimen failed to quell his rambunctious behavior.
Spacey moved to Chatsworth High School, where he became involved in drama and walked the straight-and-narrow so well that he graduated as co-valedictorian with actress-classmate Mare Winningham (the two also co-starred in a school production of that perennial favorite, The Sound of Music, with Spacey in the role of Captain Von Trapp).
Spacey had his film debut as a subway thief in Heartburn (1986), and went on to command the television series Wiseguy, in which his artfully menacing portrayal of villain Mel Profitt elicited cult-like adoration.
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 Prisma: Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey spielt in Filmen wie Mike Nichols "Die Waffen der Frauen" (1988) und ist der Schriftsteller Richard Osborn in Philip Kaufmans Henry-Miller-Film "Henry and June" (1990).
Kevin Spacey fasziniert in der Rolle dieser zwiespältigen Figur, auch wenn der Film insgesamt sehr schwergängig war (und an den Kassen floppte).
Danach spielt Spacey in F. Gary Grays Actionthriller "Verhandlungssache" (1998) an der Seite von Samuel L. Jackson, und im gleichen Jahr sieht man ihn zusammen mit Sean Penn und Chazz Palminteri in Anthony Drazans Drama "Hurlyburly".
www.prisma-online.de /tv/person.html?pid=kevin_spacey   (722 words)

  
 Kevin Spacey - Underneath the Marquee! For Pictures, News, Chat and Information.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kevin Spacey made his first appearance on SNL on January 11, 1997 where he did the memorable "Star Wars 20th Anniversary" sketch.
Kevin Spacey gives 110% to each role, from his stand-out performance as a con artist in The Usual Suspects to a suburban dad faced with a midlife crisis in American Beauty.
Kevin Spacey’s career began at New York’s Shakespeare Festival in Henry IV and took off when Joseph Papp, mentor to Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director, Michael Kahn and the first Will Award recipient, pushed Spacey to take his talent to Broadway.
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