Kevin Spacey
Actor; two Oscars for The Usual Suspects and American Beauty; starred in House of Cards
- Entries
- 13
- On the record
- 9
- Stories
- 1
- Latest entry
- Jul 26, 2023
The record
Kevin Spacey is an American actor with two Academy Awards, won in 1996 and 2000, and from 2004 to 2015 he was artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London. Since 2017 his record has been shaped by allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied, and by the court cases that followed them.
No criminal case against him has ended in a conviction. A Massachusetts charge was dropped in 2019 when the complaining witness would not testify. In England he faced 12 charges involving four men, pleaded not guilty to every one, and a jury acquitted him on the nine that reached a verdict.
Roles and honours on the record
Every entry, newest first
- Ruled
A jury at Southwark Crown Court found Spacey not guilty on all counts, CNN reported. Kevin Spacey ordered to pay House of Cards producer MRC $31M
- Ruled
A federal jury in Manhattan found Spacey not liable for battery in Anthony Rapp's suit, NBC News reported. Kevin Spacey ordered to pay House of Cards producer MRC $31M
- Ruled
A Los Angeles judge denied Spacey's request to overturn the MRC award, BBC News reported. Kevin Spacey ordered to pay House of Cards producer MRC $31M
- Filed
Spacey's lawyers filed an opposition asking the court to set the award aside, Variety reported. Kevin Spacey ordered to pay House of Cards producer MRC $31M
- Ruled
An arbitrator ordered Spacey and two of his companies to pay MRC about $31M, BBC News reported. Kevin Spacey ordered to pay House of Cards producer MRC $31M
Stories in this file
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The record, entry by entry
- 1996-03-25 Official At the 68th Academy Awards he won Actor in a Supporting Role for The Usual Suspects. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 68th ceremony
- 2000-03-26 Official At the 72nd Academy Awards he won Actor in a Leading Role for American Beauty, his second Oscar. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 72nd ceremony
- 2017-11-16 Reported The Old Vic said an external inquiry by the law firm Lewis Silkin had received 20 allegations of inappropriate behaviour dated 1995 to 2013. He was invited to take part and did not respond. VOA News report
- 2019-07-17 Reported The Cape and Islands District Attorney dropped an indecent assault case over an alleged 2016 incident at a Nantucket bar, citing the unavailability of the complaining witness, who had invoked the Fifth Amendment. NBC News report
- 2022-05-26 Filed The Crown Prosecution Service authorised four counts of sexual assault and one of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, involving three men, alleged in London from 2005 to 2008 and western England in 2013. Global News (AP) report
- 2022-07-14 Filed At the Old Bailey he pleaded not guilty to all five charges. Judge Mark Wall set trial for June 2023 and continued his unconditional bail. PBS NewsHour (AP) report
- 2023-01-13 Filed By video link to Southwark Crown Court he pleaded not guilty to seven further charges involving one man, alleged between 2001 and 2005, bringing the total to 12. RNZ report
- 2023-07-26 Ruled A Southwark Crown Court jury returned not guilty verdicts on all nine charges that went to it, ending the English prosecution. Semafor report
Documents
- Academy Awards database, 68th ceremony (1996)
- Academy Awards database, 72nd ceremony (2000)
- VOA News report on the Old Vic inquiry (16 Nov 2017)
- NBC News report on the dropped Nantucket case (17 Jul 2019)
- Global News report on the CPS charging decision (26 May 2022)
- RNZ report on the January 2023 pleas