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Kevin Spacey

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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Richard III, Old Vic - review

30.06.11
Richard III is one of the year's hottest tickets. It reunites Kevin Spacey with Sam Mendes, who directed him in American Beauty - for which both won Oscars... more

Jude Law and Kevin Spacey march against 'Europe's last dictator'

29.03.11
Jude Law and Kevin Spacey joined a London protest against the brutal regime of the man called 'Europe's last dictator' ... more

We need to talk about Kevin Spacey

04.11.10
The Old Vic director on setting his latest production in the vaults of Waterloo station, getting a CBE, his answer to the arts cuts and waiting for Woody to call... more

For sale, Old Vic stars snapped backstage

29.10.10
Photographer has captured another side to some well-known theatre faces, taking pictures of the stars as they relaxed backstage at the Old Vic... more

Two hours of tedium from The Prisoner of Second Avenue

14.07.10
Two Hollywood names in The Prisoner of Second Avenue - a drama about financially stressed times by a popular playwright: it should have worked a treat.... more

A radical plan for the future of the NHS

12.07.10
The Tories entered government with a pledge that the NHS would be safe in their hands — and specifically that it would be protected from spending cuts — but what was less realised was that it was also committed to changing the way the NHS works... more

Beatlemania in Battersea as Kevin Spacey sings with his idol Paul McCartney

02.07.10
Kevin Spacey proved that even the biggest Hollywood star has his own idol, as he jumped at the chance to jam with Sir Paul McCartney.... more

Kevin Spacey commands the screen in Shrink

04.06.10
Shrink is a bit like a voyeur’s view of the Hollywood we only hear about in scandal sheets... more

Sir Paul McCartney stops Old Vic’s roof from falling in

24.05.10
Sir Paul McCartney is to raise the roof in a bid to save the roof of the Old Vic at the first of a new and glamorous series of annual fundraisers.... more

Jeff Goldblum comes back to London to revive his old pals act with Kevin Spacey

20.05.10
Hollywood star Jeff Gold-blum is returning to the London stage after hailing his last experience as the best time he had ever had.... more

Kevin Spacey's tunnel vision for underground theatre

18.05.10
Kevin Spacey and his Old Vic team are returning to present an entire season of work underground as Londoners prove ever eager to encounter culture in strange places.... more

Kevin Spacey and Cate Blanchett keep cool in italy

10.05.10
Kevin Spacey and Cate Blanchett have been filming in Italy and they are making the most of the sun.... more

The 12 shows you must see in London this Christmas

11.11.09
From posh panto to burlesque, London is full of festive entertainment. Here are a dozen shows that should entice children — and adults — into the theatre.... more

Poetic Kevin Spacey brings life to Inherit The Wind

02.10.09
Kevin Spacey's latest offering at the Old Vic - Inherit the Wind - is a revival of a 1950s play that dramatises the confrontation between science and religion.... more

The play's the thing, as theatres rediscover drama this autumn

16.09.09
Londoners are being invited to make the play the thing this autumn as a cavalcade of stars prepares to tread the boards... more

Kevin Spacey tweets with running commentary on 24 Hour plays

24.07.09
Kevin Spacey will tweet secrets from behind the scenes at the Old Vic's 24-hour play marathon this weekend ... more

Spacey meets Darwin at Old Vic as clash over evolution hits the stage

05.06.09
Kevin Spacey will return to the Old Vic stage this autumn to star in Inherit The Wind, a drama inspired by a courtroom clash over the ideas of Charles Darwin... more

Art at the end of the tunnel in Kevin Spacey's Waterloo project

07.05.09
In dark and creepy vaults under Waterloo station, Kevin Spacey is aiming to scare, perplex and thrill you... more

American boy makes good

18.03.09
I think I owe Kevin Spacey a belated apology... more

Heavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize

04.11.08
Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Stars of stage sculpt artistic drama

13.10.08
Stars of the visual arts and theatre have united for the British premiere of a short play at the Old Vic in which sculptures were brought to life ... more

Spacey brings art to life in Brillo idea for Old Vic stage

30.07.08
Kevin Spacey told how he would unite the worlds of art and theatre for an Old Vic production in which famous sculptures will come to life... more

Spacey and Goldblum let rip in virtuoso assault

13.02.08
Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum maintain terrific physical momentum in Speed-the-Plow, helping to disguise the play's pretty soft punch.... more

Sharp film should adapt swimmingly to theatre

08.08.07
With its pressure-cooker sense of enclosure, and action that takes place predominantly in two rooms, Swimming With Sharks is an ideal candidate for stage adaptation, says Nick Curtis.... more

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

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

Stars vying to win our 52nd stage awards

09.11.06
There is plenty of intrigue thrown up by the shortlist for the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Who will take the honours?... more

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  • 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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