Nick Cassavetes

Nick Cassavetes

1959-05-21 New York City, New York, USA 56 Credits

Biography

Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, director, and writer. He has directed such films as She's So Lovely (1997), John Q. (2002), The Notebook (2004), Alpha Dog (2006), and My Sister's Keeper (2009). His acting credits include an uncredited role in Husbands (1970)—which was directed by his father, John Cassavetes—as well as roles in the films The Wraith (1986), Face/Off (1997), and Blow (2001).

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Bad Hombres

Bad Hombres

2025

as Dr. Dean 'Growler' Graulich

Acting

Bad Hombres tells the story of two undocumented immigrants who take a job digging a hole and then learn their employers are criminals.

Marked Men: Rule + Shaw

Marked Men: Rule + Shaw

2025

Director

6.7
Directing

Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl ...

God Is a Bullet

God Is a Bullet

2023

Director, Screenplay

6.1
Directing Writing

Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits ...

Impulse

Impulse

2023

as Zane

6.3
Acting

A young journalist is pulled into the orbit of a string of murders that connects media moguls, politicians, and Hollywood elites - setting off on the ...

Impulse

Impulse

2023

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

A young journalist is pulled into the orbit of a string of murders that connects media moguls, politicians, and Hollywood elites - setting off on the ...

The Difficulties Of Being Drunk Alone

The Difficulties Of Being Drunk Alone

2022

Producer

Producing

A young man finds himself alone in his hotel room with a full bottle of vodka when his repressed memories begin to resurface and take control.

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Prisoners of the Ghostland

2021

as Psycho

5.0
Acting

In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted granddaugh...

Queenpins

Queenpins

2021

as Captain Pain

6.5
Acting

Bored and frustrated suburban homemaker Connie and her best pal JoJo, a vlogger with dreams, turn a hobby into a multi-million-dollar counterfeit coup...

Red Handed

Red Handed

2020

Producer, Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

When their father is murdered, three brothers descend upon an Oregon mountain river to spread his ashes. After they arrive, one of their children goes...

The Other Woman

The Other Woman

2014

Director

6.4
Directing

After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three wome...

Yellow

Yellow

2012

Screenplay, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

A young substitute teacher escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing about bizarre parallel realities.

The Hangover Part II

The Hangover Part II

2011

as Tattoo Joe

6.5
Acting

The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a me...

My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Keeper

2009

Screenplay, Director

7.4
Writing Directing

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to ma...

Alpha Dog

Alpha Dog

2006

Screenplay, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don'...

The Notebook

The Notebook

2004

Director

7.9
Directing

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life ...

Whatever We Do

Whatever We Do

2003

Writer

4.3
Writing

Twenty margaritas and 10 shots of tequila, with a few ounces of debauchery, bring four friends closer to the truth than they have been for years.

John Q

John Q

2002

Director

7.1
Directing

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because ...

Blow

Blow

2001

as Man in Derek's Salon (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family....

Blow

Blow

2001

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family....

The Independent

The Independent

2000

as Nick Cassavetes

5.6
Acting

A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to ...

The Astronaut's Wife

The Astronaut's Wife

1999

as Captain Alex Streck

5.6
Acting

When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beau...

Life

Life

1999

as Sergeant Dillard

6.7
Acting

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

Conversations in Limbo

Conversations in Limbo

1998

3.5
Acting

A series of conversations in an alley behind a bar and a church.

She's So Lovely

She's So Lovely

1997

Director

5.9
Directing

After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his i...

Face/Off

Face/Off

1997

as Dietrich Hassler

7.0
Acting

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns ...

Farticus

Farticus

1997

as Adonis Papadapadopounopoulopoulos

Acting

The story of an old man who gets the walking farts every time a beautiful woman enters the room.

Unhook the Stars

Unhook the Stars

1996

Writer, Director

5.9
Writing Directing

Widowed mother Mildred must suddenly redefine herself and find an outlet for her nurturing side when her adult daughter moves out of the family home. ...

Black Rose of Harlem

Black Rose of Harlem

1996

as Johnny

3.9
Acting

A tragic love story set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1920's Chicago jazz clubs. Georgia, a beautiful black singer catches the eye of mobster ...

Just Like Dad

Just Like Dad

1995

as Joe

4.3
Acting

Embarrassed because he perceives his father as dull, a creative boy invents himself a new, more exciting one and finds the popularity he craves.

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994

as Robert Sherwood

5.8
Acting

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w...

Class of 1999 II: The Substitute

Class of 1999 II: The Substitute

1994

as Emmett Grazer

4.4
Acting

In the original movie, the cyborg-teachers were all destroyed. Well that's what we thought, but there's one more rogue military robot out there determ...

Sins of the Night

Sins of the Night

1993

as Jack Neitsche

5.2
Acting

Jack Nietsche is a hardened ex-con who now works for an P.I. firm, run by Ted Quincy. Quincy's ex-lover is Roxie, now wife to godfather Tony Falcone. ...

Body of Influence

Body of Influence

1993

as Jonathan Brooks

4.4
Acting

A successful psychiatrist has his world turned upside-down by the appearance of a mystery woman who cannot recall her own past...

Sins of Desire

Sins of Desire

1993

as Barry Mitchum

3.9
Acting

When a young girl dies mysteriously after being treated at a sex therapy clinic, her sister Kay goes undercover to find out who is responsible.

Broken Trust

Broken Trust

1993

as Alan Brogan

5.0
Acting

A young woman who inherits her late father's estate and business finds others are conspiring against her.

Twogether

Twogether

1992

as Wolfgang Amadeus 'John' Madler

2.0
Acting

An artist and an environmentalist go through an up and down relationship over the years. They get married in an early fling, she gets pregnant as they...

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

1991

as Charlie

3.8
Acting

A terrorist places an atom bomb somewhere in an American metropolis. The president of the U.S. has no other choice; he has to call Delta Force.

Healing Hurts

1991

Acting
Backstreet Dreams

Backstreet Dreams

1990

as Mikey

5.0
Acting

Caught in the web of inner city violence, extortion and drugs, Dean Costello is a small-time gangster with big-time dreams for himself and his autisti...

Blind Fury

Blind Fury

1989

as Lyle Pike

6.5
Acting

A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.

Desperation Rising

Desperation Rising

1989

as Tony Sarchuzi

Acting

Angelo, a drug-pushing gang leader, has a hidden basement room called The Red Room where he keeps women for prostitution. A motivational speaker named...

Shooter

Shooter

1988

as Tex

5.5
Acting

"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets i...

Assault of the Killer Bimbos

Assault of the Killer Bimbos

1988

as Wayne-O

2.8
Acting

Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darle...

Under the Gun

Under the Gun

1988

as Tony Braxton

6.6
Acting

A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles...

Quiet Cool

Quiet Cool

1986

as Valence

6.7
Acting

Joe Dylanne, a tough New York City police officer, is summoned to Northern California at the behest of Katy Greer, an old flame. Katy desperately need...

The Wraith

The Wraith

1986

as Packard Walsh

6.4
Acting

Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicl...

Black Moon Rising

Black Moon Rising

1986

as Luis

5.6
Acting

An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.

Mask

Mask

1985

as T.J.

7.2
Acting

A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

Reunion

Reunion

1980

as Steve Cowan

Acting

A married man, returning to his small town for a high school reunion, finds himself torn between his long-ago high school girlfriend and her 17-year-o...

Object of Desire

Object of Desire

N/A

Acting

A beautiful young soap opera star is stalked and terrorized by an obsessive admirer.

Exhale

N/A

as Phillip

Acting

A Native American actress with respiratory issues psychologically unravels as an airborne virus sieges the world.

Now I See You

Now I See You

N/A

Director

Directing

Nicole Kear, who in her a senior year at Yale received a life-changing diagnosis - she had only a few years before entirely losing her vision. Kear se...

Have You Seen Her?

N/A

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

An international romance in the vein of The Notebook. No other plot details have been announced.

Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess

N/A

Director

Directing

When a group of researchers get trapped in a facility in Antarctica during a six month period of total darkness, they begin to turn on each other.

I Slept with Joey Ramone

I Slept with Joey Ramone

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Young Jeffrey Hyman from Forest Hills, Queens becomes a rock force to be reckoned with after leaving a group called Sniper in 1974 and then joining th...

Cus & Mike

N/A

Director

Directing

The story of Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato and how he moulded the fighter into becoming the youngest heavyweight title winner ever and on...