The Big Picture: Kevin Spacey Career & Biographical Notes: Born in South Orange, New Jersey, also the birthplace of Zach Braff, producer Joel Silver, and singer Lauryn Hill Went to high school with actress Mare Winningham, where the two were co-valedictorians Attended the famed Julliard School in New York City, but left before getting his diploma Secretly thinks theatre is kind of boring

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Kevin Spacey Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• American Beauty
• Bug's Life, A
• Horrible Bosses
• L.A. Confidential
• Ref, The
• Se7en
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil
• Time to Kill, A
• Usual Suspects, The
• Working Girl

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Upcoming Movies: Release Date Film No release date 21

Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
The Men Who Stare at Goats	11/6/09	R			31.95	Info
Moon	6/12/09	N/A
Fred Claus	11/9/07				69.50	Info
Superman Returns	6/28/06	PG-13	4065	76.03	194.17	Info
Beyond the Sea	12/17/04	PG-13	6	0.05	6.14	Info
The United States of Leland	4/2/04	R	14	0.05	0.34	Info
The Life of David Gale	2/21/03	R	2002	7.12	19.69	Info
Austin Powers in Goldmember	7/26/02	PG-13	3613	73.07	213.08	Info
The Shipping News	12/25/01	R	186	1.21	11.41	Info
K-Pax	10/26/01	PG-13	2541	17.22	50.32	Info

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Awards:

2004
Beyond the Sea

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

2001
The Shipping News

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1999
American Beauty

• Win: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Las Vegas Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Win: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Toronto Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1997
L.A. Confidential

• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Boston Film Critics

1995
The Usual Suspects

• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Boston Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, New York Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors' Guild

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