Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 28, 1930
Died
Feb 03, 2012
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
151 titles
Ben Gazzara
Biography
Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and television actor and director. His best known films include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Inchon (1981), Road House (1989), The Big Lebowski (1998), Happiness (1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Summer of Sam (1999), Dogville (2003) and Paris, je t'aime (2006). He was a recurring collaborator with John Cassavetes, working with him on Husbands (1970), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977). As the star of the television series Run for Your Life (1965-1968), Gazzarra was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. He won his first, and only, Emmy Award for his role in the television film Hysterical Blindness (2002).
Known For
Filmography
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
Don Otello Di Bella
Ristabbanna
Chez Gino
Oncle Giovanni
Christopher Roth
Paul Andersen
Il Volo
13
Schlondorff
Holy Money
Vatican's Banker
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Self
Eve
Joe
Empire State Building Murders
Paulie Genovese
Looking for Palladin
Jack Palladin
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
A Prince Called Toto
Self
Donne sbagliate
Franco Maresco
Quiet Flows the Don
General Secretov
Quiet Flows The Don
Secretov
L'onore e il rispetto
Don Fred Di Venanzio
Paris Je T'aime
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Pope John Paul II
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
Pope John Paul II
The Shore
Mr. Bob Harris
Bonjour Michel
michele Terranova
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
Dogville Confessions
Self
Dogville
Jack McKay
L'ospite segreto
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Hysterical Blindness
Nick
Home Sweet Hoboken
Brian's Song
Coach Halas
Jack of Hearts
Batossa
A Constant Forge
Self
The List
D.A. Bernard Salman
Nella terra di nessuno
L'avvocato Scalzi
Piovuto dal cielo
Undertaker's Paradise
Jim
Shark in a Bottle
The Arranger
Very Mean Men
Gino Minetti
Believe
Blue Moon
Frank Cavallo
Poor Liza
The Narrator
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
E.A.D.A.
The Thomas Crown Affair
Andrew Wallace
Summer of Sam
Luigi
Paradise Cove
Duke Mantee
Happiness
Lenny Jordan