Darkly handsome, with a brooding, manly persona, the New York-born, Italian-American actor—born Biagio Anthony Gazzara—caught the acting bug when still a teenager. Though he majored in electrical engineering at City College, he soon after was taking acting classes at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator.
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| 2006 | Outstanding Ensemble Performance | Winner | |
| 2004 | Outstanding Solo Performance | Nobody Don't Like Yogi | Nominee |
| 1976 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Nominee |
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