Directed credits
3
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Director
Ben Gazzara
Acting
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 3All crew 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
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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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Directed Series
Series directed by Ben Gazzara.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ben Gazzara.
7.8
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
1998 Movie
7.8
Anatomy of a Murder
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
1959 Movie
7.8
Dogville
as Jack McKay
2003 Movie
7.6
Opening Night
as Manny Victor
1977 Movie
7.4
Happiness
as Lenny Jordan
1998 Movie
7.1
The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
1986 Movie
7.1
Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown
1998 Movie
7.0
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli
1976 Movie
6.8
The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein
1997 Movie
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
2006 Movie
6.8
The Bridge at Remagen
as Sgt. Angelo
1969 Movie
6.7
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace
1999 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Ben Gazzara.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ben Gazzara.
7.8
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
1998 Movie
6.6
Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers
1979 Movie
7.8
Dogville
as Jack McKay
2003 Movie
5.0
Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon
1997 Movie
6.7
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace
1999 Movie
7.1
The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
1986 Movie
4.0
Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco
2007 Movie
Bitter Champagne
as Paul Rivière
1986 Movie
6.7
Road House
as Brad Wesley
1989 Movie
3.4
Inchon
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
1981 Movie
7.8
Anatomy of a Murder
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
1959 Movie
6.8
Dogville Confessions
as Self
2004 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ben Gazzara.
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as E.A.D.A. • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.1
Columbo
Director • 2 eps
1971 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
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter • 1 eps
1944 Series
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest • 1 eps
1950 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.2
Run for Your Life
Director • 2 eps
1965 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
Director • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Paul Bryan • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.7
Dinah!
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.7
Arrest and Trial
as Nick Anderson • 30 eps
1963 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ben Gazzara.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for 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
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for 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
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