Acting

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara er mest kendt for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Columbo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson og What's My Line?. Ben Gazzara er født 28. august 1930. Ben Gazzara døde 3. februar 2012, 81 år gammel.

Født: 28. august 1930
Fødested: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Død: 3. februar 2012 (81 år)

Biografi

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).