Spalding Gray
Acting
Born: June 5, 1941 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died: January 11, 2004 (aged 62)
Highest Rated
Biography
Spalding Gray (June 5, 1941 – January 11, 2004) was an American actor, novelist, playwright, screenwriter and performance artist. He is best known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as for his film adaptations of these works, beginning in 1987. He wrote and starred in several, working with different directors. Theater critics John Willis and Ben Hodges called Gray's monologues "trenchant, personal narratives delivered on sparse, unadorned sets with a dry, WASP, quiet mania." Gray achieved renown for his monologue Swimming to Cambodia, which he adapted as a 1987 film in which he starred; it was directed by Jonathan Demme. Other of his monologues that he adapted for film were Monster in a Box (1991), directed by Nick Broomfield, and Gray's Anatomy (1996), directed by Steven Soderbergh. Gray died by suicide at the age of 62 after jumping into New York Harbor on January 11, 2004. He had been struggling with depression and severe injuries following a car accident. Soderbergh made a documentary film about Gray's life, And Everything Is Going Fine (2010). An unfinished monologue and a selection from his journals were published in 2005 and 2011, respectively. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spalding Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Kate & Leopold
2001
The Nanny
1993
How High
2001
The Killing Fields
1984
Diabolique
1996
Beaches
1988
The Paper
1994
King of the Hill
1993
True Stories
1986
Bliss
1997
Beyond Rangoon
1995
Straight Talk
1992
Photos (1)
Movies (40)
How High
Prof. Jackson
Kate & Leopold
Dr. Geisler
The Killing Fields
U.S. Consul
Diabolique
Simon Veatch
The Paper
Paul Bladden
Straight Talk
Dr. Erdman
Beaches
Dr. Richard Milstein
Bad Company
Walter Curl
King of the Hill
Mr. Mungo
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Dr. Rodney
Twenty Bucks
Priest
Glory Daze
Jack's Dad
Bliss
Alfred
Beyond Rangoon
Jeremy Watt
Stars & Bars
Reverend T.J. Cardew
Clara's Heart
Peter Epstein
True Stories
Earl Culver
Love-In '72
Radical at Party
The Pickle
Doctor
Coming Soon
Mr. Jennings
Variety
Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Variety
Voice on answering machine (voice)
Drunks
Louis
Almost You
Travel Agent
The Image
Frank Goodrich
Gray's Anatomy
Spalding Gray
Our Town
Stage Manager
Julie Johnson
Mr. Tom Miranda
Revolution #9
Scooter McCrae
Double Lunar Dogs
1984
Zelda
Sayre
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
The Talk Show Host
Hard Choices
Terry Norfolk
To Save a Child
1991
Anybody's Woman
1981
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Spalding Gray
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Spalding Gray
Prisoner's Dilemma
Spalding Gray
Maraschino Cherry
Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughters
George
TV Shows (5)
Self / Appearances (13)
Alive from Off Center
self · 1 eps
Swimming to Cambodia
Self
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Self
Gray Areas
Self
Heavy Petting
Self
And Everything Is Going Fine
Self (archive footage)
Rumstick Road
Self (archive footage)
Confessions of a Sociopath
Himself
Monster in a Box
Self
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
Himself
A Personal History of the American Theater
Himself
Sex and Death to the Age 14
Himself
Spalding Gray at Hallwalls
Self
Writing (11)
Alive from Off Center
Writer
Swimming to Cambodia
Writer
Gray Areas
Writer
Gray's Anatomy
Writer
Rumstick Road
Writer
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Writer
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Writer
Monster in a Box
Writer
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
Writer
A Personal History of the American Theater
Writer
Sex and Death to the Age 14
Writer