Ben Gazzara
ActingAlso Known As
Бен Газзара, Biagio Anthony Gazzarra, بن گازارا
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).
Movies
(127 total)
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
Dogville
as Jack McKay
Road House
as Brad Wesley
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace
Anatomy of a Murder
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown
Happiness
as Lenny Jordan
13
as Schlondorff
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
Summer of Sam
as Luigi
The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli
Opening Night
as Manny Victor
The Bridge at Remagen
as Sgt. Angelo
Husbands
as Harry
The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
Capone
as Al Capone
Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Charles Serking
Voyage of the Damned
as Morris Troper
TV Shows
(22 total)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as E.A.D.A.
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Pope John Paul II
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
L'onore e il rispetto
as Don Fred Di Venanzio
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Run for Your Life
as Paul Bryan
QB VII
as Abe Cady
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Paul Bryan
Arrest and Trial
as Nick Anderson
Dinah!
as Self
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
as Don Otello Di Bella
Quiet Flows the Don
as General Secretov
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts