Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/5/1941
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Also Known As
Spalding Grey
Spalding Gray
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 on sparse, unadorned sets with a dry, WASP, quiet mania." Gray achieved renown for his monologue Sw...
Known For
Diabolique
as Simon Veatch
Straight Talk
as Dr. Erdman
Kate & Leopold
as Dr. Geisler
The Paper
as Paul Bladden
The Pickle
as Doctor
Glory Daze
as Jack's Dad
Bad Company
as Walter Curl
Drunks
as Louis
Bliss
as Alfred
Variety
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Variety
as Voice on answering machine (voice)
Revolution #9
as Scooter McCrae
The Killing Fields
as U.S. Consul
Julie Johnson
as Mr. Tom Miranda
The Image
as Frank Goodrich
Coming Soon
as Mr. Jennings
Seven Minutes in Heaven
as Dr. Rodney
Beaches
as Dr. Richard Milstein
Stars & Bars
as Reverend T.J. Cardew
Our Town
as Stage Manager
Career Timeline
2001
1999
1993
1988
1987
1986
1985
Spenser: For Hire
Role unknown
Alive from Off Center
as self
Alive from Off Center
as Talk Show Host (voice)
Almost You
as Travel Agent
Variety
as Obscene Phone Caller (voice)
Variety
as Voice on answering machine (voice)
Hard Choices
as Terry Norfolk
Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress
as Himself