Acting
Spalding Gray
Born Jun 5, 1941 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA · Died Jan 11, 2004
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
Rumstick Road
2014
Documentary
And Everything Is Going Fine
2010
Documentary · Drama
Revolution #9
2002
Drama
Confessions of a Sociopath
2002
Comedy
Kate & Leopold
2001
Romance · Comedy · Science Fiction
How High
2001
Comedy
Julie Johnson
2001
Drama · Romance
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
Documentary · History
Coming Soon
1999
Romance · Comedy
Bliss
1997
Drama · Romance
Drunks
1997
Drama
Gray's Anatomy
1996
Comedy · Drama · Documentary
Diabolique
1996
Mystery · Thriller · Horror
Glory Daze
1995
Comedy
Beyond Rangoon
1995
History · Thriller · Drama
Bad Company
1995
Action · Crime · Romance
The Paper
1994
Comedy · Drama
Zelda
1993
TV Movie
The Nanny
1993
Comedy · Family
Twenty Bucks
1993
Drama
King of the Hill
1993
Drama · History
The Pickle
1993
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Monster in a Box
1992
Comedy
Straight Talk
1992
Comedy · Romance
To Save a Child
1991
Thriller · Horror · TV Movie
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
1991
The Image
1990
Drama · TV Movie
Heavy Petting
1989
Documentary
Our Town
1989
Beaches
1988
Comedy · Drama · Music
Clara's Heart
1988
Drama
Stars & Bars
1988
Comedy
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
1987
Comedy · TV Movie
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
Documentary · Comedy
True Stories
1986
Comedy · Music
Seven Minutes in Heaven
1986
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Drama · Crime · Mystery
Alive from Off Center
1985
Documentary
Almost You
1985
Comedy · Romance · Drama
Hard Choices
1985
Drama · Crime
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
1985
TV Movie · Documentary
The Killing Fields
1984
Drama · History · War
Gray Areas
1984
Documentary
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
1984
Comedy
Double Lunar Dogs
1984
Sex and Death to the Age 14
1982
Documentary
A Personal History of the American Theater
1982
Documentary
Anybody's Woman
1981
Spalding Gray at Hallwalls
1978
Maraschino Cherry
1978
Comedy
The Farmer's Daughters
1976
Thriller
Saturday Night Live
1975
Comedy · News
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974
Great Performances
1971
Comedy · Documentary · Drama
Love-In '72
1970
Drama
Written
Rumstick Road
2014
Documentary
Gray's Anatomy
1996
Comedy · Drama · Documentary
Monster in a Box
1992
Comedy
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
1987
Comedy · TV Movie
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
Documentary · Comedy