Spalding Gray
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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Acting
Movie
Kate & Leopold
as Dr. Geisler
2001
TV
The Nanny
as Dr. Miller
1993
Movie
How High
as Prof. Jackson
2001
Movie
The Killing Fields
as U.S. Consul
1984
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Movie
Diabolique
as Simon Veatch
1996
Movie
Beaches
as Dr. Richard Milstein
1988
Movie
The Paper
as Paul Bladden
1994
Movie
King of the Hill
as Mr. Mungo
1993
Movie
True Stories
as Earl Culver
1986
Movie
Beyond Rangoon
as Jeremy Watt
1995
Movie
Straight Talk
as Dr. Erdman
1992
Movie
Bliss
as Alfred
1997
Movie
Bad Company
as Walter Curl
1995
Movie
Twenty Bucks
as Priest
1993
Movie
Clara's Heart
as Peter Epstein
1988
Movie
Glory Daze
as Jack's Dad
1995
Movie
Variety
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
1985
Movie
Variety
as Voice on answering machine (voice)
1985
Movie
Seven Minutes in Heaven
as Dr. Rodney
1986
Movie
Gray's Anatomy
as Spalding Gray
1996
Movie
Coming Soon
as Mr. Jennings
1999
TV
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Movie
Swimming to Cambodia
as Self
1987
Crew
Movie
Gray's Anatomy
Writer
1996
Movie
Swimming to Cambodia
Writer
1987
Movie
Monster in a Box
Writer
1992
Movie
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Writer
1984
Movie
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Writer
1987
TV
Alive from Off Center
Writer
1985
Movie
Sex and Death to the Age 14
Writer
1982
Movie
A Personal History of the American Theater
Writer
1982