Biography
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Jack Lemmon
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Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 "Beyond the Sea (2004) is not a linear story at all. It`s not what people will expect and it`s not a biopic. It`s my statement". (on winning the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in American Beauty (1999)): "This has definitely been the highlight of my day."
Discussing occasional misconceptions by women that he is gay: For them it`s a challenge. They want to be the one to turn me around. I let them.
I was beginning to feel I just didn`t want to go through another 10 years of living in hotels, making three or four movies a year. I long for the ritual of theater. I adore it. And I want to do plays that challenge me.
If you look at how most artistic beginnings have been greeted in this country [UK], I`m in very good company. I know I`m a bigger target as long as I`m seen as a Hollywood movie star instead of as an actor of the theater, even an artistic director. They don`t accept that I come in to work here every day, and have done for the last two-and-a-half years, and will continue to do so.
On American Beauty (1999): "I read the screenplay and nearly fell out of bed. I thought I better meet him quick before someone else read it".
Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.
The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen. It allows an audience to come into a movie theatre and believe I am that person.
The movies are not my first priority - the theater is.
[As Artistic Director of London`s Old Vic Theatre] I`m living my dream. I`m doing it the way I want to do it. I`m working with an extraordinary group of people at that theatre who are dedicated and who really have in so many ways helped us discover what our ethos is.
Trivia
As of 2008, he is only one of six actors who have a 2-0 winning record when nominated for an acting Oscar. The others are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937); Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Airport (1970); Sally Field for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984); and Hilary Swank for Boys Don`t Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
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Co-hosted the Noble Peace Prize concert for Al Gore because Tommy Lee Jones had to drop out at the last minute.
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His older brother, Randy, makes a living as a Rod Stewart impersonator.
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Ranked #10 in the 2008 Telegraph`s list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
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To pay his way through Julliard he worked in Julliard`s admin office.
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17 April 2004, London - suffered a head injury after tripping over his dog while pursuing a young man who stole his cell phone. Initially, he reported that the injury was the result of a mugging, but later admitted the truth and stated that he was embarrassed by the situation.
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Attended the UK Labour Party Conference with former US President Bill Clinton. [2 October 2002]
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Father Thomas Fowler died in 1992. Mother Kathleen died of a brain tumor in 2003.
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Has a black mongrel terrier called Minnie.
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Has an older brother, Randall, and an older sister, Julie Ann. Has a nephew and a niece.
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He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1999 (1998 season) for Best Actor for his performance in The Iceman Cometh.
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His father was a technical writer.
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Huge fan of Professional Wrestling.
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Went to high school with and briefly dated April Winchell
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When they were both performing on Broadway in 1998, he would often meet Dame Judi Dench during intermission or between shows.
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Appears twice in Total Film`s (U.K) `10 Greatest Villains of All Time` poll. His "John Doe", from Se7en (1995) came in at number 10, while his character in The Usual Suspects (1995) was voted fifth. [February 2001]
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Dedicated the Oscar that he won for Best Actor in American Beauty (1999) (1999) to Jack Lemmon. Spacey has said in interviews that he based his performance of Lester Burnham on Lemmon`s C.C. Baxter in The Apartment (1960).
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During his appearance on BBC TV`s "Parkinson" (1971) in March 2002, he did impressions of Jack Lemmon, Bill Clinton, Judi Dench, Katharine Hepburn, Al Pacino, Ian McKellen, Peter O`Toole and James Stewart.
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His Labrador dog`s name is Legacy. [2001]
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Named as Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre in London, England, UK.
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Owns a Mini-Cooper.
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Studied drama at Juilliard School for 2 years.
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Supporter of London`s Old Vic Theater, co-hosting fund-raiser for it in NYC, April 2002.
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Was expelled from Northridge Military Academy (in California) for throwing a tire at a classmate.
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Won Broadway`s 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Lost in Yonkers." He was also nominated in 1999 as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Eugene O`Neill`s "The Iceman Cometh."
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Also attended Chatsworth High School with Val Kilmer.
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Auditioned for "The Gong Show" (1976) in 1978 and was rejected.
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His mother was his date for the Oscars the night he won.
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Kevin burnt his sister`s tree house down when they were children. This caused his parents to opt for military school, which Kevin promptly left for Chatsworth.
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Ranked #56 in Empire (UK) magazine`s "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
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The use of the name Spacey, while rumored as a combination of Spencer Tracy`s names, is actually his mother`s maiden name.
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Was Co-Valedictorian of his high school class at Chatsworth HS (1977).
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Was paid 225 pounds per week for appearing in the play "The Iceman Cometh" at the Almeida Theatre in London (1998).
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Was the first choice to play the role of Lester Burnham in American Beauty (1999).
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