Kevin Spacey worked near Waterloo station and gained friends.
Kevin Spacey . He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s that culminated in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects ( 1995 ) , and an Academy Award for Best Actor for midlife crisis-themed drama American Beauty ( 1999 ) . He was the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London from 2004 until stepping down in mid-2015 .