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Kevin Spacey: Academy Award
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From All Movie Guide: An actor whose remarkable versatility has often been described as chameleon-like, Kevin Spacey has made an art of portraying a gallery of morally ambiguous characters ranging from the mildly shady to the all-out murderous. Spacey has won acclaim not only for his film work but ... for his television and stage performances. His reputation as one of the best-respected actors of his generation has been verified by an Oscar, a Tony, and an award as Best Actor of the Decade from England's Empire magazine in 1999.
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For someone who was once rejected as a contestant on TV's notorious "The Gong Show," Spacey has come a long way. He is not only one of the few actors to have won two Academy Awards, he is one of only six male actors to have won the Oscar in both the lead and supporting categories (Jack Lemmon, Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, and Denzel Washington are the others). On the other hand, he is one of a seemingly endless parade of film stars to profess that "The movies are not my first priority - the theater is," but one of the few to prove it by remaining consistently active on the legitimate stage. In 2004, he proved it further by accepting an offer to become the artistic director of
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Spacey initially responded with a statement from his publicist calling the article "dishonest and malicious." Then he turned to a full slate of work, including several films, and the recent award-winning stage revival of The Iceman Cometh. However, he kept a low profile with the media, granting few interviews.
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