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person_profile-Spalding Gray

Spalding Gray Died at age: 62

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Spalding Gray

Date of Birth:

Jun 05, 1941

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 11, 2004

Biography of

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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Filmography of

Spalding Gray

Found 42 Movies in total

... 2014

And Everything Is Going Fine

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Revolution #9

Scooter McCrae ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2002

Kate & Leopold

Dr. Geisler ( Actor )

... 2001

How High

Prof. Jackson ( Actor )

... 2001

Julie Johnson

Mr. Tom Miranda ( Actor )

... 2001

... 1999

Coming Soon

Mr. Jennings ( Actor )

... 1999

Bliss

Alfred ( Actor )

... 1997

Drunks

Louis ( Actor )

... 1997

Gray's Anatomy

Self ( Actor )

Writer

... 1996

Diabolique

Simon Veatch ( Actor )

... 1996

Glory Daze

Jack's Dad ( Actor )

... 1995

Beyond Rangoon

Jeremy Watt ( Actor )

... 1995

Bad Company

Walter Curl ( Actor )

... 1995

The Paper

Paul Bladden ( Actor )

... 1994

Zelda

Sayre ( Actor )

... 1993

Twenty Bucks

Priest ( Actor )

... 1993

King of the Hill

Mr. Mungo ( Actor )

... 1993

The Pickle

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1993

Monster in a Box

Self ( Actor )

Writer

... 1992

Straight Talk

Dr. Erdman ( Actor )

... 1992

The Image

Frank Goodrich ( Actor )

... 1990

Heavy Petting

Self ( Actor )

... 1989

Our Town

Stage Manager ( Actor )

... 1989

Beaches

Dr. Richard Milstein ( Actor )

... 1988

Clara's Heart

Peter Epstein ( Actor )

... 1988

Stars & Bars

Reverend T.J. Cardew ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1987

Swimming to Cambodia

Self ( Actor )

Writer

... 1987

True Stories

Earl Culver ( Actor )

... 1986

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Dr. Rodney ( Actor )

... 1986

Almost You

Travel Agent ( Actor )

... 1985

Variety

Voice on answering machine (voice) ( Actor )

... 1985

Hard Choices

Terry Norfolk ( Actor )

... 1985

The Killing Fields

U.S. Consul ( Actor )

... 1984

Sex and Death to the Age 14

Himself ( Actor )

Writer

... 1982

... 1982

Prisoner's Dilemma

Spalding Gray ( Actor )

... 1974

Love-In '72

Radical at Party ( Actor )

... 1970