Spalding Gray

Spalding Gray

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1941-06-05
Deathday: 2004-01-11 (62 years old)

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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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Filmography

all 54

Movies 49

self 16

TV Shows 5

Voice 2

Self
The Making of True Stories

The Making of True Stories (2018)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rumstick Road

Rumstick Road (2014)

Movie
Self
And Everything Is Going Fine

And Everything Is Going Fine (2010)

Movie
Scooter McCrae
Revolution #9

Revolution #9 (2002)

Movie
Himself
Confessions of a Sociopath

Confessions of a Sociopath (2002)

Movie
Dr. Geisler
Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold (2001)

Movie
6.75
Prof. Jackson
How High

How High (2001)

Movie
6.5
Mr. Tom Miranda
Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson (2001)

Movie
Professor Beaumont
The Mike O'Malley Show

The Mike O'Malley Show (1999)

TV
Self
Yesterday's Tomorrows

Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999)

Movie
Mr. Jennings
Coming Soon

Coming Soon (1999)

Movie
Alfred
Bliss

Bliss (1997)

Movie
Louis
Drunks

Drunks (1997)

Movie
Self
Gray's Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy (1996)

Movie
8.75
Simon Veatch
Diabolique

Diabolique (1996)

Movie
1.5
Jack's Dad
Glory Daze

Glory Daze (1995)

Movie
Jeremy Watt
Beyond Rangoon

Beyond Rangoon (1995)

Movie
Walter Curl
Bad Company

Bad Company (1995)

Movie
3.75
Paul Bladden
The Paper

The Paper (1994)

Movie
Sayre
Zelda

Zelda (1993)

Movie
Priest
Twenty Bucks

Twenty Bucks (1993)

Movie
Mr. Mungo
King of the Hill

King of the Hill (1993)

Movie
Doctor
The Pickle

The Pickle (1993)

Movie
Self
Monster in a Box

Monster in a Box (1992)

Movie
Dr. Erdman
Straight Talk

Straight Talk (1992)

Movie
To Save a Child

To Save a Child (1991)

Movie
Self - Interviewer
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos

Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos (1991)

Movie
Frank Goodrich
The Image

The Image (1990)

Movie
Self
Heavy Petting

Heavy Petting (1989)

Movie
Stage Manager
Our Town

Our Town (1989)

Movie
Dr. Richard Milstein
Beaches

Beaches (1988)

Movie
6
Peter Epstein
Clara's Heart

Clara's Heart (1988)

Movie
Reverend T.J. Cardew
Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars (1988)

Movie
Self
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure

Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure (1987)

Movie
Gary
Trying Times

Trying Times (1987)

TV
Self
Swimming to Cambodia

Swimming to Cambodia (1987)

Movie
Earl Culver
True Stories

True Stories (1986)

Movie
Talk Show Host
What You Mean We?

What You Mean We? (1986)

Movie
Dr. Rodney
Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)

Movie
5
Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire (1985)

TV
6
Travel Agent
Almost You

Almost You (1985)

Movie
Voice on answering machine (voice) / Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Variety

Variety (1985)

Movie
3.5
Terry Norfolk
Hard Choices

Hard Choices (1985)

Movie
Self
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress

Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress (1985)

Movie
U.S. Consul
The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields (1984)

Movie
1
Self
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.

Spalding Gray's Map of L.A. (1984)

Movie
Double Lunar Dogs

Double Lunar Dogs (1984)

Movie
Himself / Writer
Sex and Death to the Age 14

Sex and Death to the Age 14 (1982)

Movie
Himself / Writer
A Personal History of the American Theater

A Personal History of the American Theater (1982)

Movie
Actor
Anybody's Woman

Anybody's Woman (1981)

Movie
Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (1975)

TV
6.36
Stage Manager
Great Performances

Great Performances (1971)

TV
1
Radical at Party
Love-In '72

Love-In '72 (1970)

Movie
Spalding Gray
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1941-06-05

Deathday
2004-01-11 (62 years old)

Birth Place
Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Spalding Grey

Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship, National Book Award


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