Ben Gazzara
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).
Acting
Movie
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
1998
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as E.A.D.A.
1999
Movie
Dogville
as Jack McKay
2003
Movie
Road House
as Brad Wesley
1989
Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace
1999
Movie
Anatomy of a Murder
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
1959
Movie
Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown
1998
Movie
Happiness
as Lenny Jordan
1998
Movie
13
as Schlondorff
2010
Movie
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
2006
Movie
Summer of Sam
as Luigi
1999
Movie
The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein
1997
Movie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli
1976
Movie
Opening Night
as Manny Victor
1977
Movie
The Bridge at Remagen
as Sgt. Angelo
1969
Movie
Husbands
as Harry
1970
Movie
The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
1986
Movie
Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon
1997
Movie
Capone
as Al Capone
1975
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Charles Serking
1981
Movie
Voyage of the Damned
as Morris Troper
1976
Movie
They All Laughed
as John Russo
1981
Movie
Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers
1979
