In Hollywood, if Kim Carey is a fickle actor, Kevin Spacey is definitely a fickle actor. Many of the screen images he has created are gentle, treacherous, sophisticated, or cruel, but they are not simply good or bad. He is particularly adept at playing various sinister and cunning villains, playing a large number of morally problematic characters, and is a famous black actor.
He won two Oscars (1995 "Very Suspect", 2000 "American Beauty") and in 1999 the British film magazine Empire awarded him the title of "Best Actor in 10 Years". In 2006, Time Magazine's best actor since the 90s, Kevin Spacey beat Tom Hanks to second place, and the same gloomy and fickle Daniel Day-Louis came out on top.
In his childhood, due to family reasons, Spacey traveled with his family for many years and suffered a lot of hardships. However, he also showed a talent for acting from an early age. Jack Lemmon, a 13-year-old Hollywood acting superstar, patted him on the shoulder and praised: "Boy, you're a fantastic actor, you're a born actor." ”
Spacey studied theatre at the world-renowned Juilliard School between 1979 and 1981. His acting career debuted as a messenger at the 1981 Shakespeare Festival in New York.
The following year, Kevin Spacey made his Broadway debut in Ibsen's Ghosts.
He also won the Tony Award, the highest award in American theater, in 1991 for his performance in Neil Simon's Broadway play The Lost New Yorker.
In 1995, Kevin Spacey single-handedly created two villains who can be known in the history of cinema: One is Saliva Gingt in "Very Suspects" and the other is the perverted killer John Dou in "Seven Deadly Sins". So far, both films have become suspense classics that fans talk about. With "Very Suspect", Spacey successfully won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, which is also the starting point for him to become a first-line male star in Hollywood.
At the 68th Academy Awards, Spacey won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the first time for his superb performance in the film "Very Suspect"
One of Spacey's most iconic film roles: The Suspect in The Seven Deadly Sins. His performance in the film even overwhelmed the male protagonist Brad Pitt, becoming one of the most complex villains.
Spacey is quite insistent on the screenplay, and the 97-year-old Los Angeles Secrets movie has a story and a surprisingly strong cast. Without exception, Spacey is still the villain.
In The American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendez in 1999, Kevin Spacey starred as a middle-aged man named Lester who had failed in his career. Kevin Spacey's acting skills in the film were impressive, and he also won the 72nd Academy Award for Best Actor, reaching the peak of his career. At the end of the year, he was named the "Best Actor of the New Century" by Entertainment Weekly, and the "Best Actor of the 90s" by the British "Empire Magazine".
"American Beauty" won 5 Awards at the 72nd Academy Awards, including Kevin Spacey for Best Actor
After the great success of "American Beauty", he became a big star in Hollywood, but he moved to London to serve as the artistic director and chairman of the board of directors of the old Vic Theatre in London, and began a new journey on the road of performing arts.
Spacey and the actors of the Old Vic Theatre Company
He deliberately faded out of the entertainment industry's attention, but because of the hit of "House of Cards", he once again attracted the world's attention. The show was a great success and response after its broadcast, with one-sided praise from the media and audience. And his performance in it is once again impressive, and he plays the scheming politician Francis Underwood, who is extremely charismatic.
For the main actor, when some viewers questioned whether his performance was typed, he replied:
"People say I always play the bad guy. But I don't care at all, I don't play someone's brother, or any positive role. Unless Martin Scorsese makes an opinion. ”
In addition, he has quite a few movies worth seeing:
Co-starring with Wu Yanzu and Gong Beiyuan in "Inseparable"
"Storm of Interests" about the struggle between human nature and materialism
The Life of David Gore, a Discussion of the Dignity of Life
Nominated for The Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Association of America for Best Actor, "The Stranger"
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