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104-592: Spacey may refer to: Kevin Spacey (born 1959), American actor, director, screenwriter and producer Marieanne Spacey (born 1966), English footballer Spacey Awards , also referred to as the Spaceys, awards presented by the Canadian cable network Space See also [ edit ] Spacey Jane , an Australian indie rock band formed in 2016 Topics referred to by

208-631: A BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a Golden Globe Award . That same year, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Spacey played a physically and emotionally scarred grade school teacher in Pay It Forward (2000), a patient in a mental institution who may or may not be an alien in K-Pax (2001), and singer Bobby Darin in Beyond

312-435: A Golden Globe Award and two consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor. Both Spacey and the show itself were nominated for five consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series , respectively. In 2017, Spacey faced several allegations of sexual misconduct . In 2018 and 2019, Spacey faced multiple criminal investigations; however, in each case Spacey

416-542: A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lecturer in the film 21 . The film is based on Ben Mezrich 's best seller Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions , a story of student MIT card-counters who used mathematical probability to aid them in card games such as blackjack . In early 2010, Spacey went to China to star in writer-director Dayyan Eng 's black comedy film Inseparable , becoming

520-538: A midlife crisis in American Beauty (1999). His other films include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Outbreak (1995), Se7en (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), L.A. Confidential (1997), Pay It Forward (2000), Superman Returns (2006), 21 (2008), Margin Call (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), and Baby Driver (2017). He has also directed the films Albino Alligator (1996) and Beyond

624-620: A spear carrier in a New York Shakespeare Festival performance of Henry VI, Part 1 in 1981. The following year, he made his first Broadway appearance, as Oswald in a production of Henrik Ibsen 's Ghosts , starring Liv Ullmann and director John Neville , which opened at the Eisenhower Theater in Washington's Kennedy Center . He then portrayed Philinte in Molière 's The Misanthrope . In 1984, Spacey appeared in

728-616: A "charismatic" serial killer. On November 3, 2022, Variety reported that Spacey was set to speak at the National Museum of Cinema and was going to receive a lifetime achievement award on January 16, 2023, despite the allegations against him. On November 28, 2022, after winning a sexual battery lawsuit against him filed by Anthony Rapp , Spacey was cast in the British indie thriller Control . Its director, Gene Fallaize, dismissed concerns about working with Spacey. In 2022, Spacey

832-469: A Best Actor Emmy Award for this performance. A 1982 TV film directed by William Woodman was produced by ABC featuring an all-African American cast of Earle Hyman (James), Ruby Dee (Mary), Thommie Blackwell (Jamie), and Peter Francis James (Edmund). A 1987 TV film directed by Jonathan Miller starred Kevin Spacey as Jamie, Peter Gallagher as Edmund, Jack Lemmon as James Tyrone, Bethel Leslie as Mary, and Jodie Lynne McClintock as Cathleen. Lemmon

936-516: A Drama Series at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2013, becoming the first lead actor to be Primetime Emmy-nominated from a web television series. Spacey went on to win the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards for his season 2 performance. He

1040-709: A Kick in the Head " and " King of the Road ". In December 2007, Spacey co-hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert along with Uma Thurman . On March 18, 2011, it was announced that Spacey was cast as Frank Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards , adapted from a 1990 BBC political drama of the same name . He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in

1144-512: A baby they had lost before Edmund's birth. When Cathleen announces dinner, Mary indicates that she is not hungry and is going to bed. James goes in to dinner all alone, knowing that Mary is really going upstairs to get more drugs. Edmund returns home to find his father playing solitaire. While the two argue and drink, they also have an intimate, tender conversation. James explains his stinginess, and also reveals that he ruined his career by staying in an acting job for money. After so many years playing

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1248-720: A charity that enables school children across the UK to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres. He also sits on the board of directors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund . In mid-2006, Spacey said that he was having the time of his life working at the Old Vic; at that point in his career, he said, he was "trying to do things now that are much bigger and outside [myself]". Spacey performed in productions of National Anthems by Dennis McIntyre, and The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry , in which he played C.K. Dexter Haven,

1352-474: A depressed suburban father and advertising executive who becomes attracted to his teenage daughter's best friend. The film and its performance received widespread acclaim, particularly Spacey with critic Roger Ebert declaring, "Spacey, an actor who embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice, is the right choice for Lester Burnham. He does reckless and foolish things in this movie, but he doesn't deceive himself; he knows he's running wild--and chooses to, burning up

1456-425: A drink instead. Mary does most of the talking and discusses her love for fog but her hatred of the foghorn, and her husband's obvious obsession with money. Mary already took some of her "prescription." She talks about her past in a Catholic convent, the promise she had as a pianist, and plans for becoming a nun. She also makes it clear that, while she fell in love with her husband upon meeting him, she had never taken to

1560-470: A family struggling to grapple with the realities and consequences of each member's failings. The parents and two sons blame and resent each other for various reasons; bitterness and jealousy serve as proxies for ultimately failed attempts at tenderness and compassion. The family's enduring emotional and psychological stress is fueled by their shared self-analysis, combined with articulate honesty. The story deals with addiction, unfulfilled dreams, moral flaws, and

1664-674: A film based on a 1917 dog sled race Iron Will (1994) directed by Charles Haid . Spacey also played one-half of a bickering Connecticut couple alongside Judy Davis in the dark comedy Christmas film The Ref (1994), and a malicious Hollywood studio boss in the satire Swimming with Sharks (1995). Spacey gained prominence for his role as the enigmatic criminal Verbal Kint in Bryan Singer 's neo-noir film The Usual Suspects (1995). He starred opposite an ensemble cast including Gabriel Byrne , Benicio del Toro , and Chazz Palminteri . Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, "Spacey

1768-400: A production of David Rabe 's Hurlyburly , in which he rotated through each of the male parts (he would later play Mickey in the film version ). Next came Anton Chekhov 's The Seagull alongside David Strathairn and Colleen Dewhurst . In 1986, Spacey appeared in a production of Sleuth in a New Jersey dinner theatre . Spacey's prominence as a stage actor began in 1986, when he

1872-456: A result. (Mary's troubles are alluded to, but not made clear until much later in the play.) She is looking much healthier than the family has been accustomed to, and they remark frequently on her improved appearance. However, she still retains the haggard facial features of a long-time addict. As a recovering addict, she is restless and anxious. She also suffers from insomnia. When Edmund, her younger son, hears her moving around at night and entering

1976-591: A role that was made famous by Spencer Tracy in the 1960 film of the same name . Sam Mendes directed Spacey in Shakespeare's Richard III ; Spacey played the title role . The show began in June 2011, commencing a worldwide tour culminating in New York in early 2012. In March 2014, it was announced that Spacey would star in a one-man play at the Old Vic to celebrate his ten years as artistic director. He took on

2080-764: A separate criminal case in London, he was acquitted by a jury of sexual assault charges in 2023. Long Day%27s Journey into Night A Moon for the Misbegotten is a sequel to Journey. The play takes place on a single day in August 1912. The setting is Monte Cristo Cottage , the seaside home of the Tyrones in Connecticut. The four main characters are the semi-autobiographical representations of O'Neill, his older brother, and their parents. The play portrays

2184-636: A separation between the public life and the private life. Everybody has the right to a private life no matter what their professions are. In 2017, Spacey came out as gay in a statement denying a sexual misconduct allegation. In 2023, Spacey was accused in court of using his decision to come out as gay to "disguise" his behavior. Spacey is a Democrat and has been described as left-leaning , with his political views mirroring some of those professed by his fictional character in House of Cards. Spacey worked on Jimmy Carter 's 1976 presidential campaign . He

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2288-712: A street protest in London against Lukashenko's regime. In October 2008, Spacey started the Kevin Spacey Foundation in the UK to encourage youth involvement in the arts. Headquartered in England and Wales , its purpose was to provide grants to individuals and organizations to help young people study the arts, particularly theatre. The charity shut down in February 2018 following sexual misconduct allegations against Spacey. In September 2006, Spacey said that he intended to take up British citizenship when it

2392-489: A sudden entrance late in the film as serial killer John Doe after going uncredited and unmentioned in the film's advertisements and opening credits. His work in Seven , The Usual Suspects and Outbreak earned him Best Supporting Actor honors at the 1995 Society of Texas Film Critics Awards . Spacey played an egomaniacal district attorney in A Time to Kill (1996) and founded Trigger Street Productions in 1997 with

2496-550: A supporting role as a police detective in the crime drama film The Man Who Drew God , directed by and starring Franco Nero , which is about a blind artist who is wrongly accused of sexually abusing a child. The film reunited Spacey with Faye Dunaway , whom he directed in Albino Alligator . In August 2021, Spacey was reportedly filming in California for a small production, Peter Five Eight , in which he plays

2600-506: Is a friend of President Bill Clinton , having met Clinton before his presidency began. Spacey once described Clinton as "one of the shining lights" in the political process. He additionally made a cameo appearance in the short film President Clinton: Final Days , a light-hearted political satire produced by the Clinton Administration for the 2000 White House Correspondents Dinner . Spacey has undertaken activism in

2704-430: Is a wealthy but somewhat miserly man. His money is all tied up in property, which he hangs onto despite impending financial hardship. His dress and appearance are showing signs of his strained financial circumstances, but he retains many of the mixed affectations of a classical actor in spite of his shabby attire. His wife Mary recently returned from treatment for morphine addiction and has put on some much-needed weight as

2808-472: Is back on morphine. Jamie has not returned home, but has elected instead to continue drinking and to visit prostitutes. After calling Jamie a "hopeless failure", Mary warns that his bad influence will drag his brother down as well. After seeing the condition that his wife is in, James expresses the regret that he bothered to come home, and he attempts to ignore her as she continues her remarks, which include blaming him for Jamie's drinking. Then, as often happens in

2912-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kevin Spacey Kevin Spacey Fowler KBE (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen , he has received numerous accolades , including two Academy Awards , a BAFTA Award , a Golden Globe Award , a Tony Award , and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for 12 Emmy Awards . Spacey

3016-463: Is offered to him. When asked about the UK's 2016 European Union membership referendum , Spacey replied, "I appreciate you asking me the question, but I am not a British citizen, I am a resident of Great Britain. And I have never in my twelve years ever gotten involved in politics in Great Britain. I think it's inappropriate for me as a, really as a guest, in Great Britain, so I'll leave that to

3120-426: Is quick to point out that the only reason he has survived as an actor is through his father's influence in the business. Mary speaks of her frustration with their summer home, its impermanence and shabbiness, and her husband's indifference to his surroundings. With irony, she alludes to her belief that this air of detachment might be the very reason he has tolerated her addiction for so long. Finally, unable to tolerate

3224-644: Is terrific as the mysterious weak link in the chain of thieves". The role won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role . That same year, Spacey also appeared in the David Fincher detective thriller Seven (1995) starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman . Spacey made

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3328-483: The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs . He next starred in the comedy film Nine Lives , as a man trapped in the body of a cat. The film was released on August 5, 2016. In January 2016 it was announced that Relativity Media , which was just emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy , had acquired Trigger Street Productions and that Spacey would become chairman of Relativity Studios , while Dana Brunetti would become

3432-540: The Cary Grant role in the film version . Critics applauded Spacey for taking on the management of a theatre, but noted that while his acting was impressive, his skills and judgment as a producer/manager had yet to develop. In the 2006 season, Spacey suffered a major setback with a production of Arthur Miller 's Resurrection Blues , directed by Robert Altman . Despite an all-star cast (including Matthew Modine and future House of Cards co-star Neve Campbell ) and

3536-458: The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center , is made up as it may appear in the play. The family in the script corresponds to the O'Neill family, which was Irish-American, with three name changes. The family name "O'Neill" is changed to "Tyrone", which is the name of the earldom granted to Conn O'Neill by Henry VIII. The names of the second and third sons are reversed, "Eugene" with "Edmund". In fact, Eugene,

3640-512: The HBO original political drama film Recount revolving around Florida's vote recount during the 2000 United States presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore . The film was written by Danny Strong and directed by Jay Roach and starred Bob Balaban , Laura Dern , John Hurt , Denis Leary , and Tom Wilkinson . The television film won three Primetime Emmy Awards , including Outstanding Television Movie . For his performance in

3744-707: The Order of the British Empire in 2010 and 2015, respectively. Spacey briefly dated American actress April Winchell after she graduated high school in the early 1980s. An article in The Sunday Times Magazine in 1999 stated that Spacey's "love affair with acting, and the absence of a visible partner in the life of an attractive 40-year-old, has resulted in Esquire magazine asserting two years ago that he must be gay". Spacey responded to

3848-517: The 10th and 11th grades. He graduated co-valedictorian (along with Mare Winningham ) of the class of 1977 of Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, Los Angeles , California. At Chatsworth, Spacey starred in the school's senior production of The Sound of Music , playing the part of Captain Georg von Trapp , with Winningham as Maria von Trapp . He started using his middle name "Spacey", which

3952-589: The 25th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party in 2017. Spacey met Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez in September 2007 but never spoke to the press about their encounter. During the trip, he visited the Venezuelan film studio Villa del Cine . In March 2011, following Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko 's crackdown on the Belarusian democracy movement , Spacey joined Jude Law in

4056-707: The Actors Studio , he imitated (at host James Lipton 's request) Jack Lemmon, James Stewart , Johnny Carson , Katharine Hepburn , Clint Eastwood , John Gielgud , Marlon Brando , Christopher Walken , and Al Pacino . On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Spacey admitted to using his vocal skills as a young actor in New York City to pretend to be Carson's son to obtain free theatre tickets and to enter Studio 54 . Spacey's Capitol / EMI album Forever Cool (2007) features two duets with Spacey and an earlier recording of Dean Martin : " Ain't That

4160-544: The British people." In 2024, Spacey endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , running as an independent, in the 2024 United States presidential election . In 2017, Spacey faced several allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment. On October 29, 2017, actor Anthony Rapp was the first to accuse Spacey of sexual misconduct. In the following weeks, other accusers came forward, including actor Roberto Cavazos, filmmaker Tony Montana , Richard Dreyfuss 's son Harry, and at least eight people who worked on House of Cards . In

4264-468: The British premiere of the play Cloaca by Maria Goos , directed by Spacey, which opened to mixed reviews. In the 2005 season, Spacey made his UK Shakespearean debut, to good notices, in the title role of Richard II , directed by Trevor Nunn . On June 16, 2016, Spacey was awarded an honorary knighthood for his services to theatre, arts education, and international culture in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours . The honour, Knight Commander of

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4368-574: The Detective Sergeant Jack "Hollywood Jack" Vincennes, an officer and technical advisor for a fictional TV police drama series. The ensemble cast received praise with Jack Matthews of Newsday citing Spacey as the highlight writing, "Best of ail are Spacey striking an impossible balance of smarminess and charm". The role landed Spacey a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role . The following year he voiced

4472-449: The O'Neill collection at Yale University. Soon after O'Neill's death, his widow Carlotta Monterey demanded that Random House contravene O'Neill's explicit wishes and publish the play at once. "We refused, of course," wrote publisher Bennett Cerf in his memoirs, "but then were horrified to learn that legally all the cards were in her hand. … I do not regret that we took the stand we did, because I still think we were right." Monterey had

4576-539: The Order of the British Empire , was given at Clarence House by then- Prince Charles . As a non- Commonwealth Realm citizen, the award is honorary and he is not entitled to the honorific "Sir". Spacey had previously been awarded the lesser rank of honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama in 2010. Spacey was a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival ,

4680-646: The Sea (2004). In Broadway theatre, Spacey starred in a revival of Eugene O'Neill 's Long Day's Journey into Night in 1986. He won a Tony Award in 1991 for his role in Lost in Yonkers . He won a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in a revival of The Iceman Cometh in 1999. Spacey portrayed the title role in Richard III in 2011 and Clarence Darrow in a West End production of Darrow in 2015. He

4784-536: The Sea (2004). The latter was a lifelong dream project for Spacey, who took on co-writing, directing, co-producing and starring duties in the biography/musical about Darin's life, career and relationship with actress Sandra Dee . Facing little interest for backing in the U.S., Spacey went to the United Kingdom and Germany for funding. Almost all of the film was made in Berlin . Spacey provided his own vocals on

4888-560: The Virgin never would forgive her. When James comes back with more alcohol he notes that there was evidence that Jamie had attempted to pick the locks to the whiskey cabinet in the cellar, as he has done before. Mary ignores this and bursts out that she is afraid that Edmund is going to die. She also confides to James that Edmund does not love her because of her drug problem. When James attempts to console her, Mary again rues having given birth to Edmund, who appears to have been conceived to replace

4992-571: The actions taken by a group of employees during the subsequent financial collapse, made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. Spacey received the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award along with the cast. That same year, Spacey co-starred in the black comedy film Horrible Bosses , which grossed over $ 209.6 million at the box office. In 2013 he executive-produced

5096-584: The biographical survival thriller film Captain Phillips , which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture . He starred as President Richard Nixon in the comedy-drama Elvis & Nixon (2016), which is based on the meeting that took place between Nixon and singer Elvis Presley ( Michael Shannon ) in December 1970 wherein Presley requested that Nixon swear him in as an undercover agent in

5200-410: The critic George Jean Nathan : "There are good reasons in the play itself...why I'm keeping this one very much to myself, as you will appreciate when you read it." O'Neill did not copyright the play. In 1945 he had a sealed copy of the manuscript placed in the document vault of publisher Random House , instructing that it not be published until 25 years after his death. He sent a second sealed copy to

5304-485: The date when the play is set (1912), but prior to the play's writing (1941–42), Eugene's older brother Jamie did drink himself to death (c. 1923). Regarding O'Neill himself, by 1912 he had attended a renowned university (Princeton), spent several years at sea, and suffered from depression and alcoholism. He did contribute poetry to the local newspaper, the New London Telegraph , as well as reporting, and he

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5408-439: The domain of HIV/AIDS . In 2002, he and fellow actor Chris Tucker accompanied Bill Clinton on a trip throughout several African countries to promote AIDS awareness on the continent. The trip gained renewed attention in 2019 amidst the sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein , whose plane was used. Spacey also participated in several fundraisers for HIV/AIDS healthcare, including amfAR Cinema Against AIDS in 2016 and

5512-618: The effect a positive diagnosis might have on his mother than on himself. The constant possibility that she might relapse worries him still further. Jamie and Edmund taunt each other about stealing their father's alcohol and watering it down so he won't notice. They speak about Mary's conduct. Jamie berates Edmund for leaving their mother unsupervised. Edmund berates Jamie for being suspicious. Both, however, are deeply worried that their mother's addiction may have resurfaced. Jamie points out to Edmund that they had concealed their mother's addiction from him for ten years, explaining that his naiveté about

5616-414: The film's soundtrack and appeared in several tribute concerts around the time of its release. Spacey received mostly positive reviews for his singing, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. However, reviewers debated the age disparity between Spacey and Darin, noting that Spacey was too old to convincingly portray Darin, particularly during the early stages of the singer's life depicted in

5720-575: The film, Spacey was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film . That same year Spacey produced the TV movie Bernard and Doris , an HBO semi-fictionalized account of the relationship that developed between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke and her self-destructive Irish butler Bernard Lafferty later in her life. The film starred Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon and

5824-538: The film. In 2006, Spacey played Lex Luthor in the Bryan Singer superhero film Superman Returns starring Brandon Routh . He was to return for its 2009 sequel, but the series was instead rebooted with the 2013 film Man of Steel . Spacey also appeared in Edison , which received a direct-to-video release in 2006. The film was released in theaters in Netherlands on March 12, 2006. In 2008, Spacey played

5928-431: The first Hollywood actor to star in a fully Chinese-funded film. In 2011, Spacey starred in J.C. Chandor 's financial thriller Margin Call alongside Paul Bettany , Jeremy Irons , Zachary Quinto , Demi Moore , and Stanley Tucci . The story at large takes place over a 24-hour period at a large Wall Street investment bank during the initial stages of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 . The film, which focuses on

6032-483: The future years of an empty lifetime for a few flashes of freedom". For this role, Spacey won his second Oscar , this time for Best Actor in a Leading Role . In his acceptance speech he dedicated his Oscar to Jack Lemmon , praising him as an influence, mentor, and father figure. He also stated, "[Lemmon's] performance in The Apartment stands as one of the finest we've ever had". For his role he also received

6136-472: The intimidating grasshopper, Hopper in the animated Pixar film A Bug's Life (1998). Throughout his career, Spacey has been well known for playing villains; he remarked in 2013: "I think people just like me evil for some reason. They want me to be a son of a bitch." In 1999, Spacey acted alongside Annette Bening in Sam Mendes 's American Beauty . In the film he played the role of Lester Burnham,

6240-605: The live theatre community. In 1991, he won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Uncle Louie in Neil Simon 's Broadway hit Lost in Yonkers . His father was unconvinced that Spacey could make a career for himself as an actor and did not change his mind until Spacey became well known. In 1999, Spacey won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and earned another Tony Award nomination in 1999 for The Iceman Cometh . In February 2003, Spacey announced that he

6344-621: The nature of the disease was understandable but deluded. They discuss the upcoming results of Edmund's tests for tuberculosis, and Jamie tells him to prepare for the worst. Mary appears. She is distraught about Edmund's coughing, which he tries to suppress so as not to alarm her, fearing anything that might trigger her addiction again. When Edmund accepts his mother's excuse that she had been upstairs so long because she had been "lying down", Jamie looks at them both contemptuously. Mary notices and starts becoming defensive and belligerent, berating Jamie for his cynicism and disrespect for his parents. Jamie

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6448-494: The new version of the film in time for a December 25 release. Spacey appeared in the film Billionaire Boys Club , which had a limited release on August 17, 2018. Vertical Entertainment stated that it would take no action to remove Spacey from the film, as it had been completed in late 2016, before the allegations made in October 2017. We don't condone sexual harassment on any level and we fully support victims of it. At

6552-475: The part of Clarence Darrow in the play. In 1986, Spacey made his first film appearance in Mike Nichols 's Heartburn starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson . Spacey plays a small role credited as a subway thief. In 1988, Spacey also briefly appeared in another Nichols film, Working Girl , as businessman Bob Speck. Some of Spacey's other early roles include a widowed millionaire on L.A. Law ;

6656-527: The past, comes downstairs. Holding her wedding gown, she talks about her convent days and how she lost her vocation by falling in love with James, while her husband and sons silently watch her. Several characters are referenced in the play but do not appear on stage: O'Neill finished revising the manuscript into its final version in March 1941. He did not want it ever produced as a play, and did not even want it published during his lifetime, writing to his friend,

6760-437: The pedigree of Miller's script, Spacey's decision to lure Altman to the stage proved disastrous: after a fraught rehearsal period, the play opened to a critical panning, and closed after only a few weeks. Later in the year, Spacey starred in Eugene O'Neill 's A Moon for the Misbegotten , along with Colm Meaney and Eve Best . The play received excellent reviews for Spacey and Best, and was transferred to Broadway in 2007. For

6864-580: The play published by the Yale University Press in 1956, with the bulk of the proceeds deeded to Yale's Eugene O'Neill Collection and for scholarships at its drama school. In key aspects, the play closely parallels Eugene O'Neill's own life. The location, a summer home in Connecticut, corresponds to the family home Monte Cristo Cottage , in New London, Connecticut (the small town of the play). The actual cottage, today owned and operated by

6968-421: The play, Mary and James try to get over their animosity and attempt to express their love for one another by remembering happier days. When James goes to the basement to get another bottle of whiskey, Mary continues to talk with Edmund. When Edmund reveals that he has consumption (tuberculosis), Mary refuses to believe it, and attempts to discredit Dr. Hardy, due to her inability to face the reality and severity of

7072-401: The playwright, was the third and the youngest child, and he corresponds to the character of "Edmund" in the play. O'Neill's mother, Mary Ellen "Ella" Quinlan , corresponds to the character Mary Cavan. The ages are all the actual ages of the O'Neill family in August 1912. Eugene O'Neill's father, James O'Neill , was a promising actor in his youth, as was the father in the play. He also shared

7176-516: The purpose of producing and developing entertainment across various media. Spacey made his directorial debut with the film Albino Alligator (1996). The film was a box office bomb , grossing $ 339,379 with a budget of $ 6 million, but critics praised Spacey's direction. He starred in the Curtis Hanson directed neo-noir crime film L.A. Confidential (1997) acting alongside Russell Crowe , Guy Pearce , and Kim Basinger . Spacey played

7280-429: The rumors by telling Playboy and other interviewers that he was not gay, and by telling Lesley White of The Sunday Times  : I chose for a long time not to answer these questions because of the manner in which they were asked, and because I was never talking to someone I trusted, so why should I? Recently I chose to participate because it's a little hard on the people I love. In 1999, reports suggested Spacey

7384-437: The same part, he lost his talent for versatility. Edmund talks to his father about sailing and of his failure to become a poet. They hear Jamie coming home drunk, and James leaves to avoid fighting. Jamie and Edmund converse, and Jamie confesses that although he loves Edmund more than anyone else, he wants him to fail. Jamie passes out. When James returns, Jamie wakes up, and they quarrel anew. Mary, lost in her drug-laden dreams of

7488-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Spacey . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spacey&oldid=1178786020 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

7592-416: The same time, this is neither an easy nor insensitive decision to release this film in theatres, but we believe in giving the cast, as well as hundreds of crew members who worked hard on the film, the chance to see their final product reach audiences. Following the allegations leveled against him, Spacey maintained a lower profile and his career stalled. In May 2021, it was announced that he had been cast in

7696-685: The season. The play's first production in the United Kingdom came in 1958, opening first in Edinburgh, Scotland, and then moving to the Globe Theatre in London's West End . It was directed again by Quintero, and the cast included Anthony Quayle (James), Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (Mary), Ian Bannen (Jamie), Alan Bates (Edmund), and Etain O'Dell (Cathleen). The play was made into a 1962 film starring Katharine Hepburn as Mary, Ralph Richardson as James, Jason Robards as Jamie, Dean Stockwell as Edmund, and Jeanne Barr as Cathleen. The movie

7800-664: The second-season premiere of Crime Story , playing a Kennedy-esque American senator. That same year he appeared in spy thriller series The Equalizer as Detective Sergeant Cole in the episode "Solo". He earned a fan base after playing the manic depressive arms dealer Mel Profitt on the television series Wiseguy (1988). Spacey hosted Saturday Night Live twice: first in 1997 with musical guest Beck and special guests Michael Palin and John Cleese from Monty Python's Flying Circus and again in May 2006 with musical guest Nelly Furtado . In 2008 Spacey starred as Ron Klain in

7904-438: The situation. She accuses Edmund of attempting to get more attention by blowing everything out of proportion. In retaliation, Edmund reminds his mother that her own father died of consumption, and then, before exiting, he adds how difficult it is to have a "dope fiend for a mother." Alone, Mary admits that she needs more morphine and hopes that someday she will "accidentally" overdose, because she knows that if she did so on purpose,

8008-406: The spare bedroom, he becomes alarmed, thinking she is succumbing to her addiction. He questions her about it indirectly, but she reassures him that she just wanted to get away from her husband's snoring. In addition to Mary's problems, the family is burdened by Edmund's coughing; they fear that he might have tuberculosis, and are anxiously awaiting a doctor's diagnosis. Edmund is more concerned about

8112-543: The spring part of the 2007–08 season, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Michelle Kelly joined Spacey as the three characters in David Mamet 's 1988 play Speed-the-Plow . In 2009, he directed the premiere of Joe Sutton 's Complicit , with Richard Dreyfuss , David Suchet and Elizabeth McGovern . Later that year, Trevor Nunn directed Spacey in a revival of Inherit the Wind . Spacey played defense lawyer Henry Drummond,

8216-409: The stage production without significant changes. The film swept the acting awards at the 17th Genie Awards , winning awards for Hutt, Henry, Donaldson and Burns. This version later was aired by PBS on its Great Performances series in 1999. A new film adaptation was filmed in 2022 , directed by Jonathan Kent (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Jessica Lange (reprising her role from

8320-598: The stage with Edwin Booth , who is mentioned in the play. James O'Neill achieved commercial success in the title role of Dumas ' The Count of Monte Cristo , playing the title role about 6,000 times, but he was criticized for "selling out" for commercial success at the expense of artistic merit. Eugene's mother Mary did attend Saint Mary's College , a Catholic school in the Midwest, in Notre Dame, Indiana. Subsequent to

8424-419: The struggle of family relationships. James Tyrone is a 65-year-old actor who had long ago bought a "vehicle" play for himself and had established his reputation based on this one role in which he had toured for years. Although that "vehicle" had served him well financially, he is now resentful that his having become so identified with this character has limited his scope and opportunities as a classical actor. He

8528-474: The studio's president. Spacey called the move "an incredible opportunity to make great entertainment" and said he considered it the "next evolution in my career". However, when the paperwork for the studio was filed for the court, it emerged that Spacey had opted out of assuming the chairmanship of the studios, and by the end of 2016 Brunetti had also left Relativity, while both remained executive producers on House of Cards and Manifesto . In March 2017, it

8632-419: The television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988), opposite Lemmon; and the comedy See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989). Spacey quickly developed a reputation as a character actor , and was cast in bigger roles, including the malevolent office manager in the ensemble film adaptation of the David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) starring Al Pacino , as well as news reporter Harry Kingsley in

8736-598: The theatre crowd. She shows her arthritic hands to Cathleen and explains that the pain is why she needs drugs – an explanation which is untrue and transparent to Cathleen. When Mary dozes off, Cathleen exits to prepare dinner. Mary awakes and begins to have haunting memories about life before marriage. She decides that her prayers as an addict are not being heard by the Virgin Mary and decides to go upstairs to get more drugs. Before she can do so, Edmund and James Sr. return home. The men are drunk, but they realize that Mary

8840-570: The wake of these claims, Netflix cut ties with Spacey, shelving his biopic of Gore Vidal and removing him from the last season of House of Cards . His completed role as J. Paul Getty in Ridley Scott 's film All the Money in the World (2017) was reshot with Christopher Plummer . Spacey has denied the accusations and was found not liable in a 2022 civil lawsuit filed by Rapp in New York. In

8944-407: The way Jamie is looking at her, Mary asks him angrily why he is doing it. "You know!", he retorts, and tells her to take a look at her glazed eyes in the mirror. Mary and Cathleen return home from their drive to the drugstore, where Mary has sent Cathleen in to purchase her morphine prescription. Not wanting to be alone, Mary does not allow Cathleen to go to the kitchen to finish dinner and offers her

9048-416: Was "a white supremacist and a neo-Nazi " who would call him "an F-word that is very derogatory to the gay community". He stated that, as a result, he became extremely private about his personal life and did not come out as gay earlier in his life. Spacey had previously described his father as "a very normal, middle-class man". Spacey attended Northridge Military Academy, Canoga Park High School in

9152-600: Was admitted to a sanatorium in 1912–13, suffering from tuberculosis (consumption), whereupon he devoted himself to playwriting. Thus, the events in the play are set immediately prior to O'Neill beginning his career in earnest. Long Day's Journey into Night was first performed on February 2, 1956, by the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. The production was in Swedish (as Lång dags färd mot natt ). It

9256-451: Was announced that Spacey would portray J. Paul Getty in Ridley Scott 's All the Money in the World . He shot his role in the film in ten days over the summer of 2017. But because of the sexual assault allegations against Spacey, it was announced on November 8, 2017, that all of his footage would be excised, and that Christopher Plummer would replace him in reshoots . In spite of the very tight schedule, TriStar Pictures completed

9360-499: Was cast as the late Croatian leader Franjo Tuđman in the political drama Once Upon a Time in Croatia , directed by Jakov Sedlar . In 2024, notable industry members such as actors Sharon Stone , Liam Neeson , F. Murray Abraham , and Stephen Fry , film director Paul Schrader and theatre director Trevor Nunn vocally supported Spacey's attempts to return to acting. In 1987, Spacey made his first major television appearance in

9464-510: Was cast opposite Jack Lemmon , Peter Gallagher , and Bethel Leslie , as Jamie, the eldest Tyrone son, in Jonathan Miller 's lauded production of Eugene O'Neill 's Long Day's Journey into Night . Lemmon in particular would become a mentor to Spacey and was invited, along with Spacey's high school drama teacher, to be present when Spacey received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999. Spacey remained actively involved in

9568-683: Was dating a script supervisor named Dianne Dreyer, with their relationship possibly dating back as far as 1992. In 2000, Spacey brought Dreyer to the Academy Awards ; during the acceptance speech for his Best Actor award, Spacey said, "Dianne, thank you for teaching me about caring about the right things, and I love you." In 2007, Gotham magazine quoted Spacey saying: I've never believed in pimping my personal life out for publicity. Although I might be interested in doing it, I will never do it. People can gossip all they want; they can speculate all they want. I just happen to believe that there's

9672-605: Was directed by Bengt Ekerot , with the cast of Lars Hanson (James Tyrone), Inga Tidblad (Mary Tyrone), Ulf Palme (James Tyrone Jr.), Jarl Kulle (Edmund Tyrone) and Catrin Westerlund (Cathleen, the serving-maid). The production was universally praised by the critics. The Broadway debut of Long Day's Journey into Night took place at the Helen Hayes Theatre on 7 November 1956, shortly after its American premiere at Boston's Wilbur Theatre . The production

9776-578: Was directed by Bob Balaban . The film premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival to critical acclaim, and Spacey was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie . Spacey portrayed the antagonist Jonathan Irons in the 2014 video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare through motion capture . Spacey is well known in Hollywood for his impressions . When he appeared on Inside

9880-546: Was directed by José Quintero , and its cast included Fredric March (James Tyrone), Florence Eldridge who was March's wife in real life (Mary Tyrone), Jason Robards Jr. ("Jamie" Tyrone), Bradford Dillman (Edmund), and Katherine Ross (Cathleen). The production won the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play (Fredric March), and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play of

9984-675: Was directed by Sidney Lumet . At that year's Cannes Film Festival , Richardson, Robards and Stockwell all received Best Actor awards, and Hepburn was named Best Actress. Hepburn also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress . In 1973, the ITV Sunday Night Theatre program on British television presented a videotaped television version of the 1971 production at the National Theatre directed by Peter Wood and starring Laurence Olivier, Constance Cummings, Denis Quilley, and Ronald Pickup. Olivier won

10088-603: Was either not charged or the charges against him were dropped. He has denied the accusations and was found not liable in a 2022 lawsuit in New York. In a separate case in London, he was acquitted by a jury of sexual assault charges in 2023. Kevin Spacey Fowler was born in South Orange, New Jersey , to Kathleen Ann ( née Knutson), a secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler, a technical writer and data consultant. His family relocated to Southern California when he

10192-448: Was fired from the series after the fifth season following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Spacey has won two Academy Awards , a Tony Award , a Golden Globe Award , four Screen Actors Guild Awards and a British Academy Film Award . He was nominated for a Grammy Award and for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards . Spacey received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 and was named an honorary Commander and Knight Commander of

10296-409: Was four years old. Spacey has a sister and an older brother, Randy Fowler, from whom Spacey is estranged . His brother has stated that their father, whom he described as a racist " Nazi supporter", was sexually and physically abusive , and that Spacey shut down emotionally and became "very sly and smart" to avoid beatings. Spacey first addressed the matter in October 2022, saying that his father

10400-468: Was his paternal grandmother's maiden name. Spacey had tried to succeed as a comedian for several years before attending the Juilliard School in New York City, as a member of Group 12 , where he studied drama with teacher Marian Seldes between 1979 and 1981. During this time period, he performed comedy in bowling alley talent contests. Spacey's first professional stage appearance was as

10504-467: Was named an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2015. Spacey began his film career with small roles in Mike Nichols 's comedy-drama films Heartburn (1986) and Working Girl (1988). He won two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for playing a con man in The Usual Suspects (1995) and Best Actor for playing a suburban husband and father going through

10608-518: Was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie the following year. A 1996 film adaptation was directed by Canadian director David Wellington and starred William Hutt as James, Martha Henry as Mary, Peter Donaldson as Jamie, Tom McCamus as Edmund and Martha Burns as Cathleen. The same cast had previously performed the play at Canada's Stratford Festival ; Wellington essentially filmed

10712-610: Was the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London from 2004 to 2015, for which he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award . In 2017, he hosted the 71st Tony Awards . In television, Spacey portrayed Ron Klain in Recount (2008) and produced Bernard and Doris (2008), both for HBO Films . From 2013 to 2017, he starred as Frank Underwood in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards , which won him

10816-419: Was to become the artistic director of the Old Vic , one of London's oldest theatres. Appearing at a press conference with Judi Dench and Elton John , Spacey promised both to appear on stage and to bring in big-name talent. He undertook to remain in the post for a full ten years. The Old Vic Theatre Company staged shows eight months out of the year. Spacey's first season started in September 2004, opening with

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