Acting

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara is vooral bekend van Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Columbo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson en What's My Line?. Ben Gazzara werd geboren op 28 augustus 1930. Ben Gazzara overleed op 3 februari 2012 op 81-jarige leeftijd.

Geboren: 28 augustus 1930
Geboorteplaats: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Overleden: 3 februari 2012 (81 jaar)

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).