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During the 1990s actor Kevin Spacey was catapulted into international stardom through his roles in the movies The Usual Suspects (1995) and Se7en (1995) .

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Kevin Spacey was born July 26, 1959 in South Orange, NJ. During the 1990s The Usual Suspects (1995) and Se7en (1995) catapulted him into international stardom. Later films include LA Confidential, American Beauty,

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and The Shipping News. He starred as singer Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea, also producing, directing, and co-writing the film. He is also a well respected theater actor.

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Film and theatre actor, born in South Orange, NJ, USA. He studied drama at the Juilliard School for two years. After various roles on stage and in television in the USA, he moved into films, his early film work including Working Girl (1988), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). During the 1990s The Usual Suspects (1995) and Se7en (1995) catapulted him into international stardom. Later films include LA Confidential (1997), American Beauty (1999, Oscar), The Shipping News (2001), The Life of David Gale (2002), and Superman Returns (2006). He starred as singer Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea (2004), also producing, directing, and co-writing the film. He is a well respected theatre actor in both the USA and England, notable roles including those in Lost in Yonkers (1991) and The Iceman Cometh (1998). In 2003 he was appointed artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre, London, and also starred in the company's productions of The Philadelphia Story (2005) and A Moon for the Misbegotten (2006).

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