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Ben Gazzara

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1930-08-28

Day of Death

2012-02-03

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).

Filmography (127)

⭐ 0 Role: Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021
⭐ 9.0 Role: Self

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima

2014
⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

2014
No Image
⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Ristabbanna

2012
⭐ 4.4 Role: Oncle Giovanni

Chez Gino

2011
⭐ 4.3 Role: Paul Andersen

Christopher Roth

2010
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Il Volo

2010
⭐ 5.8 Role: Schlondorff

13

2010
⭐ 0 Role: Vatican's Banker

Holy Money

2009
⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes

2009
⭐ 5.6 Role: Joe

Eve

2008
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Paulie Genovese

Empire State Building Murders

2008
⭐ 3.0 Role: Jack Palladin

Looking for Palladin

2008
No Image
⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

2008