Editing Kevin Spacey (section)

==Early life, family and education==
Kevin Spacey Fowler was born in [[South Orange, New Jersey]], to Kathleen Ann (''née'' Knutson), a secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler, a [[technical writer]] and data consultant.<ref name="name">{{cite news|first=Paul |last=Fischer |title=The Alien World of Kevin Spacey |work= FilmMonthly.com |url=http://www.filmmonthly.com/profiles/Articles/KSpacey/KSpacey.html|date=October 20, 2001 |archive-date=January 24, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124110051/http://www.filmmonthly.com/profiles/Articles/KSpacey/KSpacey.html }}</ref><ref name= dlrehioho>{{cite encyclopedia | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=92bJlWbPeKMC&q=Kevin+Spacey |title=Fowler, Kevin Spacey |publisher= Marquis Who's Who |encyclopedia= Who's who in the world, 1991–1992 | volume = 10 | page = 348 | location = Wilmette, Illinois | year = 1990 | isbn = 978-0-8379-1110-6 | access-date = March 13, 2023 | archive-date = September 8, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230908053438/https://books.google.com/books?id=92bJlWbPeKMC&q=Kevin+Spacey | url-status = live }}</ref> His family relocated to [[Southern California]] when he was four years old.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/kevin-spacey-9489645 |title=Kevin Spacey Biography |website=[[Biography.com]] |access-date=November 15, 2015 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117190619/http://www.biography.com/people/kevin-spacey-9489645 |url-status=live }}</ref> Spacey has a sister and an older brother, Randy Fowler, from whom Spacey is [[family estrangement|estranged]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Ashley|last=Feinberg|url=http://gawker.com/kevin-spaceys-brother-is-a-limo-driving-rod-stewart-imp-1728756763|title=Kevin Spacey's Brother Is a Limo-Driving Rod Stewart Impersonator in Boise|website=[[Gawker]]|date=April 9, 2015|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121122849/https://gawker.com/kevin-spaceys-brother-is-a-limo-driving-rod-stewart-imp-1728756763|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Randy Fowler Memoir">{{Cite news|first=Kyle|last=Zach|url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article41570688.html|title=Meet Randy Fowler, Boise's Rod Stewart-impersonating, limo-driving brother of Kevin Spacey|newspaper=[[Idaho Statesman]]|location=Boise, Idaho|date=September 27, 2015|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=April 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406063916/https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article41570688.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Estranged Brothers">{{Cite news |first1=Nicole |last1=Blanchard |first2=Dana |last2=Oland |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article181803111.html |title=Sex allegation against Spacey revives his Boise brother's story of their abusive dad |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=October 31, 2017 |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406063916/https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article181803111.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His brother has stated that their father, whom he described as a racist "[[Nazi]] supporter", was [[child sexual abuse|sexually]] and [[physically abusive]], and that Spacey shut down emotionally and became "very sly and smart" to avoid beatings.<ref name="independent">{{cite news| first = Maya| last = Oppenheim| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/kevin-spacey-brother-father-sexual-abuse-actor-randall-fowler-thomas-geoffrey-fowler-a8029776.html| title = Kevin Spacey's brother claims 'Nazi' father sexually abused him| newspaper = [[The Independent]]| date = October 31, 2017| access-date = October 31, 2017| archive-date = October 31, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171031161712/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/kevin-spacey-brother-father-sexual-abuse-actor-randall-fowler-thomas-geoffrey-fowler-a8029776.html| url-status = live}}</ref> Spacey first addressed the matter in October 2022, saying that his father was "a [[white supremacist]] and a [[neo-Nazi]]" who would call him "an [[Faggot (slang)|F-word]] that is very derogatory to the gay community".<ref name= "LangFerme">{{cite magazine|first1=Brent|last1=Lang|first2=Antonio|last2=Ferme|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/kevin-spacey-gay-father-white-supremacist-neo-nazi-1235405992/|title=Kevin Spacey Says He Didn't Publicly Come Out as Gay Because His Father Was a 'White Supremacist and a Neo-Nazi'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 17, 2022|access-date=October 17, 2022|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017172108/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/kevin-spacey-gay-father-white-supremacist-neo-nazi-1235405992/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Victoria|last=Bekiempis|url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/kevin-spacey-trial-dad-neo-nazi-testimony.html|title=Kevin Spacey Just Claimed His Dad Was a Neo-Nazi|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]|date=October 17, 2022|access-date=October 17, 2022|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017171500/https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/kevin-spacey-trial-dad-neo-nazi-testimony.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated that, as a result, he became extremely private about his personal life and did not [[come out]] as gay earlier in his life.<ref name="LangFerme"/> Spacey had previously described his father as "a very normal, middle-class man".<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Graham|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/31/kevin-spaceys-nazi-abusive-father-spotlight-amid-sex-scandal/|title=Kevin Spacey's 'Nazi' and 'abusive' father in spotlight amid sex scandal|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=June 14, 2022|archive-date=June 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615055644/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/31/kevin-spaceys-nazi-abusive-father-spotlight-amid-sex-scandal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Spacey attended Northridge Military Academy, [[Canoga Park High School]] in the 10th and 11th grades. He graduated [[valedictorian|co-valedictorian]] (along with [[Mare Winningham]]) of the class of 1977 of [[Chatsworth High School]] in [[Chatsworth, Los Angeles]], California.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|first=Barbara|last=Whitney|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/710901/Kevin-Spacey|title=Kevin Spacey|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|year=2008|access-date=June 2, 2008|archive-date=July 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716073119/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/710901/Kevin-Spacey|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=13 Famous Valedictorians |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/college/?article=FamousValedictorians |website= [[MSN Encarta]] |year=2008 |access-date=June 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025233012/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/college/?article=FamousValedictorians |archive-date=October 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinequest.org/events/159568/conversation-kevin-spacey|title=A Conversation with Kevin Spacey|website=Cinequest|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906115910/https://www.cinequest.org/events/159568/conversation-kevin-spacey|url-status=live}}</ref> At Chatsworth, Spacey starred in the school's senior production of ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', playing the part of [[Georg Ludwig von Trapp|Captain Georg von Trapp]], with Winningham as [[Maria von Trapp]]. He started using his middle name "Spacey", which was his paternal grandmother's maiden name.<ref name=dlrehioho /><ref name= "soroff">{{cite news|first=Jonathan |last= Soroff |title=Soroff/On Kevin Spacey |url= http://www.drivingmrspacey.com/TheImproperBostonian.htm |work=[[The Improper Bostonian]] |date=January 2004|access-date=June 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420102041/http://www.drivingmrspacey.com/TheImproperBostonian.htm |archive-date= April 20, 2008}}</ref> Spacey had tried to succeed as a comedian for several years before attending the [[Juilliard School]] in New York City, as a member of [[List of Juilliard School people|Group 12]], where he studied drama with teacher [[Marian Seldes]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Kevin|last=Spacey|url=https://nypost.com/2014/10/10/kevin-spacey-writes-about-his-late-teacher-marian-seldes/|title=Kevin Spacey pays tribute to the Juilliard teacher who gave him 'wings'|work=[[New York Post]]|date=October 10, 2014|access-date=March 19, 2018|archive-date=March 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319214436/https://nypost.com/2014/10/10/kevin-spacey-writes-about-his-late-teacher-marian-seldes/|url-status=live}}</ref> between 1979 and 1981. During this time period, he performed comedy in [[bowling alley]] talent contests.<ref name="abc">{{cite interview |title=Kevin Spacey |interviewer=Andrew Denton |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1679270.htm |type=Interview: video |series=Enough rope |work= [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |date=July 10, 2006 |access-date=June 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430103311/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1679270.htm |archive-date=April 30, 2008 }}</ref>