
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).

The Big Lebowski
1998 · as Jackie Treehorn

The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 · as Andrew Wallace

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2010 · as Schlondorff

Road House
1989 · as Brad Wesley

Buffalo '66
1998 · as Jimmy Brown

Paris Je T'aime
2006 · as Ben (Quartier Latin)

Summer of Sam
1999 · as Luigi

Happiness
1998 · as Lenny Jordan

Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

Dogville
2003 · as Jack McKay

Dogville Confessions
2004 · as Self

Inchon
1981 · as Maj. Frank Hallsworth

Voyage of the Damned
1976 · as Morris Troper

The Bridge at Remagen
1969 · as Sgt. Angelo

Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981 · as Charles Serking

Saint Jack
1979 · as Jack Flowers

The Professor
1986 · as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

Shadow Conspiracy
1997 · as Vicepresident Saxon