Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey  (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, film director, writer, producer, and comedian.  He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990’s, culminating in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995), followed by an Academy Award for Best Actor for midlife crisis-themed drama American Beauty (1999).  He played singer Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea (2004), which was a lifelong dream project for Spacey, who took on co-writing, directing, co-producing, and starring duties in the biography/musical about Darin’s life, career, and relationship with actress Sandra Dee.  Spacey provided his own vocals on the Beyond the Sea soundtrack and appeared in several tribute concerts around the time of the film’s release. He received mostly positive reviews for his singing.  (More from Wikipedia)