Kevin Spacey Net Worth Estimate:
Kevin Spacey net worth is currently estimated as being $70 million dollars USD. The bulk of Kevin Spacey net worth has come from his acting career.
Who is Kevin Spacey?
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Kevin Spacey (whose full name is Kevin Spacey Fowler) is an actor of stage and screen, and a producer. Over the years, he’s received numerous awards for his work, such as 2 Oscars, a Tony, 4 SAG Awards, and 2 Olivier Awards. He’s also been nominated for 12 Emmys and a Grammy.
Some of Kevin Spacey’s most famous film roles are those in Glengarry Glen Ross, The Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential, Se7en, and American Beauty. On television, he was highly lauded for playing Frank Underwood in the Netflix remake of the British series House of Cards.
Kevin Spacey’s reputation was destroyed however in October of 2017. Various men, including the actor Anthony Rapp, came forward and accused Spacey of sexually harassing and assaulting them, many when they were underage.
As a result, Kevin Spacey was fired from House of Cards and removed from numerous other projects.
Kevin Spacey’s Career
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Kevin Spacey’s stage debut was in 1981 for the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Henry VI, Part I. In 1982, he debuted on Broadway in the role of Oswald in Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. Then he was Philinte in The Misanthrope by Molière. In 1984, Kevin Spacey played all of the male roles in the play Hurly Burly by David Rabe.
In 1986, Kevin Spacey got his big break on stage in a highly praised production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill. Jack Lemmon and Peter Gallagher were also in the cast.
That was the same year as his film debut in Heartburn by Mike Nichols, which starred Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. In 1988, he was again cast by Mike Nichols in Working Girl.
Around this time, he also appeared on the show L.A. Law, a miniseries called The Murder of Mary Phagan, and a comedy called See No Evil, Hear No Evil. This reputation as a character actor then led to him being cast as the villain of the film of Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet in 1992. Al Pacino was also in it.
In 1991, Kevin Spacey played Uncle Louie in Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon and won the Tony for his efforts. In 1999, Kevin Space got a Tony nom and an Olivier Award for his part in The Iceman Cometh also by Eugene O’Neill.
In 1994, he had a starring role in The Ref, co-starring with Judy Davis. In 1995, he played an evil boss in Swimming with the Sharks.
In 1995, he had his first iconic performance in The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer. He played Verbal Kint and was granted the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the role. That same year, he also played John Doe, the serial killer, in the grisly Se7en, directed by David Fincher.
He also had a role in Outbreak that year. In 1996, he appeared in A Time to Kill and directed a film called Albino Alligator. In 1998, he was the voice of the evil grasshopper Hopper in Pixar’s A Bug’s Life.
In 1999, Kevin Spacey starred in American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. He played Lester Burnham, a sad suburban dad who develops a lustful crush on a teenage girl. This part won him his 2nd Academy Award, but for Best Lead Actor this time around. He also got his Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
In 2000, Kevin Spacey played a teacher in Pay It Forward. In 2001, he played a mental patient and potential space alien in a panned film called K-Pax. In 2004, he portrayed famous singer Bobby Darrin in a biopic called Beyond the Sea.
From 2003-2015, Kevin Spacey was the Old Vic’s artistic director. The Old Vic is one of the
oldest, most venerated theatres in London. In 2005, Kevin Spacey played Richard II in a production that Trevor Nunn directed. In 2016, Kevin Spacey was given an honorary knighthood, presented by Prince Charles.
In 2006, Bryan Singer cast Kevin Spacey in another villain role. This time it was as the infamous Lex Luthor in his sequel to the Christopher Reeve Superman films. It was called Superman Returns.
In 2008, Kevin Spacey played a professor at MIT in a movie called 21. In 2010, Kevin Spacey starred in a film called Inseparable in China. He became the first American Hollywood actor in history to star in a film that was fully funded by China.
In 2011, Kevin Spacey had a starring role in Margin Call. It was about the 2008 financial crisis. It also starred Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, Zach Quinto, Jeremy Irons, and Paul Bettany. Kevin Spacey and the whole cast were awarded the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award.
Later that year, Kevin Spacey appeared in the huge hit Horrible Bosses.
Meanwhile, Kevin Spacey was also starring as Frank Underwood in Netflix’s first big hit series House of Cards. It was based on a BBC show from 1990. He got multiple Emmy nominations for the role over the years. He also won a Golden Globe for it.
In 2013, Kevin Spacey was the executive producer of Captain Phillips, which got a Best Film Oscar nom.
In 2016, Kevin Spacey played Richard Nixon in the film Elvis & Nixon. In 2016, he starred as a man whose soul became trapped in a cat’s body in the film Nine Lives.
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Kevin Spacey Sexual Assault Allegations
In late October of 2017, famous actor from Broadway (the original cast of RENT) and screen (such as Star Trek: Discovery) Anthony Rapp alleged Kevin Spacey of having made a sexual advance at him when he was underage. At the time, Anthony Rapp was only fourteen years old and Kevin Spacey twenty six.
In 2001, Anthony Rapp had told the same story in The Advocate but they’d redacted Kevin Spacey’s name at the time to avoid legal troubles. After Rapp told the story again in 2017, Kevin Spacey claimed to not recall the encounter but blamed drunkenness if it had happened.
In September of 2020, Anthony Rapp sued Kevin Spacey. The accusations included sexual battery, sexual assault, and intentionally inflicting emotional distress on a child. In turn, 15 other accusers came forward.
One was an anchorwoman who accused Kevin Spacey of sexually abusing her son. One was Harry Dreyfuss, the son of famous actor Richard Dreyfuss. Eight of them were people who’d worked with him on House of Cards.
Others were people who claimed he’d groped and assaulted various men when he worked as the artistic director of London’s Old Vic Theatre.
In May of 2022, in the United Kingdom, a British court charged Kevin Spacey of 4 separate sexual assault counts against 3 men.
In response to Anthony Rapp’s initial accusations, Kevin Spacey came out in a statement that was heavily criticized by many people. Some of the names included Wanda Sykes, Lance Bass, George Takei, and Billy Eichner.
They claimed that, in so doing, he was trying to shift the attention away from Anthony Rapp’s allegation against him. They also said that he was trying to use alcohol as an excuse for pedophiliac behavior, and also was implying that gay people were predisposed to sexually assaulting minors.
Due to the allegations, Netflix immediately suspended House of Cards season 6 in order to be retooled. They also set up an anonymous hotline for the crew to report complaints against him, as well as providing counselors and legal advisors.
Additionally, Kevin Spacey was cut from the show, and the season was cut down to 8 episodes. Similarly, he was cut from the at-the-time upcoming Netflix film Gore. Meanwhile, he was cut from a film called All the Money in the World, his entire role being reshot with Christopher Plummer.
He also had various awards rescinded, and his publicist as well as his talent agency dropped him.
On Christmas Eve 2018, Kevin Spacey posted a YouTube video in which, in character as Frank Underwood, he tried to deny the actual allegations against him. He did another similar video the next Christmas Eve labelled “Kill Them With Kindness”.
The next year, he did one called “1-800 XMAS” that ended with him expressing sadness for people during the COVID pandemic. Critics have described the videos as being tone deaf and deeply bizarre.
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Kevin Spacey Early Life
Kevin Spacey was born as Kevin Space Fowler on the twenty sixth of July in the year 1959 in the town of South Orange, New Jersey, United States of America. His mom, Kathleen Ann Knutson Fowler was a secretary, and his dad Thomas Geoffrey Fowler was a data consultant.
When he was 4, Kevin Spacey’s family moved to Southern California. He has a sister as well as an older brother, Randy, from whom he is estranged. Randy has claimed that their dad was a Nazi who used to physically and sexually abuse them. Kevin Spacey claims that none of that is true.
Kevin Spacey attended Juilliard School to study acting.
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Kevin Spacey’s Personal Life and Family
For many years, Kevin Spacey denied that he was gay, even as rumors piled up due to the fact that he was still single in Hollywood in his 40s. It was only after the sexual allegations against him started to pour in that he came out in what many considered to be a crass and manipulative manner.
Kevin Spacey’s Social Media Influence
Ever since the sexual allegations against him destroyed Kevin Spacey’s career, he has no social media presence whatsoever. Therefore, social media doesn’t currently have an impact on Kevin Spacey net worth, except for perhaps having helped impede its future growth.
Kevin Spacey technically still has an official public verified Facebook account. On this popular social media account, he had 3.6 million followers. However, he has only posted a handful of times since the allegations against him came out years ago now.
Therefore, it seems unlikely that it has a significant impact on Kevin Spacey net worth now.
Kevin Spacey technically still has an official public verified Twitter account. Kevin Spacey’s official public verified Twitter handles is simply @KevinSpacey. Because Twitter’s search algorithm is not case sensitive, it can also be found by entering the handle in all lower case.
On this popular social media account, Kevin Spacey has 4 million followers. However, he has only posted a handful of times since the allegations against him came out years ago now. Therefore, it seems unlikely that it has a significant impact on Kevin Spacey net worth now.
Kevin Spacey technically still has an official public verified Instagram account. Kevin Spacey’s official public verified Twitter handles is simply @kevinspacey, all lower case letters.
On this popular social media account, Kevin Spacey has 594,000 followers. However, he has only posted a handful of times since the allegations against him came out years ago now. Therefore, it seems unlikely that it has a significant impact on Kevin Spacey net worth now.
Kevin Spacey does not have an official public verified LinkedIn account, and given the current state of his career, he’s unlikely to have one any time soon, if ever. Therefore, as with the other social media sites Kevin Spacey net worth isn’t isn’t likely to ever be impacted by this social media platform.
TikTok
Kevin Spacey does not have an official public verified TikTok account, as the service wasn’t prominent at the time his career was affected by the sexual assault allegations against him.
Given the current state of his career, he’s unlikely to sign up any time soon, if ever. Therefore, as with the other social media sites Kevin Spacey net worth isn’t likely to ever be impacted by this social media platform.
Kevin Spacey: Height, Weight
Kevin Spacey is estimated as being 5 feet, 10 inches tall, or 178 cm, or 1.78 m. Kevin Spacey’s weight is estimated to be 176 pounds or 80 kilos. Kevin Spacey’s eye color is hazel. Kevin Spacey’s hair color is salt and pepper.
Kevin Spacey’s Net Worth & Bio Summary
| Name | Kevin Spacey |
| Real Name | Kevin Spacey Fowler |
| Age | 63 |
| Place of Birth | South Orange, New Jersey, USA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Net Worth Estimate | $70 Million |