Kevin Spacey Fowler, born 26 July 1959 in South Orange, New Jersey, is an American actor known for work on stage and screen. He began in film with small roles in Mike Nichols comedies Heartburn and Working Girl, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects in 1995, and the Academy Award for Best Actor for American Beauty in 1999. His other films include Glengarry Glen Ross, Outbreak, Se7en, L.A. Confidential, Superman Returns and Baby Driver, and he directed Albino Alligator and Beyond the Sea. On television he played Frank Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards from 2013 to 2017. He also won a Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Awards for stage work and led the Old Vic theatre in London from 2004 to 2015. His career was disrupted by sexual misconduct allegations from 2017, which he has denied and for which he was acquitted or not found liable in court.
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Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor.
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Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor.
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Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor.
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He has also directed the films Albino Alligator (1996) and Beyond the Sea (2004).
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He won two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for playing a con man in The Usual Suspects (1995)
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and Best Actor for playing a suburban husband and father going through a midlife crisis in American Beauty (1999).
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House of Cards, which won him a Golden Globe Award
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He won a Tony Award in 1991 for his role in Lost in Yonkers.
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He won a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in a revival of The Iceman Cometh in 1999.
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Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor.
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Spacey began his film career with small roles in Mike Nichols's comedy-drama films Heartburn (1986) and Working Girl (1988).
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From 2013 to 2017, he starred as Frank Underwood in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards
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