Spalding Gray
Birthday
1941/06/05
Day of death
2004/01/11 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Also know as
Spalding Grey
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1984) The Killing Fields
as U.S. Consul
(1985) Almost You
as Travel Agent
(1995) Beyond Rangoon
as Jeremy Watt
(1996) Diabolique
as Simon Veatch
(2001) Kate & Leopold
as Dr. Geisler
(1986) True Stories
as Earl Culver
(1996) Gray's Anatomy
as Spalding Gray
(1993) King of the Hill
as Mr. Mungo
(1995) Glory Daze
as Jack's Dad
(1992) Monster in a Box
as Self
(1993) The Pickle
as Doctor
(1987) Swimming to Cambodia
as Spalding Gray
(1976) The Farmer's Daughters
as George
(1992) Straight Talk
as Dr. Erdman
(1988) Beaches
as Dr. Richard Milstein
(2002) Confessions of a Sociopath
as Himself
(2010) And Everything Is Going Fine
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) Clara's Heart
as Peter Epstein
(1990) The Image
as Frank Goodrich
(1985) Variety
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
(1999) Yesterday's Tomorrows
as Self
(2001) Julie Johnson
as Mr. Tom Miranda
(1988) Stars & Bars
as Reverend T.J. Cardew
(1997) Drunks
as Louis
(1987) Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
as Spalding Gray
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
as Spalding Gray
(1984) Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
as Spalding Gray
(1984) Double Lunar Dogs
as ---
(1993) Zelda
as Sayre
(1985) Hard Choices
as Terry Norfolk
(1991) To Save a Child
as ---
(1989) Our Town
as Stage Manager
(1997) Bliss
as Alfred
(1981) Anybody's Woman
as ---
(1970) Love-In '72
as Radical at Party
(1982) Sex and Death to the Age 14
as Himself
(1982) A Personal History of the American Theater
as Himself
(2014) Rumstick Road
as Self (archive footage)
(1986) Seven Minutes in Heaven
as Dr. Rodney
(1978) Maraschino Cherry
as Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
(1994) The Paper
as Paul Bladden
(1993) Twenty Bucks
as Priest
(2002) Revolution #9
as Scooter McCrae
(1995) Bad Company
as Walter Curl
(1989) Heavy Petting
as Self
(2001) How High
as Prof. Jackson
(1986) What You Mean We?
as Talk show host
(1985) Variety
as Voice on answering machine (voice)
(1985) Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
as Himself
(1999) Coming Soon
as Mr. Jennings
(1974) Prisoner's Dilemma
as Spalding Gray
(1999) The Mike O'Malley Show
as ---
(1985) Spenser: For Hire
as ---
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)
(1971) Great Performances
as Stage Manager