During the several years following American Beautys release, Spacey appeared in films that he believes hadn't done as well critically or in terms of box office.

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.

Spacey also appeared in Edison, co-starring Morgan Freeman and Justin Timberlake ; Edison received a direct-to-video release on July 18, 2006.

Spacey is well known in Hollywood for his impressions as when he appeared on Inside the Actors Studio he imitated, at host James Lipton's request: James Stewart, Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Clint Eastwood, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon.

The 2000 Academy Awards ceremony honored another future co-star, Kevin Spacey, who, along with Helen Hunt, appeared in Osment's next film, Pay It Forward ( 2000 ).

Songs from the album have also appeared in the films Wonder Boys starring Michael Douglas and The Life of David Gale starring Kevin Spacey.

* Kevin Spacey appeared in second season premiere as a crusading, Kennedy-esque Senator.

As a musical theatre actress, she starred as Ado Annie in the Columbia Artists revival of Oklahoma !, and also appeared opposite Kevin Spacey in Gypsy.

She appeared at the first Spacey Awards too.

The many performers who have appeared at the theatre include Pearl Bailey, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and John Barrymore, Warren Beatty, Sarah Bernhardt, Claire Bloom, Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Fanny Brice, Carol Channing, George M. Cohan, Claudette Colbert, Katharine Cornell, Hume Cronyn, Tim Curry, Denishawn, Ruth Draper, Todd Duncan, Maurice Evans, Lillian Gish, Ruth Gordon, Julie Harris, Rex Harrison, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Joseph Jefferson, James Earl Jones, Lucille La Verne, Eva LeGallienne, Jerry Lewis, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Eartha Kitt, Ian McKellen, Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Rita Moreno, Helen Morgan, Rosie O ' Donnell, Laurence Olivier, Annie Oakley, Geraldine Page, Robert Redford, Debbie Reynolds, Chita Rivera, Will Rogers, Rosalind Russell, George C. Scott, Kevin Spacey, Sting, Jessica Tandy, Norma Terris, Marlo Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Franchot Tone, Rip Torn and Liv Ullmann.

He has appeared in numerous feature films with the likes of Jack Nicholson, Shirley MacLaine, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey ( K-Pax ), Al Pacino ( People I Know and Denzel Washington ; and with directors Woody Allen ( The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Hollywood Ending ), Mike Nichols ( Wolf and Charlie Wilson's War ), James Ivory ( Surviving Picasso ), Steven Spielberg ( War of the Worlds ), Ido Mizrahy ( Things That Hang from Trees ), Spike Lee ( Inside Man ), and with Clint Eastwood he was Dr. Tarr in Changeling.

Hoffman played the lead role in Outbreak ( 1995 ), alongside Rene Russo, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Donald Sutherland.

Mendes did not want a big star " weighing the film down "; he felt Spacey was the right choice based on his performances in the 1995 films The Usual Suspects and Seven, and 1992's Glengarry Glen Ross.

The Negotiator is a 1998 action thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey.

Emanuel Levy of Variety wrote: " Teaming for the first time Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson, arguably the two best actors of their generation, in perfectly fitting roles is a shrewd move and the best element of this fact-inspired but overwrought thriller.

Edison ( also known as Edison Force in the United States ), is a 2005 American thriller film written and directed by David J. Burke, starring Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake, and Kevin Spacey.

Spacey would later work with Lemmon in Dad ( 1989 ), the critically acclaimed film Glengarry Glen Ross ( 1992 ) and on stage in a revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night.

Although his interest soon turned to film, Spacey remained actively involved in the live theater community.

However, reviewers criticized the age disparity between Spacey and Darin, noting that Spacey was too old to convincingly portray Darin, particularly during the early stages of the singer's life depicted in the film.

In 2006, Spacey played Lex Luthor in the Bryan Singer – directed superhero film, Superman Returns.

In early 2010, Spacey went to China to star in writer-director Dayyan Eng's black-comedy film, Inseparable, alongside Hong Kong star Daniel Wu.

Spacey was the first Hollywood actor to star in a fully Chinese-funded film.

Based on a true story of a teacher arrested for teaching his students evolution also known as the " Scopes Monkey Trial ," Spacey played defense lawyer Henry Drummond, a role that was made famous by actor Spencer Tracy in the 1960 film of the same name.

Dunst was offered the role of Angela in the 1999 drama film American Beauty, but turned it down because she did not want to appear in the film's suggestive sexual scenes or kiss co-star Kevin Spacey.

In the 2006 film Superman Returns, Luthor is portrayed by Kevin Spacey, set sometime after the events of Superman II.

DreamWorks launched a major campaign to increase American Beautys chances of Academy Award success ; at the 72nd Academy Awards the following year, the film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor ( for Spacey ), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

During the film, Lester's physique improves from flabby to toned ; Spacey worked out during filming to improve his body, but because Mendes shot the scenes out of chronological order, Spacey varied postures to portray the stages.

Critically acclaimed, American Beauty was widely considered the best film of 1999 by the American press ; it received overwhelming praise, chiefly for Spacey, Mendes and Ball.

* Interstate 84, a 2000 film directed by Ross Partridge and executive produced by Kevin Spacey

The makers of the DCAU have used these impressions in their work, having Rosenbaum do his Walken voice for Ghoul in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and his Spacey voice for Deadshot ; coincidentally, Spacey portrayed Lex Luthor in the film Superman Returns, and Walken played Max Shreck in Batman Returns.

* American Beauty ( film ), a 1999 film starring Kevin Spacey and directed by Sam Mendes

In the film Casino Jack, Kevin Spacey plays infamous lobbyist Jack Abramoff who is depicted in one scene, while before a senate hearing, repeating Al Pacino's famous words in the movie.

In 2011, well-known film actor Kevin Spacey starred in an Old Vic production which subsequently toured the United States, directed by well-known stage and film director Sam Mendes.

Kevin Spacey – Seven

* For suspense purposes, Kevin Spacey, in Seven, requested not to be credited in the opening titles or in any advertising for the film.

He was also close friends with actors Tony Curtis, Ernie Kovacs, Walter Matthau, and Kevin Spacey.

Spacey played an egomaniacal district attorney in A Time to Kill ( 1996 ), and founded Trigger Street Productions in 1997, with the purpose of producing and developing entertainment across various media.

Spacey won universal praise and a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a depressed suburban father who re-evaluates his life in 1999's American Beauty ; the same year, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2001, Spacey co-hosted, with Judi Dench, the Unite for the Future Gala, a UK fundraiser for the British Victims of 9 / 11 and Médecins Sans Frontières at London's Old Vic Theatre, produced by Harvey Goldsmith and Dominic Madden.

Beyond The Sea 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 hosted Saturday Night Live twice: first in 1997 with musical guest Beck and special guests Michael Palin and John Cleese from Monty Python's Flying Circus ; and again in the last episode of season 31 with musical guest Nelly Furtado.

Capitol / EMI's album Forever Cool ( 2007 ) features two duets with Spacey and the voice of the late Dean Martin: " Ain't That a Kick in the Head " and " King of the Road.

Spacey's first season started in September 2004, and opened with the British premiere of the play Cloaca by Maria Goos, directed by Spacey, which opened to mixed reviews.

In the 2006 season, Spacey suffered a major setback with a production of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues, directed by Robert Altman.

Later in the year, Spacey starred in Eugene O ' Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, along with Colm Meaney and Eve Best.

In March 2011, following Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown on the Belarusian democracy movement, Spacey, along with Jude Law and others, joined street protests against Lukashenko.

Both the Hackman and Spacey versions of Luthor surround themselves with bungling henchmen and dim-witted molls.

Kevin Spacey stars as office worker Lester Burnham, who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela ( Mena Suvari ).

Reviewers praised most aspects of the production, with particular emphasis on Mendes, Spacey and Ball ; criticism tended to focus on the familiarity of the characters and setting.

" Mendes offered Bening the role of Carolyn without the studio's consent ; although executives were upset at Mendes, by September 1998, DreamWorks had entered negotiations with Spacey and Bening.

" Spacey obliged, eventually coming up with 35 phrases, but Bening could not always keep a straight face, which meant the scene had to be shot ten times.

The website included an overview, a photo gallery, cast and crew filmographies, and exclusive interviews with Spacey and Bening.

In 2000, Hunt starred in four films: Dr. T & the Women, with Richard Gere ; Pay It Forward, with Kevin Spacey and Haley Joel Osment ; What Women Want, with Mel Gibson ; and Cast Away, with Tom Hanks.

More recently, the play was staged by Trevor Nunn in modern costume at the Old Vic in 2005, with Kevin Spacey in the title role, and by Michael Grandage at the Donmar Warehouse in 2011-12 with Eddie Redmayne in the title role.