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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Birthday
    6/5/1941
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields
7.5
Almost You
Almost You
5.3
Beyond Rangoon
Beyond Rangoon
6.6
Diabolique
Diabolique
5.5
Kate & Leopold
Kate & Leopold
6.3
True Stories
True Stories
6.7
Gray's Anatomy
Gray's Anatomy
6.4
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
6.8
Glory Daze
Glory Daze
5.1
Monster in a Box
Monster in a Box
6.2
The Pickle
The Pickle
4.8
Swimming to Cambodia
Swimming to Cambodia
6.6
The Farmer's Daughters
The Farmer's Daughters
5.1
Straight Talk
Straight Talk
6
Beaches
Beaches
6.6
Confessions of a Sociopath
Confessions of a Sociopath
0
And Everything Is Going Fine
And Everything Is Going Fine
6.4
Clara's Heart
Clara's Heart
5.5
The Image
The Image
4.2
Variety
Variety
5.2
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Yesterday's Tomorrows
0
Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson
5.8
Stars & Bars
Stars & Bars
4.4
Drunks
Drunks
3.3
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
0
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
5
Double Lunar Dogs
Double Lunar Dogs
0
Zelda
Zelda
0
Hard Choices
Hard Choices
3.5
To Save a Child
To Save a Child
3
Our Town
Our Town
9
Bliss
Bliss
5.5
Anybody's Woman
Anybody's Woman
0
Love-In '72
Love-In '72
10
A Personal History of the American Theater
A Personal History of the American Theater
0
Sex and Death to the Age 14
Sex and Death to the Age 14
0
Rumstick Road
Rumstick Road
0
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Seven Minutes in Heaven
6.1
Maraschino Cherry
Maraschino Cherry
4.4
The Paper
The Paper
6.6
Twenty Bucks
Twenty Bucks
5.8
Revolution #9
Revolution #9
4.2
Bad Company
Bad Company
4.8
Heavy Petting
Heavy Petting
5.6
How High
How High
6.3
What You Mean We?
6
Variety
Variety
5.2
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
0
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
5.8
Prisoner's Dilemma
Prisoner's Dilemma
10
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