Acting

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara tunnetaan parhaiten teoksista Kova laki: Erikoisyksikkö, Columbo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ja What's My Line?. Ben Gazzara on syntynyt 28. elokuuta 1930. Ben Gazzara kuoli 3. helmikuuta 2012 81-vuotiaana.

Syntynyt: 28. elokuuta 1930
Syntymäpaikka: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Kuollut: 3. helmikuuta 2012 (81 v)

Elämäkerta

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).