- Kevin gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects (Best Supporting Actor), followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty (1999).
- Kevin's other starring roles in Hollywood include Seven, L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, and Superman Returns in a career which has eventually earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
- Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.
- Kevin attended Northridge Military Academy from which he was expelled.
- At Chatsworth High, Kevin starred in the school's senior production of The Sound of Music, playing the part of Captain George von Trapp.
- Kevin tried to succeed as a stand up comedian for several years, before attending the Juilliard School in New York City, where he studied drama, between 1979 and 1981. During this time period, Kevin performed stand up comedy in bowling alley talent contests.
- Kevin's father was unconvinced that Kevin could make a career for himself as an actor, and did not change his mind until Kevin became a well known theatre actor.
- Kevin appeared in the 1995 thriller film Seven, with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, making a sudden and unexpected entrance late in the film as the serial killer John Doe, after going unmentioned in the film's ads and opening credits.
- Kevin made his directorial debut with the film Albino Alligator (1996). The film was a failure at the box office, grossing $339,379 with a budget of $6 million, but critics praised Kevin's direction.
- Kevin won universal praise and a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a depressed suburban father who re-evaluates his life in 1999's American Beauty; the same year, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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