Acting
Ben Gazzara
- Titles
- 120movies23TV shows
- Career
Active from 1957 to 2025, with a break from 2012 to 2022, busiest in 2000 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 71top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Columbo82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime6.1average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Politics4.1average 2.6
- Psychological6.9average 5.6
- Social Commentary6.2average 4.9
- Melancholy5.6average 4.7
- Mystery5.0average 4.1
- Tension6.9average 6.1
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy0.4, average 1.8
- Wholesome2.0, average 3.3
- Wonder2.2, average 3.4
- Coming of Age1.8, average 2.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 13
- Character Study 5
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Social Commentary 4
- Thought-Provoking 3
- Power Dynamics 3
- Psychological Study 3
- Psychological Drama 2
- Family Secrets 2
- Gritty Realism 2
- Organized Crime 2
- Corporate Intrigue 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
John CassavetesActorThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Capone, Opening Night, Husbands
Gena RowlandsActorOpening Night, Hysterical Blindness, An Early Frost
Jon VoightActorPope John Paul II, Convict Cowboy, Pope John Paul II
Nicola Di PintoActorIl camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore, The Professor, Holy Money- AAnthony FoutzWriterTales of Ordinary Madness, Beyond the Ocean, Forever
Ornella MutiActorTales of Ordinary Madness, The Girl from Trieste
Dylan BakerActorHappiness, Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Burt YoungActorVery Mean Men, Blue Moon
Connie SelleccaActorPeople Like Us, Downpayment on Murder
Lara Flynn BoyleActorHappiness, Farmer & Chase
Luciano BartoliActorIl camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore, The Professor
Christopher LeeActorPope John Paul II, Pope John Paul II
Movies and TV shows
1132020s
2 titles
TV show · as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
2010s
4 titles · average score 52
TV show · as Don Otello Di Bella
46
as Oncle Giovanni
59
as Schlondorff
as Paul Andersen
2000s
26 titles · average score 64
44
as Jack Palladin
69
TV show · as Secretov tábornok
63
TV show · as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
78
as Jack McKay
64
as Coach Halas
58
as Gino Minetti
as The Narrator
as The Arranger
as L'avvocato Scalzi
as Frank Cavallo
1990s
30 titles · average score 58
as Duke Mantee
76
TV show · as E.A.D.A.
72
as Jimmy Brown
79
as Lenny Jordan
57
as Old Flavio
69
as Mr. Klein
44
as March
42
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
48
as Dick Althorp
52
as Joseph Bonanno
as Marcelo
as Gus Bailey
1980s
18 titles · average score 59
67
as Brad Wesley
as Ben Norell
57
as Mike Zella
as Harry Cardell
71
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
as Paul Rivière
70
as Nick Pierson
53
as Dino Romani
as Detective Joe DeFalco
63
as Charles Serking
60
as John Russo
31
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
1970s
17 titles · average score 62
47
as Rhys Williams
68
as Jack Flowers
77
as Manny Victor
66
as George Werner
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts
71
as Cosmo Vittelli
58
as Al Capone
77
TV show · as Abe Cady
47
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
57
as Doremus Connelly
54
as Steven Graves
68
as Harry
1960s
12 titles · average score 63
67
as Sgt. Angelo
60
as Card Player
74
TV show · as Paul Bryan
55
as Roger Bannon
TV show · as Detective Sergeant Nick Anderson
65
TV show · as Sidney
65
TV show · as Paul Bryan
56
as John Resko
as Captain George Stubbs
62
as Dr. David Coleman
71
as Lello
1950s
4 titles · average score 72
79
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
66
as Jocko de Paris
as Stanley Carr