Ben Gazzara

ActorDirectorWriter Aug 28 (died age 81) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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),…

Known For

Film

The Big Lebowski

Jackie Treehorn

Film

Dogville

Jack McKay

Film

Anatomy of a Murder

Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

Film

Columbo

Director

Film

Happiness

Lenny Jordan

Film

Buffalo '66

Jimmy Brown

Film

Road House

Brad Wesley

Film

The Thomas Crown Affair

Andrew Wallace

Filmography

Acting (149)

Movies (127)

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023

as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

2014

as Self

6.7

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima

as Self

Ristabbanna

Chez Gino

as Oncle Giovanni

as Schlondorff

Christopher Roth

as Paul Andersen

Il Volo

The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes

2009

as Self

Holy Money

2009

as Vatican's Banker

Eve

2008

as Joe

6.2

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

2008

7.0

Empire State Building Murders

2008

as Paulie Genovese

Looking for Palladin

as Jack Palladin

A Prince Called Toto

as Self

Donne sbagliate

as Franco Maresco

Paris Je T'aime

as Ben (Quartier Latin)

Quiet Flows The Don

as Secretov

The Shore

as Mr. Bob Harris

Bonjour Michel

as michele Terranova

Pope John Paul II

2005

Dogville Confessions

2004

as Self

6.8

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

7.6

Dogville

2003

as Jack McKay

7.8

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0

L'ospite segreto

2003

as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

Hysterical Blindness

as Nick

Brian's Song

as Coach Halas

Home Sweet Hoboken

Believe

The List

as D.A. Bernard Salman

4.7

Poor Liza

2000

as The Narrator

Undertaker's Paradise

as Jim

Very Mean Men

as Gino Minetti

Shark in a Bottle

as The Arranger

Piovuto dal cielo

A Constant Forge

as Self

Blue Moon

as Frank Cavallo

Jack of Hearts

as Batossa

Nella terra di nessuno

2000

as L'avvocato Scalzi

The Thomas Crown Affair

as Andrew Wallace

Summer of Sam

as Luigi

Paradise Cove

as Duke Mantee

The Big Lebowski

as Jackie Treehorn

Buffalo '66

as Jimmy Brown

Il tesoro di Damasco

as Gregorio Kos

Happiness

as Lenny Jordan

Marilyn in Manhattan

as Self

Illuminata

as Old Flavio

Valentine's Day

as Joe Buddha

Too Tired to Die

as John Sage

Angelo Nero

as Padre Guelfi

Vicious Circles

as March

Stag

as Frank Grieco

Shadow Conspiracy

as Vicepresident Saxon

The Spanish Prisoner

as Mr. Klein

Farmer & Chase

as Farmer

Ladykiller

1996

as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky

3.3

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

1996

as Self

Convict Cowboy

as Warden Ferguson

The Zone

as Dick Althorp

Bandits

as Amos

Parallel Lives

as Charlie Duke

Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun

1994

as Amenophis III

3.9

Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem

1994

as Moshe

Anything for John

as Self

Blindsided

as Ira Gold

Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage

1993

as Joseph Bonanno

4.0

The Window Over the Way

Forever

as Marcelo

Lies Before Kisses

as Grant Sanders

Beyond the Ocean

as John Tana

People Like Us

as Gus Bailey

Road House

as Brad Wesley

Quicker Than the Eye

as Ben Norell

Arena - John Cassavetes

1989

as Self

Don Bosco

1988

as Don Giovanni Bosco

6.0

Downpayment on Murder

1987

as Harry Cardell

6.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

as Capt. Tom Wright

Control

as Mike Zella

The Professor

as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

7.1

Bitter Champagne

1986

as Paul Rivière

My Dearest Son

as Antonio Morelli

An Early Frost

as Nick Pierson

Woman of Wonders

as Alberto

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

A Letter to Three Wives

1985

as Porter Holloway

1.7

Uno scandalo perbene

1984

as The man with no memory

5.2

A Question of Honor

1982

as Detective Joe DeFalco

7.0

The Girl from Trieste

1982

as Dino Romani

4.6

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Inchon

1981

as Maj. Frank Hallsworth

3.4

They All Laughed

1981

as John Russo

5.8

Tales of Ordinary Madness

as Charles Serking

Droit de Réponse

as Self

Saint Jack

as Jack Flowers

Bloodline

as Rhys Williams

Opening Night

as Manny Victor

The Death of Richie

as George Werner

Voyage of the Damned

as Morris Troper

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

as Cosmo Vittelli

High Velocity

Capone

as Al Capone

Maneater

as Nick Baron

The Neptune Factor

1973

as Cmdr. Adrian Blake

The Family Rico

as Eddie Rico

Silêncio Mortal

as Doremus Connelly

Pursuit

as Steven Graves

Fireball Forward

as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett

5.0

The Sicilian Connection

1972

as Joseph Coppola

6.0

The Making of 'Husbands'

1971

as Self

Husbands

1970

as Harry

6.7

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

The Bridge at Remagen

1969

as Sgt. Angelo

6.8

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

as Card Player

A Rage to Live

as Roger Bannon

Carol for Another Christmas

1964

as Fred

5.8

Conquered City

1962

as Captain George Stubbs

Convicts 4

as John Resko

The Young Doctors

as Dr. David Coleman

The Passionate Thief

as Lello

Anatomy of a Murder

as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

7.8

You'll Never See Me Again

1959

as Jim Mason

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

1958

as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")

5.0

The Strange One

1957

as Jocko de Paris

6.4

Television (22)

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore

2025

as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

5.7

Pupetta, Woman of Honor

2013

as Don Otello Di Bella

6.0

L'onore e il rispetto

2006

as Don Fred Di Venanzio

Quiet Flows the Don

as General Secretov

Pope John Paul II

as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli

6.1

The Tony Danza Show

2004

as Self - Guest

6.1

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as E.A.D.A.

7.9

Ninho da Serpente

1982

as Self

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1977

as Anson 'Kip' Roberts

Dinah!

as Self

QB VII

as Abe Cady

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Run for Your Life

as Paul Bryan

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Sidney

Arrest and Trial

as Nick Anderson

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Paul Bryan

5.3

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Armchair Theatre

as Jim Mason

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

7.2

Crew (5)

Movies (2)

Beyond the Ocean

Director

Beyond the Ocean

Writer

Television (3)

Columbo

Director

The Name of the Game

Director

Run for Your Life

Director