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Kevin Spacey
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Biography
Height
5' 11"
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Trivia
Auditioned for The Gong Show in 1978 and was rejected.
Also attended Chatsworth High School with Val Kilmer
His mother was his date for the Oscars the night he won.
Was Co-Valedictorian of his high school class at Chatsworth HS (1977) Won a Tony Award in 1991 for "Lost in Yonkers" Was expelled from Northridge Military Academy (in California) for throwing a tire at a classmate Studied drama at Juilliard School for 2 years Dating long-time girlfriend Diane Dryer
Was paid 225 pounds per week for appearing in the play "The Iceman Cometh" at the Almeida Theatre in London (1998).
(October 1997) Ranked #56 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
Went to Chatsworth High School in Los Angeles with Mare Winningham. During their senior year, Kevin played von Trapp and Mare played Maria in a school production of The Sound of Music. Upon hearing of their Oscar nominations in 1996, Winningham sent a telegram to Spacey saying: "Captain von Trapp - congratulations on your nomination - Maria."
The use of the name Spacey, while rumored as a combination of Spencer Tracey's names, is actually his mother's maiden name.
(May 1999) voted greatest actor of the decade by Empire Magazine
Kevin burnt his sister's tree house down when they were children. This caused his parents to opt for military school, which Kevin promptly left for Chatsworth.
On Saturday Night Live, Spacey pretended to audition for Star Wars as Christopher Walken, and again as Walter Matthau.
Was the first choice to play the role of Lester Burnham in American Beauty (1999).
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Personal quotes
(on winning the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in American Beauty): This has definitely been the highlight of my day.
On American Beauty (1999): "I read the screenplay and nearly fell out of bed. I thought I better meet him quick before someone else read it."
Discussing occasional misconceptions by women that he is gay: For them it's a challenge. They want to be the one to turn me around. I let them.
"My idea of credibility is primarily self-imposed and it all relates to the thing that I've been interested in as an actor and a director, which is what are you *willing* to live with as a human being? And there's things I'm just not willing to live with--and I won't. And if it means that I stop and find something else in life that interests me or challenges me, so be it."
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