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Ben Gazzara


Ben Gazzara

Birthday:

08/28/1930

Place of birth:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA:

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).


Credits

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour (2023)
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima (2014)
as Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014)
as Self
Ristabbanna (2012)
as
Chez Gino (2011)
as Oncle Giovanni
Christopher Roth (2010)
as Paul Andersen
Il Volo (2010)
as
13 (2010)
as Schlondorff
Holy Money (2009)
as Vatican's Banker
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes (2009)
as Self
Eve (2008)
as Joe
Meurtres à l'Empire State Building (2008)
as Paulie Genovese
Looking for Palladin (2008)
as Jack Palladin
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (2008)
as
Un principe chiamato Totò (2007)
as Self
Donne sbagliate (2007)
as Franco Maresco
Тихий Дон (2006)
as Secretov
Paris, je t'aime (2006)
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
Pope John Paul II (2005)
as
The Shore (2005)
as Mr. Bob Harris
Bonjour Michel (2005)
as michele Terranova
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
Dogville Confessions (2004)
as Self
Dogville (2003)
as Jack McKay
L'ospite segreto (2003)
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
as Nick
Home Sweet Hoboken (2001)
as
Brian's Song (2001)
as Coach Halas
Jack of Hearts (2000)
as Batossa
A Constant Forge (2000)
as Self
The List (2000)
as D.A. Bernard Salman
Nella terra di nessuno (2000)
as L'avvocato Scalzi
Piovuto dal cielo (2000)
as
Undertaker's Paradise (2000)
as Jim
Shark in a Bottle (2000)
as The Arranger
Very Mean Men (2000)
as Gino Minetti
Believe (2000)
as
Blue Moon (2000)
as Frank Cavallo
Poor Liza (2000)
as The Narrator
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
as Andrew Wallace
Summer of Sam (1999)
as Luigi
Paradise Cove (1999)
as Duke Mantee
Happiness (1998)
as Lenny Jordan
Il tesoro di Damasco (1998)
as Gregorio Kos
Marilyn in Manhattan (1998)
as Self
Too Tired to Die (1998)
as John Sage
Angelo Nero (1998)
as Padre Guelfi
Illuminata (1998)
as Old Flavio
The Big Lebowski (1998)
as Jackie Treehorn
Buffalo '66 (1998)
as Jimmy Brown
Valentine's Day (1998)
as Joe Buddha
The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
as Mr. Klein
Stag (1997)
as Frank Grieco
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
as Vicepresident Saxon
Farmer & Chase (1997)
as Farmer
Vicious Circles (1997)
as March
Ladykiller (1996)
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All (1996)
as Self
The Zone (1995)
as Dick Althorp
Convict Cowboy (1995)
as Warden Ferguson
Banditi (1995)
as Amos
Parallel Lives (1994)
as Charlie Duke
Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem (1994)
as Moshe
Nefertiti, figlia del sole (1994)
as Amenophis III
Anything for John (1993)
as Self
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993)
as Joseph Bonanno
Blindsided (1993)
as Ira Gold
Els de davant (1993)
as
Per Sempre (1991)
as Marcelo
Lies Before Kisses (1991)
as Grant Sanders
People Like Us (1990)
as Gus Bailey
Oltre l'oceano (1990)
as John Tana
Quicker Than the Eye (1989)
as Ben Norell
Road House (1989)
as Brad Wesley
Arena - John Cassavetes (1989)
as Self
Don Bosco (1988)
as Don Giovanni Bosco
Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987)
as Capt. Tom Wright
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Il giorno prima (1987)
as Mike Zella
Downpayment on Murder (1987)
as Harry Cardell
Il camorrista (1986)
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
Champagne amer (1986)
as Paul Rivière
A Letter to Three Wives (1985)
as Porter Holloway
Figlio mio, infinitamente caro... (1985)
as Antonio Morelli
La donna delle meraviglie (1985)
as Alberto
An Early Frost (1985)
as Nick Pierson
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Uno scandalo perbene (1984)
as The man with no memory
La ragazza di Trieste (1982)
as Dino Romani
A Question of Honor (1982)
as Detective Joe DeFalco
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Droit de Réponse (1981)
as Self
They All Laughed (1981)
as John Russo
Storie di ordinaria follia (1981)
as Charles Serking
Inchon (1981)
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Bloodline (1979)
as Rhys Williams
Saint Jack (1979)
as Jack Flowers
Opening Night (1977)
as Manny Victor
The Death of Richie (1977)
as George Werner
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
as Morris Troper
High Velocity (1976)
as
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
as Cosmo Vittelli
Capone (1975)
as Al Capone
Maneater (1973)
as Nick Baron
The Neptune Factor (1973)
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
Afyon oppio (1972)
as Joseph Coppola
Pursuit (1972)
as Steven Graves
The Family Rico (1972)
as Eddie Rico
Fireball Forward (1972)
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
When Michael Calls (1972)
as Doremus Connelly
The Making of 'Husbands' (1971)
as Self
Husbands (1970)
as Harry
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
as Sgt. Angelo
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
as Card Player
A Rage to Live (1965)
as Roger Bannon
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
as Fred
La città prigioniera (1962)
as Captain George Stubbs
Convicts 4 (1962)
as John Resko
The Young Doctors (1961)
as Dr. David Coleman
Risate di gioia (1960)
as Lello
You'll Never See Me Again (1959)
as Jim Mason
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams (1958)
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
The Strange One (1957)
as Jocko de Paris
Oltre l'oceano (1990)
Director
Oltre l'oceano (1990)
Writer