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Spacey was born in South Orange, New Jersey, the son of Kathleen Ann ( née Knutson ; December 5, 1931 – March 19, 2003 ), a secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler ( June 4, 1924 – December 24, 1992 ), a technical writer and data consultant.

He has two older siblings: a sister, Julie, and a brother, Randy.

He attended Northridge Military Academy, Canoga Park High School ( in tenth and eleventh grades ), and then Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, where he graduated valedictorian of his class.

At Chatsworth High, he starred in the school's senior production of The Sound of Music, playing the part of Captain Georg von Trapp, opposite Mare Winningham's character, Maria.