Kevin Spacey on screen and stage


Kevin Spacey is an American actor who began his acting career on stage. His film career started in the late 1980s after small parts in Heartburn and Working Girl. In the 90s, he had supporting roles in the films Glengarry Glen Ross and Iron Will before being cast in the role of Roger "Verbal" Kint in the 1995 The Usual Suspects which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. That same year he played serial killer and villain in Se7en opposite Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. He went on to star in L.A. Confidential, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Negotiator, and American Beauty. The latter earned him his second Academy Award, but this time for Best Actor.
In the 2000s, he appeared in the films Pay It Forward with Helen Hunt, Superman Returns as Lex Luthor, 21 with Jim Sturgess, the latter which he also produced. In 2011, he co-starred with Paul Bettany and Jeremy Irons in the drama film Margin Call. That same year, he played antagonist Dave Harken in the comedy Horrible Bosses with Jason Bateman, a role he reprised in the 2014 sequel Horrible Bosses 2. He played Doc in the 2017 film Baby Driver with Ansel Elgort and Ron Levin in the 2018 film Billionaire Boys Club.
From 2013-17, he starred as Frank Underwood in House of Cards.

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987The EqualizerDetective Sgt. ColeEpisode: "Solo"
1987Long Day's Journey into NightJames "Jamie" Tyrone JrTelevision film
1987Crime StorySenator RourkeEpisode: "The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob"
1988The Murder of Mary PhaganWes BrentMiniseries
1988WiseguyMel Profitt7 episodes
1988UnsubBentonEpisode: "Clean Slate"
1990When You Remember MeWadeTelevision film
1990Fall from GraceJim BakkerTelevision film
1991DarrowClarence DarrowTelevision film
1992L.A. LawGiles KeenanEpisode: "Guess Who's Coming To Murder"
1993TriBeCaChris BodenEpisode: "Heros Exoletus"
1994Doomsday GunJim PriceTelevision film
1997, 2006Saturday Night LiveHimself 2 episodes
2003Freedom: A History of UsVarious6 episodes
2007Bernard and DorisTelevision film; executive producer
2008RecountRon KlainTelevision film
2010Gorilla SchoolNarrator 12 episodes
2012Johnny Carson: King of Late NightNarrator American Masters documentary special, PBS
2013–2017House of CardsFrancis "Frank" Underwood65 episodes; also executive producer
20132014 Breakthrough Prize CeremonyHimself Television special
2014The Colbert ReportFrank UnderwoodEpisode: "1,394"
2016BetrayedMiniseries; executive producer
201771st Tony AwardsHimself Television special
2017Manhunt: UnabomberMiniseries; executive producer
2025MinimarketManlio Viganò's mentorStarring role