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).
Known For
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)
(2009)
Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker
(2008)
(2008)
Eve
as Joe
(2008)
Empire State Building Murders
as Paulie Genovese
(2008)
Looking for Palladin
as Jack Palladin
(2007)
Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco
(2007)
A Prince Called Toto
as Self
(2006)
Quiet Flows The Don
as Secretov
(2006)
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
(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)
(2001)
Brian's Song
as Coach Halas
(2000)
Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo
(2000)
(2000)
Undertaker's Paradise
as Jim
(2000)
Nella terra di nessuno
as L'avvocato Scalzi
(2000)
A Constant Forge
as Self
(2000)
Very Mean Men
as Gino Minetti
(2000)
Poor Liza
as The Narrator
(2000)
(2000)
The List
as D.A. Bernard Salman
(2000)
Shark in a Bottle
as The Arranger
(2000)
Jack of Hearts
as Batossa
(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)
Valentine's Day
as Joe Buddha
(1998)
Illuminata
as Old Flavio
(1998)
Too Tired to Die
as John Sage
(1998)
Angelo Nero
as Padre Guelfi
(1998)
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Gregorio Kos
(1998)
Marilyn in Manhattan
as Self
(1997)
Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon
(1997)
The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein
(1997)
Vicious Circles
as March
(1997)
Stag
as Frank Grieco
(1997)
Farmer & Chase
as Farmer
(1996)
Ladykiller
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
(1996)
(1995)
Bandits
as Amos
(1995)
The Zone
as Dick Althorp
(1995)
Convict Cowboy
as Warden Ferguson
(1994)
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
as Moshe
(1994)
Parallel Lives
as Charlie Duke
(1994)
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
as Amenophis III
(1993)
(1993)
Blindsided
as Ira Gold
(1993)
Anything for John
as Self
(1993)
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
as Joseph Bonanno
(1991)
Forever
as Marcelo
(1991)
Lies Before Kisses
as Grant Sanders
(1990)
Beyond the Ocean
as John Tana
(1990)
People Like Us
as Gus Bailey
(1989)
Road House
as Brad Wesley
(1989)
Quicker Than the Eye
as Ben Norell
(1989)
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
(1989)
When Michael Calls
as Doremus Connelly
(1988)
Don Bosco
as Don Giovanni Bosco
(1987)
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Capt. Tom Wright
(1987)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
Downpayment on Murder
as Harry Cardell
(1987)
Control
as Mike Zella
(1986)
The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
(1986)
Bitter Champagne
as Paul Rivière
(1985)
An Early Frost
as Nick Pierson
(1985)
A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Holloway
(1985)
My Dearest Son
as Antonio Morelli
(1985)
Woman of Wonders
as Alberto
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1984)
Uno scandalo perbene
as The man with no memory
(1982)
The Girl from Trieste
as Dino Romani
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
A Question of Honor
as Detective Joe DeFalco
(1981)
They All Laughed
as John Russo
(1981)
Droit de Réponse
as Self
(1981)
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Charles Serking
(1981)
Inchon
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
(1979)
Bloodline
as Rhys Williams
(1979)
Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers
(1977)
The Death of Richie
as George Werner
(1977)
Opening Night
as Manny Victor
(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)
Fireball Forward
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
(1972)
Pursuit
as Steven Graves
(1972)
The Family Rico
as Eddie Rico
(1972)
The Sicilian Connection
as Joseph Coppola
(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)
Convicts 4
as John Resko
(1962)
Conquered City
as Captain George Stubbs
(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