Acting

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara este cunoscut mai ales pentru Lege și ordine: Brigada specială, Columbo, Emisiunea din noaptea asta cu Johnny Carson și What's My Line?. Ben Gazzara s-a născut pe 28 august 1930. Ben Gazzara a murit pe 3 februarie 2012, la vârsta de 81 ani.

Născut: 28 august 1930
Locul nașterii: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Decedat: 3 februarie 2012 (81 ani)

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).