Ben Gazzara: movies and TV shows
Ben Gazzara has 156 credits in the archive: 127 films and 29 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: Arrest and Trial (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 2000 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore | 'O Professore di Vesuviano | TV | 5.7 | 94 |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | Film | — | 90 |
| 2014 | One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film | Self | Film | 6.7 | 83 |
| 2014 | Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima | Self | Film | 9.0 | 83 |
| 2013 | Pupetta, Woman of Honor | Don Otello Di Bella | TV | 6.0 | 82 |
| 2012 | Ristabbanna | Film | 6.0 | 81 | |
| 2011 | Chez Gino | Oncle Giovanni | Film | 4.4 | 80 |
| 2010 | 13 | Schlondorff | Film | 5.8 | 79 |
| 2010 | Christopher Roth | Paul Andersen | Film | 4.3 | 79 |
| 2010 | Il Volo | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2009 | Holy Money | Vatican's Banker | Film | — | 78 |
| 2009 | The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2008 | Looking for Palladin | Jack Palladin | Film | 3.0 | 77 |
| 2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Paulie Genovese | Film | — | 77 |
| 2008 | Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies | Film | 7.0 | 77 | |
| 2008 | Eve | Joe | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 2007 | Donne sbagliate | Franco Maresco | Film | 4.0 | 76 |
| 2007 | A Prince Called Toto | Self | Film | 5.0 | 76 |
| 2006 | L'onore e il rispetto | Don Fred Di Venanzio | TV | 7.4 | 75 |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows the Don | General Secretov | TV | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Ben (Quartier Latin) | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows The Don | Secretov | Film | 4.3 | 75 |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Kardinal Agostino Casaroli | TV | 6.4 | 74 |
| 2005 | The Shore | Mr. Bob Harris | Film | 6.7 | 74 |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2005 | Bonjour Michel | michele Terranova | Film | — | 74 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 73 |
| 2004 | Dogville Confessions | Self | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 2003 | Dogville | Jack McKay | Film | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2003 | L'ospite segreto | Ispettore di Polizia Solomos | Film | — | 72 |
| 2002 | Hysterical Blindness | Nick | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2001 | Brian's Song | Coach Halas | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2001 | Home Sweet Hoboken | Film | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2000 | Poor Liza | The Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 2000 | The List | D.A. Bernard Salman | Film | 4.8 | 69 |
| 2000 | Very Mean Men | Gino Minetti | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2000 | Blue Moon | Frank Cavallo | Film | 7.5 | 69 |
| 2000 | Believe | Film | 5.5 | 69 | |
| 2000 | Shark in a Bottle | The Arranger | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2000 | Jack of Hearts | Batossa | Film | 2.9 | 69 |
| 2000 | Undertaker's Paradise | Jim | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 2000 | Piovuto dal cielo | Film | 9.0 | 69 | |
| 2000 | Nella terra di nessuno | L'avvocato Scalzi | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | E.A.D.A. | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Andrew Wallace | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Luigi | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1999 | Paradise Cove | Duke Mantee | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Jackie Treehorn | Film | 7.8 | 67 |
| 1998 | Buffalo '66 | Jimmy Brown | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 1998 | Happiness | Lenny Jordan | Film | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1998 | Marilyn in Manhattan | Self | Film | 7.9 | 67 |
| 1998 | Too Tired to Die | John Sage | Film | 5.1 | 67 |
| 1998 | Valentine's Day | Joe Buddha | Film | 3.9 | 67 |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Old Flavio | Film | 5.5 | 67 |
| 1998 | Il tesoro di Damasco | Gregorio Kos | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 1998 | Angelo Nero | Padre Guelfi | Film | — | 67 |
| 1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | Vicepresident Saxon | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 1997 | The Spanish Prisoner | Mr. Klein | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1997 | Vicious Circles | March | Film | 4.8 | 66 |
| 1997 | Farmer & Chase | Farmer | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 1997 | Stag | Frank Grieco | Film | 5.1 | 66 |
| 1996 | Strangers | Doctor | TV | 4.3 | 65 |
| 1996 | John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 1996 | Ladykiller | Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky | Film | 4.0 | 65 |
| 1995 | Convict Cowboy | Warden Ferguson | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1995 | The Zone | Dick Althorp | Film | 4.7 | 64 |
| 1995 | Bandits | Amos | Film | 3.7 | 64 |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives | Charlie Duke | Film | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1994 | Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun | Amenophis III | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1994 | Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem | Moshe | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1993 | The Window Over the Way | Film | 9.0 | 62 | |
| 1993 | Anything for John | Self | Film | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1993 | Blindsided | Ira Gold | Film | 4.2 | 62 |
| 1993 | Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage | Joseph Bonanno | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1991 | Forever | Marcelo | Film | 4.4 | 60 |
| 1991 | Lies Before Kisses | Grant Sanders | Film | — | 60 |
| 1990 | People Like Us | Gus Bailey | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1990 | Beyond the Ocean | John Tana | Film | 4.7 | 59 |
| 1990 | Beyond the Ocean | Film | 4.7 | 59 | |
| 1990 | Beyond the Ocean | Film | 4.7 | 59 | |
| 1989 | Road House | Brad Wesley | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1989 | Quicker Than the Eye | Ben Norell | Film | 4.4 | 58 |
| 1989 | Arena - John Cassavetes | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 1988 | Don Bosco | Don Giovanni Bosco | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1987 | Police Story: The Freeway Killings | Capt. Tom Wright | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1987 | Control | Mike Zella | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 1987 | Downpayment on Murder | Harry Cardell | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1986 | The Professor | 'O Professore di Vesuviano | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1986 | Bitter Champagne | Paul Rivière | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1985 | An Early Frost | Nick Pierson | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1985 | My Dearest Son | Antonio Morelli | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1985 | Woman of Wonders | Alberto | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1985 | A Letter to Three Wives | Porter Holloway | Film | 3.8 | 54 |
| 1984 | Uno scandalo perbene | The man with no memory | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1982 | Ninho da Serpente | Self | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1982 | The Girl from Trieste | Dino Romani | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 1982 | A Question of Honor | Detective Joe DeFalco | Film | 8.5 | 51 |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1981 | Tales of Ordinary Madness | Charles Serking | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1981 | Inchon | Maj. Frank Hallsworth | Film | 3.9 | 50 |
| 1981 | Droit de Réponse | Self | Film | 8.3 | 50 |
| 1981 | They All Laughed | John Russo | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1979 | Saint Jack | Jack Flowers | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1979 | Bloodline | Rhys Williams | Film | 4.9 | 48 |
| 1977 | The Death of Richie | George Werner | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Manny Victor | Film | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1977 | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Anson 'Kip' Roberts | TV | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Morris Troper | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Cosmo Vittelli | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1976 | High Velocity | Film | 9.0 | 45 | |
| 1975 | Capone | Al Capone | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1974 | QB VII | Abe Cady | TV | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1973 | The Neptune Factor | Cmdr. Adrian Blake | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1973 | Maneater | Nick Baron | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1972 | The Family Rico | Eddie Rico | Film | 9.5 | 41 |
| 1972 | Fireball Forward | Maj. Gen Joe Barrett | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Connection | Joseph Coppola | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1972 | When Michael Calls | Doremus Connelly | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1972 | Pursuit | Steven Graves | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1971 | Columbo | TV | 8.1 | 40 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 40 |
| 1971 | The Making of 'Husbands' | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 1970 | Husbands | Harry | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1969 | The Bridge at Remagen | Sgt. Angelo | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Card Player | Film | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | TV | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Paul Bryan | TV | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | TV | 7.1 | 34 | |
| 1965 | A Rage to Live | Roger Bannon | Film | 4.8 | 34 |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas | Fred | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Sidney | TV | 5.9 | 32 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Paul Bryan | TV | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Nick Anderson | TV | 8.3 | 32 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1962 | Conquered City | Captain George Stubbs | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1962 | Convicts 4 | John Resko | Film | 5.1 | 31 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1961 | The Young Doctors | Dr. David Coleman | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1960 | The Passionate Thief | Lello | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion | Film | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1959 | You'll Never See Me Again | Jim Mason | Film | — | 28 |
| 1958 | Three Plays by Tennessee Williams | Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") | Film | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1957 | The Strange One | Jocko de Paris | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 25 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Jim Mason | TV | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist | TV | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 13 |