# List of awards and nominations received by Kevin Spacey

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.
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 | |
| 2000 | Best Actor | American Beauty | Won | |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2008 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Recount | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Television Movie | Bernard and Doris | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Drama Series | House of Cards (season 1) | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | House of Cards (season 1) | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Drama Series | House of Cards (season 2) | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | House of Cards (season 2) | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Drama Series | House of Cards (season 3) | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | House of Cards (season 3) | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Drama Series | House of Cards (season 4) | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | House of Cards (season 4) | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Drama Series | House of Cards (season 5) | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | House of Cards (season 5) | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

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

### Tony Awards

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

## Industry awards
### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1997 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | L.A. Confidential | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | American Beauty | Won |
| 2001 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | The Shipping News | Nominated |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Best International Programme (as producer) | House of Cards | Nominated |

### Critics' Choice Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 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 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | House of Cards | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Usual Suspects | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | American Beauty | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | 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 | Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | House of Cards | Won |

### Screen Actors Guild Award

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

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

## Honorary awards
### Appointments

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