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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Acted in
Rumstick Road
2014
as Self (archive footage)
And Everything Is Going Fine
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Revolution #9
2002
as Scooter McCrae
Confessions of a Sociopath
2002
as Himself
Kate & Leopold
2001
as Dr. Geisler
How High
2001
as Prof. Jackson
Julie Johnson
2001
as Mr. Tom Miranda
The Mike O'Malley Show
1999
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
as Self
Coming Soon
1999
as Mr. Jennings
Bliss
1997
as Alfred
Drunks
1997
as Louis
Gray's Anatomy
1996
as Self
Diabolique
1996
as Simon Veatch
Glory Daze
1995
as Jack's Dad
Beyond Rangoon
1995
as Jeremy Watt
Bad Company
1995
as Walter Curl
The Paper
1994
as Paul Bladden
Zelda
1993
as Sayre
Twenty Bucks
1993
as Priest
King of the Hill
1993
as Mr. Mungo
The Pickle
1993
as Doctor
Monster in a Box
1992
as Self
Straight Talk
1992
as Dr. Erdman
To Save a Child
1991
The Image
1990
as Frank Goodrich
Heavy Petting
1989
as Self
Our Town
1989
as Stage Manager
Beaches
1988
as Dr. Richard Milstein
Clara's Heart
1988
as Peter Epstein
Stars & Bars
1988
as Reverend T.J. Cardew
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
1987
as Self
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
as Self
True Stories
1986
as Earl Culver
What You Mean We?
1986
as Talk show host
Seven Minutes in Heaven
1986
as Dr. Rodney
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Almost You
1985
as Travel Agent
Variety
1985
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Variety
1985
as Voice on answering machine (voice)
Hard Choices
1985
as Terry Norfolk
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
1985
as Himself
The Killing Fields
1984
as U.S. Consul
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
1984
as Self
Double Lunar Dogs
1984
Sex and Death to the Age 14
1982
as Himself
A Personal History of the American Theater
1982
as Himself
Anybody's Woman
1981
Maraschino Cherry
1978
as Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughters
1976
as George
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974
as Spalding Gray
Great Performances
1971
as Stage Manager
Love-In '72
1970
as Radical at Party
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
as Spalding Gray