Kevin Spacey

Date of Birth: July 26, 1959
Place of Birth: South Orange, New Jersey, USA

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Kevin Spacey mini-bio: Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor and film director. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Oscar for The Usual Suspects (Supporting), followed by a Best Actor Oscar win for American Beauty. He has starred in many other Hollywood films including Se7en, L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, and Superman Returns. Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.

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Kevin Spacey Fowler was the youngest of three children born to Thomas and Kathleen Fowler in South Orange, New Jersey. His mother was a personal secretary, his father a technical writer whose irregular job prospects led the family all over the country. 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 then found his way to Chatsworth High School in the San Fernando Valley, where he managed to channel his dramatic tendencies into a successful amateur acting career.

He briefly attended Los Angeles Valley College, then left (on the advice of another Chatsworth classmate, Val Kilmer) to join the drama program at Juilliard. After two years of training he was anxious to work, so he quit Juilliard sans diploma and signed up with the New York Shakespeare Festival. His first professional stage appearance was as a messenger in the 1981 production of "Henry VI".

Spacey is unmarried and vehemently protects his private life, about which very little is known. Between 1992 and 2000, Spacey discreetly dated Dianne Dreyer. He was also reported to have been briefly dating actress Helen Hunt in 2000.

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Casino Jack (Unrated, 2010)
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Moon (R, 2009)
Telstar (Telstar: The Joe Meek Story) (Unrated, 2009)
Fanboys (PG-13, 2008)
Recount (Unrated, 2008)
21 (PG-13, 2008)
Columbus Day (R, 2008)
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