Kevin Spacey

Actor 

Perhaps no one in Hollywood works harder to defend the value and integrity of the arts quite like KEVIN SPACEY. A lifelong artist, Kevin began his acting career performing comedy at local bowling alleys before refining his abilities in live theater and propelling his career in film where he has won two Academy Awards. In his latest project, Kevin serves as both star and executive producer to "House of Cards", the most talked about series that's not on TV where he portrays a ruthless and unapologetic congressman who will stop at nothing to conquer everything in Washington. Kevin also serves as the Artistic Director of The Old Vic Theatre Company in London. He directed its inaugural production "Cloaca", before appearing in "National Anthems", "The Philadelphia Story", "Richard II", "A Moon for the Misbegotten", which subsequently transferred to Broadway, and "Speed-the-Plow" with Jeff Goldblum. Previous theatre includes "The Iceman Cometh" (Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Actor) directed by Howard Davies (Almeida, Old Vic and Broadway); "Lost in Yonkers: (Tony Award, Best Supporting Actor); "Long Day's Journey into Night" with Jack Lemmon, directed by Jonathan Miller (Broadway and West End) and "The Seagull" (Kennedy Center). His most recent stage appearance was in The Old Vic production of "Inherit the Wind", which marked his second production with Trevor Nunn.

Films include "The Usual Suspects" (Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor), "American Beauty" (Academy and BAFTA Awards, Best Actor), "Swimming with Sharks", "Se7en", "LA Confidential", "Glengarry Glen Ross", "The Negotiator", "K-Pax", "The Shipping News", "Superman Returns", and "Beyond the Sea". He was most recently seen in "Shrink" with Robin Williams, and "The Men Who Stare at Goats" with George Clooney. This fall he will be seen starring as Jack Abramoff in the feature "Casino Jack", directed by George Hickenlooper, which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. He most recently completed production on the films "Margin Call" with Jeremy Iron, Paul Bettany, Demi Moore, Zach Quinto and Simon Baker; and as Jason Bateman's horrible boss in "Horrible Bosses", with Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell for Warner Brothers, directed by Seth Gordon.

His company Trigger Street Productions has produced the films, "21", "The United States of Leland", "The Big Kahuna" and "Fanboys". This fall Sony Pictures will release the Trigger Street produced "The Social Network", the story of the founding of Facebook, directed by David Fincher, and written by Aaron Sorkin. Trigger Street received 11 Emmy nominations and won Best Picture for the HBO film "Recount", in which Spacey played Ron Klain, Al Gore's Chief of Staff during the 2000 Presidential Election. In addition, Trigger Street received 10 Emmy nominations for the HBO film "Bernard & Doris" starring Ralph Feinnes and Susan Sarandon, directed by Bob Balaban.