Ben Gazzara
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-08-28
Day of Death
2012-02-03 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
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Acting
(2023)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
(2021)
(2014)
(2014)
(2012)
(2011)
Chez Gino
as Oncle Giovanni
(2010)
13
as Schlondorff
(2010)
Christopher Roth
as Paul Andersen
(2010)
(2009)
Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker
(2009)
(2008)
Empire State Building Murders
as Paulie Genovese
(2008)
Looking for Palladin
as Jack Palladin
(2008)
Eve
as Joe
(2008)
(2007)
A Prince Called Toto
as Self
(2007)
Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco
(2006)
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
(2006)
Quiet Flows The Don
as Secretov
(2005)
The Shore
as Mr. Bob Harris
(2005)
Bonjour Michel
as michele Terranova
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
(2004)
Dogville Confessions
as Self
(2003)
Dogville
as Jack McKay
(2003)
(2003)
L'ospite segreto
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
(2002)
Hysterical Blindness
as Nick
(2001)
Brian's Song
as Coach Halas
(2001)
(2000)
(2000)
Jack of Hearts
as Batossa
(2000)
A Constant Forge
as Self
(2000)
Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo
(2000)
Very Mean Men
as Gino Minetti
(2000)
The List
as D.A. Bernard Salman
(2000)
Undertaker's Paradise
as Jim
(2000)
Shark in a Bottle
as The Arranger
(2000)
Poor Liza
as The Narrator
(2000)
(2000)
Nella terra di nessuno
as L'avvocato Scalzi
(1999)
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace
(1999)
Summer of Sam
as Luigi
(1999)
Paradise Cove
as Duke Mantee
(1998)
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
(1998)
Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown
(1998)
Happiness
as Lenny Jordan
(1998)
Too Tired to Die
as John Sage
(1998)
Illuminata
as Old Flavio
(1998)
Marilyn in Manhattan
as Self
(1998)
Valentine's Day
as Joe Buddha
(1998)
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Gregorio Kos
(1998)
Angelo Nero
as Padre Guelfi
(1997)
Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon
(1997)
The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein
(1997)
Stag
as Frank Grieco
(1997)
Vicious Circles
as March
(1997)
Farmer & Chase
as Farmer
(1996)
(1996)
Ladykiller
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
(1995)
Convict Cowboy
as Warden Ferguson
(1995)
The Zone
as Dick Althorp
(1995)
Bandits
as Amos
(1994)
Parallel Lives
as Charlie Duke
(1994)
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
as Moshe
(1994)
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
as Amenophis III
(1993)
Anything for John
as Self
(1993)
Blindsided
as Ira Gold
(1993)
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
as Joseph Bonanno
(1993)
(1991)
Forever
as Marcelo
(1991)
Lies Before Kisses
as Grant Sanders
(1990)
People Like Us
as Gus Bailey
(1990)
Beyond the Ocean
as John Tana
(1989)
Road House
as Brad Wesley
(1989)
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
(1989)
Quicker Than the Eye
as Ben Norell
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Don Bosco
as Don Giovanni Bosco
(1987)
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Capt. Tom Wright
(1987)
Control
as Mike Zella
(1987)
Downpayment on Murder
as Harry Cardell
(1986)
The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
(1986)
Bitter Champagne
as Paul Rivière
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1985)
An Early Frost
as Nick Pierson
(1985)
Woman of Wonders
as Alberto
(1985)
A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Holloway
(1985)
My Dearest Son
as Antonio Morelli
(1984)
Uno scandalo perbene
as The man with no memory
(1982)
The Girl from Trieste
as Dino Romani
(1982)
A Question of Honor
as Detective Joe DeFalco
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1981)
They All Laughed
as John Russo
(1981)
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Charles Serking
(1981)
Inchon
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
(1981)
Droit de Réponse
as Self
(1979)
Bloodline
as Rhys Williams
(1979)
Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers
(1977)
Opening Night
as Manny Victor
(1977)
The Death of Richie
as George Werner
(1977)
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts
(1976)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli
(1976)
Voyage of the Damned
as Morris Troper
(1976)
(1975)
Capone
as Al Capone
(1973)
The Neptune Factor
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
(1973)
Maneater
as Nick Baron
(1972)
When Michael Calls
as Doremus Connelly
(1972)
The Sicilian Connection
as Joseph Coppola
(1972)
Pursuit
as Steven Graves
(1972)
Fireball Forward
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
(1972)
The Family Rico
as Eddie Rico
(1971)
The Making of 'Husbands'
as Self
(1970)
Husbands
as Harry
(1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Bridge at Remagen
as Sgt. Angelo
(1969)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Card Player
(1965)
A Rage to Live
as Roger Bannon
(1964)
Carol for Another Christmas
as Fred
(1962)
Conquered City
as Captain George Stubbs
(1962)
Convicts 4
as John Resko
(1961)
The Young Doctors
as Dr. David Coleman
(1960)
The Passionate Thief
as Lello
(1959)
Anatomy of a Murder
as Lt. Frederick Manion
(1958)
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
(1957)
The Strange One
as Jocko de Paris
Crew
(1990)
Beyond the Ocean
Writer, Director