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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Kevin Spacey, an American actor.
Over his decade-spanning career, Spacey has won two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He was nominated for a Grammy Award as well as twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. Spacey received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, and was named an honorary Commander and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2010 and 2015, respectively.[2] [3] [4]
Spacey won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a crippled conman Roger "Verbal" Kint in the crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995) and the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Lester Burnham, a man going through a midlife crisis in the drama American Beauty (1999). On stage, he received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role in the Broadway play Lost in Yonkers (1991) by Neil Simon. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role in the West End production of The Iceman Cometh (1999).
He gained international acclaim for his portrayal of the ruthless politician Frank Underwood in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards (2013–2016). For his performance he received numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. He was also nominated for five consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | The Usual Suspects | [5] | ||
| 2000 | Best Actor | American Beauty | [6] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Beyond the Sea | [13] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Lost in Yonkers | [14] | ||
| 1999 | Best Leading Actor in a Play | The Iceman Cometh | [15] | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | |||||
| 1997 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | L.A. Confidential | [16] | ||
| 1999 | American Beauty | [17] | |||
| 2001 | The Shipping News | [18] | |||
| British Academy Games Awards | |||||
| 2014 | Performer | ||||
| British Academy Television Awards | |||||
| 2014 | Best International Programme (as producer) | House of Cards | [19] | ||
| 2015 | [20] | ||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | |||||
| 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Outbreak, Swimming with Sharks | |||
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | |||||
| 2013 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | House of Cards | |||
| 2016 | |||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Best Actor | The Iceman Cometh | |||
| 2015 | Society of London Theatre Special Award |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Lost in Yonkers | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | |
| 2007 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Outstanding Actor in a Play | |
| 2012 | Richard III |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Consenting Adults | Best Supporting Actor | |
| 2002 | K-PAX | Best Actor | |
| Country | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 2010 | Honorary Commander | CBE | |||
| 12 June 2015 | Honorary Knight Commander | KBE | |||
In 1999, Spacey received a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Spacey was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon.Litt.D.) from the London South Bank University in November 2005.[30]
In June 2008, he was appointed as Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at St Catherine's College, Oxford, succeeding Patrick Stewart in the post. He was officially welcomed on October 13, 2008.[31]
At the 2014 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) awards Spacey won the Performance in a Drama, Lead for his performance in .[32]
In 2015, Spacey was awarded an honorary knighthood for his services to culture and British theater after finishing a 10-year run as artistic director at London's Old Vic theater.[33]
On April 12, 2015, he received a Special Olivier Award recognising his contribution to British theatre during his eleven-year tenure as Artistic Director of The Old Vic.[34]
The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences decided that due to the sexual allegations brought up by Anthony Rapp, it would reverse its decision to honor Spacey with the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award.[35]