Acting · Providence, Rhode Island, USA · Born June 5, 1941
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.
Real Life
2018
as Earl Culver
MovieRumstick Road
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAnd Everything Is Going Fine
2010
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRevolution #9
2002
as Scooter McCrae
MovieConfessions of a Sociopath
2002
as Himself
MovieKate & Leopold
2001
as Dr. Geisler
MovieHow High
2001
as Prof. Jackson
MovieJulie Johnson
2001
as Mr. Tom Miranda
The Mike O'Malley Show
1999
MovieYesterday's Tomorrows
1999
as Self
MovieComing Soon
1999
as Mr. Jennings
MovieBliss
1997
as Alfred
MovieDrunks
1997
as Louis
MovieGray's Anatomy
1996
as Spalding Gray
MovieDiabolique
1996
as Simon Veatch
MovieGlory Daze
1995
as Jack's Dad
MovieBeyond Rangoon
1995
as Jeremy Watt
MovieBad Company
1995
as Walter Curl
MovieThe Paper
1994
as Paul Bladden
MovieZelda
1993
as Sayre
TVThe Nanny
1993
as Dr. Miller
MovieTwenty Bucks
1993
as Priest
MovieKing of the Hill
1993
as Mr. Mungo
MovieThe Pickle
1993
as Doctor
MovieMonster in a Box
1992
as Self
MovieStraight Talk
1992
as Dr. Erdman
MovieTo Save a Child
1991
MovieLaurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
1991
as The Talk Show Host
MovieThe Image
1990
as Frank Goodrich
MovieHeavy Petting
1989
as Self
MovieOur Town
1989
as Stage Manager
MovieBeaches
1988
as Dr. Richard Milstein
MovieClara's Heart
1988
as Peter Epstein
MovieStars & Bars
1988
as Reverend T.J. Cardew
MovieSpalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
1987
as Spalding Gray
MovieSwimming to Cambodia
1987
as Self
MovieTrue Stories
1986
as Earl Culver
What You Mean We?
1986
as Talk show host
MovieSeven Minutes in Heaven
1986
as Dr. Rodney
TVSpenser: For Hire
1985
TVAlive from Off Center
1985
as self
MovieAlmost You
1985
as Travel Agent
MovieVariety
1985
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
MovieHard Choices
1985
as Terry Norfolk
MovieSpalding Gray: A Life in Progress
1985
as Himself
MovieThe Killing Fields
1984
as U.S. Consul
MovieSpalding Gray's Map of L.A.
1984
as Spalding Gray
MovieDouble Lunar Dogs
1984
MovieA Personal History of the American Theater
1982
as Himself
MovieSex and Death to the Age 14
1982
as Himself
MovieAnybody's Woman
1981
MovieMaraschino Cherry
1978
as Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
MovieThe Farmer's Daughters
1976
as George
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)
MoviePrisoner's Dilemma
1974
as Spalding Gray
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Stage Manager
MovieLove-In '72
1970
as Radical at Party
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
as Spalding Gray
