Ben Gazzara
"An iconic presence in cinema, defining characters with depth and intensity."
Age
96 years
Origin
USA
Active
1944 — Present
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...
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Anatomy of a Murder
Starring as Lt. Frederick Manion
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.
Highest Rated Masterpieces
Columbo
Director
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as E.A.D.A.
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
Anatomy of a Murder
as Lt. Frederick Manion
Dogville
as Jack McKay
Opening Night
as Manny Victor
Happiness
as Lenny Jordan
Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown
The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli
Media Proof
Filmography Engine
137 Credits found
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
'O Professore di Vesuviano
2025
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
2014
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self
2014
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
Don Otello Di Bella
2013
Chez Gino
Oncle Giovanni
2011
Christopher Roth
Paul Andersen
2010
Il Volo
Cast
2010
13
Schlondorff
2010
Holy Money
Vatican's Banker
2009
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Self
2009
Eve
Joe
2008
Looking for Palladin
Jack Palladin
2008
A Prince Called Toto
Self
2007
Donne sbagliate
Franco Maresco
2007
Quiet Flows The Don
Secretov
2006
Quiet Flows the Don
General Secretov
2006
L'onore e il rispetto
Don Fred Di Venanzio
2006
Paris Je T'aime
Ben (Quartier Latin)
2006
Pope John Paul II
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
2005
The Shore
Mr. Bob Harris
2005
Dogville Confessions
Self
2004
Dogville
Jack McKay
2003
L'ospite segreto
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Hysterical Blindness
Nick
2002
Brian's Song
Coach Halas
2001
Jack of Hearts
Batossa
2000
A Constant Forge
Self
2000
The List
D.A. Bernard Salman
2000
Nella terra di nessuno
L'avvocato Scalzi
2000
Undertaker's Paradise
Jim
2000
Shark in a Bottle
The Arranger
2000
Very Mean Men
Gino Minetti
2000
Believe
Cast
2000
Blue Moon
Frank Cavallo
2000
Poor Liza
The Narrator
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
E.A.D.A.
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair
Andrew Wallace
1999
Summer of Sam
Luigi
1999
Paradise Cove
Duke Mantee
1999
Happiness
Lenny Jordan
1998
Il tesoro di Damasco
Gregorio Kos
1998
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
1998
Too Tired to Die
John Sage
1998
Angelo Nero
Padre Guelfi
1998
Illuminata
Old Flavio
1998
The Big Lebowski
Jackie Treehorn
1998
Buffalo '66
Jimmy Brown
1998
Valentine's Day
Joe Buddha
1998
The Spanish Prisoner
Mr. Klein
1997
Stag
Frank Grieco
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
Vicepresident Saxon
1997
Farmer & Chase
Farmer
1997
Vicious Circles
March
1997
Ladykiller
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
1996
Strangers
Doctor
1996
The Zone
Dick Althorp
1995
Convict Cowboy
Warden Ferguson
1995
Bandits
Amos
1995