Ben Gazzara
Known For
Acting
Born
1930-08-28 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2012-02-03
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).
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as E.A.D.A.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
Run for Your Life
as Paul Bryan
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Sidney
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Paul Bryan
Dinah!
as Self
Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers
L'onore e il rispetto
as Don Fred Di Venanzio
Arrest and Trial
as Nick Anderson
Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon
Dogville
as Jack McKay
Inchon
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth