As Actor
The Spanish Prisoner
1997
6.8
Ben Gazzara
Acting
Born
August 28, 1930
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Deceased
February 3, 2012
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).
The Filmography
As Actor
Stag
1997
4.6
As Actor
Vicious Circles
1997
4.1
As Actor
Ladykiller
1996
3.7
As Actor
The Zone
1995
5.0
As Actor
Convict Cowboy
1995
6.1
As Actor
Bandits
1995
1.0
As Actor
Parallel Lives
1994
5.0
As Actor
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
1994
4.3
As Actor
Anything for John
1993
6.0
As Actor
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1993
4.0
As Actor
Blindsided
1993
3.5
As Actor
Forever
1991
3.8
As Actor
People Like Us
1990
4.3
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Beyond the Ocean
1990
3.0
As Actor
Quicker Than the Eye
1989
3.5
As Actor
Road House
1989
6.8
As Actor
Don Bosco
1988
6.0
As Actor
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
5.3
As Actor
Control
1987
5.5