List of awards and nominations received by Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey awards and nominations

Spacey at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011
Awards and nominations [1] Major Awards Wins Nominations Academy Awards 2 2 BAFTA Awards 1 6 Golden Globe Awards 1 8 Grammy Awards 0 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 0 12 Screen Actors Guild Awards 4 11 Tony Awards 1 2
Wins	55
Nominations	81

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.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Supporting Actor	The Usual Suspects	Won	[5]
2000	Best Actor	American Beauty	Won	[6]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2008	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Recount	Nominated	[7]
	Outstanding Television Movie	Bernard and Doris	Nominated
2013	Outstanding Drama Series	House of Cards (season 1)	Nominated	[8]
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2014	Outstanding Drama Series	House of Cards (season 2)	Nominated	[9]
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2015	Outstanding Drama Series	House of Cards (season 3)	Nominated	[10]
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2016	Outstanding Drama Series	House of Cards (season 4)	Nominated	[11]
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2017	Outstanding Drama Series	House of Cards (season 5)	Nominated	[12]
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	Beyond the Sea	Nominated	[13]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1991	Best Featured Actor in a Play	Lost in Yonkers	Won	[14]
1999	Best Leading Actor in a Play	The Iceman Cometh	Nominated	[15]

Industry awards

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1997	Best Film Actor in a Leading Role	L.A. Confidential	Nominated	[16]
1999		American Beauty	Won	[17]
2001		The Shipping News	Nominated	[18]
British Academy Games Awards
2014	Performer	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	Nominated
British Academy Television Awards
2014	Best International Programme (as producer)	House of Cards	Nominated	[19]
2015			Nominated	[20]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1996	Best Supporting Actor	Se7en , The Usual Suspects , Outbreak , Swimming with Sharks	Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2013	Best Actor in a Drama Series	House of Cards	Nominated
2016			Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The Usual Suspects	Nominated	[21]
2000	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	American Beauty	Nominated
2002		The Shipping News	Nominated
2005	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Beyond the Sea	Nominated
2009	Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television	Recount	Nominated
2011	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Casino Jack	Nominated
2014	Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama	House of Cards	Nominated
2015			Won

Screen Actors Guild Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	The Usual Suspects	Nominated	[22]
1998	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture	L.A. Confidential	Nominated	[23]
2000	Outstanding Leading Actor in a Motion Picture	American Beauty	Won	[24]
	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture		Won
2009	Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries	Recount	Nominated	[25]
2014	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	House of Cards (season 1)	Nominated	[26]
2015		House of Cards (season 2)	Won	[27]
	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series		Nominated
2016	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	House of Cards (season 3)	Won	[28]
	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series		Nominated
2017	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	House of Cards (season 4)	Nominated	[29]

Laurence Olivier Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Actor	The Iceman Cometh	Won
2015	Society of London Theatre Special Award	—	Won

Miscellaneous awards

Drama Desk Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1991	Lost in Yonkers	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Won
2007	A Moon for the Misbegotten	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Nominated
2012	Richard III		Nominated

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Se7en	Best Villain	Won

Outer Critics Circle Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1999	The Iceman Cometh	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Won

People's Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2017	House of Cards	Favorite Premium Series Actor	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1993	Consenting Adults	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2002	K-PAX	Best Actor	Nominated

Critics associations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1992	Valladolid International Film Festival for Best Actor	Glengarry Glen Ross	Won
1995	Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Supporting Actor	The Usual Suspects	Won
	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor		Won
	Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor		Won
	New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor		Won
	National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor		Won
	Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actor		Won
	Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor		Won
1996	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor		Won
	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor		Won
1997	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor	L.A. Confidential	Won
	Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor		Won
1998	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Empire Award for Best Actor		Won
1999	Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Actor	American Beauty	Won
	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor		Won
	San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor		Won
	Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor		Won
2000	American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor		Won
	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor		Won
	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor		Won
	Jupiter Award for Best International Actor		Won
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor		Won
	London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year		Won
	Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Actor		Won
	Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor		Won
	Russian Guild of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Actor		Won
	Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama		Nominated
	Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor		Won
2001	Empire Award for Best Actor		Nominated
	—	Golden Apple Awards for Star of the Year	Won
2005	Palm Springs International Film Festival for Sonny Bono Visionary Award	—	Won

Honorary awards

Spacey's brick in front of the Lucas Theater in Savannah, Georgia, US

Spacey's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Appointments

Country	Date	Appointment		Post-nominal letters
United Kingdom	3 November 2010	Honorary Commander	Order of the British Empire	CBE [3]
United Kingdom	12 June 2015	Honorary Knight Commander	Order of the British Empire	KBE [4]

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 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare . ^[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]

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