Kevin Spacey Wins Best Actor: 2000 Oscars

[@MrS98VAC]

Kevin Spacey cut off Gwyneth Paltrow's head in "7" and then she presents him with an oscar. That is so cool....

[@denisenoles3159]

I forgot all about that :)

[@jorgeesquiviaescobar4149]

spoiler alert!!!

[@denisenoles3159]

***** lmao!!!

[@deactivated-78936]

MrS98VAC OH MAN. This thought hadn't even occurred to me. It's too bad he didn't think to make a joke about it.

[@ci7446]

Kevin Spacey is a gentleman, and a bloody serious bloke too. he wouldn't make a joke that involves an image of a lady's severed head

[@moviearchives73]

The very next year Russell Crowe would win for Gladiator in 2001, and a year after that Denzel Washington would win in 2002 for Training Day. Just skipping a year, Sean Penn would win for Mystic River in 2004. What a coincidence!

[@TrueIronMaidenFan]

oh shit I never thought of it that way!

[@nastynate434]

Not really a coincidence, they were just consistent.

[@MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte]

+MovieArchives *WOW ....Thanks for the info*

[@jacksmith2417]

Furthermore, when Denzel won in 2002, he was once again competing against Crowe and Penn!

[@maziebunny2]

no, I call it karma biting me on the knee for bypassing Washington in favor of Spacey on my prediction sheet with the end result being a three-year slump in Best Actor. after Penn's win, it has been rosy sunny ever since with 15 years, 13 names for my record...for now.

[@doehm1361]

One of my favorite performances ever, he nailed it. Lester Burnham felt so human, so real, that's pure class acting, Kevin Spacey should be considered one of the best actors in history.

[@TheBlackLodger]

He felt too real alright...

[@wilmafistfit4788]

He’s still an incredible artist do you know some of the things are favorite rock stars have done and stars of the past let me tell you. Far worse things

[@uncreativelynamedchannel5887]

+Asia’s Butterflies Um... how many things are far worse than pedophilia?

[@wilmafistfit4788]

Uncreatively Named Channel calling him a pedophile is a stretch. And there are things worse in the world than sexual harassment believe me I’m an assault survivor

[@HAL-vm3wn]

Isn't he considered that?

[@alexandreestanislau1629]

Regardless of what he did ... he remains a great actor ...

[@88mphsss]

Alexandre 6978 Agreed. I don't hold an actor's personal life against their movies. I'm pretty much the same way about politics, although when athletes get involved it kinda drives me crazy because they're doing it at the actual game whereas a celeb will tweet as opposed to putting it in an intro at the start of their movie. I can't hold it against Spacey though, he's been part if my life too long.

[@tdogg1281]

A paid lying pedo....Denzel should've won.

[@amyclarke41]

hear hear i like this film😁

[@amyclarke41]

@UnknownF BeinQ oh dear😣

[@queenfan69]

Agreed....great actor!

[@slickchrissy]

I can still remember that feeling in my gut, leaving the theater, after seeing this film. It's always stayed with me. Kevin Spacey's performance was perfection.

[@Lone432345]

You sure it wasn't indigestion.

[@velocirrober]

One of the best movies ever...

[@Legionaairre]

+velocirrober oh shit waddup

[@pigstrotters4198]

@Charles ! He didn't say the best. But it was ONE of the best. Just as "Dirty Grandpa" was ONE of the worse

[@bellasmini]

My personal fave!

[@CarlosRodriguez-re1or]

This is my favorite movie ever, the best one

[@mattiadei8402]

come on! Richard Farnsworth deserved the oscar-

[@3veryThingGaming]

American Beauty is easily one of the greatest movies ever made. I feel Kevin Spacey gave one of the most sincere and realistic roles ever and deserved every bit of this award.

[@AbdulKhan-ve4hx]

Great actor without a doubt

[@Lone432345]

You like to touch little boys.

[@StudMacher78]

Oh yah man

[@definitelynottommywiseau3037]

"I hope it is not all downhill from here." Haha, NOPE!

[@kaynevalente4632]

Oh Hi Mark

[@steph13326ify]

It went all downhill when he lost Jack Lemmon (2001) and his mother (2003). I don't think its a coincidence that in the years to follow, his behavior became uncontrollable

[@NickTovA]

Except it didn't went downhill from there, everything was fine until a couple of months ago

[@alexfrzn4]

What a story Mark!

[@reuellucas7187]

Ironic don't ya think

[@ashantiallgood3031]

One of the greatest films of all time

[@animelover-nc8xj]

No

[@mr.introvert6173]

Yes 🥰👍😘

[@Lone432345]

You haven't seen many movie have you. This movie has age like Milk.

[@volcano3759]

@@Lone432345 It's still a great movie. Even today, you don't seem to understand the significance of the movie

[@distantfknjay]

@@Lone432345 really hasn't. I wasn't born when this movie made and it's in my favourites ever made, completely subverted my expectations of the premise

[@Val.Ajdari83]

I love how Kevin Spacey was able to control his emotions. His ability to do that shows just what an amazing actor he truly is.

[@CJODell12]

With this win, Kevin Spacey joins an elite club of actors who won Oscars for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. The only others who achieved that standing at that point were Jack Lemmon, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Gene Hackman, while Denzel Washington would join this club two years later when he won for "Training Day".

[@raoul3605]

Russel Crowe in The Insider and Denzel Wasington in The Hurricane were both extremely good, but this to me is without a doubt one of the most deserved Oscar wins of all time.

[@epicman004]

How the hell was Jar Jar Binks not nominated?

[@George-lv6iy]

Racists

[@jorgeesquiviaescobar4149]

he made a great performance, i mean, he's really a sith...

[@drstrangelove6558]

he had a supporting performance, although it is criminal he was not nominated there. Ahmed Best was incredible and great as Jar Jar Binks.

[@scottwilliam3470]

The oscars look at talent what was talented about jar jar ?

[@davidm7847]

Wesa outraged.

[@johnwing7514]

Here after Denzel Washington said in an Esquire interview that the talk about Kevin Spacey had been going on for years and that it hit him when Spacey won the Oscar and only the people around him (presumably fellow cast and crew on American Beauty) stood up to applaud.

[@feelingoffbalance]

Bloody hell I love Kevin Spacey now. I guess I had to grow up a bit to understand how good he is. 'House of cards' blew me away as well.

[@ManuelCruzcruzderivas]

kasia g As good as he is in House of Cards, I was sold on him with Usual Suspects and Seven. This one gives him a more vulnerable character, extending his acting range.

[@dudemanismadcool]

kasia g me too. When I watched the usual suspects last year I suddenly realized this guy is a serious heavyweight in terms of acting.

[@ElectronicsPeddler]

k. g How about now?

[@jackhill9803]

Master of Space, Time, and Dimension Yeah if the accusations are true he is disgusting- but that doesn't detract from how incredible of an actor he is, and no matter what his craft should be respected.

[@AlfredAmeneyro21]

This is the second, and last time he'll ever win an Oscar. His life is totally ruined right now, people are gonna pretend he never existed. But I wont, I still will know him as one of the finest actor of his generation and that's how I will remember him until he dies. Is hard to acknowledge that this fine man, is supposed to be a rapist and a pedophile, and then everyone forgets all the great job and good memories in all of us (that sounds bad, I know), but to me, one reason why he was so admired, is because of his talent, and as far as I know, many wanted to work with him. It's a shame what happened to him, is not denial, is just unbelievable. But I will always remember him for his work in the industry. Not his scandals, as many others in the industry have had. But I guess is how MatPat said in his Tide Pods video: Bad news sells more than good news...

[@marshaloiscamillephilpotts7245]

I totally agree with you he is disgusting sex offender but that will never take away what phenomenal actor he is because if he wasn't he would have won two well-deserved Academy Awards and I love Kevin Spacey and he is the best.

[@frasergibson5763]

He made the bad movies watchable. Can't think of a bad performance he's done

[@evasirova3985]

@@marshaloiscamillephilpotts7245 he was proven innocent

[@juancruzcastiglione365]

lmao is a shame what happened to him?? its bad that people remember him for the bad things?? I think the real shame is that those poor victims had to suffer his abuse. And you actually think its bad to remember someone for being a rapist? I think its good, we should never forget the disgusting things he did and we should always held him acountable for that, we owe it to the victims. Imagine how one of them would feel like if they saw u saying its a SHAME that a rapist is held accountable for his actions lmao

[@ashashraa6579]

@@juancruzcastiglione365 Who are you to judge? Let God be The Judge.

[@rainsky912]

Kevin Spacey is a brilliant actor and he gave a full out stunning performance in American Beauty. I just re-watched it again after having not seen it in years and his portrayal still is absolutely spot on. Thank you Kevin!

[@nolanception]

This was 16 years ago wtf

[@ken___5367]

nolanception 17 years ago !

[@morbix_kr]

that's how time flies by folks, so make the most out of it.

[@gyro7768]

18 years now

[@hugofreire8834]

19 years ago!

[@artboy789]

nolanception your comment is 4 years ago

[@Umeshumarani]

"I hope it is not all downhill from here"

[@Memorex996]

it wasn't and then it came crashing real quick

[@NICK33188]

*cue 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' theme*

[@marsimus13]

you can like him AS AN ACTOR still! he sure as hell is staying my favourite actor

[@BirdFather0]

@@marsimus13 you support pedophiles wtf

[@pattiemac1]

From your mouth to God's ears

[@Oscars]

@kamelion7 She has presented awards at the 53rd, 54th and 56th Academy Awards. We will add these clips to the request list and try to post them in the near future.

[@chrisotto8370]

Shoutout to Richard Farnsworth. Wish he had won and had a final moment in the spotlight. He'd spent the past year terminally ill with cancer and just walking was incredible painful. A half-year later, he took his own life.

[@БоратСагдиев-р5ц]

Yes, and don’t say it’s so sorry for him that he never received proper recognition at the Oscars, although I really like Kevin Spacey’s performance in American Beauty, she’s number 1 for me, but Farnsworth deserved the award more in terms of total merit, and yes, and he gave a touching game, he could have been given an award because many knew that he had not long to live and it would be possible in this way to cheer up the good old man . RIP 😓😭😿🙏😞😣

[@jennym7465]

@@БоратСагдиев-р5ц that's not how awards work. Which is the entire problem with the attitude today, you shouldn't win just because you have a sadder life story, just because you're a minority, because everyone else has won something and you haven't (participation trophy) etc- you win because you're THE BEST at that particular thing.

[@theexpresidents]

​@@jennym7465 Tell that to the race-card pulling Asians this year.

[@devonmeyers8213]

In my opinion it was truly robbed from Richard Farnsworth on sheer merit. The fact that he delivered an outstanding performance whilst in physical (and assumedly emotional) pain due to his advancing bone cancer, makes this loss gut wrenching to watch. It’s a damn shame that Richard Farnsworth’s talent and dedication were not celebrated as they rightfully should have been!!!!!!

[@alexxxandder]

Keyser Soze faked his own death in American Beauty.

[@RCMartin08]

alexxxandder hahahahahaha best comment ever!

[@rupeshpawar3266]

rainforeest

[@ArturLapurinsh]

+alexxxandder Rollo Tomasi ;)

[@samibrady6018]

+asstastic Racist.

[@jwelch5742]

Kevin Spacey has great acting in American Beauty.

[@jwelch5742]

+Chris I like winners because they study, work hard and be creative on their talent. The Oscars voters has the opinion and so do I.

[@diegopisfil614]

jwelch5742 shut up, it is one of the Worst Best Actor and undeserved winners

[@langdonalger9219]

Diego Pisfil Spacey was great, but Washington likely deserved it.

[@jothishprabu8]

Because he had experience In that subject matter already in real life.

[@ryancalhoun2910]

@@langdonalger9219 Likely? Dude it's one of his worst movies. I love Denzel but he was awful in that movie.

[@DevoxMD]

R.I.P Jack Lemmon. Truly a great actor

[@82easyrider]

I always come back here to watch this because I am a huge Jack Lemmon fan. I have watched most of his movies and loved his performance in all of them. And it was wonderful to see Kevin dedicate this award to him, won for a role that perhaps only Jack could have played just as good if not better.

[@zeikbloas]

Couldn't agree more. I loved Jack Lemmon in the Apartment, though I'm not really familiar with his other work, except for Glengarry Glen Ross. Which movies with Jack Lemmon do you recommend?

[@zeikbloas]

EricAKATheBelgianGuy Thanks! Watched Some Like it Hot yesterday, great film!

[@TaraSherman1030]

I love what he said to his mom. No body would have the balls to say that in an Oscar speech except him. I love Kevin Spacey.

[@Oscars]

Unfortunately, because of copyright issues the Academy does not have permission to upload the video clips.

[@user-uw3fr7cd9z]

Kinda ironic

[@ishaanwankhade4834]

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@juventiniliby1556]

What a punch of losers !!

[@jothishprabu8]

Fuck you

[@ThaqtRamone]

this comment thread right here offica

[@Kisje1989]

Kevin Spacey was the best!!! He totally deserved it!!!!!!

[@diegopisfil614]

Kisje1989 He didn't, it's one of the most undeserved Oscar winners

[@Mr101spb]

Kisje1989 he’s also a pedophile

[@raulelchurro]

He is the best.

[@Samuel-b]

Edward Norton in Fight Club was better. Too bad that movie was critically panned when it came out.

[@Javier636]

1:45 His words: "I hope it is not all downhill from here"... those were some downright prophetic words there I tell ya.

[@Multi0703]

lol - I've thought the same thing! Life can sure be a wheel of fortune, as Shakespare used to say it!

[@StudMacher78]

Yeah especially with all those people who try to get celebrities arrested

[@BabbyCat3008]

House of cards was his highest achievement.

[@ryancalhoun2910]

It's a paraphrase of a line from the movie

[@mochagelatocreme23]

Yep

[@ivanmartin1457]

The good old times when film awards rewarded creativity, talent and innovation and not political correctness.

[@yo1659]

huh?

[@PJVids83]

+Ivan Martin Nah, it's never been about any of those things. It's been the same self-congratulatory awards ceremony from its inception to present day. The only thing anyone ever gets out of the Oscars are four hours of entertainment and numb rear end.

[@Yourmustacheisgrowingonme]

+Philip Zamora agreed. look at the history of the oscars, grammys, etc

[@christiaanbruin4989]

Amen

[@christiaanbruin4989]

Dr. Dhoom Are you autistic?

[@Aguilaclc]

My god, Frank Underwood looks young :(

[@asa2ish]

and had feelings

[@anantambisht4895]

Ikkr

[@hazeyeyes4]

"You probably all remember how wimpy I was". Yes Gwyn, it's all about you!

[@Hernal03]

"Any single act from any single person, put out of context, is damnable". Learn to separate the man from his performance in this film. it was a great performance in a great movie.

[@shrunotik]

Sean Penn doesn't even react to Kevin's win. He's so rude

[@morbix_kr]

it's only a portrait of him I guess

[@hannesjakobsson765]

Julius Ceasar Malate kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4usg2Cbj8mpfc0

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

Tbh this is something he would actually do in real life if he was there

[@shamayitabhattacharya3392]

Yeah man,so still

[@DIESTROSINIESTRO]

Lester Burnham has so much in common with walter white if you think about it.

[@DiloConHelio]

I disagree. Walter breaks bad out of rage and frustration as he faces death (the whole series is about him dealing with this), while Lester tries desperately to change himself by the idea of searching happiness in the wrong place. Alike? Maybe. But certainly diferent in conflict and circumstances.

[@filmbuff7130]

Cristóbal Avendaño Lester was also frustrated character and he raged a lot against his dominant and cold-blooded wife.

[@loghen01]

FilmBuff Skyler was the dominant and cold-blooded one?

[@TheworldofAR15]

Not at all... They both had family issues. That’s about it.

[@TheBlackLodger]

How about Spacey's Frank Underwood?

[@Umeshumarani]

"Any single act from any single person put out of context is damnable" he was hinting all along 😂

[@zzyyxxo]

classy speech and very classy man

[@spenser9908]

This comment didn't age well.

[@Memorex996]

Wah wah

[@SuperAussieOi]

Yeah so classy...

[@maximhussey6311]

rip

[@danielcastillo9587]

So touching man right? 🤗

[@leonthesleepy]

Yeah i know why yall are here lmao

[@steph13326ify]

leonthesleepy to hear Jack Lemmon's name get a roaring applause. How'd you know! :-D

[@alejandrosalas9866]

To see Denzel's bitterness

[@mixalismike4712]

@@steph13326ify hahaha me too for this exactly

[@Pixieonthe7]

It was absolutely touching when he started off by emotionally dedicating the award to Jack Lemmon. Kevin Spacey is such a brilliant actor!

[@richardkovacs2006]

Kevin Spacey was AWSOME in LA Confidential, in Usual Suspects and in Americam Beauty. What an actor.

[@TomAraya23]

Between Crowe and Spacey i could never ever decide

[@markmarino1533]

Spacey was fantastic! Watch American Beauty and you will realize that his character was the only one not living a lie. One of my all time favorite performances!

[@evelynoliveira9447]

one of my favourites performances ever. his expression when Angela said that Jane think she's in love still touched every single time

[@LanaFromHawaii808]

Came here after Gwyneths Call Her Daddy interview lol Anyone else?

[@ojj75]

Watched Mr. Spacey on stage for the first time last week, as Richard III, in Singapore. The best theatre experience of my life! His love for acting is undeniable, and I respect him so much for everything he does. :)

[@allghilliedup1992]

Farnsworth died less than seven months later. Would've been nice to see him go out with a statue

[@sillylittlelily8891]

I believe that you are innocent Kev. I love you more than anything

[@NeoConnor1]

:) Good to be proven right, huh?

[@Jen59155]

"this is the highlight of my day" was hilarious. I loved his shout out to Jack Lemmon. Kevin and Jack Lemmon were GREAT in Glengarry Glen Ross. Jack Lemmon was especially brilliant in that performance. He should have won many awards for it.

[@lastchancevideo7372]

I love how he starts his acceptance speeches by referencing his characters. Great actor.

[@TheIndieSpec]

1:45 "I hope it is not all downhill form here" Well...

[@amparonarbona5142]

Gabriel Legua And 17 years after he's fired from 'House of cards', replaced in 'All the money in the world', etc...

[@alfalej]

Jjajajaja

[@Oscars]

@ReviewDude94 Thanks for your request. We'll do our best to post that clip in the near future.

[@dommyd-kd1928]

Richard Farnsworth in the Straight Story was one of the most touching performances I’ve ever seen

[@LPJack02]

0:27 RIP Richard Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 - October 6, 2000), aged 80 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@SyBabyProductions]

This was one of my favorite Oscars. The production quality was so good that it is hard to believe it was 20 years ago.

[@jogodoido1]

I'm a fan of Kevin Spacey, but Denzel got snubbed in this one, his acting in The Hurricane is one of the best i've ever seen.

[@George-lv6iy]

He won two years later and Kevin Spacey was undeniably the best

[@monomononoke2671]

jogodoido1 ...SO TRUE , I still remember that day, I was so angry for the big mistake of handing the trophy for the wrong actor. Denzel Wasington was MAGNIFICENT, in The Hurricane !! He definitely worth it, not just the Gloden Glob but also the Oscar ! Training day...wasn't so good as The Hurricane. Also, Kevin Spacy was better by far, in Usual Suspects or The Insider not in American Beauty.

[@MrAdamloring1985]

Mihaela Stoica I’m going to respectfully disagree and say that both where just okay in each movie, both of which where just okay. American Beauty is so pretentious and Hurricane is a terribly edited mess. Why not Tom Hanks for Green Mile, or Ed Norton for fight club?

[@hannesjakobsson765]

Still a fan of Spacey?

[@FreezErmac519]

hannes jacobsson Yes i am still a fan his too, no matter what he did i dont really care

[@rjd3434]

Brilliant performance, but it was really no contest that year.

[@superlex611]

you think so ? crowe and washington are top big names to win that oscar

[@rjd3434]

alex kanyima their performances pale in comparison that year.

[@HovaNirvana]

+RJ D I love Kevin Spacey, but Washington and Crowe's performances absolutely did not "pale" in comparison that year. With all respect, that's asinine.

[@strongwise1255]

denzel and russell were better tbh

[@budsurtees4224]

Despite all his flaws, we still love Kevin Spacey.

[@TheListenerCanon]

Uh...love him as an actor. As a person, not so much.

[@budsurtees4224]

@Lady Gaga Rubbish. He has flaws like we all do, and his flaws were unknown back when the world acknowledged him as a great actor. Stop with the retrospective judgement. Millions of people still think he was and is a great actor. It has nothing to do with his flaws. Shame on you.

[@vanguard3955]

@@budsurtees4224 "flaws" like sexually assaulting minors? I hope you realize he was also doing that in 2000 lol

[@BlaqRainFresh]

No we don’t

[@budsurtees4224]

@@BlaqRainFresh Suit yourself, fool.

[@camronwu]

Who’s here after Denzel Washington said he was bitter after losing to Spacey?

[@derriekt6584]

Me

[@taffInno]

Me too

[@rocky5000100]

Yeah me too came to see if everyone was looking at Denzel or not lol

[@darwleg]

"This is the highlight of my day" !

[@LadyAmerican]

I remember this. I really like it when he thanked Jack Lemmon, his mentor and friend. Amazing and amazing speech (I really like it what he says about his mother that he will always bring her to award shows). You don't see actors paying tribute to other actors who stood before them anymore.

[@Mr101spb]

2:25 - You can’t help but wonder, is he literally talking about his friends pointing out his “worst qualities”

[@mona2242]

Yes!!!

[@richardprado5914]

The hurricane and Denzel deserved it more, in my humble opinion, although Kevin was also great.

[@QQ-xt9uf]

I love Kevin Spacey.

[@nesetans5529]

me too :D

[@annastawowska]

#metoo!! 😉

[@PatriCoop]

Hahaha well played Anna Anna

[@tomerohanabentzvi9866]

And he loves you

[@DoctorXander]

Oof

[@Rotarrin]

Kevin Spacey is a class act. Definitely one of my favorite actors to grace the silver screen!

[@irina1296]

Kevin was good in American Beauty but Russell Crowe impressed me more in The Insider

[@Shabssaif]

Such a great actor. Loved his work all through out. Feels bad to know how things have worked out.

[@edward3710]

absolute legend, completley 100 percent deserves it.he was amazing in american beauty

[@kinematics6]

He killed this role, well deserved winner, he embodied that role.

[@bigmacintosh1766]

Same for The Usual Suspects

[@beatriceboldorini8606]

I saw The Apartment yesterday for the first time and damn, Jack Lemmon is sooooo good

[@civichoo6017]

Same! I loved it.

[@rickwalker3507]

Can’t watch it cause Paul Douglas was supposed to costar but died just before filming began

[@pigstrotters4198]

"Missing" for me was the best.

[@NeoConnor1]

Great speech. Fantastic film, and a powerhouse performance. Just watched it today, and it was exactly what I needed. We all need to appreciate the small things, because it only takes a second, and then they are gone. Bravo to everyone involved with American Beauty! Bravo!

[@cherrybomb6081]

Daaaaang.. this is kinda hard to watch now. He’s speaking from the heart there.

[@magenmyers8499]

I’m just here after Gwyneth’s interview on Call her daddy podcast.

[@thesonski93]

Would of loved Richard Farnsworth to win, been obsessed with The Straight Story lately! Especially the Japanese version of the poster for the film.

[@odalhjarn]

"i hope it is not all downhill from here." you can say that again, pal.

[@liamustis6312]

Best actors that coulda been Walter white in breaking bad other than Cranston: spacey, hanks, Nicholson, hoffman, ford maybe, spacey spacey and spacey!

[@Caaarrl94]

I always though spacey would have been a great walter white

[@kaanutkan914]

holy shit you just listed my favourite actors and my favourite tv-show!

[@hgw3394]

“At the Oscars, they called Kevin Spacey’s name for ‘American Beauty,’” Washington said. “I have a memory of turning around and looking at him, and nobody was standing but the people around him. And everyone else was looking at me. Not that it was this way. Maybe that’s the way I perceived it. Maybe I felt like everybody was looking at me. Because why would everybody be looking at me? Thinking about it now, I don’t think they were.” “I’m sure I went home and drank that night. I had to,” Washington said about his reaction to losing. “I don’t want to sound like, ‘Oh, he won my Oscar,’ or anything like that. It wasn’t like that. And you know, there was talk in the town about what was going on over there on that side of the street, and that’s between him and God. I ain’t got nothing to do with that. I pray for him. That’s between him and his maker.” DENZEL WASHINGTON, 2024.

[@booxwee3804]

I don't give a shit about what everyone is saying about him, he did what he did but he is still one of the greatest actors there is!

[@cellardoor4199]

This oscar should be retroactively taken away and given to Richard Farnsworth, considering he was dying from cancer and in so much pain in The Straight Story but delivered an incredible performance, the fact he later shot himself shortly after the oscar ceremony because of his pain and suffering is so tragic. RIP. And thank you David Lynch for giving him one last role that was possibly the best of his entire career.

[@БоратСагдиев-р5ц]

Yes, and don’t say it’s so sorry for him that he never received proper recognition at the Oscars, although I really like Kevin Spacey’s performance in American Beauty, she’s number 1 for me, but Farnsworth deserved the award more in terms of total merit, and yes, and he gave a touching game, he could have been given an award because many knew that he had not long to live and it would be possible in this way to cheer up the good old man . RIP RICHARD 😞😣😿😭😓🙏

[@krypton7676]

Today (2018 after everything), this speech could be taken apart & mocked on so many levels.

[@رحيقالورد-ق1غ]

American beauty Just watched this for the first time tonight. A true masterpiece. I wish films today were as meaningful, well-acted, and well-scripted as this one.

[@leandro2383]

the best actor of all time!

[@lucidinterval1037]

Watching him is like looking at sea. You can always sense a feeling of Chaos and serenity.

[@steph13326ify]

A year later he'd lose Jack Lemmon, a man i think was his moral compass for years. I suspect no one will come forward with any assault charges from that era. When Kevin lost Jack, i think he lost himself.

[@docdave15]

So many good performances that year. I'm drawn between Spacey and Farnsworth. Both gave absolutely great performances.

[@pheniellanz5271]

1:45 "I hope it is not all downhill from here." This aged worse than milk

[@darkjedi7]

3:08 Meryl look like he's seen what Kevin Spacey will do in future 😁😁

[@666gertrude]

1999 Kevin Spacey 2000 Russell Crowe 2001 Denzel Washington They all got one in the end, and deservedly so.

[@axr7149]

Also, Crowe, Washington, and Sean Penn were all nominated in both 1999 and 2001, with Penn eventually winning in 2003 and 2008. Additionally, Kevin Spacey is one of only 6 people to go 2 for 2 for acting (2 nominations, 2 wins). The 5 others to achieve this feat were Luise Rainer, Vivien Leigh, Helen Hayes, Hilary Swank, and Christoph Waltz. Incidentally, Swank won her first Oscar the same night Spacey won his 2nd.

[@codetrooper9279]

I cried at the ending of american beauty...what an actor..

[@Lone432345]

You did?

[@MrOsaka24]

@@Lone432345I did too

[@delrey874]

I miss Kevin Spacey...he was one of the best actors ever.

[@draculanova6548]

2:28 Now we know what those "worst qualities" are...

[@Danlovar]

3:07 Meryl is like: "oh, what a wonderful actor you are"

[@star-lorddavid-1015]

Kevin Spacey totally deserved that oscar win!

[@grahamandrewsharpe1941]

This was just after he was in the Negotiator with Samuel L Jackson.

[@gingerindian1141]

Kevin Spacey - American Beauty. For me, as a lover of movies of many kinds. I simply love films. This film is exceptional. Its truely a one off movie...and its characters like Carolyn are so like people I know and how unhappy they are. And Lester is almost a hero as he sees beyond the middle class trappings and artificiality of suburban life. Theres more to fill your life with than stuff...and American Beauty helped me to understand and realise it. Its a magnificent film. Long live AB!

[@jaimeraymundo7324]

one of the Best Actor in Oscars to win the Academy award for best actor

[@brandonricardodelgadocisne4504]

Kevin is the best, no matter what.

[@Erin-ce5gs]

Except he isn't a pedophile.

[@Erin-ce5gs]

Yes, I have. A pedophile is exclusively attracted to prepubescent children (i.e children under 10) according to both the dictionary and the DSM. Kevin is not. Thus far, all of the allegations against him have come from young ADULT men, so he doesn't fit the description.

[@Erin-ce5gs]

Except he hasn't raped anyone. From what I've read, the most he's been accused of is groping people, which, while inappropriate and wrong, is nowhere near the same as rape. If you're referring to the Rapp incident, all Kevin supposedly did was slump on top of him in a drunken haze. Rapp pushed him off, said no and left. Hardly assault.

[@raulelchurro]

@@Erin-ce5gs mai

[@kidbrown2010]

I don't know about his other movies... but i can say that in this movie this dude did a terrific job... terrific.

[@KyleCorwith]

Bit of foreshadowing in this speech. It's eerie but life turns in things like that.

[@danielgoncalves8274]

I came back here just to see Richard Farnsworth again, and after watching “A Straight Story”. A great man, in a great performance.

[@meIektegna]

As much as I love Kevin Spacey, Denzel Washington deserved this one big time. The way he portrayed Rubin Carter in The Hurricane was not only one of his best performances, but one of the best performances of all time