Ben Gazzara - Movies, Bio & Filmography

Meet Ben Gazzara

★ Acting🎥 127 films📺 22 TV shows📅 1944–2025🔥 1

Also known as: Бен Газзара, Biagio Anthony Gazzarra, بن گازارا

Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

1930-08-28 (age 81 at death)

Died 2012-02-03

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).