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Spacey and would
Lemmon in particular
would become
a mentor to
Spacey.

Kevin
Spacey,
film star
and director
of the Old Vic,
in March 2008 told BBC News that he
would like to see
the return
of the show,

Jan Moir
in The Daily Telegraph wrote
in support
of Spacey, saying "
the British loved Play for Today once,
and would do so again
.
Spacey and later

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
.

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
.

Two years
later, he joined Kevin
Spacey for 24 Hour Plays at
the Old Vic,
a series
of productions that were written, rehearsed
and performed
in a single day
.

The name " Keystone Studios " was used
later as
a production label for Cineville
and was named as
the fictional studio
in the Cineville production " Swimming With Sharks " starring Kevin
Spacey.
Spacey and work
Spacey also earned another Tony nomination
the same year, for his
work in a Broadway production
of The Iceman Cometh
.

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
.
Spacey and with

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

Actor Kevin
Spacey recalled that
Lemmon is remembered as always making time for other people
.
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.

Nixon was part
of the cast
of the NBC miniseries The Murder
of Mary Phagan
( NBC, 1988
) starring Jack
Lemmon and Kevin
Spacey and portrayed
the daughter
of a presidential candidate
( Michael Murphy
) in Tanner ' 88
( also 1988
), Robert Altman's political satire for HBO
.

* 1986: Broadhurst Theatre
( Broadway
), New York ;
with Jack
Lemmon ( James
), Bethel Leslie
( Mary
), Kevin
Spacey ( Jamie
), Peter Gallagher
( Edmund
), and Jodie Lynne McClintock
( Cathleen
), directed by Jonathan Miller
.

The 1987 made for TV
film starred Kevin
Spacey as Jamie, Peter Gallagher as Edmund, Jack
Lemmon as James Tyrone, Bethel Leslie as Mary,
and Jodie Lynne McClintock as Cathleen
.

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
film stars Jack
Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kevin
Spacey and Ethan Hawke,
and was written
and directed by Gary David Goldberg
.
Spacey and ),
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
.

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

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
.

Before filming, Mendes
and Spacey analyzed Jack Lemmon's performance
in The Apartment
( 1960
), because Mendes wanted
Spacey to emulate "
the way moved,
the way he looked,
the way he was
in that office
and the way he was an ordinary man
and yet
a special man ".

On March 26, 2000, American Beauty won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor
( Spacey ), Best Original Screenplay
and Best Cinematography
.

Tricked by her boss
( Oliver Platt
) into
a date
with his lascivious colleague
( Kevin
Spacey ), she gets into trouble by publicly insulting him
and is reassigned as secretary to
a new financial executive, Katharine Parker
( Sigourney Weaver ).

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

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
.

With
the building evacuated
and placed under siege by police
and Federal Bureau
of Investigation
( FBI
), Roman issues his conditions, which include finding Roenick's informant
and summoning police Lieutenant Chris Sabian
( Kevin
Spacey ), another top negotiator
.

Using library records, Somerset
and Mills track down
a man named John Doe
( Kevin
Spacey ), who has frequently checked out books related to
the deadly sins
.

* The Ref
( 1994
), which starred Dennis Leary, Judy Davis
and Kevin
Spacey

* The Life
of David Gale
( 2003
), directed by Alan Parker,
with Kevin
Spacey and Kate Winslet
.

" -- Kevin
Spacey discusses Trigger Street, Marie Claire
( UK
), April 2003
0.178 seconds.