Kevin Spacey’s life today looks nothing like the height of his Hollywood career. The two-time Oscar winner, once one of the most in-demand actors of his generation, has revealed that he is now effectively without a permanent home and earning a living by performing as a nightclub singer in Cyprus.
In a candid interview with The Telegraph, Spacey, now 66, said he has been living “in hotels and Airbnbs” for years, travelling with whatever fits into his suitcases and going “where the work is.” He explained that he “literally has no home” after losing his Baltimore property to foreclosure and placing all his belongings into storage. While he is not sleeping rough, he described a transient existence defined by temporary accommodation and financial strain.
Spacey gave the interview while singing jazz standards to small audiences on the island of Cyprus, a world away from the red carpets, film sets and global fame that once defined his career.
The allegations, first raised by actor Anthony Rapp, led to a cascade of accusations at the height of the Me Too movement. Although Spacey has consistently denied wrongdoing, he conceded in past interviews that he had been “too handsy” and once “touched someone sexually in a way I didn’t know they didn’t want.”
Courts, however, have never found him guilty or liable for the allegations against him. A New York jury ruled in his favour in 2022, and in 2023 a London court acquitted him of nine counts relating to four complainants. Another high-profile case in Massachusetts collapsed in 2019 after questions were raised about missing phone messages.
Despite those legal outcomes, Hollywood still shut its doors. He was fired from House of Cards, removed digitally from a Ridley Scott film, and offers largely disappeared. Speaking from Cyprus, he admitted the financial toll of the past seven years had been “astronomical” and left him starting again from near zero.
Spacey compared himself to the writers blacklisted in McCarthy-era Hollywood, suggesting his industry is waiting for one influential figure - in his words, “a Kirk Douglas moment” - to publicly back him. “It takes one person to say enough is enough,” Spacey said, adding that he still believes a return is possible. “We are in touch with extremely powerful people… and when that moment comes, I’ll be ready.”
While some audience members at his Cyprus performances appear to support him, with one fan telling The Telegraph, “He was acquitted! Isn’t that enough?”, Spacey knows the wider public and the industry remain divided.
For now, he continues to drift between temporary accommodation overseas, working where he can and waiting for the second act he insists will arrive. “I believe it’s going to happen,” he said. “I really do.”
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