---
name: "Spalding Gray"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/spalding-gray"
fi1m_id: "spalding-gray"
imdb_id: "nm0336960"
tmdb_id: 8978
wikidata_id: "Q321917"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 June 1941"
died: "11 January 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T16:48:09.959885+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Spalding Gray

## Identity

Spalding Gray

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/spalding-gray
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** spalding-gray
- **IMDb ID:** nm0336960
- **TMDB ID:** 8978
- **Wikidata ID:** Q321917
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalding_Gray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336960/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8978

Actor. Born 5 June 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Died 11 January 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 June 1941, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- **Died:** 11 January 2004
- **Active:** 1984–1993
- **Also known as:** Spalding Grey
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalding_Gray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336960/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8978

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Killing Fields*](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md) (82)

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## Biography

Spalding Gray (1941–2004) was an American actor and writer. He performed autobiographical monologues on stage from the 1970s onwards and adapted several for film, including Swimming to Cambodia (1987), directed by Jonathan Demme, Monster in a Box (1991) and Gray's Anatomy (1996).

As an actor he appeared in films such as The Killing Fields (1984), Beaches (1988), The Paper (1994) and King of the Hill (1993), in which he played Mr. Mungo. He also had television roles including in The Nanny. Gray trained at Emerson College and began in experimental theatre with the Wooster Group in New York.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *King of the Hill* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Mr. Mungo — [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md)
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), Fi1m 82, as U.S. Consul — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Real Life* (2018), as Earl Culver
- *Rumstick Road* (2014), Writer
- *Revolution #9* (2002), as Scooter McCrae
- *Kate & Leopold* (2001), as Dr. Geisler
- *How High* (2001), as Prof. Jackson
- *Julie Johnson* (2001), as Mr. Tom Miranda
- *The Mike O'Malley Show* (1999), series, Actor
- *Coming Soon* (1999), as Mr. Jennings
- *Bliss* (1997), as Alfred
- *Drunks* (1997), as Louis
- *Gray's Anatomy* (1996), as Spalding Gray · Writer
- *Diabolique* (1996), as Simon Veatch
- *Glory Daze* (1995), as Jack's Dad
- *Beyond Rangoon* (1995), as Jeremy Watt
- *Bad Company* (1995), as Walter Curl
- *The Paper* (1994), as Paul Bladden
- *Zelda* (1993), as Sayre
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Dr. Miller
- *Twenty Bucks* (1993), as Priest
- *King of the Hill* (1993), as Mr. Mungo — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md)
- *The Pickle* (1993), as Doctor
- *Monster in a Box* (1992), Writer
- *Straight Talk* (1992), as Dr. Erdman
- *To Save a Child* (1991), Actor
- *Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos* (1991), as The Talk Show Host
- *The Image* (1990), as Frank Goodrich
- *Our Town* (1989), as Stage Manager
- *Beaches* (1988), as Dr. Richard Milstein
- *Clara's Heart* (1988), as Peter Epstein
- *Stars & Bars* (1988), as Reverend T.J. Cardew
- *Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure* (1987), as Spalding Gray · Writer
- *Swimming to Cambodia* (1987), Writer
- *True Stories* (1986), as Earl Culver
- *What You Mean We?* (1986), as Talk show host
- *Seven Minutes in Heaven* (1986), as Dr. Rodney
- *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, Actor
- *Alive from Off Center* (1985), series, as Talk Show Host (voice) · Writer
- *Almost You* (1985), as Travel Agent
- *Variety* (1985), as Obscene Phone Caller (voice), Voice on answering machine (voice)
- *Hard Choices* (1985), as Terry Norfolk
- *Spalding Gray: A Life in Progress* (1985), Writer
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), as U.S. Consul — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)
- *Gray Areas* (1984), Writer
- *Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.* (1984), as Spalding Gray · Writer
- *Double Lunar Dogs* (1984), Actor
- *Sex and Death to the Age 14* (1982), Writer
- *A Personal History of the American Theater* (1982), Writer
- *Anybody's Woman* (1981), Actor
- *Maraschino Cherry* (1978), as Penny's Client with Beard (uncredited)
- *The Farmer's Daughters* (1976), as George
- *Prisoner's Dilemma* (1974), as Spalding Gray
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Stage Manager
- *Love-In '72* (1970), as Radical at Party
- *Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)*, as Spalding Gray

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Guggenheim Fellowship 1985: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)
- National Book Award 1985: National Book Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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