Andre Gregory
Biography
Andre Gregory is a French-born American actor, writer and theater director who grew up in Los Angeles and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He served as artistic director of Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia from 1964 to 1967, founded his own company, The Manhattan Project, in 1968, and staged avant-garde productions including Alice in Wonderland in 1970. His signature screen role came in My Dinner with Andre (1981), Louis Malle's film, which he wrote with Wallace Shawn and which won Best American Film of 1981 from the Boston Society of Film Critics and that group's screenplay award. His other film roles include Reverend Spellgood in The Mosquito Coast (1986) and parts in Demolition Man (1993), while in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) he played John the Baptist. He also directed the Chekhov workshop released as Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), and his Ibsen work became A Master Builder (2014).
92years old
Turns 93 on May 11in 209 days
- Born Paris
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 33 years1981 to 2014
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A change of course
Hired in 1964 to lead Theatre of the Living Arts, a new Philadelphia company, Gregory stayed three years and earned national recognition. A dispute with the board over the premiere of Rochelle Owens's Beclch led to his 1967 departure.
Behind the camera
In 1968 Gregory started his own theater company, The Manhattan Project. He directed Our Late Night, Wallace Shawn's first produced play, in 1975.
Andre Gregory movies on Netflix
A Master Builderas Knut Brovik
Goodbye Loveras Rev. Finlayson
Last Summer in the Hamptonsas Ivan Axelrod
Who Is Henry Jaglom?as Himself
The Shadowas Burbank
Vanya on 42nd Streetas Himself
Demolition Manas Warden William Smithers - Aged
The Linguini Incidentas Dante
The Bonfire of the Vanitiesas Aubrey Buffing
Some Girlsas Mr. D'Arc
The Last Temptation of Christas John the Baptist
Street Smartas Ted Avery
The Mosquito Coastas Reverend Spellgood
Protocolas Nawaf Al Kabeer
My Dinner with Andreas Andre Gregory
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Louis Malle directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.








Films together
Wallace Shawn3 films together, 1981 to 2014
Wallace Shawn's page A Master Builder2014IMDb rating 5.9Gregory as Knut BrovikShawn as Halvard Solness
Vanya on 42nd Street1994IMDb rating 7.3Gregory as HimselfShawn as Vanya
My Dinner with Andre1981IMDb rating 7.6Gregory as Andre GregoryShawn as Wally Shawn
Viveca Lindfors3 films together, 1991 to 1995
Viveca Lindfors's page Last Summer in the Hamptons1995IMDb rating 5.7Gregory as Ivan AxelrodLindfors as Helena Mora
Who Is Henry Jaglom?1995IMDb rating 6.6Gregory as HimselfLindfors as Himself
The Linguini Incident1991IMDb rating 6.2Gregory as DanteLindfors as Miracle
Morgan Freeman2 films together, 1987 to 1990
Morgan Freeman's page The Bonfire of the Vanities1990IMDb rating 5.6Gregory as Aubrey BuffingFreeman as Judge Leonard White
Street Smart1987IMDb rating 6.4Gregory as Ted AveryFreeman as Fast Black
Melissa Leo2 films together, 1995
Melissa Leo's page Last Summer in the Hamptons1995IMDb rating 5.7Gregory as Ivan AxelrodLeo as Trish Axelrod
Who Is Henry Jaglom?1995IMDb rating 6.6Gregory as HimselfLeo as Himself
Larry Pine2 films together, 1994 to 2014
Larry Pine's page A Master Builder2014IMDb rating 5.9Gregory as Knut BrovikPine as Dr. Herdal
Vanya on 42nd Street1994IMDb rating 7.3Gregory as HimselfPine as Dr. Astrov
Martha Plimpton2 films together, 1986 to 1995
Martha Plimpton's page Last Summer in the Hamptons1995IMDb rating 5.7Gregory as Ivan AxelrodPlimpton as Chloe Garfield
The Mosquito Coast1986IMDb rating 6.6Gregory as Reverend SpellgoodPlimpton as Emily Spellgood
Louis MalleDirector, 2 films, 1981 to 1994
All films by Louis Malle Vanya on 42nd Street1994IMDb rating 7.3Gregory as Himself
My Dinner with Andre1981IMDb rating 7.6Gregory as Andre Gregory
Also two films together5 more actors
- Brooke SmithLast Summer in the Hamptons (1995) and Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
- Henry JaglomLast Summer in the Hamptons (1995) and Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995)
- Michael EmilLast Summer in the Hamptons (1995) and Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995)
- Barbara FloodLast Summer in the Hamptons (1995) and Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995)
- Victoria FoytLast Summer in the Hamptons (1995) and Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Andre Gregory's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$304 million
9 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 9 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$159M52.2% of the total
- 2$48M15.8% of the total
- 3$34M11.1% of the total
- 4$26M8.6% of the total
- 5$16M5.2% of the total
- 6$14M4.7% of the total
- 7$5.2M1.7% of the total
- 8$1.7M0.6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.








