Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-06-05 (63 years old)
Deathday
2004-01-11
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Also known As
Spalding Grey
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...
1984
as U.S. Consul
1985
as Travel Agent
1995
as Jeremy Watt
1996
as Simon Veatch
2001
as Dr. Geisler
1986
as Earl Culver
1996
as Spalding Gray
1993
as Mr. Mungo
1995
as Jack's Dad
1992
as Self
1993
as Doctor
1987
as Spalding Gray
1976
as George
1992
as Dr. Erdman
1988
as Dr. Richard Milstein
2002
as Himself
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1988
as Peter Epstein
1990
as Frank Goodrich
1985
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
1999
as Self
2001
as Mr. Tom Miranda
1988
as Reverend T.J. Cardew
1997
as Louis
1987
as Spalding Gray
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as Spalding Gray
1984
as Spalding Gray
1993
as Sayre
1985
as Terry Norfolk
1991
1989
as Stage Manager
1997
as Alfred
1981
1970
as Radical at Party
1982
as Himself
1982
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as Dr. Rodney
1978
as Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
1994
as Paul Bladden
1993
as Priest
2002
as Scooter McCrae
1995
as Walter Curl
1989
as Self
2001
as Prof. Jackson
1986
as Talk show host
1985
as Voice on answering machine (voice)
1985
as Himself
1999
as Mr. Jennings
1974
as Spalding Gray
2018
as Earl Culver
1996
as Writer
1987
as Writer
1984
as Writer
1987
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1982
1992
as Writer
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