Editing Kevin Spacey (section)

==== 1986–1994: Early roles and breakthrough ====
In 1986, Spacey made his first film appearance in [[Mike Nichols]]'s ''[[Heartburn (film)|Heartburn]]'' starring [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Jack Nicholson]]. Spacey plays a small role credited as a subway thief. In 1988, Spacey also briefly appeared in another Nichols film, ''[[Working Girl]]'', as businessman Bob Speck. Some of Spacey's other early roles include a widowed millionaire on ''[[L.A. Law]]''; the television miniseries ''[[The Murder of Mary Phagan]]'' (1988), opposite Lemmon; and the comedy ''[[See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film)|See No Evil, Hear No Evil]]'' (1989). Spacey quickly developed a reputation as a [[character actor]], and was cast in bigger roles, including the malevolent office manager in the ensemble film adaptation of the [[David Mamet]] play ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' (1992) starring [[Al Pacino]], as well as news reporter Harry Kingsley in a film based on a 1917 [[dog sled race]] ''[[Iron Will]]'' (1994) directed by [[Charles Haid]]. Spacey also played one-half of a bickering [[Connecticut]] couple alongside [[Judy Davis]] in the [[dark comedy]] Christmas film ''[[The Ref]]'' (1994), and a malicious Hollywood studio boss in the satire ''[[Swimming with Sharks]]'' (1995).