Spacey portrayed the antagonist Jonathan Irons in the 2014 video game "" through motion capture. He starred as President Richard Nixon in the comedy-drama "Elvis & Nixon" (2016), which is based on the meeting that took place between Nixon and singer Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) in December 1970 wherein Presley requested Nixon swear him in as an undercover agent in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. He next starred in the comedy film "Nine Lives", as a man trapped in the body of a cat. The film was released on August 5, 2016.