He got his Oscar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in "The Usual Suspects" and for Best Actor in "American Beauty" (1999). A few of the other movies in which he played the main part are "Seven", "L.A. Confidential", "Pay It Forward" and "Superman Returns". He worked as the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre at London in 2003 and played Francis Underwood in the television drama series, "House of Cards" until 2017 when allegations of sexual harassment arose about Spacey. Spacey was set to play J. Paul Getty in the 2017 crime drama movie "All the Money in the World", but after sexual harassment statements were made against Spacey, director Ridley Scott decided to cut his scenes and Christopher Plummer replaced him.