Acting

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara ist vor allem bekannt für Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Columbo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson und What's My Line?. Ben Gazzara wurde am 28. August 1930 geboren. Ben Gazzara starb am 3. Februar 2012 im Alter von 81 Jahren.

Geboren: 28. August 1930
Geburtsort: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gestorben: 3. Februar 2012 (81 Jahre)

Biografie

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).