Ben Gazzara
Acting
Born: 1930-08-28 in 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).
Known For
The Big Lebowski
Jackie Treehorn
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
E.A.D.A.
Dogville
Jack McKay
Road House
Brad Wesley
The Thomas Crown Affair
Andrew Wallace
Anatomy of a Murder
Lt. Frederick Manion
Buffalo '66
Jimmy Brown
Happiness
Lenny Jordan
13
Schlondorff
Paris Je T'aime
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Summer of Sam
Luigi
The Spanish Prisoner
Mr. Klein
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Cosmo Vittelli
Opening Night
Manny Victor
The Bridge at Remagen
Sgt. Angelo
Husbands
Harry
The Professor
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Shadow Conspiracy
Vicepresident Saxon
Capone
Al Capone
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Serking
Voyage of the Damned
Morris Troper
They All Laughed
John Russo
Saint Jack
Jack Flowers
The Neptune Factor
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
The Passionate Thief
Lello
Bloodline
Rhys Williams
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Card Player
An Early Frost
Nick Pierson
Hysterical Blindness
Nick
Carol for Another Christmas
Fred
What's My Line?
Self
Dogville Confessions
Self
The Strange One
Jocko de Paris
When Michael Calls
Doremus Connelly
Illuminata
Old Flavio
Believe
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Girl from Trieste
Dino Romani
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter