Ben Gazzara
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 (149 titles)
5.7ShowIl camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
'O Professore di Vesuviano · 2025
MovieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self · 2021
9.0MovieGiuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self · 2014
6.7MovieOne Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self · 2014
6.0ShowPupetta, Woman of Honor
Don Otello Di Bella · 2013
Ristabbanna
2012
4.4MovieChez Gino
Oncle Giovanni · 2011
4.3MovieChristopher Roth
Paul Andersen · 2010
MovieIl Volo
2010
5.8Movie13
Schlondorff · 2010
MovieHoly Money
Vatican's Banker · 2009
MovieThe Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Self · 2009
5.6MovieEve
Joe · 2008
Empire State Building Murders
Paulie Genovese · 2008
3.0MovieLooking for Palladin
Jack Palladin · 2008
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
5.0MovieA Prince Called Toto
Self · 2007
4.0MovieDonne sbagliate
Franco Maresco · 2007
4.3MovieQuiet Flows The Don
Secretov · 2006
7.5ShowQuiet Flows the Don
General Secretov · 2006
7.4ShowL'onore e il rispetto
Don Fred Di Venanzio · 2006
6.8MovieParis Je T'aime
Ben (Quartier Latin) · 2006
MoviePope John Paul II
2005
6.4ShowPope John Paul II
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli · 2005
6.7MovieThe Shore
Mr. Bob Harris · 2005
Bonjour Michel
michele Terranova · 2005
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest · 2004
7.0MovieDogville Confessions
Self · 2004
7.8MovieDogville
Jack McKay · 2003
MovieL'ospite segreto
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos · 2003