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