Acting
Ben Gazzara
- Titles
- 120movies26TV shows
- Career
Active from 1957 to 2025, with a break from 2012 to 2022, busiest in 2000 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 73top three billing
- Average score
57/100
- Highest rated
Anatomy of a Murder90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime5.8average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Politics3.9average 2.6
- Psychological6.8average 5.6
- Social Commentary6.1average 4.9
- Melancholy5.6average 4.7
- Historical3.4average 2.6
- Mystery4.9average 4.1
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy0.4, average 1.8
- Wonder2.2, average 3.4
- Wholesome2.1, average 3.3
- Coming of Age1.8, average 2.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 13
- Social Commentary 5
- Character Study 5
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Mystery 3
- Power Dynamics 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Psychological Study 3
- Political Thriller 2
- Crime Drama 2
- Family Drama 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
Nicola Di PintoActorIl camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore, The Professor, Holy Money
Jon VoightActorPope John Paul II, Convict Cowboy, Pope John Paul II- AAnthony FoutzWriterTales of Ordinary Madness, Beyond the Ocean, Forever
Fred KarlinComposerThe Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, The Death of Richie, The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald- VVilis LapenieksCinematographerThe Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, Capone, The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Harry GuardinoActorCapone, The Troublemakers
Delphine ForestActorQuiet Flows the Don, Quiet Flows The Don
Wenanty NosulActorPope John Paul II, Pope John Paul II
Bradford DillmanActorThe Bridge at Remagen, A Rage to Live
E.G. MarshallActorThe Bridge at Remagen, Pursuit
Movies and TV shows
1162020s
2 titles
TV show · as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
2010s
4 titles · average score 36
TV show · as Don Otello Di Bella
43
as Oncle Giovanni
31
as Paul Andersen
34
as Schlondorff
2000s
25 titles · average score 57
as Paulie Genovese
40
as Jack Palladin
61
as Joe
62
TV show · as General Secretov
40
as Mr. Bob Harris
66
TV show · as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
74
as Jack McKay
32
as Frank Cavallo
58
as Gino Minetti
as The Arranger
as The Narrator
1990s
31 titles · average score 55
73
TV show · as E.A.D.A.
as Duke Mantee
75
as Jimmy Brown
78
as Lenny Jordan
71
as Mr. Klein
39
as March
42
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
48
as Dick Althorp
62
as Joseph Bonanno
55
as Grant Sanders
as Marcelo
51
as Gus Bailey
1980s
18 titles · average score 56
51
as Brad Wesley
as Ben Norell
as Don Giovanni Bosco
77
as Mike Zella
as Harry Cardell
71
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
69
as Nick Pierson
53
as Dino Romani
as Detective Joe DeFalco
62
as Charles Serking
57
as John Russo
12
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
1970s
18 titles · average score 58
58
as Jack Flowers
47
as Rhys Williams
80
as Manny Victor
TV show · as Anson 'Kip' Roberts
67
as George Werner
66
as Cosmo Vittelli
37
as Al Capone
77
TV show · as Abe Cady
47
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
50
as Doremus Connelly
54
as Steven Graves
60
as Harry
1960s
12 titles · average score 65
67
as Sgt. Angelo
63
as Card Player
73
TV show · as Paul Bryan
55
as Roger Bannon
TV show · as Nick Anderson
66TV show · as Sidney
71
TV show · as Paul Bryan
53
as John Resko
as Captain George Stubbs
59
as Dr. David Coleman
86
as Lello
1950s
6 titles · average score 72
90
as Lt. Frederick Manion
as Jim Mason
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
57
as Jocko de Paris
as Stanley Carr
68
TV show · as Jim Mason