Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Greatest Spacey Roles So Far

By John Henry


Choosing a list of my favorite actors is not always an easy thing; there are constantly people rotating in and out of the top five. One actor who hovers around that mark is Kevin Spacey. You cannot question that this mysterious actor is incredibly talented and versatile. His 2 Academy Awards help display that.

This article will discuss what I consider to be Kevin Spacey's best films up to this point.

The first movie that I will disucss is the Usual Suspects. This film won Kevin Spacey an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. This film is directed by Bryan Singer and also stars Benicio Del Toro and Gabriel Byrne, amongst others.

Another film that definitely has to be on any best-of Kevin Spacey list is American Beauty. This was the film that won the talented actor an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. This is definitely a movie worth seeing.

While the film was not as good as it could have been, I have to include Superman Returns on this list. Spacey reunited with director Bryan Singer for this movie and played Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor.

Another movie that definitely makes the cut is L.A. Confidential. This is film noir at it's finest. If you are not familiar with the genre, this is a good place to get started. This movie also stars Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce.

Finally, one film of his that I thoroughly enjoyed was K-PAX. In this movie, Kevin Spacey plays a man who claims he is an alien from a planet called K-PAX. Both the characters in the film and we, as an audience, are unsure whether or not this claim is true.

While these movies happen to be my favorites, there are certainly many other great films starring Kevin Spacey. In fact, going through his resume, I find that there really aren't any films of his that I didn't enjoy.




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