Ben Gazzara

2003 Emmy Nominated: Supporting Actor, Hysterical Blindness

Ben Gazzara's screen career began with two critically acclaimed roles as heavies in the late fifties. He turned to television in the sixties but made a big screen comeback with roles in three John Cassavetes films in the seventies. The 1980s and 1990s saw Gazzara work more frequently than ever before in character parts. If he never became the leading man his early films and stage work promised he has had a career notable for its longevity.

He then joined the Actors' Studio where a group of students improvised a play from Calder Willingham's novel End as a Man. Gazzara made his movie debut in The Strange One (1957) the film version of "End as a Man". The film was a critical but not commercial success. His next role was as a rape suspect in Anatomy of a Murder (1959) which was a big hit. In the 1990s Gazzarras movie carrer took off like never before, with him appearing in almost 40 films, most of them made for TV projects.

Ben Gazzara is nominated for 2003's Supporting Actor in a Mini series or Movie for his work in "Hysterical Blindness".

Ben Gazzara Videography

Victor in December, 2005
je t'aime Paris, 2006
Pope John Paul II, 2005
The Shore, 2005
Quiet Flows the Don, 2004
Dogville, 2003
L' Ospite segreto, 2003
Hysterical Blindness, 2002
Schubert, 2002
Brian's Song, 2001
Nella terra di nessuno, 2001
The List, 2000
Jack of Hearts, 2000
Undertaker's Paradise, 2000
Very Mean Men, 2000
Believe, 2000/I
Blue Moon, 2000
Home Sweet Hoboken, 2000
Piovuto dal cielo, 2000
The Thomas Crown Affair, 1999
Summer of Sam, 1999
"Tre stelle", 1999
Un Bacio nel buio, 1999
Paradise Cove, 1999
Il "Tesoro di Damasco", 1998
Angelo nero, 1998
Illuminata, 1998
Happiness, 1998
The Big Lebowski, 1998
Buffalo '66, 1998
Too Tired to Die, 1998
Poor Liza, 1998
Shark in a Bottle, 1998
Valentine's Day, 1998
The Spanish Prisoner, 1997
Stag, 1997
Shadow Conspiracy, 1997
Farmer & Chase, 1997
The Notorious 7, 1997
Vicious Circles, 1997/I
The Zone, 1996
Donna in fuga, Una, 1996
Ladykiller, 1996/I
Convict Cowboy, 1995
Banditi, 1995
Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story, 1994
Parallel Lives, 1994
Les Gens d'en face, 1994
Hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem, Les, 1994
Nefertiti, figlia del sole, 1994
Sherwood's Travels, 1994
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage, 1993
Blindsided, 1993
Lies Before Kisses, 1991
Per sempre, 1991
People Like Us, 1990
Oltre l'oceano, 1990
Road House, 1989
Quicker Than the Eye, 1989
Don Bosco, 1988
Downpayment on Murder, 1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings, 1987
Il Giorno prima, 1987
Figlio mio infinitamente caro, 1987
Champagne amer, 1986
A Letter to Three Wives, 1985
An Early Frost, 1985
Il Camorrista, 1985
La Donna delle meraviglie, 1985
Uno Scandalo perbene, 1984
La Ragazza di Trieste, 1983
A Question of Honor, 1982
Storie di ordinaria follia, 1981
They All Laughed, 1981
Inchon, 1981
Saint Jack, 1979
Bloodline, 1979
Opening Night, 1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, 1977
The Death of Richie, 1977
Voyage of the Damned, 1976
High Velocity, 1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, 1976
Capone, 1975
"QB VII", 1974
Maneater, 1973
The Neptune Factor, 1973
You'll Never See Me Again, 1973
Afyon oppio, 1972
Pursuit, 1972/I
The Family Rico, 1972
Fireball Forward, 1972
When Michael Calls, 1972
Husbands, 1970
The Bridge at Remagen, 1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, 1969
A Rage to Live, 1965
"Run for Your Life", 1965
Carol for Another Christmas, 1964
"Arrest and Trial", 1963
Convicts 4, 1962
La Città prigioniera,1962
The Young Doctors, 1961
Cry Vengeance!, 1961
Risate di gioia, 1960
Anatomy of a Murder, 1959
The Strange One, 1957

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