The 54-year-old Oscar-winner was in the middle of the performance when the phone rang at London's Old Vic theatre.
"If you don't answer that, I will!" Spacey said while staying in character, reported the Independent newspaper.
Spacey's outburst was met with loud applause by the audience.
Spacey, who is wrapping up a 10-yeat stint as the Old Vic's artistic director, however, is not the only celebrity performer to get annoyed with unruly audience members.
"Who's Neil? I'm not Neil," he replied, adding, "I'm doing something up here," before finishing off the sentence with an expletive.
James McAvoy halted a performance of 'Macbeth' in London's West End last year when he spotted an audience member filming the show without permission.
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