Ben Gazzara
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 28, 1930 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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
| 2025 | Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore'O Professore di Vesuviano | |
| 2023 | to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed SplendourCosmo Vitelli (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf | |
| 2014 | Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera primaSelf | |
| 2014 | One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American FilmSelf | |
| 2013 | Pupetta, Woman of HonorDon Otello Di Bella | |
| 2012 | Ristabbanna | |
| 2011 | Chez GinoOncle Giovanni | |
| 2010 | Il Volo | |
| 2010 | Christopher RothPaul Andersen | |
| 2010 | 13Schlondorff | |
| 2009 | Holy MoneyVatican's Banker | |
| 2009 | The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John CassavetesSelf | |
| 2008 | EveJoe | |
| 2008 | Empire State Building MurdersPaulie Genovese | |
| 2008 | Looking for PalladinJack Palladin | |
| 2008 | Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies | |
| 2007 | Donne sbagliateFranco Maresco | |
| 2007 | A Prince Called TotoSelf | |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aimeBen (Quartier Latin) | |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows The DonSecretov | |
| 2006 | L'onore e il rispettoDon Fred Di Venanzio | |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows the DonGeneral Secretov | |
| 2005 | Bonjour Michelmichele Terranova | |
| 2005 | The ShoreMr. Bob Harris | |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul IIKardinal Agostino Casaroli | |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays ItselfJackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Dogville ConfessionsSelf | |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2003 | DogvilleJack McKay | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf | |
| 2003 | L'ospite segretoIspettore di Polizia Solomos | |
| 2002 | Hysterical BlindnessNick | |
| 2001 | Home Sweet Hoboken | |
| 2001 | Brian's SongCoach Halas | |
| 2000 | Nella terra di nessunoL'avvocato Scalzi | |
| 2000 | Poor LizaThe Narrator | |
| 2000 | Undertaker's ParadiseJim | |
| 2000 | Shark in a BottleThe Arranger | |
| 2000 | The ListD.A. Bernard Salman | |
| 2000 | Blue MoonFrank Cavallo | |
| 2000 | Very Mean MenGino Minetti | |
| 2000 | A Constant ForgeSelf | |
| 2000 | Jack of HeartsBatossa | |
| 2000 | Believe | |
| 2000 | Piovuto dal cielo | |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown AffairAndrew Wallace | |
| 1999 | Paradise CoveDuke Mantee | |
| 1999 | Summer of SamLuigi | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitE.A.D.A. | |
| 1998 | The Big LebowskiJackie Treehorn | |
| 1998 | Buffalo '66Jimmy Brown | |
| 1998 | IlluminataOld Flavio | |
| 1998 | Valentine's DayJoe Buddha | |
| 1998 | Marilyn in ManhattanSelf | |
| 1998 | HappinessLenny Jordan | |
| 1998 | Il tesoro di DamascoGregorio Kos | |
| 1998 | Too Tired to DieJohn Sage | |
| 1998 | Angelo NeroPadre Guelfi | |
| 1997 | The Spanish PrisonerMr. Klein | |
| 1997 | Shadow ConspiracyVicepresident Saxon | |
| 1997 | Vicious CirclesMarch | |
| 1997 | Farmer & ChaseFarmer | |
| 1997 | StagFrank Grieco | |
| 1996 | LadykillerLt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky | |
| 1996 | John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It AllSelf | |
| 1995 | The ZoneDick Althorp | |
| 1995 | Convict CowboyWarden Ferguson | |
| 1995 | BanditsAmos | |
| 1994 | Parallel LivesCharlie Duke | |
| 1994 | Swallows Never Die in JerusalemMoshe | |
| 1994 | Nefertiti: Daughter of the SunAmenophis III | |
| 1993 | Anything for JohnSelf | |
| 1993 | Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia MarriageJoseph Bonanno | |
| 1993 | BlindsidedIra Gold | |
| 1993 | The Window Over the Way | |
| 1991 | ForeverMarcelo | |
| 1991 | Lies Before KissesGrant Sanders | |
| 1990 | People Like UsGus Bailey | |
| 1990 | Beyond the OceanJohn Tana | |
| 1989 | Road HouseBrad Wesley | |
| 1989 | Quicker Than the EyeBen Norell | |
| 1989 | Arena - John CassavetesSelf | |
| 1988 | Don BoscoDon Giovanni Bosco | |
| 1987 | ControlMike Zella | |
| 1987 | Downpayment on MurderHarry Cardell | |
| 1987 | Police Story: The Freeway KillingsCapt. Tom Wright | |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | The Professor'O Professore di Vesuviano | |
| 1986 | Bitter ChampagnePaul Rivière | |
| 1985 | An Early FrostNick Pierson | |
| 1985 | Woman of WondersAlberto | |
| 1985 | A Letter to Three WivesPorter Holloway | |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars IISelf | |
| 1985 | My Dearest SonAntonio Morelli | |
| 1984 | Uno scandalo perbeneThe man with no memory | |
| 1982 | The Girl from TriesteDino Romani | |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Self (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | A Question of HonorDetective Joe DeFalco | |
| 1982 | Ninho da SerpenteSelf | |
| 1981 | They All LaughedJohn Russo | |
| 1981 | Tales of Ordinary MadnessCharles Serking | |
| 1981 | Droit de RéponseSelf | |
| 1981 | InchonMaj. Frank Hallsworth | |
| 1979 | BloodlineRhys Williams | |
| 1979 | Saint JackJack Flowers | |
| 1977 | Opening NightManny Victor | |
| 1977 | The Death of RichieGeorge Werner | |
| 1977 | The Trial of Lee Harvey OswaldAnson 'Kip' Roberts | |
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese BookieCosmo Vittelli | |
| 1976 | High Velocity | |
| 1976 | Voyage of the DamnedMorris Troper | |
| 1975 | CaponeAl Capone | |
| 1974 | QB VIIAbe Cady | |
| 1974 | Dinah!Self | |
| 1973 | The Neptune FactorCmdr. Adrian Blake | |
| 1973 | ManeaterNick Baron | |
| 1972 | PursuitSteven Graves | |
| 1972 | When Michael CallsDoremus Connelly | |
| 1972 | The Sicilian ConnectionJoseph Coppola | |
| 1972 | Fireball ForwardMaj. Gen Joe Barrett | |
| 1972 | The Family RicoEddie Rico | |
| 1971 | The Making of 'Husbands'Self | |
| 1970 | HusbandsHarry | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumCard Player | |
| 1969 | The Bridge at RemagenSgt. Angelo | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1965 | A Rage to LiveRoger Bannon | |
| 1965 | Run for Your LifePaul Bryan | |
| 1964 | Carol for Another ChristmasFred | |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense TheatrePaul Bryan | |
| 1963 | Arrest and TrialNick Anderson | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSidney | |
| 1962 | Convicts 4John Resko | |
| 1962 | Conquered CityCaptain George Stubbs | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The Young DoctorsDr. David Coleman | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host | |
| 1960 | The Passionate ThiefLello | |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a MurderLieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion | |
| 1959 | You'll Never See Me AgainJim Mason | |
| 1958 | Three Plays by Tennessee WilliamsMoony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") | |
| 1957 | The Strange OneJocko de Paris | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreJim Mason | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Panelist | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee / Presenter |
| 1990 | Beyond the OceanDirector | |
| 1971 | ColumboDirector | |
| 1968 | The Name of the GameDirector | |
| 1965 | Run for Your LifeDirector |
| 1990 | Beyond the OceanWriter |