Spalding Gray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 5, 1941
- Died
- Jan 11, 2004 (aged 62)
- Place of birth
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Credits
- 60
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
Kate & Leopold
2001Movie
Dr. Geisler
The Nanny
1993TV
Dr. Miller
How High
2001Movie
Prof. Jackson
The Killing Fields
1984Movie
U.S. Consul
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)
Diabolique
1996Movie
Simon Veatch
Filmography
Real Life
2018Movie
Earl Culver
Rumstick Road
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
And Everything Is Going Fine
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
Revolution #9
2002Movie
Scooter McCrae
Confessions of a Sociopath
2002Movie
Himself
Kate & Leopold
2001Movie
Dr. Geisler
How High
2001Movie
Prof. Jackson
Julie Johnson
2001Movie
Mr. Tom Miranda
The Mike O'Malley Show
1999TV
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999Movie
Self
Coming Soon
1999Movie
Mr. Jennings
Bliss
1997Movie
Alfred
Drunks
1997Movie
Louis
Gray's Anatomy
1996Movie
Spalding Gray
Diabolique
1996Movie
Simon Veatch
Glory Daze
1995Movie
Jack's Dad
Beyond Rangoon
1995Movie
Jeremy Watt
Bad Company
1995Movie
Walter Curl
The Paper
1994Movie
Paul Bladden
Zelda
1993Movie
Sayre
The Nanny
1993TV
Dr. Miller
Twenty Bucks
1993Movie
Priest
King of the Hill
1993Movie
Mr. Mungo
The Pickle
1993Movie
Doctor
Monster in a Box
1992Movie
Self
Straight Talk
1992Movie
Dr. Erdman
To Save a Child
1991Movie
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
1991Movie
The Talk Show Host
The Image
1990Movie
Frank Goodrich
Heavy Petting
1989Movie
Self
Our Town
1989Movie
Stage Manager
Beaches
1988Movie
Dr. Richard Milstein
Clara's Heart
1988Movie
Peter Epstein
Stars & Bars
1988Movie
Reverend T.J. Cardew
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
1987Movie
Spalding Gray
Swimming to Cambodia
1987Movie
Self
True Stories
1986Movie
Earl Culver
What You Mean We?
1986Movie
Talk show host
Seven Minutes in Heaven
1986Movie
Dr. Rodney
Spenser: For Hire
1985TV
Alive from Off Center
1985TV
self, Talk Show Host (voice)
Almost You
1985Movie
Travel Agent
Variety
1985Movie
Obscene Phone Caller (voice), Voice on answering machine (voice)
Hard Choices
1985Movie
Terry Norfolk
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
1985Movie
Himself
The Killing Fields
1984Movie
U.S. Consul
Gray Areas
1984Movie
Self
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
1984Movie
Spalding Gray
Double Lunar Dogs
1984Movie
Sex and Death to the Age 14
1982Movie
Himself
A Personal History of the American Theater
1982Movie
Himself
Anybody's Woman
1981Movie
Spalding Gray at Hallwalls
1978Movie
Self
Maraschino Cherry
1978Movie
Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughters
1976Movie
George
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974Movie
Spalding Gray
Great Performances
1971TV
Stage Manager
Love-In '72
1970Movie
Radical at Party
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Movie
Spalding Gray