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