As Actor
Eve
2008
6.2
Ben Gazzara
Acting
Birth date
August 28, 1930
Birth place
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Death date
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).
Featured in
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Quiet Flows The Don
2006
3.8
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The Shore
2005
6.0
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Dogville Confessions
2004
6.8
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Dogville
2003
7.8
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Hysterical Blindness
2002
6.1
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Brian's Song
2001
6.2
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Jack of Hearts
2000
1.5
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The List
2000
4.4
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Undertaker's Paradise
2000
5.0
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Shark in a Bottle
2000
6.2
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Very Mean Men
2000
5.8
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Blue Moon
2000
5.0
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A Constant Forge
2000
6.6
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Paradise Cove
1999
6.0
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Happiness
1998
7.5
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Illuminata
1998
5.5
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Buffalo '66
1998
7.1
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Too Tired to Die
1998
4.5
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Valentine's Day
1998
3.8