Spalding Gray
June 5, 1941 · 85 years old
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 work…
Known For
16 titles
Kate & Leopold
An English Duke from 1876 is inadvertently dragged to modern day New York where he falls for a plucky advertising executive.
The Killing Fields
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign.
Beaches
Wealthy privileged San Francisco debutante Hillary Whitney Essex and cynical struggling entertainer C. C. Bloom share a turbulent, but strong friendship over the years.
The Paper
New York City tabloid editor Henry's faced with tough decisions while he faces several serious life challenges, and a tempting job offer.
Diabolique
The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.
King of the Hill
A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
True Stories
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Beyond Rangoon
An American tourist finds herself in the middle of a political uprising in Burma.
Bad Company
CIA agent Crowe is forced to join Grimes Organization for blackmail operations. He works with Wells targeting a judge, while Stapp uncovers his CIA past.
Bliss
A newly married happy couple visits a sex therapist to determine why the wife can't achieve an orgasm with her husband. This causes a horrific suppressed memory to emerge and she becomes more and more distant.
Clara's Heart
A Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy.
Gray's Anatomy
After doctors inform him that an eye affliction will require risky surgery, monologist Spalding Gray recounts his various pursuits for alternative medicine to avoid the doctor's scalpel.
Swimming to Cambodia
Spalding Gray discusses his participation in the film The Killing Fields (1984) and the background story about the troubles of Cambodia.
Coming Soon
The trials and tribulations of wealthy young Manhattanites and their sexual coming of age, a romantic comedy set at an Upper East Side preparatory school.
And Everything Is Going Fine
A look at the art of Spalding Gray who drew from real life experience to create a compelling and deeply personal series of monologues.
Heavy Petting
Celebrity confessions about their first sexual experiences.