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Nick Cassavetes

Nick Cassavetes

Highest Rated: 93% Face/Off (1997)

Lowest Rated: 15% The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

Birthday: May 21, 1959

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Nick Cassavetes began his career as a film and television actor, but made a stronger impact when he discovered his talent for writing and directing. He was born into independent film royalty as the son of Oscar-nominated writer-director-actor John Cassavetes and Oscar-nominated actress Gena Rowlands. Cassavetes' family tearjerkers "The Notebook" (2004) and "My Sister's Keeper" (2009) were a far cry from the cinéma vérité style favored by his father, though he shared a thematic interest in the unseen worlds lurking behind the American dream landscape in "She's So Lovely" (1997) and "Alpha Dog" (2007). True to the family name, Cassavetes was dedicated to building a body of character-driven dramas and bringing a great deal of emotion to the movie screen.

Highest rated movies

93% Face/Off
91% Panic
76% Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 61% Prisoners of the Ghostland
53% Blind Fury
52% Life 50% Bad Hombres 48% Queenpins

Photos

Nick Cassavetes QUIET COOL, Nick Cassavetes, 1986, (c) New Line Cinemna / ALPHA DOG, Emile Hirsch, director Nick Cassavetes, on set, 2006. ©New Line Cinema TWOGETHER, Brenda Bakke (front), Nick Cassavetes, 1994, © Borde Releasing THE NOTEBOOK, director Nick Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands on set, 2004, (c) New Line TWOGETHER, Nick Cassavetes, Brenda Bakke, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing TWOGETHER, Nick Cassavetes, Brenda Bakke, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing LIFE, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Nick Cassavetes, 1999. (c) MCA/Universal Pictures/ TWOGETHER, Nick Cassavetes, Brenda Bakke, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing TWOGETHER, Brenda Bakke, Nick Cassavetes, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing TWOGETHER, from left: Brenda Bakke, Nick Cassavetes, 1994, © Borde Releasing TWOGETHER, Nick Cassavetes, Brenda Bakke, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing TWOGETHER, Nick Cassavetes, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing TWOGETHER, Nick Cassavetes, Brenda Bakke, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing TWOGETHER, Brenda Bakke, Nick Cassavetes, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing TWOGETHER, Nick Cassavets, Brenda Bakke, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing MY SISTER'S KEEPER, from left: Cameron Diaz, director Nick Cassavetes, on set, 2009. Ph: Sidney Baldwin/©New Line Cinema TWOGETHER, Nick Cassavetes, 1994, (c) Borde Releasing MY SISTER'S KEEPER, from left: director Nick Cassavetes, Cameron Diaz, on set, 2009. Ph: Sidney Baldwin/©New Line Cinema SHE'S SO LOVELY, Sean Penn, Nick Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, 1997
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 91% Impulse Zane (Character) - 2024
50% 83% Bad Hombres Dr. Dean "Growler" Graulich (Character) - 2024
24% 56% God Is a Bullet Director,
Screenwriter 		$118.0K 2023
61% 51% Prisoners of the Ghostland Psycho (Character) - 2021
48% 82% Queenpins Captain Pain (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 12% Red Handed Producer,
Executive Producer 		- 2019
26% 57% The Other Woman Director $83.9M 2014
No Score Yet 33% Yellow Director - 2012
34% 52% The Hangover Part II Tattoo Joe (Character) $254.5M 2011
47% 72% My Sister's Keeper Director,
Screenwriter 		$49.2M 2009
55% 67% Alpha Dog Director,
Writer 		$15.2M 2006
54% 85% The Notebook Director,
Writer 		$81.0M 2004
No Score Yet 67% The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie Executive Producer - 2003
26% 78% John Q Director $71.0M 2002
56% 87% Blow Screenwriter $53.1M 2001
60% 49% The Independent Self $238.4K 2000
91% 62% Panic Unknown (Character) $775.8K 2000
15% 33% The Astronaut's Wife Capt. Alex Streck (Character) $10.7M 1999
52% 77% Life Sergeant Dillard (Character) $64.0M 1999
93% 82% Face/Off Dietrich Hassler (Character) $112.3M 1997
66% 62% She's So Lovely Director $7.3M 1997
81% 47% Unhook the Stars Director,
Writer 		$285.5K 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Machine Gun Blues Johnny (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 71% Just Like Dad Joe (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twogether Wolfgang Amadeus 'John' Madler (Character) - 1994
76% 61% Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Robert Sherwood (Character) $2.1M 1994
No Score Yet 36% Sins of the Night Jack Neitsche (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 12% Class of 1999 II: The Substitute Emmett Grazer (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 12% Body of Influence Jonathan Brooks (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sins of Desire Barry Mitchum (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 25% Delta Force 3: The Killing Game Charlie (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 50% Backstreet Dreams Mikey (Character) - 1990
53% 51% Blind Fury Lyle Pike (Character) $2.1M 1989
No Score Yet 20% Under the Gun Tony Braxton (Character) - 1989
33% 61% The Wraith Packard Walsh (Character) $1.4M 1986

TV

Credit
65% 82% Entourage Nick Cassavetes (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free Radio Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 90% Quantum Leap Primo La Palma (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock Unknown (Guest Star) 1987