Spalding Gray
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1941-06-05
- Died
- 2004-01-11
- Place of birth
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Also known as
- Spalding Grey
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (52)
How High
2001
as Prof. Jackson
Kate & Leopold
2001
as Dr. Geisler
The Killing Fields
1984
as U.S. Consul
The Paper
1994
as Paul Bladden
Diabolique
1996
as Simon Veatch
Beaches
1988
as Dr. Richard Milstein
Bliss
1997
as Alfred
The Pickle
1993
as Doctor
Bad Company
1995
as Walter Curl
Coming Soon
1999
as Mr. Jennings
Straight Talk
1992
as Dr. Erdman
True Stories
1986
as Earl Culver
Glory Daze
1995
as Jack's Dad
Twenty Bucks
1993
as Priest
Seven Minutes in Heaven
1986
as Dr. Rodney
King of the Hill
1993
as Mr. Mungo
Stars & Bars
1988
as Reverend T.J. Cardew
Variety
1985
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice) / Voice on answering machine (voice)
The Image
1990
as Frank Goodrich
Clara's Heart
1988
as Peter Epstein
Beyond Rangoon
1995
as Jeremy Watt
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
as Self
Drunks
1997
as Louis
Heavy Petting
1989
as Self
Almost You
1985
as Travel Agent
Gray's Anatomy
1996
as Spalding Gray
Zelda
1993
as Sayre
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
as Self
Our Town
1989
as Stage Manager
Hard Choices
1985
as Terry Norfolk
And Everything Is Going Fine
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Revolution #9
2002
as Scooter McCrae
Real Life
2018
as Earl Culver
To Save a Child
1991
Julie Johnson
2001
as Mr. Tom Miranda
Monster in a Box
1992
as Self
Love-In '72
1970
as Radical at Party
Rumstick Road
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
as Spalding Gray
Anybody's Woman
1981
Confessions of a Sociopath
2002
as Himself
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974
as Spalding Gray
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
1985
as Himself
A Personal History of the American Theater
1982
as Himself
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
1991
as The Talk Show Host
Sex and Death to the Age 14
1982
as Himself
Double Lunar Dogs
1984
Maraschino Cherry
1978
as Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
What You Mean We?
1986
as Talk show host
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
1987
as Spalding Gray
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
1984
as Spalding Gray
The Farmer's Daughters
1976
as George
About Spalding Gray
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… With 58 credits spanning from 1970 to 2018, Spalding Gray has appeared in 52 films and 6 TV shows.
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- How High (2001) — as Prof. Jackson
- Kate & Leopold (2001) — as Dr. Geisler
- The Killing Fields (1984) — as U.S. Consul
- The Paper (1994) — as Paul Bladden
- Diabolique (1996) — as Simon Veatch
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