Kevin Spacey knows what’s it like to be an actor. The two-time Oscar-winning thesp has reached deep into his pocket for a $100,000 donation to the striking commercial actors of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists.
“Let us not forget that 80 percent of Screen Actors Guild members earn less than $5,000 per year,” the actor said in a statement. “If the public were not informed of this, it would be easy to assume that all actors make a decent living.”
Spacey’s donation will be added to a $500,000 strike relief fund SAG set up last month. The two actor’s unions have been striking against the advertising industry since April.
Representatives from both sides are planning to return to the bargaining table in New York on Wednesday.
