Acting

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara is best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Columbo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and What's My Line?. Ben Gazzara was born on August 28, 1930. Ben Gazzara died on February 3, 2012 at the age of 81.

Born: August 28, 1930
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 3, 2012 (81 years old)

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 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).