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