The resultant biopic, Beyond the Sea, starred Spacey as Darin, with the actor using his own singing voice for the musical numbers.

John Bigham also left the band to pursue his own career, later founding the band The Soul of John Black ; Bigham was replaced by former Sound Barrier and Mother's Finest guitarist Tracey " Spacey T " Singleton.

Spacey and his childhood friends dreamed of opening a neighborhood theater where they could stage their own " Trigger Street " productions.

As it is, we get a better movie than we might have, because the performances are so good: Spacey as a vulnerable and wounded man ; Hunt as a woman no less wounded in her own way, and Osment, once again proving himself the equal of adult actors in the complexity and depth of his performance.

* The Spacey Awards: Space presents its own awards called the Spacey Awards to the best in sci-fi, fantasy and horror films, television series and video games.

Kevin Spacey, who stars in the lead role and used his own singing voice for the musical numbers, co-wrote, directed, and co-produced the film, which takes its title from the Darin song of the same name.

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.

While in high school, he took on his paternal grandmother's maiden name, " Spacey ", originally a Yorkshire name, as his acting surname.

Spacey earned a fan base following after playing the criminally insane arms dealer Mel Profitt on the television series Wiseguy.

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.

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 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.

Spacey sits on the Board of Directors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund.

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.

In September 2006, Spacey announced his intention to stay on at the Old Vic for at least another nine years, and that due to his continuing UK residency he intends to take up British citizenship when it becomes available to him.

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.

* 8 p. m. EDT: Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, a tribute to John Lennon that became a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit the relief efforts, hosted by Kevin Spacey and featuring Dave Matthews, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, The Isley Brothers, Lou Reed, Marc Anthony, Natalie Merchant, Yolanda Adams, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, is held at Radio City Music Hall and simultaneously broadcast live on the TNT and WB networks.

At the 2002 Golden Globe awards show, one week following Demme's death, Kevin Spacey wore a picture of Demme on his suit jacket.

Later in 1997, Eastwood directed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, based on the novel by John Berendt and starring John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, and Jude Law.

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 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.

Spacey loosely based Lester's early " schlubby " deportment on Walter Matthau.

In a skit on the May 20, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live, Neil Young ( played by Kevin Spacey ) was joined by Dixie Chicks and " indie sensation Bright Eyes " ( played by Andy Samberg ), all of whom have been public in their criticism of George W. Bush.

Kevin Spacey also happens to be known for his impersonation of Al Pacino, among other Hollywood actors, which he showcased in a Saturday Night Live sketch and later in an interview on Inside the Actors Studio.

: A 2008 drama starring Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, and Kate Bosworth, based on the book Bringing Down the House.

She co-starred with actor Kevin Spacey in the 1994 comedy film The Ref, portraying a married couple whose relationship is on the rocks, with actor-comedian Denis Leary as their marriage counsellor.

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is also known for his uncanny impressions of other movie stars, and during his appearance on Inside The Actor's Studio, demonstrated nine of these upon request, including Katharine Hepburn, Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon.

* The 2008 movie, 21, inspired by Bringing Down the House and produced by and starring Kevin Spacey and Jim Sturgess, was released on March 28, 2008 by Columbia Pictures.

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.

Many references to it can be found in the media of the period, including the Laurel and Hardy 1933 film Sons of the Desert, and Arthur Train's 1930 Wall Street Crash novel Paper Profits. Actor Kevin Spacey delivers the line in the film Beyond the Sea, in the song The Curtain Falls, when portraying the singer, Bobby Darin, concluding his stage act.

** Beyond the Sea-Kevin Spacey ; Phil Ramone ( producer )

As of mid-2005, its most recent release ( in a joint venture with Rhino Records ) was the soundtrack of the Bobby Darin biopic Beyond the Sea, which starred Kevin Spacey and featured Spacey's renditions of Darin songs.

* Beyond the Sea ( Kevin Spacey )

* Beyond the Sea ( film ), a 2004 film about Darin's life, starring and directed by Kevin Spacey

* Kevin Spacey sang the song in the movie Beyond the Sea, a biopic about Bobby Darin, in a " fantasy " sequence leading up to his marriage to Sandra Dee.

* Beyond the Sea sung by Kevin Spacey ( 2004 )

Around this time, Spacey coincidentally performed the cover version of Darin's " That Old Black Magic " for the soundtrack of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Spacey appeared in the 1995 thriller film Seven, with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, making a sudden entrance late in the film as the serial killer John Doe, after going unmentioned in the film's advertisements and opening credits.

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.

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.