Spalding Gray
Biography
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
U.S. Consul
The Killing Fields
Travel Agent
Almost You
Jeremy Watt
Beyond Rangoon
Simon Veatch
Diabolique
Dr. Geisler
Kate & Leopold
Earl Culver
True Stories
Spalding Gray
Gray's Anatomy
Mr. Mungo
King of the Hill
Jack's Dad
Glory Daze
Self
Monster in a Box
Doctor
The Pickle
Spalding Gray
Swimming to Cambodia
George
The Farmer's Daughters
Dr. Erdman
Straight Talk
Dr. Richard Milstein
Beaches
Himself
Confessions of a Sociopath
Self (archive footage)
And Everything Is Going Fine
Peter Epstein
Clara's Heart
Frank Goodrich
The Image
Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Variety
Self
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Mr. Tom Miranda
Julie Johnson
Reverend T.J. Cardew
Stars & Bars
Louis
Drunks
Spalding Gray
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Spalding Gray
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Spalding Gray
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Double Lunar Dogs
Sayre
Zelda
Terry Norfolk
Hard Choices
To Save a Child
Stage Manager
Our Town
Alfred
Bliss
Anybody's Woman
Radical at Party
Love-In '72
Himself
Sex and Death to the Age 14
Himself
A Personal History of the American Theater
Self (archive footage)
Rumstick Road
Dr. Rodney
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
Maraschino Cherry
Paul Bladden
The Paper
Priest
Twenty Bucks
Scooter McCrae
Revolution #9
Walter Curl
Bad Company
Self
Heavy Petting
Prof. Jackson
How High
Talk show host
What You Mean We?
Voice on answering machine (voice)
Variety
Himself
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
Mr. Jennings
Coming Soon
Spalding Gray
Prisoner's Dilemma
Earl Culver
Real Life
The Talk Show Host
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
53
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-06-05
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Also Known As
Spalding Grey