Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 28, 1930
Place of Birth:
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour | Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self |
| 2014 | Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima | Self |
| 2014 | One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film | Self |
| 2012 | Ristabbanna | |
| 2011 | Chez Gino | Oncle Giovanni |
| 2010 | Il Volo | |
| 2010 | Christopher Roth | Paul Andersen |
| 2010 | 13 | Schlondorff |
| 2009 | Holy Money | Vatican's Banker |
| 2009 | The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes | Self |
| 2008 | Eve | Joe |
| 2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Paulie Genovese |
| 2008 | Looking for Palladin | Jack Palladin |
| 2008 | Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies | |
| 2007 | Donne sbagliate | Franco Maresco |
| 2007 | A Prince Called Toto | Self |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Ben (Quartier Latin) |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows The Don | Secretov |
| 2005 | Bonjour Michel | michele Terranova |
| 2005 | The Shore | Mr. Bob Harris |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Dogville Confessions | Self |
| 2003 | Dogville | Jack McKay |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self |
| 2003 | L'ospite segreto | Ispettore di Polizia Solomos |
| 2002 | Hysterical Blindness | Nick |
| 2001 | Home Sweet Hoboken | |
| 2001 | Brian's Song | Coach Halas |
| 2000 | Nella terra di nessuno | L'avvocato Scalzi |
| 2000 | Poor Liza | The Narrator |
| 2000 | Undertaker's Paradise | Jim |
| 2000 | Shark in a Bottle | The Arranger |
| 2000 | The List | D.A. Bernard Salman |
| 2000 | Blue Moon | Frank Cavallo |
| 2000 | Very Mean Men | Gino Minetti |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self |
| 2000 | Jack of Hearts | Batossa |
| 2000 | Believe | |
| 2000 | Piovuto dal cielo | |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Andrew Wallace |
| 1999 | Paradise Cove | Duke Mantee |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Luigi |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Jackie Treehorn |
| 1998 | Buffalo '66 | Jimmy Brown |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Old Flavio |
| 1998 | Valentine's Day | Joe Buddha |
| 1998 | Marilyn in Manhattan | Self |
| 1998 | Happiness | Lenny Jordan |
| 1998 | Il tesoro di Damasco | Gregorio Kos |
| 1998 | Too Tired to Die | John Sage |
| 1998 | Angelo Nero | Padre Guelfi |
| 1997 | The Spanish Prisoner | Mr. Klein |
| 1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | Vicepresident Saxon |
| 1997 | Vicious Circles | March |
| 1997 | Farmer & Chase | Farmer |
| 1997 | Stag | Frank Grieco |
| 1996 | Ladykiller | Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky |
| 1996 | John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All | Self |
| 1995 | The Zone | Dick Althorp |
| 1995 | Convict Cowboy | Warden Ferguson |
| 1995 | Bandits | Amos |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives | Charlie Duke |
| 1994 | Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem | Moshe |
| 1994 | Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun | Amenophis III |
| 1993 | Anything for John | Self |
| 1993 | Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage | Joseph Bonanno |
| 1993 | Blindsided | Ira Gold |
| 1993 | The Window Over the Way | |
| 1991 | Forever | Marcelo |
| 1991 | Lies Before Kisses | Grant Sanders |
| 1990 | People Like Us | Gus Bailey |
| 1990 | Beyond the Ocean | John Tana |
| 1989 | Road House | Brad Wesley |
| 1989 | Quicker Than the Eye | Ben Norell |
| 1989 | Arena - John Cassavetes | Self |
| 1988 | Don Bosco | Don Giovanni Bosco |
| 1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Control | Mike Zella |
| 1987 | Downpayment on Murder | Harry Cardell |
| 1987 | Police Story: The Freeway Killings | Capt. Tom Wright |
| 1986 | The Professor | 'O Professore di Vesuviano |
| 1986 | Bitter Champagne | Paul Rivière |
| 1985 | An Early Frost | Nick Pierson |
| 1985 | Woman of Wonders | Alberto |
| 1985 | A Letter to Three Wives | Porter Holloway |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1985 | My Dearest Son | Antonio Morelli |
| 1984 | Uno scandalo perbene | The man with no memory |
| 1982 | The Girl from Trieste | Dino Romani |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | A Question of Honor | Detective Joe DeFalco |
| 1981 | They All Laughed | John Russo |
| 1981 | Tales of Ordinary Madness | Charles Serking |
| 1981 | Droit de Réponse | Self |
| 1981 | Inchon | Maj. Frank Hallsworth |
| 1979 | Bloodline | Rhys Williams |
| 1979 | Saint Jack | Jack Flowers |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Manny Victor |
| 1977 | The Death of Richie | George Werner |
| 1977 | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Anson 'Kip' Roberts |
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Cosmo Vittelli |
| 1976 | High Velocity | |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Morris Troper |
| 1975 | Capone | Al Capone |
| 1973 | The Neptune Factor | Cmdr. Adrian Blake |
| 1973 | Maneater | Nick Baron |
| 1972 | Pursuit | Steven Graves |
| 1972 | When Michael Calls | Doremus Connelly |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Connection | Joseph Coppola |
| 1972 | Fireball Forward | Maj. Gen Joe Barrett |
| 1972 | The Family Rico | Eddie Rico |
| 1971 | The Making of 'Husbands' | Self |
| 1970 | Husbands | Harry |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Card Player |
| 1969 | The Bridge at Remagen | Sgt. Angelo |
| 1965 | A Rage to Live | Roger Bannon |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas | Fred |
| 1962 | Convicts 4 | John Resko |
| 1962 | Conquered City | Captain George Stubbs |
| 1961 | The Young Doctors | Dr. David Coleman |
| 1960 | The Passionate Thief | Lello |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | Lt. Frederick Manion |
| 1958 | Three Plays by Tennessee Williams | Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") |
| 1957 | The Strange One | Jocko de Paris |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore | 'O Professore di Vesuviano |
| 2013 | Pupetta, Woman of Honor | Don Otello Di Bella |
| 2006 | L'onore e il rispetto | Don Fred Di Venanzio |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows the Don | Secretov tábornok |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Kardinal Agostino Casaroli |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | E.A.D.A. |
| 1982 | Ninho da Serpente | Self |
| 1974 | QB VII | Abe Cady |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Paul Bryan |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Paul Bryan |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Detective Sergeant Nick Anderson |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Sidney |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter |