
Spalding Gray
Born
June 5, 1941
Died
January 11, 2004 (62 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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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Rumstick Road
Self (archive footage)
2014

And Everything Is Going Fine
Self (archive footage)
2010

Revolution #9
Scooter McCrae
2002

Confessions of a Sociopath
Himself
2002

Kate & Leopold
Dr. Geisler
2001

How High
Prof. Jackson
2001

Julie Johnson
Mr. Tom Miranda
2001
The Mike O'Malley Show
(1 episode)
1999

Yesterday's Tomorrows
Self
1999

Coming Soon
Mr. Jennings
1999

Bliss
Alfred
1997

Drunks
Louis
1997

Gray's Anatomy
Spalding Gray
1996

Diabolique
Simon Veatch
1996

Glory Daze
Jack's Dad
1995

Beyond Rangoon
Jeremy Watt
1995

Bad Company
Walter Curl
1995

The Paper
Paul Bladden
1994

Zelda
Sayre
1993

Twenty Bucks
Priest
1993

King of the Hill
Mr. Mungo
1993

The Pickle
Doctor
1993

Monster in a Box
Self
1992

Straight Talk
Dr. Erdman
1992

To Save a Child
1991

The Image
Frank Goodrich
1990

Heavy Petting
Self
1989

Our Town
Stage Manager
1989

Beaches
Dr. Richard Milstein
1988

Clara's Heart
Peter Epstein
1988

Stars & Bars
Reverend T.J. Cardew
1988

Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Spalding Gray
1987

Swimming to Cambodia
Spalding Gray
1987
Real Life
Earl Culver
1986

True Stories
Earl Culver
1986
What You Mean We?
Talk show host
1986

Seven Minutes in Heaven
Dr. Rodney
1986

Spenser: For Hire
(1 episode)
1985

Almost You
Travel Agent
1985

Variety
Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
1985

Variety
Voice on answering machine (voice)
1985

Hard Choices
Terry Norfolk
1985

Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
Himself
1985

The Killing Fields
U.S. Consul
1984

Double Lunar Dogs
1984

The Farmer's Daughters
George
1976
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Spalding Gray

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

Sex and Death to the Age 14
Himself
1982

A Personal History of the American Theater
Himself
1982

Anybody's Woman
1981

Maraschino Cherry
Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
1978

Saturday Night Live
Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975

Prisoner's Dilemma
Spalding Gray
1974

Great Performances
Stage Manager · (1 episode)
1971

Love-In '72
Radical at Party
1970