Acting

Spalding Gray

Born June 5, 1941 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Died January 11, 2004 · aged 62

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 cr…

Known For

How High

How High · 2001

Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.

Beaches

Beaches · 1988

MovieComedyDrama

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold · 2001

MovieRomanceComedy

When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.

The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields · 1984

The Killing Fields

MovieDramaHistory

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

Bliss

MovieDramaRomance

On his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, compulsive, obsessive" woman he thinks he knows. And when Joseph discovers she is hiding troubling secrets, it sends them both on a sexual odyssey that will either destroy or redeem their relationship.

The Paper

The Paper · 1994

MovieComedyDrama

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

Twenty Bucks

Twenty Bucks · 1993

A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.

Diabolique

Diabolique · 1996

MovieMysteryThriller

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.

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How High

How High · 2001

Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.

Prof. Jackson

Beaches

Beaches · 1988

MovieComedyDrama

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Dr. Richard Milstein

Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold · 2001

MovieRomanceComedy

When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.

Dr. Geisler

The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields · 1984

The Killing Fields

MovieDramaHistory

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

U.S. Consul

Bliss

MovieDramaRomance

On his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, compulsive, obsessive" woman he thinks he knows. And when Joseph discovers she is hiding troubling secrets, it sends them both on a sexual odyssey that will either destroy or redeem their relationship.

Alfred

The Paper

The Paper · 1994

MovieComedyDrama

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

Paul Bladden

Twenty Bucks

Twenty Bucks · 1993

A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.

Priest

Diabolique

Diabolique · 1996

MovieMysteryThriller

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.

Simon Veatch

Love-In '72

Love-In '72 · 1970

A man must decide whether to flee the U.S. draft and go to Canada or stay or go fight for his country in Vietnam.

Radical at Party

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven · 1986

Seven Minutes in Heaven

MovieComedyDrama

Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who has run away from home, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.

Dr. Rodney

Beyond Rangoon

Beyond Rangoon · 1995

MovieHistoryThriller

Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.

Jeremy Watt

King of the Hill

King of the Hill · 1993

King of the Hill

MovieDramaHistory

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.

Mr. Mungo

Straight Talk

Straight Talk · 1992

MovieComedyRomance

Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.

Dr. Erdman

Bad Company

Bad Company · 1995

MovieActionCrime

CIA operative Nelson Crowe is tasked with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm. Once inside, he teams with Margaret Wells, a master spy and seductive manipulator, in a plot to overthrow the organization's sinister president, which leads them into a darkly mysterious web of intrigue -- and shocking murder!

Walter Curl

Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars · 1988

A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.

Reverend T.J. Cardew

The Pickle

The Pickle · 1993

MovieComedyDrama

Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead, he made "The Pickle" - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry just wanted to get out of debt; now everyone he's ever known, loved and neglected is standing in line for tickets.

Doctor

True Stories

True Stories · 1986

MovieComedyMusic

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

Earl Culver

Coming Soon

Coming Soon · 1999

MovieRomanceComedy

Privileged teenage friends Jenny, Nell and Stream spend their senior year on a quest to rid Stream of her virginity. However, Stream wants more than just her first sexual experience. She wants to have an orgasm -- but achieving this proves problematic, as the boys she meets are hardly sensitive enough to provide her the release she seeks. When it becomes clear that Nell and Jenny have never experienced an orgasm either, all three set out to get one.

Mr. Jennings

Clara's Heart

Clara's Heart · 1988

David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to new experiences, and eventually leading to a disturbing secret in Clara's past.

Peter Epstein

Gray's Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy · 1996

MovieComedyDrama

The film documents, in an often dramatic and humorous fashion, Gray's investigations into alternative medicine for an eye condition (Macular pucker) he had developed.

Writer

Glory Daze

Glory Daze · 1995

Jack, a soon-to-be graduate, finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life -- and decides maybe he doesn't have to. Also questioning whether there's life after college are Jack's roommates: Rob, who fears domestication; comic-strip artist Mickey, who's shy around girls; intellectual party animal Slosh; and perpetual student Dennis.

Jack's Dad

Swimming to Cambodia

Swimming to Cambodia · 1987

Swimming to Cambodia

MovieDocumentaryComedy

Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.

Writer

Anybody's Woman

Anybody's Woman · 1981

Anybody's Woman

The goings-on around a porn theater in New York’s East Village, interspersed with actors recounting experiences with extreme sexualities and a description of a scene from the pre-code Dorothy Arzner film of the same name.

The Image

The Image · 1990

MovieDramaTV Movie

When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.

Frank Goodrich

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live · 1975

Saturday Night Live

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)

The Nanny

The Nanny · 1993

SeriesComedyFamily

That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). The comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine, her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer Mr. Sheffield, his boisterous brood and his wisecracking staff.

Dr. Miller

Great Performances

Great Performances · 1971

Great Performances

SeriesComedyDocumentary

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Stage Manager

Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire · 1985

Spenser: For Hire

SeriesDramaCrime

Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.

Alive from Off Center

Alive from Off Center · 1985

Alive from Off Center

SeriesDocumentary

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

Writer