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Spalding Gray

Spalding Gray

Known for: Acting

Born 05/06/1941
Died 2004-01-11
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spalding Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)

1975

The Nanny Series ★ 8,1

The Nanny

Dr. Miller

1993

Great Performances Series ★ 6,1

Great Performances

Stage Manager

1971

Spenser: For Hire Series ★ 6,9

Spenser: For Hire

1985

How High Film ★ 6,4

How High

Prof. Jackson

2001

Kate & Leopold Film ★ 6,4

Kate & Leopold

Dr. Geisler

2001

The Paper Film ★ 6,6

The Paper

Paul Bladden

1994

The Killing Fields Film ★ 7,5

The Killing Fields

U.S. Consul

1984

Alive from Off Center Series ★ 8,0

Alive from Off Center

self

1985

Alive from Off Center Series ★ 8,0

Alive from Off Center

Talk Show Host (voice)

1985

Beaches Film ★ 6,7

Beaches

Dr. Richard Milstein

1988

Twenty Bucks Film ★ 5,7

Twenty Bucks

Priest

1993

Series ★ 8,3

The Mike O'Malley Show

1999

Diabolique Film ★ 5,5

Diabolique

Simon Veatch

1996

Bliss Film ★ 6,4

Bliss

Alfred

1997

Bad Company Film ★ 4,9

Bad Company

Walter Curl

1995

Glory Daze Film ★ 5,2

Glory Daze

Jack's Dad

1995

Stars & Bars Film ★ 4,4

Stars & Bars

Reverend T.J. Cardew

1988

Beyond Rangoon Film ★ 6,5

Beyond Rangoon

Jeremy Watt

1995

Straight Talk Film ★ 6,0

Straight Talk

Dr. Erdman

1992

Love-In '72 Film ★ 10,0

Love-In '72

Radical at Party

1970

King of the Hill Film ★ 6,8

King of the Hill

Mr. Mungo

1993

Coming Soon Film ★ 5,7

Coming Soon

Mr. Jennings

1999

The Pickle Film ★ 5,0

The Pickle

Doctor

1993

Yesterday's Tomorrows Film ★ 8,5

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Self

1999

Seven Minutes in Heaven Film ★ 6,1

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Dr. Rodney

1986

True Stories Film ★ 6,7

True Stories

Earl Culver

1986

Clara's Heart Film ★ 5,5

Clara's Heart

Peter Epstein

1988

Double Lunar Dogs Film

Double Lunar Dogs

1984

The Image Film ★ 4,9

The Image

Frank Goodrich

1990

Variety Film ★ 5,4

Variety

Obscene Phone Caller (voice)

1985

Variety Film ★ 5,4

Variety

Voice on answering machine (voice)

1985

Rumstick Road Film

Rumstick Road

Self (archive footage)

2014

Almost You Film ★ 6,1

Almost You

Travel Agent

1985

Zelda Film ★ 10,0

Zelda

Sayre

1993

Drunks Film ★ 3,2

Drunks

Louis

1997

Gray's Anatomy Film ★ 6,5

Gray's Anatomy

Spalding Gray

1996

Swimming to Cambodia Film ★ 6,9

Swimming to Cambodia

Self

1987

Julie Johnson Film ★ 5,5

Julie Johnson

Mr. Tom Miranda

2001

Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos Film ★ 9,0

Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos

The Talk Show Host

1991

And Everything Is Going Fine Film ★ 6,4

And Everything Is Going Fine

Self (archive footage)

2010

Our Town Film ★ 9,0

Our Town

Stage Manager

1989

Anybody's Woman Film

Anybody's Woman

1981

Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure Film ★ 9,5

Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure

Spalding Gray

1987

Heavy Petting Film ★ 5,7

Heavy Petting

Self

1989

Confessions of a Sociopath Film ★ 10,0

Confessions of a Sociopath

Himself

2002

Prisoner's Dilemma Film ★ 10,0

Prisoner's Dilemma

Spalding Gray

1974

Revolution #9 Film ★ 5,0

Revolution #9

Scooter McCrae

2002

Hard Choices Film ★ 3,8

Hard Choices

Terry Norfolk

1985

Film

Real Life

Earl Culver

2018

Monster in a Box Film ★ 6,2

Monster in a Box

Self

1992

To Save a Child Film ★ 6,5

To Save a Child

1991

Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress Film

Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress

Himself

1985

Film ★ 7,0

What You Mean We?

Talk show host

1986

Spalding Gray's Map of L.A. Film ★ 5,0

Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.

Spalding Gray

1984

Sex and Death to the Age 14 Film

Sex and Death to the Age 14

Himself

1982

A Personal History of the American Theater Film

A Personal History of the American Theater

Himself

1982

Film

Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

Spalding Gray

The Farmer's Daughters Film ★ 5,7

The Farmer's Daughters

George

1976

Maraschino Cherry Film ★ 5,6

Maraschino Cherry

Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)

1978