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Kevin Spacey: Roles
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Born in New Jersey in 1959, Kevin Spacey is one of those few actors who have tasted success both on stage and on films. As an actor he can fit into any role, hero, comedian, or villain.
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Kevin Spacey's second season as artistic director of the Old Vic will begin with a production of Richard II, starring Spacey in the title role. Trevor Nunn will direct the play, which will likely begin performances in September.
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Kevin Spacey is going back behind the camera to direct the story of Bobby Darin, the legendary crooner who died tragically of a rheumatic heart in 1973. Spacey will ... star as Darin in the film which is being fully financed by MDP Worldwide, Mark Damon's sales and financing outfit which also backed The United States Of Leland, produced by Spacey's Trigger Street Productions in which he also had a supporting role.
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By this time, Spacey was starting to work steadily in film, although he maintained his stage work, winning a 1990 Tony Award for his role in the Broadway production of Lost in Yonkers. He ... did a substantial amount of television work, appearing on the series Wiseguy as deranged criminal Mel Proffitt. Criminal or morally questionable activities were to figure largely in Spacey's subsequent portrayals: His first starring role in a film was as the husband of a murdered woman in the 1992 Consenting Adults. The same year, he won acclaim for his portrayal of a foul-mouthed, leech-like real estate agent in James Foley's screen adaptation of the David Mamet play, Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Spacey grew up in California, where he began his career as a stage actor in the 1980s. Then he began to get supporting roles in film and television. His first screen breaks came in 1986 released "Heartburn". Then came, "Working Girl" in 1989 where he played a Wall Street broker. Before long, he did more films and came to be regarded as a respected actor. The early 1990s witnessed him playing many supporting roles.
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Spacey's most recent film role is as the villainous Lex Luthor in the Bryan Singer-directed superhero film, Superman Returns. It has recently been confirmed that he will reprise the role in the upcoming sequel, scheduled for 2009. The film opened on June 28, 2006. Spacey ... appears in Edison Force (originally titled Edison), co-starring Morgan Freeman and Justin Timberlake; Edison Force received a direct-to-video release on July 18, 2006.
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