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.

Filmography

• 2018Real Life — Earl Culver
• 2014Rumstick Road — Self (archive footage), Writer
• 2002Revolution #9 — Scooter McCrae
• 2001How High — Prof. Jackson
• 2001Julie Johnson — Mr. Tom Miranda
• 2001Kate & Leopold — Dr. Geisler
• 1999Coming Soon — Mr. Jennings
• The Mike O'Malley Show
• 1997Bliss — Alfred
• 1997Drunks — Louis
• 1996Diabolique — Simon Veatch
• 1996Gray's Anatomy — Spalding Gray, Writer
• 1995Bad Company — Walter Curl
• 1995Beyond Rangoon — Jeremy Watt
• 1995Glory Daze — Jack's Dad
• 1994The Paper — Paul Bladden
• 1993King of the Hill — Mr. Mungo
• The Nanny — Dr. Miller
• 1993The Pickle — Doctor
• 1993Twenty Bucks — Priest
• 1993Zelda — Sayre
• 1992Monster in a Box — Self, Writer
• 1992Straight Talk — Dr. Erdman
• 1991Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos — The Talk Show Host
• 1991To Save a Child
• 1990The Image — Frank Goodrich
• 1989Our Town — Stage Manager
• 1988Beaches — Dr. Richard Milstein
• 1988Clara's Heart — Peter Epstein
• 1988Stars & Bars — Reverend T.J. Cardew
• 1987Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure — Spalding Gray, Writer
• 1987Swimming to Cambodia — Self, Writer
• 1986Seven Minutes in Heaven — Dr. Rodney
• 1986True Stories — Earl Culver
• 1986What You Mean We? — Talk show host
• Alive from Off Center — self, Talk Show Host (voice), Writer
• 1985Almost You — Travel Agent
• 1985Hard Choices — Terry Norfolk
• 1985Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress — Himself, Writer
• Spenser: For Hire
• 1985Variety — Obscene Phone Caller (voice), Voice on answering machine (voice)
• 1984Double Lunar Dogs
• 1984Gray Areas — Self, Writer
• 1984Spalding Gray's Map of L.A. — Spalding Gray, Writer
• 1984The Killing Fields — U.S. Consul
• 1982A Personal History of the American Theater — Himself, Writer
• 1982Sex and Death to the Age 14 — Himself, Writer
• 1981Anybody's Woman
• 1978Maraschino Cherry — Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
• 1976The Farmer's Daughters — George
• Saturday Night Live — Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)
• 1974Prisoner's Dilemma — Spalding Gray
• Great Performances — Stage Manager
• 1970Love-In '72 — Radical at Party
• Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83) — Spalding Gray

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2010And Everything Is Going Fine — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Confessions of a Sociopath — Himself
• 1999Yesterday's Tomorrows — Self
• 1989Heavy Petting — Self
• 1978Spalding Gray at Hallwalls — Self