Editing Kevin Spacey (section)

===Political views and activism===
[[File:Kevin Spacey - Clinton Global Citizen 2010.jpg|thumb|left|Spacey speaking during the 2010 [[Clinton Foundation#Clinton Global Citizen Awards|Clinton Global Citizen Awards]]]]
Spacey is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and has been described as [[Left-wing politics|left-leaning]], with his political views mirroring some of those professed by his fictional character in ''House of Cards.''<ref>{{cite news |last=Rubenoff |first=Sarah |url=https://www.romper.com/p/is-kevin-spacey-a-democrat-republican-the-house-of-cards-star-is-super-passionate-about-politics-6470 |title=Is Kevin Spacey A Democrat Or Republican? The 'House of Cards' Star Is Super Passionate About Politics |work=[[Romper (magazine)|Romper]] |date=February 29, 2016 |access-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011419/https://www.romper.com/p/is-kevin-spacey-a-democrat-republican-the-house-of-cards-star-is-super-passionate-about-politics-6470 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Amy|last=Chozick|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/arts/television/kevin-spacey-star-of-house-of-cards-and-a-bromance-with-bill-clinton.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/arts/television/kevin-spacey-star-of-house-of-cards-and-a-bromance-with-bill-clinton.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Kevin Spacey, Star of 'House of Cards' and a Bromance With Bill Clinton|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 20, 2015|access-date=October 30, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Spacey worked on [[Jimmy Carter]]'s [[Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign|1976 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mcdevitt |first=Caitlin |title=Kevin Spacey on Obama, Congress |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/07/kevin-spacey-on-obama-congress-169387 |access-date=November 12, 2022 |website=[[Politico]] |date=July 29, 2013 |language=en |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112233730/https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/07/kevin-spacey-on-obama-congress-169387 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He is a friend of President [[Bill Clinton]], having met Clinton before his presidency began. Spacey once described Clinton as "one of the shining lights" in the political process.<ref name="abc" /> He additionally made a [[cameo appearance]] in the short film ''President Clinton: Final Days'', a light-hearted [[political satire]] produced by the [[Clinton Administration]] for the 2000 [[White House Correspondents Dinner]].<ref name="newyorktimes">{{cite news |title=President Clinton: Final Days (2000) |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/241447/President-Clinton-Final-Days/overview | access-date=June 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012205227/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/241447/President-Clinton-Final-Days/overview|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Richard|last=Gilliam |year=2007 |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref>

Spacey has undertaken activism in the domain of [[HIV/AIDS]]. In 2002, he and fellow actor [[Chris Tucker]] accompanied Bill Clinton on a trip throughout several African countries to promote AIDS awareness on the continent.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 30, 2002 |title=Former President Clinton, Nelson Mandela Discuss AIDS Awareness with Young People in South Africa |url=https://khn.org/morning-breakout/dr00013741/ |access-date=August 19, 2020 |website=Kaiser Health News |archive-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622095843/https://khn.org/morning-breakout/dr00013741/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The trip gained renewed attention in 2019 amidst the [[Jeffrey Epstein#Legal proceedings|sex trafficking charges]] against [[Jeffrey Epstein]], whose plane was used.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Taylor Nicole |last2=Snodgrass |first2=Erin |title=Here are all the famous people Jeffrey Epstein was connected to |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/famous-people-jeffery-epstein-money-manager-sexual-trafficking-connected-2019-7 |access-date=November 12, 2022 |work=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112002344/https://www.businessinsider.com/famous-people-jeffery-epstein-money-manager-sexual-trafficking-connected-2019-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> Spacey also participated in several fundraisers for HIV/AIDS healthcare, including [[amfAR]] Cinema Against AIDS in 2016<ref>{{cite news |date=May 20, 2016 |title=Kevin Spacey mocks Donald Trump at AIDS fundraiser |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-spacey-mocks-donald-trump-at-aids-fundraiser/ |access-date=August 19, 2020 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616120811/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-spacey-mocks-donald-trump-at-aids-fundraiser/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 25th Annual [[Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=EJAF's 25th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party: Sunday, February 26, 2017 |url=http://newyork.ejaf.org/ejafs-25th-annual-academy-awards-viewing-party-sunday-february-26-2017/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129135320/http://newyork.ejaf.org/ejafs-25th-annual-academy-awards-viewing-party-sunday-february-26-2017/ |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |access-date=January 18, 2017 |website=[[Elton John AIDS Foundation]]}}</ref>

Spacey met Venezuelan president [[Hugo Chávez]] in September 2007 but never spoke to the press about their encounter. During the trip, he visited the Venezuelan film studio [[Villa del Cine]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomson |first=Katherine |date=September 25, 2007 |title=Kevin Spacey Meets With Hugo Chavez |work=[[HuffPost]] |location=New York City |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/25/kevin-spacey-meets-with-h_n_65739.html |access-date=June 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303050814/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/25/kevin-spacey-meets-with-h_n_65739.html |archive-date=March 3, 2013}}</ref> In March 2011, following Belarusian president [[Alexander Lukashenko]]'s crackdown on the [[Belarusian democracy movement]], Spacey joined [[Jude Law]] in a street protest in London against Lukashenko's regime.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-12909005/kevin-spacey-and-jude-law-march-against-belarus-regime |title=Kevin Spacey and Jude Law march against Belarus regime |date=March 30, 2011 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=October 29, 2017 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109024735/http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-12909005/kevin-spacey-and-jude-law-march-against-belarus-regime |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2008, Spacey started the Kevin Spacey Foundation in the UK to encourage youth involvement in the arts.<ref>{{cite news|first=Afshan|last=Ahmed|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/kevin-spacey-foundation-s-way-to-pay-it-forward-1.119181|title=Kevin Spacey Foundation's way to pay it forward|newspaper=The National|location=Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates|date=January 7, 2015|access-date=July 25, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726103722/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/kevin-spacey-foundation-s-way-to-pay-it-forward-1.119181|url-status=live}}</ref> Headquartered in England and [[Wales]], its purpose was to provide grants to individuals and organizations to help young people study the arts, particularly theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1126407&subid=0|title=Charity Details: The Kevin Spacey Foundation|website=charitycommission.gov.uk|access-date=July 25, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726103658/http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1126407&subid=0|url-status=live}}</ref> The charity shut down in February 2018 following sexual misconduct allegations against Spacey.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stewart|last=Clarke|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/kevin-spacey-foundation-close-down-uk-britain-1202711565/|title=Kevin Spacey Foundation to Shut Down in U.K.|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=February 27, 2018|access-date=July 25, 2018|archive-date=August 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803234102/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/kevin-spacey-foundation-close-down-uk-britain-1202711565/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2006, Spacey said that he intended to take up [[British citizenship]] when it is offered to him.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Hastings |first=Chris |date=September 10, 2006 |title=Spacey sets the stage for nine years at the Old Vic |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1528483/Spacey-sets-the-stage-for-nine-years-at-the-Old-Vic.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1528483/Spacey-sets-the-stage-for-nine-years-at-the-Old-Vic.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> When asked about the UK's [[2016 European Union membership referendum]], Spacey replied, "I appreciate you asking me the question, but I am not a British citizen, I am a resident of Great Britain. And I have never in my twelve years ever gotten involved in politics in Great Britain. I think it's inappropriate for me as a, really as a guest, in Great Britain, so I'll leave that to the British people."<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Press Association]] |date=February 23, 2016 |title=Expect the political unpredictable, says House of Cards' Kevin Spacey |work=[[Irish Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/expect-the-political-unpredictable-says-house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-34477004.html |access-date=October 31, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031642/https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/expect-the-political-unpredictable-says-house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-34477004.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2024, Spacey endorsed [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]], running as an independent, in the [[2024 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dorn |first=Sara |title=Kevin Spacey Endorses RFK Jr. — Ahead Of Documentary Revealing New Allegations Against Spacey |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/05/06/kevin-spacey-endorses-rfk-jr---ahead-of-documentary-revealing-new-allegations-against-spacey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520002742/https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/05/06/kevin-spacey-endorses-rfk-jr---ahead-of-documentary-revealing-new-allegations-against-spacey/ |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=May 20, 2024 |website=Forbes}}</ref>