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Spalding Gray
Born · June 5, 1941
Died · January 11, 2004 (62 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Bio
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.
Rumstick Road
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2014
And Everything Is Going Fine
Self (archive footage)
6.4
2010
Revolution #9
Scooter McCrae
4.2
2002
Confessions of a Sociopath
Himself
0.0
2002
Kate & Leopold
Dr. Geisler
6.3
2001
How High
Prof. Jackson
6.3
2001
Julie Johnson
Mr. Tom Miranda
5.8
2001
The Mike O'Malley Show
(1 episode)
8.3
1999
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Self
0.0
1999
Coming Soon
Mr. Jennings
5.8
1999
Bliss
Alfred
5.5
1997
Drunks
Louis
3.3
1997
Gray's Anatomy
Self
6.4
1996
Diabolique
Simon Veatch
5.5
1996
Glory Daze
Jack's Dad
5.1
1995
Beyond Rangoon
Jeremy Watt
6.6
1995
Bad Company
Walter Curl
4.8
1995
The Paper
Paul Bladden
6.6
1994
Zelda
Sayre
0.0
1993
Twenty Bucks
Priest
5.8
1993
King of the Hill
Mr. Mungo
6.8
1993
The Pickle
Doctor
4.8
1993
Monster in a Box
Self
6.2
1992
Straight Talk
Dr. Erdman
6.0
1992
To Save a Child
3.0
1991
The Image
Frank Goodrich
4.2
1990
Heavy Petting
Self
5.6
1989
Our Town
Stage Manager
9.0
1989
Beaches
Dr. Richard Milstein
6.7
1988
Clara's Heart
Peter Epstein
5.5
1988
Stars & Bars
Reverend T.J. Cardew
4.4
1988
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Self
0.0
1987
Swimming to Cambodia
Self
6.7
1987
True Stories
Earl Culver
6.7
1986
What You Mean We?
Talk show host
6.0
1986
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Dr. Rodney
6.1
1986
Spenser: For Hire
(1 episode)
6.6
1985
Almost You
Travel Agent
5.3
1985
Variety
Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
5.2
1985
Variety
Voice on answering machine (voice)
5.2
1985
Hard Choices
Terry Norfolk
3.5
1985
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
Himself
0.0
1985
The Killing Fields
U.S. Consul
7.5
1984
Double Lunar Dogs
0.0
1984
The Farmer's Daughters
George
5.1
1976
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Spalding Gray
0.0
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Self
5.0
1984
A Personal History of the American Theater
Himself
0.0
1982
Sex and Death to the Age 14
Himself
0.0
1982
Anybody's Woman
0.0
1981
Maraschino Cherry
Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
4.4
1978
Saturday Night Live
Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Prisoner's Dilemma
Spalding Gray
10.0
1974
Great Performances
Stage Manager · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
Love-In '72
Radical at Party
10.0
1970