Photos: Kevin Spacey through the years
Actor Kevin Spacey poses in the Savoy Hotel in London, July 22, 1998. For almost four months, Spacey has been thrilling London theatergoers as a titanic Hickey in a new revival of Eugene O'Neill's marathon play "The Iceman Cometh." American audiences, in the meantime, can admire his contribution to thrills of a different sort, as he faces off against Samuel L. Jackson in what looks to be the summer's most breathlessly exciting film, "The Negotiator." (AP Photo/Danielle Smith)
U.S. actor Kevin Spacey, left, the Director of London's new Old Vic Theatre Company, with the Chairman of the company Sir Elton John, before the start of their press conference to announce Kevin Spacey's appointment, at the theatre Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Max Nash)
American actor Kevin Spacey with his co-star Kate Bosworth, at the London premier of their film 'Beyond the Sea' Thuirsday Nov. 25, 2004. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Kevin Spacey presents the award for excellence in television at the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Playwright Neil Simon, left, poses with cast members Kevin Spacey and Mercedes Ruehl and producer Emanuel Azenberg, right, at a party following the Tony Awards ceremony in New York on Sunday, June 3, 1991. Simon and Azenberg won Tonys for the play ?Lost in Yonkers,? while Spacey and Ruehl garnered Tonys for Best Featured Actor in a Play and Best Actress in a Play for their performances. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Kevin Spacey performs during the "Beyond the Sea" tour at Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 6, 2004. Spacey plays Bobby Darin in the new film "Beyond the Sea." (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)
Actor Kevin Spacey arrives for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Actress Parker Posey, left, poses with actor Kevin Spacey as they arrive for the premiere of the film "Superman Returns" in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson)
Actor Kevin Spacey arrives for the opening of the Broadway play "Frost/Nixon" in New York, Sunday, April 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada)
U.S. actress Uma Thurman, left and U.S. actor Kevin Spacey, right speaks during a press conference Tuesday Dec. 11, 2007 in Oslo, Norway ahead of the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert. Artists from all over the world will be gathering at the Oslo Spektrum to help spread the message of peace and celebrate this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureates - Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen)
Two-time Oscar winning U.S. actor Kevin Spacey on the red carpet, at the 14th Sarajevo Film Festival, in Bosnia's capital Sarajevo, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. In honour of his arrival, the Festival will organize a special screening of his cult movie The Usual Suspects by director Bryan Singer, the role in which he was awarded his first Academy Award. A total of 174 movies from more than 40 countries will be presented within 12 programs during the nine-day long festival. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)
U.S. actor Kevin Spacey is seen during a press conference for the movie "Recount" at the 34th American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, France, Tuesday Sept. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
Kevin Spacey accepts the award for outstanding male actor in a drama series for “House of Cards” at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)
Actor Kevin Spacey accepts the glass trophy at his Museum of the Moving Image salute on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Actor Kevin Spacey participates in the BUILD Speaker Series at AOL Studios on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Kevin Spacey poses in the press room with the award for outstanding male actor in a drama series for “House of Cards” at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Kevin Spacey attends the "Elvis & Nixon" world premiere screening during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival at John Zuccotti Theater at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 9, 2014 file photo, actor Kevin Spacey attends the Museum of the Moving Image salute to Kevin Spacey in New York. Spacey has asked a federal judge to imprison a Boston-area woman convicted of sending electronic messages that threatened to shoot, torture and disembowel the Oscar-winning actor. Linda Louise Culkin, 55, was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Boston, but a judge sent her for a psychiatric evaluation. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)
U.S actor Kevin Spacey is interviewed by media as he arrives for the European Premiere of Now, at the Empire cinema in central London, Monday, June 9, 2014. The film follows twenty British and American actors during a ten month international theatre tour of “Richard III”. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
Kevin Spacey arrives at the AFI Night at the Movies at the ArcLight on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)
Kevin Spacey arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)
Kevin Spacey arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 11, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Actor Kevin Spacey smiles as he arrives at Cinema Massimo in Turin, Italy, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Kevin Spacey was in the northern Italian city of Turin on Monday to receive the lifetime achievement award, teach a master class and introduce a screening of the 1999 film "American Beauty." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Actor Kevin Spacey poses at the Triggerstreet.com party in Hollywood, Calif. on Thursday, June 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Actor Kevin Spacey arrives for the premiere of Columbia Pictures' film "21" at the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Kevin Spacey arrives at a special screening for season 2 of "House of Cards", on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Actor Kevin Spacey arrives on the red carpet for the UK Premiere of 'House of Cards' at a Leicester Square cinema in London, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
FILE - Actor Kevin Spacey smiles upon his arrival at the National Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Double Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey goes on trial in London this week, accused of sexual offenses against four men in Britain. Spacey, 63, faces a dozen charges, which he denies. His trial starts Wednesday at Southwark Crown Court. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
FILE - Actor Kevin Spacey leaves a court in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Double Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey goes on trial in London this week, accused of sexual offenses against four men in Britain. Spacey, 63, faces a dozen charges, which he denies. His trial starts Wednesday at Southwark Crown Court. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Kevin Spacey, whose acting career was derailed by sex assault allegations, goes on trial in London this week, accused of sexual offenses. The 63-year-old actor faces a dozen charges involving four men.
One of Kevin Spacey’s accusers described the Oscar-winning actor in a London court as a “slippery, snaky” predator whom young men were warned to avoid as Spacey's sex crimes trial continues in London.
The actor denied grabbing men by the crotch was his "trademark" pickup move as he became testy under questioning at his trial in London.
Elton John has testified for the defense at Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial as the actor’s lawyer attempted to discredit a man who claimed Spacey aggressively grabbed his crotch in a car on the way to the singer’s house.
The defense is scheduled to present its closing arguments Thursday in Southwark Crown Court in London.