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  • BIRTH 05/06/1941
  • DEATH 11/01/2004
  • Country United States
  • SHOW 1
  • MOVIES 23
  • SCRIPT 1

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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Spalding Gray

Show

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)

Movies (23)

How High
How High
Prof. Jackson
Kate & Leopold
Kate & Leopold
Dr. Geisler
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields
U.S. Consul
Bliss
Bliss
Alfred
Beaches
Beaches
Dr. Richard Milstein
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
Mr. Mungo
Straight Talk
Straight Talk
Dr. Erdman
Diabolique
Diabolique
Simon Veatch
The Paper
The Paper
Paul Bladden
Beyond Rangoon
Beyond Rangoon
Jeremy Watt
True Stories
True Stories
Earl Culver
Clara's Heart
Clara's Heart
Peter Epstein
The Image
The Image
Frank Goodrich
Bad Company
Bad Company
Walter Curl
Our Town
Our Town
Stage Manager
Variety
Variety
Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Glory Daze
Glory Daze
Jack's Dad
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Dr. Rodney
Zelda
Zelda
Sayre
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Mr. Jennings
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Self
Revolution #9
Revolution #9
Scooter McCrae
The Pickle
The Pickle
Doctor

Script

Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.