Ben Gazzara

Total Box Office:
 $6.4M
Highest Rated:
100% Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Lowest Rated:
0% The Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
Birthday:
Aug 28
Birthplace:
New York, New York, USA
Bio:
Both an accomplished character actor and leading man, Ben Gazzara made a name for himself on the stage, screen, and television. The son of an Italian immigrant, Gazzara was born in New York City on August 28, 1930. He channeled his excess energy into acting after dropping out of the engineering…

Filmography


MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
8% 13
  • Schlondorff
-- 2011
Christopher Roth
  • Actor
-- 2011
Holy Money
  • Actor
-- 2009
22% Looking for Palladin
  • Jake Palladin
-- 2008
Chez Gino
  • Actor
-- 2008
86% Paris Je T'aime
  • Actor
$4.9M 2006
The Shore
  • Actor
-- 2005
Pope John Paul II
  • Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
-- 2005
70% Dogville
  • Jack McKay
$1.5M 2003
70% Hysterical Blindness
  • Nick
-- 2002
Brian's Song
  • George Halas
-- 2001
Shark in a Bottle
  • Actor
-- 2000
20% Blue Moon
  • Actor
-- 2000
67% The Thomas Crown Affair
  • Andrew Wallace
-- 1999
Believe
  • Actor
-- 1999
Jack of Hearts
  • Actor
-- 1999
50% Summer of Sam
  • Luigi
-- 1999
The List
  • D.A. Bernard Salman
-- 1999
80% The Big Lebowski
  • Jackie Treehorn
-- 1998
78% Buffalo 66
  • Jimmy Brown
-- 1998
38% Illuminata
  • Flavio
-- 1998
85% Happiness
  • Lenny Jordan
-- 1998
Shark In a Bottle
  • Actor
-- 1998
Protector (Valentine's Day)
  • Actor
-- 1998
Too Tired to Die
  • John Sage
-- 1998
Marilyn In Manhattan
  • Actor
-- 1998
40% Stag
  • Frank
-- 1997
Vicious Circles
  • Actor
-- 1997
Lady Killer
  • Actor
-- 1997
88% The Spanish Prisoner
  • Klein
-- 1997
Farmer & Chase
  • Farmer
-- 1997
0% The Shadow Conspiracy
  • Vice President Saxon
-- 1997
Dogfighters
  • Actor
-- 1996
Convict Cowboy
  • Warden
-- 1995
Paleo World - Beyond T. Rex
  • Actor
-- 1994
Parallel Lives
  • Charlie Duke
-- 1994
Paleo World - Sea Monsters
  • Actor
-- 1994
Paleo World - Rise of the Predators
  • Actor
-- 1994
Paleo World - Mysteries of Evolution
  • Actor
-- 1994
Blindsided
  • Ira Gold
-- 1992
Lies Before Kisses
  • Grant Sanders
-- 1992
People Like Us
  • Gus Bailey
-- 1990
40% Road House
  • Brad Wesley
-- 1989
Quicker Than the Eye
  • magician Ben Norrell
-- 1988
Secret Obsession
  • Paul
-- 1988
Control
  • Actor
-- 1987
Il camorrista (The Professor)
  • The Professor
-- 1986
Secret Obsession
  • Actor
-- 1986
An Early Frost
  • Nick Pierson
-- 1985
La Ragazza di Trieste (The Girl from Trieste)
  • Dino Romani
-- 1982
33% They All Laughed
  • John Russo
-- 1981
Storie di Ordinaria Follia (Tales of Ordinary Madness)
  • Charles
-- 1981
A Question Of Honor
  • Joe DeFalco
-- 1981
Inchon
  • Maj. Frank Hallsworth
-- 1981
Question of Honor
  • Actor
-- 1980
Bloodline
  • Rhys Williams
-- 1979
Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline
  • Actor
-- 1979
58% Saint Jack
  • Jack Flowers
-- 1979
Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Anson "Kip" Roberts
-- 1977
Richie
  • George Werner
-- 1977
95% Opening Night
  • Manny Victor
-- 1977
89% Voyage of the Damned
  • Morris Troper
-- 1976
81% The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
  • Cosmo Vitelli
-- 1976
High Velocity
  • Clifford Baumgartner
-- 1976
Capone
  • Al Capone
-- 1975
QB VII
  • Actor
-- 1974
Sicilian Connection
  • Actor
-- 1974
The Neptune Factor
  • Cmdr. Adrian Blake
-- 1973
Pursuit
  • Steven Graves
-- 1972
Fireball Forward
  • Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett
-- 1972
Shattered Silence
  • Actor
-- 1971
King - Montgomery to Memphis
  • Actor
-- 1970
71% Husbands
  • Harry
-- 1970
Battle By Land
  • Actor
-- 1969
The Bridge at Remagen
  • Sgt. Angelo
-- 1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
  • Card Player
-- 1969
A Rage to Live
  • Roger Bannon
-- 1965
Carol for Another Christmas
  • Fred
-- 1964
Convicts 4
  • John Resko
-- 1962
Passionate Thief
  • Actor
-- 1962
The Young Doctors
  • Dr. David Coleman
-- 1961
Laughs Of Joy (Risate DI Gioia)
  • Actor
-- 1960
The Passionate Thief (Risate di gioia)
  • Lello
-- 1960
100% Anatomy of a Murder
  • Lt. Frederick Manion
-- 1959
The Strange One
  • Jocko De Paris
-- 1957
I'll Cry Tomorrow
  • Bit: Card Player
-- 1955
James Stewart Mix
  • Actor
-- 1955
Joyful Laughter
  • Actor
-- 1954
Paleo World
  • Actor
--


TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • ADA Villani
1999-2013

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Quotes from Ben Gazzara's Characters

    1. Jackie Treehorn: People forget the brain is the biggest erogenous zone.
    From The Big Lebowski. Submitted by Frances H (11 months ago)
    1. Brad Wesley: You lost your faith Strodenmire. That's what it is! Made you an Abussa!
    From Road House. Submitted by Juan C (15 months ago)
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