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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Movies (43)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
2023
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
as Self
2014
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
as Self
2014
Ristabbanna
2012
Chez Gino
as Oncle Giovanni
2011
Christopher Roth
as Paul Andersen
2010
Il Volo
2010
13
as Schlondorff
2010
Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker
2009
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
as Self
2009
Eve
as Joe
2008
Empire State Building Murders
as Paulie Genovese
2008
Looking for Palladin
as Jack Palladin
2008
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
A Prince Called Toto
as Self
2007
Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco
2007
Quiet Flows The Don
as Secretov
2006
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
2006
Pope John Paul II
2005
The Shore
as Mr. Bob Harris
2005
Bonjour Michel
as michele Terranova
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
2004
Dogville Confessions
as Self
2004
Dogville
as Jack McKay
2003
L'ospite segreto
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Hysterical Blindness
as Nick
2002
Home Sweet Hoboken
2001
Brian's Song
as Coach Halas
2001
Jack of Hearts
as Batossa
2000
A Constant Forge
as Self
2000
The List
as D.A. Bernard Salman
2000
Nella terra di nessuno
as L'avvocato Scalzi
2000
Piovuto dal cielo
2000
Undertaker's Paradise
as Jim
2000
Shark in a Bottle
as The Arranger
2000
Very Mean Men
as Gino Minetti
2000
Believe
2000
Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo
2000
Poor Liza
as The Narrator
2000
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace
1999
Summer of Sam
as Luigi
1999
TV Shows (7)
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
2025
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
as Don Otello Di Bella
2013
Quiet Flows the Don
as General Secretov
2006
L'onore e il rispetto
as Don Fred Di Venanzio
2006
Pope John Paul II
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
2005
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as E.A.D.A.
1999