Spalding Gray

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-06-05 (63 years old)

Deathday

2004-01-11

Place of Birth

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Spalding Gray

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 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 fil...

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

1993

The Pickle

as Doctor

1987

Swimming to Cambodia

as Spalding Gray

1992

Straight Talk

as Dr. Erdman

1988

Beaches

as Dr. Richard Milstein

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)

2001

Julie Johnson

as Mr. Tom Miranda

1988

Stars & Bars

as Reverend T.J. Cardew

1997

Drunks

as Louis

1984

1993

Zelda

as Sayre

1985

Hard Choices

as Terry Norfolk

1989

Our Town

as Stage Manager

1997

Bliss

as Alfred

1970

Love-In '72

as Radical at Party

2014

Rumstick Road

as Self (archive footage)

1986

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

2001

How High

as Prof. Jackson

1986

What You Mean We?

as Talk show host

1985

Variety

as Voice on answering machine (voice)

1999

Coming Soon

as Mr. Jennings

1974

Prisoner's Dilemma

as Spalding Gray

2018

Real Life

as Earl Culver

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