Spalding Gray
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Real Life
2018
as Earl Culver
Rumstick Road
2014
as Self (archive footage)
And Everything Is Going Fine
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Confessions of a Sociopath
2002
as Himself
Revolution #9
2002
as Scooter McCrae
Kate & Leopold
2001
as Dr. Geisler
Julie Johnson
2001
as Mr. Tom Miranda
How High
2001
as Prof. Jackson
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
as Self
Coming Soon
1999
as Mr. Jennings
The Mike O'Malley Show
1999
Drunks
1997
as Louis
Bliss
1997
as Alfred
Diabolique
1996
as Simon Veatch
Gray's Anatomy
1996
as Spalding Gray
Beyond Rangoon
1995
as Jeremy Watt
Glory Daze
1995
as Jack's Dad
Bad Company
1995
as Walter Curl
The Paper
1994
as Paul Bladden
King of the Hill
1993
as Mr. Mungo
The Pickle
1993
as Doctor
Zelda
1993
as Sayre
Twenty Bucks
1993
as Priest
The Nanny
1993
as Dr. Miller
Monster in a Box
1992
as Self
Straight Talk
1992
as Dr. Erdman
To Save a Child
1991
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
1991
as The Talk Show Host
The Image
1990
as Frank Goodrich
Our Town
1989
as Stage Manager
Heavy Petting
1989
as Self
Beaches
1988
as Dr. Richard Milstein
Clara's Heart
1988
as Peter Epstein
Stars & Bars
1988
as Reverend T.J. Cardew
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
as Self
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
1987
as Spalding Gray
True Stories
1986
as Earl Culver
Seven Minutes in Heaven
1986
as Dr. Rodney
What You Mean We?
1986
as Talk show host
Almost You
1985
as Travel Agent
Variety
1985
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Hard Choices
1985
as Terry Norfolk
Variety
1985
as Voice on answering machine (voice)
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
1985
as Himself
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Alive from Off Center
1985
as self
Alive from Off Center
1985
as Talk Show Host (voice)
The Killing Fields
1984
as U.S. Consul
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
1984
as Spalding Gray
Double Lunar Dogs
1984
Gray Areas
1984
as Self
Sex and Death to the Age 14
1982
as Himself
A Personal History of the American Theater
1982
as Himself
Anybody's Woman
1981
Maraschino Cherry
1978
as Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
Spalding Gray at Hallwalls
1978
as Self
The Farmer's Daughters
1976
as George
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974
as Spalding Gray
Great Performances
1971
as Stage Manager
Love-In '72
1970
as Radical at Party