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Quick Facts

Born:
1930-08-28

Birthplace:
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Credits:
151 Total Roles

Ben Gazzara

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore TV 'O Professore di Vesuviano
2023 to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour MOVIE Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age MOVIE Self
2014 Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima MOVIE Self
2014 One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film MOVIE Self
2013 Pupetta, Woman of Honor TV Don Otello Di Bella
2012 Ristabbanna MOVIE Self
2011 Chez Gino MOVIE Oncle Giovanni
2010 Christopher Roth MOVIE Paul Andersen
2010 Il Volo MOVIE Self

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