Kevin Spacey

From left: Nicolas Cage (best actor), Susan Sarandon (best actress), Mira Sorvino (best supporting actress) and Kevin Spacey (best supporting actor) smile for photographers backstage at the 68th Academy Awards March 25, 1996.

Actor Kevin Spacey and his mother, Kathleen, arrive at the 68th Annual Academy Awards March 25, 1996. Spacey won the trophy that year for best supporting actor for his work in "The Usual Suspects."

The Prince of Wales, left, speaks to Hollywood actor Al Pacino, right, standing in line with co-star Kevin Spacey and Lyndall Hobbs, at the Royal Film Premiere of Pacino's film "Looking For Richard", at the Odeon Leicester Square in London Jan. 30, 1997.

Actor Kevin Spacey poses in the Savoy Hotel in London, July 22, 1998. For almost four months, Spacey had been thrilling London theatergoers as a titanic Hickey in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's marathon play "The Iceman Cometh."

President Clinton smiles alongside actor Kevin Spacey and the cast of "The Iceman Cometh" following a special performance for the president and the Democratic Party in New York June 28, 1999.

Actor Kevin Spacey shares some long-stemmed roses with fans following the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Oct. 5, 1999. The roses refer to Spacey's film "American Beauty."

Actor Kevin Spacey waves to the crowd in the Houston Astrodome as he walks to the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of game 4 in the National League Division Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves, Oct. 9, 1999.

Actor Kevin Spacey holds his Oscar for best actor aloft during the 72nd Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, March 26, 2000. Spacey won for his role in "American Beauty."

Best supporting actor Michael Caine, best supporting actress Angelina Jolie, best actress in a leading role Hilary Swank and best actor in a leading role Kevin Spacey pose backstage during the 72nd Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, March 26, 2000.

Stars of the film "Pay it Forward" Helen Hunt, left, Haley Joel Osment, center, and Kevin Spacey pose for photographers prior to a screening of the film in Beverly Hills, Calif., Oct. 12, 2000.

Actor Kevin Spacey, one of the stars of the film "K-Pax," interacts with photographers at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Oct. 22, 2001.

Actor Kevin Spacey jokes around with candy he had bought prior to the premiere of "The Shipping News," in Los Angeles, Dec. 9, 2001. Spacey stars in the film.

Dame Judi Dench, left, holds the arm of Kevin Spacey as they arrive for the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in London's Leicester Square Feb. 24, 2002.

Actor Kevin Spacey shakes hands with soldiers at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 4, 2002. Spacey, Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal signed autographs before screening the movie "Analyze That" for the troops.

Actor Kevin Spacey and Courtney Love attend a party at The Old Billingsgate Fish Market, London, Feb. 5, 2003, following Sir Elton John's benefit gala at the Old Vic Theatre earlier that day. It just had been announced that Spacey was taking on a new role as artistic director of the Old Vic Theater.

Actors Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney and director Alan Parker, from left, smile during a press conference about their new film "The Life of David Gale" at the 53rd Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 7, 2003.

Actors Kevin Spacey, left, and Robert De Niro, center, join New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall to announce the second annual Tribeca Film Festival, Feb. 20, 2003. De Niro is a co-founder of the festival while Spacey sits on the board of the festival's Tribeca Film Institute.

Kevin Spacey, left, and George Clooney at the Vanity Fair, Budweiser & Triggerstreet.com Celebrate The Budweiser Filmmaker Discovery Award event, held at the Concorde in Hollywood, Calif., Feb. 27, 2004.

Artistic Director Kevin Spacey poses outside The Old Vic Theatre in London, on April 19, 2004. Spacey will direct one play and appear in two others in his first season. He met with the press to announce the four shows that will mark his inaugural tenure at the helm of the playhouse that Sir Laurence Olivier once ran.

Actor Kevin Spacey portrays singer Bobby Darin in "Beyond the Sea," which he directed, starred, and co-produced. The film is scheduled to be released in Dec. 2004.