Acting

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara je známý především z: Zákon a pořádek: Útvar pro zvláštní oběti, Columbo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson a What's My Line?. Ben Gazzara se narodil 28. srpna 1930. Ben Gazzara zemřel(a) 3. února 2012 ve věku 81 let.

Narození: 28. srpna 1930
Místo narození: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Úmrtí: 3. února 2012 (81 let)

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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).