Acting

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara è noto soprattutto per Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali, Colombo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson e What's My Line?. Ben Gazzara è nato il 28 agosto 1930. Ben Gazzara è morto/a il 3 febbraio 2012 all’età di 81 anni.

Nascita: 28 agosto 1930
Luogo di nascita: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Morte: 3 febbraio 2012 (81 anni)

Biografia

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).