Kevin Spacey
USA Born 1959

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Fowler KBE (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, producer, and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, obtaining supporting roles in film and television. Spacey's first roles in film were in Mike Nichols' Heartburn (1986), and Working Girl (1988). He gained critical acclaim in the 1990s, with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995) and an Academy Award for Best Actor for the midlife-crisis-themed drama American Beauty (1999).

Career Highlights

  • Two-time Academy Award winner
  • Star of American Beauty and The Usual Suspects
  • Golden Globe and Emmy winner
  • Stage and screen icon

Best Movies

Major roles, sorted by priority

1
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

8.2

1995

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

2
American Beauty

American Beauty

8

1999

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

3
Baby Driver

Baby Driver

7.4

2017

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

4
L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

7.8

1997

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

5
A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

7.4

1996

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

6
Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses

6.6

2011

For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.

7
The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

7.4

2003

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

8
21

21

6.7

2008

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.

9
K-PAX

K-PAX

7.2

2001

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

10
Pay It Forward

Pay It Forward

7.4

2000

Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.

More Films

11The Negotiator

The Negotiator

1998

7.1
12Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992

7.3
13Margin Call

Margin Call

2011

6.9
14Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2

2014

6.2

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