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Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-08-28 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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

Acting

2025

2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)

2021

2014

2013

Pupetta, Woman of Honor as Don Otello Di Bella

2012

2011

Chez Gino as Oncle Giovanni

2010

Christopher Roth as Paul Andersen
13 as Schlondorff

2009

Holy Money as Vatican's Banker

2008

Eve as Joe
Looking for Palladin as Jack Palladin

2007

Donne sbagliate as Franco Maresco

2006

Paris Je T'aime as Ben (Quartier Latin)
L'onore e il rispetto as Don Fred Di Venanzio
Quiet Flows the Don as Secretov tábornok

2005

Bonjour Michel as michele Terranova
The Shore as Mr. Bob Harris
Pope John Paul II as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest

2003

Dogville as Jack McKay
L'ospite segreto as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

2002

2001

Brian's Song as Coach Halas

2000

Nella terra di nessuno as L'avvocato Scalzi
Poor Liza as The Narrator
Shark in a Bottle as The Arranger
The List as D.A. Bernard Salman
Blue Moon as Frank Cavallo
Very Mean Men as Gino Minetti
Jack of Hearts as Batossa

1999

The Thomas Crown Affair as Andrew Wallace
Paradise Cove as Duke Mantee
Summer of Sam as Luigi

1998

The Big Lebowski as Jackie Treehorn
Buffalo '66 as Jimmy Brown
Illuminata as Old Flavio
Valentine's Day as Joe Buddha
Happiness as Lenny Jordan
Il tesoro di Damasco as Gregorio Kos
Too Tired to Die as John Sage
Angelo Nero as Padre Guelfi

1997

Shadow Conspiracy as Vicepresident Saxon
Farmer & Chase as Farmer
Stag as Frank Grieco

1996

Ladykiller as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky

1995

The Zone as Dick Althorp
Convict Cowboy as Warden Ferguson
Bandits as Amos

1994

Parallel Lives as Charlie Duke

1993

Blindsided as Ira Gold

1991

Forever as Marcelo
Lies Before Kisses as Grant Sanders

1990

People Like Us as Gus Bailey
Beyond the Ocean as John Tana

1989

Road House as Brad Wesley
Quicker Than the Eye as Ben Norell

1988

Don Bosco as Don Giovanni Bosco
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)

1987

Control as Mike Zella
Downpayment on Murder as Harry Cardell

1986

The Professor as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
Bitter Champagne as Paul Rivière

1985

An Early Frost as Nick Pierson
Woman of Wonders as Alberto
A Letter to Three Wives as Porter Holloway
My Dearest Son as Antonio Morelli

1984

Uno scandalo perbene as The man with no memory

1982

The Girl from Trieste as Dino Romani
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
A Question of Honor as Detective Joe DeFalco

1981

They All Laughed as John Russo
Tales of Ordinary Madness as Charles Serking
Inchon as Maj. Frank Hallsworth

1979

Bloodline as Rhys Williams
Saint Jack as Jack Flowers

1977

Opening Night as Manny Victor
The Death of Richie as George Werner
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as Anson 'Kip' Roberts

1976

Voyage of the Damned as Morris Troper

1975

Capone as Al Capone

1974

QB VII as Abe Cady

1973

The Neptune Factor as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
Maneater as Nick Baron

1972

Pursuit as Steven Graves
When Michael Calls as Doremus Connelly
The Sicilian Connection as Joseph Coppola
Fireball Forward as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
The Family Rico as Eddie Rico

1971

1970

Husbands as Harry

1969

The Bridge at Remagen as Sgt. Angelo

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1965

A Rage to Live as Roger Bannon
Run for Your Life as Paul Bryan

1964

1963

Arrest and Trial as Detective Sergeant Nick Anderson

1962

Convicts 4 as John Resko
Conquered City as Captain George Stubbs

1961

The Young Doctors as Dr. David Coleman
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1960

1959

Anatomy of a Murder as Lt. Frederick Manion

1958

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")

1957

The Strange One as Jocko de Paris

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter

Writing

1990

Directing

1990

Beyond the Ocean as Director

1971

Columbo as Director

1968

1965

Run for Your Life as Director