MAD GENIUS

KEVIN SPACEY FOWLER

July 26, 1959

Kevin Spacey Fowler popularly known as Kevin Spacey is an American actor, film director, writer, producer, and comedian. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995), followed by an Academy Award for Best Actor for midlife crisis-themed drama American Beauty (1999).

"SOMETIMES THE
PERSON WHO IS
THE MOST LOGICAL
IS THE PERSON
WHOM WE CALL
INSANE.

NO MATTER HOW
GOOD YOU MIGHT BE
IN A MOVIE, YOU'LL
NEVER BE ANY BETTER.
BUT IN A PLAY, I CAN
BE BETTER NEXT
TUESDAY. THAT'S
THE THRILL OF IT.

DIRECTING A FILM WAS SOMETHING I WAS
YEARNING TO DO. I ALWAYS WANTED
TO SEE IF I HAD THE CAPACITY TO BE A
GOOD STORYTELLER."