Ben Gazzara
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 28, 1930
- Died
- Feb 3, 2012 (aged 81)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 149
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
The Big Lebowski
1998Movie
Jackie Treehorn
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
E.A.D.A.
Dogville
2003Movie
Jack McKay
Road House
1989Movie
Brad Wesley
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999Movie
Andrew Wallace
Anatomy of a Murder
1959Movie
Lt. Frederick Manion
Filmography
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025TV
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021Movie
Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014Movie
Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014Movie
Self
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
2013TV
Don Otello Di Bella
Ristabbanna
2012Movie
Chez Gino
2011Movie
Oncle Giovanni
Christopher Roth
2010Movie
Paul Andersen
Il Volo
2010Movie
13
2010Movie
Schlondorff
Holy Money
2009Movie
Vatican's Banker
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
2009Movie
Self
Eve
2008Movie
Joe
Empire State Building Murders
2008Movie
Paulie Genovese
Looking for Palladin
2008Movie
Jack Palladin
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008Movie
A Prince Called Toto
2007Movie
Self
Donne sbagliate
2007Movie
Franco Maresco
Quiet Flows The Don
2006Movie
Secretov
Quiet Flows the Don
2006TV
General Secretov
L'onore e il rispetto
2006TV
Don Fred Di Venanzio
Paris Je T'aime
2006Movie
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Pope John Paul II
2005TV
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
The Shore
2005Movie
Mr. Bob Harris
Bonjour Michel
2005Movie
michele Terranova
The Tony Danza Show
2004TV
Self - Guest
Dogville Confessions
2004Movie
Self
Dogville
2003Movie
Jack McKay
L'ospite segreto
2003Movie
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003Movie
Self
Hysterical Blindness
2002Movie
Nick
Home Sweet Hoboken
2001Movie
Brian's Song
2001Movie
Coach Halas
Jack of Hearts
2000Movie
Batossa
A Constant Forge
2000Movie
Self
The List
2000Movie
D.A. Bernard Salman
Nella terra di nessuno
2000Movie
L'avvocato Scalzi
Piovuto dal cielo
2000Movie
Undertaker's Paradise
2000Movie
Jim
Shark in a Bottle
2000Movie
The Arranger
Very Mean Men
2000Movie
Gino Minetti
Believe
2000Movie
Blue Moon
2000Movie
Frank Cavallo
Poor Liza
2000Movie
The Narrator
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
E.A.D.A.
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999Movie
Andrew Wallace
Summer of Sam
1999Movie
Luigi
Paradise Cove
1999Movie
Duke Mantee
Happiness
1998Movie
Lenny Jordan
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998Movie
Gregorio Kos
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998Movie
Self
Too Tired to Die
1998Movie
John Sage
Angelo Nero
1998Movie
Padre Guelfi
Illuminata
1998Movie
Old Flavio
The Big Lebowski
1998Movie
Jackie Treehorn
Buffalo '66
1998Movie
Jimmy Brown
Valentine's Day
1998Movie
Joe Buddha
The Spanish Prisoner
1997Movie
Mr. Klein
Stag
1997Movie
Frank Grieco
Shadow Conspiracy
1997Movie
Vicepresident Saxon
Farmer & Chase
1997Movie
Farmer
Vicious Circles
1997Movie
March
Ladykiller
1996Movie
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Strangers
1996TV
Doctor
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996Movie
Self
The Zone
1995Movie
Dick Althorp
Convict Cowboy
1995Movie
Warden Ferguson
Bandits
1995Movie
Amos
Parallel Lives
1994Movie
Charlie Duke
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
1994Movie
Moshe
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
1994Movie
Amenophis III
Anything for John
1993Movie
Self
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1993Movie
Joseph Bonanno
Blindsided
1993Movie
Ira Gold
The Window Over the Way
1993Movie
Forever
1991Movie
Marcelo
Lies Before Kisses
1991Movie
Grant Sanders
People Like Us
1990Movie
Gus Bailey
Beyond the Ocean
1990Movie
John Tana
Quicker Than the Eye
1989Movie
Ben Norell
Road House
1989Movie
Brad Wesley
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989Movie
Self
Don Bosco
1988Movie
Don Giovanni Bosco
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987Movie
Capt. Tom Wright
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987Movie
Self (archive footage)
Control
1987Movie
Mike Zella
Downpayment on Murder
1987Movie
Harry Cardell
The Professor
1986Movie
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Bitter Champagne
1986Movie
Paul Rivière
A Letter to Three Wives
1985Movie
Porter Holloway
My Dearest Son
1985Movie
Antonio Morelli
Woman of Wonders
1985Movie
Alberto
An Early Frost
1985Movie
Nick Pierson
Night of 100 Stars II
1985Movie
Self
Uno scandalo perbene
1984Movie
The man with no memory
The Girl from Trieste
1982Movie
Dino Romani
A Question of Honor
1982Movie
Detective Joe DeFalco
Ninho da Serpente
1982TV
Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982Movie
Self (archive footage)
Droit de Réponse
1981Movie
Self
They All Laughed
1981Movie
John Russo
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981Movie
Charles Serking
Inchon
1981Movie
Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Bloodline
1979Movie
Rhys Williams
Saint Jack
1979Movie
Jack Flowers
Opening Night
1977Movie
Manny Victor
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977TV
Anson 'Kip' Roberts
The Death of Richie
1977Movie
George Werner
Voyage of the Damned
1976Movie
Morris Troper
High Velocity
1976Movie
Clifford Baumgartner
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976Movie
Cosmo Vittelli
Capone
1975Movie
Al Capone
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
QB VII
1974TV
Abe Cady
Maneater
1973Movie
Nick Baron
The Neptune Factor
1973Movie
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
The Sicilian Connection
1972Movie
Joseph Coppola
Pursuit
1972Movie
Steven Graves
The Family Rico
1972Movie
Eddie Rico
Fireball Forward
1972Movie
Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
When Michael Calls
1972Movie
Doremus Connelly
Film '72
1971TV
Self
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971Movie
Self
Husbands
1970Movie
Harry
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Bridge at Remagen
1969Movie
Sgt. Angelo
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969Movie
Card Player
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
A Rage to Live
1965Movie
Roger Bannon
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Paul Bryan
Carol for Another Christmas
1964Movie
Fred
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Paul Bryan
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
Sidney
Arrest and Trial
1963TV
Nick Anderson
Conquered City
1962Movie
Captain George Stubbs
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Convicts 4
1962Movie
John Resko
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self, Self - Co-Host
The Young Doctors
1961Movie
Dr. David Coleman
The Passionate Thief
1960Movie
Lello
You'll Never See Me Again
1959Movie
Jim Mason
Anatomy of a Murder
1959Movie
Lt. Frederick Manion
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958Movie
Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
The Troublemakers
1957Movie
Stanley Carr
The Strange One
1957Movie
Jocko de Paris
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Jim Mason
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Nominee
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee / Presenter