Ben Gazzara
Acting
Born August 28, 1930 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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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Acting (127)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014
Ristabbanna
2012
Chez Gino
2011
Christopher Roth
2010
Il Volo
2010
13
2010
Holy Money
2009
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
2009
Eve
2008
Empire State Building Murders
2008
Looking for Palladin
2008
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
A Prince Called Toto
2007
Donne sbagliate
2007
Quiet Flows The Don
2006
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Pope John Paul II
2005
The Shore
2005
Bonjour Michel
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Dogville Confessions
2004
Dogville
2003
L'ospite segreto
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Hysterical Blindness
2002
Home Sweet Hoboken
2001
Brian's Song
2001
Jack of Hearts
2000
A Constant Forge
2000
The List
2000
Nella terra di nessuno
2000
Piovuto dal cielo
2000
Undertaker's Paradise
2000
Shark in a Bottle
2000
Very Mean Men
2000
Believe
2000
Blue Moon
2000
Poor Liza
2000
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
Summer of Sam
1999
Paradise Cove
1999
Happiness
1998
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998
Too Tired to Die
1998
Angelo Nero
1998
Illuminata
1998
The Big Lebowski
1998
Buffalo '66
1998
Valentine's Day
1998
The Spanish Prisoner
1997
Stag
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
Farmer & Chase
1997
Vicious Circles
1997
Ladykiller
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
The Zone
1995
Convict Cowboy
1995
Bandits
1995
Parallel Lives
1994
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
1994
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
1994
Anything for John
1993
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1993
Blindsided
1993
The Window Over the Way
1993
Forever
1991
Lies Before Kisses
1991
People Like Us
1990
Beyond the Ocean
1990
Quicker Than the Eye
1989
Road House
1989
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
Don Bosco
1988
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Control
1987
Downpayment on Murder
1987
The Professor
1986
Bitter Champagne
1986
A Letter to Three Wives
1985
My Dearest Son
1985
Woman of Wonders
1985
An Early Frost
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Uno scandalo perbene
1984
The Girl from Trieste
1982
A Question of Honor
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Droit de Réponse
1981
They All Laughed
1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
Inchon
1981
Bloodline
1979
Saint Jack
1979
Opening Night
1977
The Death of Richie
1977
Voyage of the Damned
1976
High Velocity
1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976
Capone
1975
Maneater
1973
The Neptune Factor
1973
The Sicilian Connection
1972
Pursuit
1972
The Family Rico
1972
Fireball Forward
1972
Silêncio Mortal
1972
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971
Husbands
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
The Bridge at Remagen
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
A Rage to Live
1965
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
Conquered City
1962
Convicts 4
1962
The Young Doctors
1961
The Passionate Thief
1960
You'll Never See Me Again
1959
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958
The Strange One
1957