Ben Gazzara
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
The Big Lebowski
1998
as Jackie Treehorn
13
2010
as Schlondorff
Dogville
2003
as Jack McKay
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
as Andrew Wallace
Happiness
1998
as Lenny Jordan
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
Road House
1989
as Brad Wesley
Buffalo '66
1998
as Jimmy Brown
Saint Jack
1979
as Jack Flowers
Summer of Sam
1999
as Luigi
The Bridge at Remagen
1969
as Sgt. Angelo
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Morris Troper
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
Inchon
1981
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Very Mean Men
2000
as Gino Minetti
The Professor
1986
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
Capone
1975
as Al Capone