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Kevin Spacey ~ Distinguished Speaker Series
April 27, 2016 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free tickets for GSA-represented Graduate Students are now available at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall). 1 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
Kevin Spacey
Academy and Golden Globe Award-Winning Actor, Star of “House of Cards,” Producer, and Former Artistic Director of London’s Old Vic Theatre
UB Graduate & Undergraduate Student Choice Speaker
Perhaps no one in Hollywood works harder to defend the value and integrity of the arts quite like Kevin Spacey. A lifelong artist, Spacey began his acting career in Jr. High School and High School drama classes. He later attended the Juilliard School of Drama and began his professional career on the New York stage, which eventually propelled his career into film.
Spacey has won Academy Awards for his performances in “The Usual Suspects” and “American Beauty,” which also garnered him a BAFTA Award. Additionally, he has been nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards. Spacey’s illustrious film credits include “Swimming with Sharks,” “Se7en,” “LA Confidential,” “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “The Negotiator,” “K-Pax,” “The Shipping News,” “Superman Returns,” “Beyond the Sea,” “Shrink,” “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” “Horrible Bosses” and “Margin Call.”
Spacey’s production company Trigger Street Productions, which he runs with his producing partner Dana Brunetti, has produced multiple award-winning movies for film and television. Their films include “The Social Network,” which won a Golden Globe for Best Picture and received multiple Academy Award nominations. They also produced the Sony Picture’s film, “21,” and the independent features “The United States of Leland,” “The Big Kahuna” and “Fanboys.” Trigger Street’s most recent film was “Captain Phillips,” which starred Tom Hanks and was released in October 2013.
For television, Trigger Street produced two films for HBO, “Recount” and “Bernard & Doris,” both of which garnered double-digit Emmy Award nominations and a Best Film of the Year Emmy for “Recount.”
From 2004 thru May 2015, Spacey served as the Artistic Director of The Old Vic Theatre Company in London. He directed its inaugural production “Cloaca,” before appearing in “National Anthems,” “The Philadelphia Story,” “Richard II,” “A Moon for the Misbegotten,” which subsequently transferred to Broadway, “Speed-the-Plow” with Jeff Goldblum, and “Inherit The Wind.” Spacey most recently toured all over the world with the Sam Mendes production of “Richard III,” which was part of the third year of the Bridge Project between the Old Vic and BAM. Most recently, Spacey was awarded the prestigious Laurence Olivier Special Award for his incredible contribution to British theatre during his tenure as Artistic Director.
Spacey currently serves as executive producer and stars as ‘Francis Underwood,’ the beguiling, charismatic and ruthless President, in the Netflix original series “House of Cards.” For this work, he received the two Golden Globe nominations, including one win, and two Emmy nominations for Best Actor. The series is produced by Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, in association with Media Rights Capital, and has received 20 Emmy Awards nominations; winning four of those awards.
In 2014, Spacey was named one of Forbes magazine’s Most Powerful Celebrities, and was the first online-only television star to make the list.
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