Acting credits
137
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ben Gazzara
Acting
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Movies: 116Series: 23Crew 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: 6.54
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.
as Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 • Movie
as Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014 • Movie
as Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014 • Movie
as Oncle Giovanni
Chez Gino
2011 • Movie
as Paul Andersen
Christopher Roth
2010 • Movie
Il Volo
2010 • Movie
as Schlondorff
13
2010 • Movie
as Vatican's Banker
Holy Money
2009 • Movie
as Self
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
2009 • Movie
as Joe
Eve
2008 • Movie
as Jack Palladin
Looking for Palladin
2008 • Movie
as Self
A Prince Called Toto
2007 • Movie
as Franco Maresco
Donne sbagliate
2007 • Movie
as Secretov
Quiet Flows The Don
2006 • Movie
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
Paris Je T'aime
2006 • Movie
Pope John Paul II
2005 • Movie
as Mr. Bob Harris
The Shore
2005 • Movie
as Self
Dogville Confessions
2004 • Movie
as Jack McKay
Dogville
2003 • Movie
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
L'ospite segreto
2003 • Movie
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • Movie
as Nick
Hysterical Blindness
2002 • Movie
as Coach Halas
Brian's Song
2001 • Movie
as Batossa
Jack of Hearts
2000 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ben Gazzara.
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano • 5 eps
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025 • Series
as Don Otello Di Bella • 4 eps
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
2013 • Series
as General Secretov • 7 eps
Quiet Flows the Don
2006 • Series
as Don Fred Di Venanzio • 6 eps
L'onore e il rispetto
2006 • Series
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli • 2 eps
Pope John Paul II
2005 • Series
as E.A.D.A. • 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Doctor • 1 eps
Strangers
1996 • Series
as Self • 125 eps
Ninho da Serpente
1982 • Series
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts • 2 eps
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Dinah!
1974 • Series
as Abe Cady • 2 eps
QB VII
1974 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Columbo
1971 • Series
Director • 1 eps
The Name of the Game
1968 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 • Series
as Paul Bryan • 86 eps
Run for Your Life
1965 • Series
as Paul Bryan • 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 • Series
as Nick Anderson • 30 eps
Arrest and Trial
1963 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 • Series
as Jim Mason • 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
1956 • Series
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
Tony Awards
1956 • Series
as Self - Mystery Guest • 1 eps
What's My Line?
1950 • Series
as Self - Nominee / Presenter • 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
1944 • Series