Ben Gazzara profile
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Ben Gazzara

28th August 1930 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Acting

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).

127 Movies 23 TV Shows 150 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

13 poster
13 12th March 2010 as Schlondorff
Eve poster
Eve 27th August 2008 as Joe
The List poster
The List 27th September 2000 as D.A. Bernard Salman
Stag poster
Stag 1st April 1997 as Frank Grieco
Ladykiller poster
Ladykiller 5th October 1996 as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
The Zone poster
The Zone 16th November 1995 as Dick Althorp
Don Bosco poster
Don Bosco 31st January 1988 as Don Giovanni Bosco
Control poster
Control 14th February 1987 as Mike Zella
Inchon poster
Inchon 4th May 1981 as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Capone poster
Capone 16th April 1975 as Al Capone
Pursuit poster
Pursuit 12th December 1972 as Steven Graves
QB VII poster
QB VII 29th April 1974 as Abe Cady