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Kevin Spacey is an American actor (on screen and stage), screenwriter, director and producer. He has been awarded two Oscars, one for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the film The Usual Suspects, which also won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and another for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film American Beauty which also won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. In February 2003, Spacey announced that he had taken a job as the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London, where he has been working since.

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Spacey loves it at the Old Vic

21.06.07
Old Vic director Kevin Spacey is looking ahead to a starry new season as he tackles the renovation of the historic theatre.... more

Spacey back in Mamet

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films.... more

Spacey back in Mamet

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films, Spacey says.... more

Spacey stages Mamet return

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And this year he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films.... more

Rufus triumphant as Rock'n'Roll rules

27.11.06
Sir Tom Stoppard's politics and music saga Rock'n'Roll blasted its way to a double victory at the prestigious Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

It's the Jerry and Bill show

24.11.06
Bill Wyman and Jerry Hall will team up to present the best play prize at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

Plays v musicals: facts and figures

21.11.06
An Evening Standard investigation into the state of West End theatre shows musicals in danger of finishing off straight plays. But what are the figures?... more

Stars pay £2,500 each to help the Old Vic

17.11.06
Guests including Elle Macpherson, Jeremy Irons and Robert Lindsay will pay £2,500 each for lobster and roast beef at a charity meal for the cash-strapped Old Vic.... more

A tale of anguish and longing

27.09.06
The rarely revived A Moon for the Misbegotten tugs pliable heart-strings, but I doubt that Eugene O'Neill's work will be much of a crowd-puller, says Nicholas de Jongh, despite the presence of Kevin Spacey.... more
  • Facts
  • Spacey has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from London South Bank University (November 2005)
  • In 2006, Spacey announced his intention to remain at the Old Vic theatre for at least nine more years, and that he wishes to become a British citizen when it becomes legally available
  • Famous for his voice and character impressions, Spacey has twice hosted American comedy sketch-show Saturday Night Live and appeared on Inside the Actors Studio
  • Spacey’s first professional acting experience was on stage as a spear-carrier in a rendition of Henry VI Part I in 1981 in the New York Shakespeare Festival

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