
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/28/1930
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Бен ГаззараBiagio Anthony Gazzarraبن گازارا
Ben Gazzara
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 ser...
Known For

Hysterical Blindness
as Nick

Dogville
as Jack McKay

The Sicilian Connection
as Joseph Coppola

The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn

Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon

The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

Bloodline
as Rhys Williams

Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown

Husbands
as Harry

Don Bosco
as Don Giovanni Bosco

Capone
as Al Capone

They All Laughed
as John Russo

Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo

Convicts 4
as John Resko

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli

Believe
Unknown Role

Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers

The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace

Summer of Sam
as Luigi

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Card Player
Career Timeline
2014
2009
2008
2006
2005
2004
2003
2000
Jack of Hearts
as Batossa
A Constant Forge
as Self
The List
as D.A. Bernard Salman
Nella terra di nessuno
as L'avvocato Scalzi
Piovuto dal cielo
Role unknown
Undertaker's Paradise
as Jim
Shark in a Bottle
as The Arranger
Very Mean Men
as Gino Minetti
Believe
Role unknown
Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo
Poor Liza
as The Narrator