Ben Gazzara

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Ben Gazzara

Acting 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 An…

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The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski

7.8 1998 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
Dogville

Dogville

7.7 2003 Movie
Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Road House

Road House

6.8 1989 Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

6.8 1999 Movie
Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder

7.8 1959 Movie
Buffalo '66

Buffalo '66

7.1 1998 Movie
Happiness

Happiness

7.4 1998 Movie

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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).

Filmography

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  1. 2025
    Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore

    TV show 'O Professore di Vesuviano

  2. 2021
    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Movie Self

  3. 2014
    Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima

    Movie Self

  4. 2014
    One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

    Movie Self

  5. 2013
    Pupetta, Woman of Honor

    TV show Don Otello Di Bella

  6. 2012
    Ristabbanna

    Movie

  7. 2011
    Chez Gino

    Movie Oncle Giovanni

  8. 2010
    Christopher Roth

    Movie Paul Andersen

  9. 2010
    Il Volo

    Movie

  10. 2010
    13

    Movie Schlondorff

  11. 2009
    Holy Money

    Movie Vatican's Banker

  12. 2009
    The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes

    Movie Self

  13. 2008
    Eve

    Movie Joe

  14. 2008
    Empire State Building Murders

    Movie Paulie Genovese

  15. 2008
    Looking for Palladin

    Movie Jack Palladin

  16. 2008
    Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

    Movie

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  1. 2007
    A Prince Called Toto

    Movie Self

  2. 2007
    Donne sbagliate

    Movie Franco Maresco

  3. 2006
    Quiet Flows the Don

    TV show General Secretov

  4. 2006
    Quiet Flows The Don

    Movie Secretov

  5. 2006
    L'onore e il rispetto

    TV show Don Fred Di Venanzio

  6. 2006
    Paris Je T'aime

    Movie Ben (Quartier Latin)

  7. 2005
    Pope John Paul II

    TV show Kardinal Agostino Casaroli

  8. 2005
    The Shore

    Movie Mr. Bob Harris

  9. 2005
    Bonjour Michel

    Movie michele Terranova

  10. 2004
    The Tony Danza Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  11. 2004
    Dogville Confessions

    Movie Self

  12. 2003
    Dogville

    Movie Jack McKay

  13. 2003
    L'ospite segreto

    Movie Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

  14. 2003
    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Movie Self

  15. 2002
    Hysterical Blindness

    Movie Nick

  16. 2001
    Home Sweet Hoboken

    Movie

  17. 2001
    Brian's Song

    Movie Coach Halas

  18. 2000
    Jack of Hearts

    Movie Batossa

  19. 2000
    A Constant Forge

    Movie Self

  20. 2000
    The List

    Movie D.A. Bernard Salman

  21. 2000
    Nella terra di nessuno

    Movie L'avvocato Scalzi

  22. 2000
    Piovuto dal cielo

    Movie

  23. 2000
    Undertaker's Paradise

    Movie Jim

  24. 2000
    Shark in a Bottle

    Movie The Arranger