Acting
Ben Gazzara
- Titles
- 118movies26TV shows
- Career
Active from 1957 to 2025, with a break from 2012 to 2024, busiest in 2000 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 72top three billing
- Average score
57/100
- Highest rated
Anatomy of a Murder90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime5.6average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.1average 4.9
- Psychological6.8average 5.6
- Politics3.7average 2.6
- Melancholy5.7average 4.7
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Mystery4.9average 4.1
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.7
- Coming of Age1.8, average 3.0
- Wonder2.3, average 3.4
- Wholesome2.2, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 9
- Moral Ambiguity 6
- Character Study 6
- Social Commentary 4
- Mystery 3
- Gritty Realism 3
- Psychological Drama 3
- Character-Driven Drama 3
- Psychological Study 3
- Thought-Provoking 3
- Power Dynamics 3
- Historical Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
John CassavetesActorThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night, Capone, Husbands
Gena RowlandsActorHysterical Blindness, Opening Night, An Early Frost
Nicola Di PintoActorIl camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore, The Professor, Holy Money- AAnthony FoutzWriterTales of Ordinary Madness, Beyond the Ocean, Forever
Jerry GoldsmithComposerHigh Velocity, Inchon, Pursuit
Lara Flynn BoyleActorHappiness, Farmer & Chase
Robert VaughnActorThe Bridge at Remagen, A Question of Honor
Lee GrantActorPoor Liza, Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Eva Marie SaintActorPeople Like Us, Carol for Another Christmas
E.G. MarshallActorThe Bridge at Remagen, Pursuit
Nick MancusoActorLies Before Kisses, Jack of Hearts
Pat HingleActorCarol for Another Christmas, The Strange One
Movies and TV shows
1142020s
1 title
TV show · as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
2010s
4 titles · average score 36
TV show · as Don Otello Di Bella
as Oncle Giovanni
as Paul Andersen
as Schlondorff
2000s
24 titles · average score 59
as Jack Palladin
as Joe
as Paulie Genovese
as Mr. Bob Harris
TV show · as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
as Jack McKay
as Frank Cavallo
as The Arranger
as The Narrator
as Gino Minetti
1990s
31 titles · average score 57
TV show · as E.A.D.A.
as Jimmy Brown
as Lenny Jordan
as Mr. Klein
as March
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
as Dick Althorp
as Joseph Bonanno
as Grant Sanders
as Marcelo
as Gus Bailey
as John Tana
1980s
18 titles · average score 54
as Brad Wesley
as Don Giovanni Bosco
as Mike Zella
as Harry Cardell
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
as Paul Rivière
as Nick Pierson
as Dino Romani
as Detective Joe DeFalco
as John Russo
as Charles Serking
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
1970s
18 titles · average score 57
as Rhys Williams
as Jack Flowers
as Manny Victor
as George Werner
TV show · as Anson 'Kip' Roberts
as Cosmo Vittelli
as Al Capone
TV show · as Abe Cady
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
as Joseph Coppola
as Doremus Connelly
as Harry
1960s
12 titles · average score 61
as Sgt. Angelo
as Card Player
TV show · as Paul Bryan
as Roger Bannon
TV show · as Nick Anderson
TV show · as Sidney
TV show · as Paul Bryan
as John Resko
as Captain George Stubbs
as Dr. David Coleman
as Lello
1950s
6 titles · average score 71
as Lt. Frederick Manion
as Jim Mason
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
as Jocko de Paris
as Stanley Carr
TV show · as Jim Mason