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Spalding Gray

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spalding Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1941-06-05

Birth Place

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Personal History of the American Theater

A Personal History of the American Theater

1982

0.0

Movie
Almost You

Almost You

1985

5.3

Movie
And Everything Is Going Fine

And Everything Is Going Fine

2010

6.4

Movie
Anybody's Woman

Anybody's Woman

1981

0.0

Movie
Bad Company

Bad Company

1995

4.8

Movie
Beaches

Beaches

1988

6.7

Movie
Beyond Rangoon

Beyond Rangoon

1995

6.6

Movie
Bliss

Bliss

1997

5.5

Movie
Clara's Heart

Clara's Heart

1988

5.5

Movie
Coming Soon

Coming Soon

1999

5.8

Movie
Confessions of a Sociopath

Confessions of a Sociopath

2002

0.0

Movie
Diabolique

Diabolique

1996

5.5

Movie
Double Lunar Dogs

Double Lunar Dogs

1984

0.0

Movie
Drunks

Drunks

1997

3.3

Movie
Glory Daze

Glory Daze

1995

5.1

Movie
Gray's Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy

1996

6.4

Movie
poster

Great Performances

1971

5.2

TV
Hard Choices

Hard Choices

1985

3.5

Movie
Heavy Petting

Heavy Petting

1989

5.6

Movie
How High

How High

2001

6.3

Movie
Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson

2001

5.8

Movie
Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold

2001

6.3

Movie
King of the Hill

King of the Hill

1993

6.8

Movie
Love-In '72

Love-In '72

1970

10.0

Movie
Maraschino Cherry

Maraschino Cherry

1978

4.4

Movie
Monster in a Box

Monster in a Box

1992

6.2

Movie
Our Town

Our Town

1989

9.0

Movie
Prisoner's Dilemma

Prisoner's Dilemma

1974

10.0

Movie
Revolution #9

Revolution #9

2002

4.2

Movie
Rumstick Road

Rumstick Road

2014

0.0

Movie
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven

1986

6.1

Movie
Sex and Death to the Age 14

Sex and Death to the Age 14

1982

0.0

Movie
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress

Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress

1985

0.0

Movie
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure

Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure

1987

0.0

Movie
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.

Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.

1984

5.0

Movie
poster

Spenser: For Hire

1985

6.6

TV
Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars

1988

4.4

Movie
Straight Talk

Straight Talk

1992

6.0

Movie
Swimming to Cambodia

Swimming to Cambodia

1987

6.7

Movie
The Farmer's Daughters

The Farmer's Daughters

1976

5.1

Movie
The Image

The Image

1990

4.2

Movie
The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

1984

7.5

Movie
poster

The Mike O'Malley Show

1999

8.3

TV
The Paper

The Paper

1994

6.6

Movie
The Pickle

The Pickle

1993

4.8

Movie
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

0.0

Movie
To Save a Child

To Save a Child

1991

3.0

Movie
True Stories

True Stories

1986

6.7

Movie
Twenty Bucks

Twenty Bucks

1993

5.8

Movie
Variety

Variety

1985

5.2

Movie
What You Mean We?

What You Mean We?

1986

6.0

Movie
Yesterday's Tomorrows

Yesterday's Tomorrows

1999

0.0

Movie
Zelda

Zelda

1993

0.0

Movie