Acting credits
136
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ben Gazzara
Acting
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Movies: 119Series: 19Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 856
IMDb ID: nm0001262
Known for: Acting
Born: August 28, 1930
Died: February 3, 2012
Age: 81
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q296287
Also known as
Бен Газзара • Biagio Anthony Gazzarra • بن گازارا
Other jobs
Director (3)Writer (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ben Gazzara.
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021 Movie
9.0
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
as Self
2014 Movie
6.7
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
as Self
2014 Movie
4.4
Chez Gino
as Oncle Giovanni
2011 Movie
4.3
Christopher Roth
as Paul Andersen
2010 Movie
Il Volo
2010 Movie
5.8
13
as Schlondorff
2010 Movie
Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker
2009 Movie
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
as Self
2009 Movie
6.2
Eve
as Joe
2008 Movie
3.0
Looking for Palladin
as Jack Palladin
2008 Movie
5.0
A Prince Called Toto
as Self
2007 Movie
4.0
Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco
2007 Movie
3.8
Quiet Flows The Don
as Secretov
2006 Movie
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
2006 Movie
Pope John Paul II
2005 Movie
6.0
The Shore
as Mr. Bob Harris
2005 Movie
7.6
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
2004 Movie
6.8
Dogville Confessions
as Self
2004 Movie
7.8
Dogville
as Jack McKay
2003 Movie
L'ospite segreto
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
2003 Movie
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003 Movie
6.0
Hysterical Blindness
as Nick
2002 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ben Gazzara.
5.2
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano • 5 eps
2025 Series
6.0
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
as Don Otello Di Bella • 4 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Quiet Flows the Don
as General Secretov • 7 eps
2006 Series
7.3
L'onore e il rispetto
as Don Fred Di Venanzio • 6 eps
2006 Series
6.1
Pope John Paul II
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as E.A.D.A. • 1 eps
1999 Series
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts • 2 eps
1977 Series
6.7
Dinah!
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.7
QB VII
as Abe Cady • 2 eps
1974 Series
8.1
Columbo
Director • 2 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
Director • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.2
Run for Your Life
as Paul Bryan • 86 eps
1965 Series
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Paul Bryan • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.7
Arrest and Trial
as Nick Anderson • 30 eps
1963 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 3 eps
1962 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 2 eps
1961 Series
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest • 1 eps
1950 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter • 1 eps
1944 Series