
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

The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Card Player

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

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

The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace

Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown

Dogville
as Jack McKay

Bandits
as Amos

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
as Self

Road House
as Brad Wesley

Vicious Circles
as March

Maneater
as Nick Baron

Hysterical Blindness
as Nick

Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon

Angelo Nero
as Padre Guelfi

The Zone
as Dick Althorp

Husbands
as Harry

Farmer & Chase
as Farmer

Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker

Opening Night
as Manny Victor
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