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.
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 (Movies)
Real Life
Character:Earl Culver
Release Date:27/11/2018
Rumstick Road
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/2014
And Everything Is Going Fine
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/06/2010
Revolution #9
Character:Scooter McCrae
Release Date:15/11/2002
Confessions of a Sociopath
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2002
Kate & Leopold
Character:Dr. Geisler
Release Date:25/12/2001
How High
Character:Prof. Jackson
Release Date:21/12/2001
Julie Johnson
Character:Mr. Tom Miranda
Release Date:26/01/2001
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Character:Self
Release Date:09/08/1999
Coming Soon
Character:Mr. Jennings
Release Date:08/06/1999
Bliss
Character:Alfred
Release Date:14/04/1997
Drunks
Character:Louis
Release Date:14/03/1997
Gray's Anatomy
Character:Spalding Gray
Release Date:11/09/1996
Diabolique
Character:Simon Veatch
Release Date:22/03/1996
Glory Daze
Character:Jack's Dad
Release Date:01/10/1995
Beyond Rangoon
Character:Jeremy Watt
Release Date:25/08/1995
Bad Company
Character:Walter Curl
Release Date:20/01/1995
The Paper
Character:Paul Bladden
Release Date:18/03/1994
Zelda
Character:Sayre
Release Date:06/11/1993
Twenty Bucks
Character:Priest
Release Date:21/10/1993
King of the Hill
Character:Mr. Mungo
Release Date:20/08/1993
The Pickle
Character:Doctor
Release Date:30/04/1993
Monster in a Box
Character:Self
Release Date:15/05/1992
Straight Talk
Character:Dr. Erdman
Release Date:03/04/1992
To Save a Child
Character:
Release Date:08/09/1991
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
Character:The Talk Show Host
Release Date:02/07/1991
The Image
Character:Frank Goodrich
Release Date:27/01/1990
Heavy Petting
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/1989
Our Town
Character:Stage Manager
Release Date:01/04/1989
Beaches
Character:Dr. Richard Milstein
Release Date:21/12/1988
Clara's Heart
Character:Peter Epstein
Release Date:07/10/1988
Stars & Bars
Character:Reverend T.J. Cardew
Release Date:18/03/1988
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Character:Spalding Gray
Release Date:28/11/1987
Swimming to Cambodia
Character:Spalding Gray
Release Date:13/03/1987
True Stories
Character:Earl Culver
Release Date:10/10/1986
What You Mean We?
Character:Talk show host
Release Date:26/09/1986
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Character:Dr. Rodney
Release Date:09/05/1986
Almost You
Character:Travel Agent
Release Date:29/03/1985
Variety
Character:Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Release Date:27/02/1985
Variety
Character:Voice on answering machine (voice)
Release Date:27/02/1985
Hard Choices
Character:Terry Norfolk
Release Date:24/01/1985
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1985
The Killing Fields
Character:U.S. Consul
Release Date:23/11/1984
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Character:Spalding Gray
Release Date:01/01/1984
Double Lunar Dogs
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1984
Sex and Death to the Age 14
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1982
A Personal History of the American Theater
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1982
Anybody's Woman
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1981
Maraschino Cherry
Character:Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
Release Date:20/10/1978
The Farmer's Daughters
Character:George
Release Date:11/06/1976
Prisoner's Dilemma
Character:Spalding Gray
Release Date:31/12/1974
Love-In '72
Character:Radical at Party
Release Date:21/03/1970
Television Appearances
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