Cast
John Cassavetes
Directing
Cast
John Cassavetes
Known for
Directing
Born
1929-12-09
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1989-02-03
Also known as John Nicholas Cassavetes
Biography
John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century." As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). He began his directing career with the 1959 independent feature Shadows and followed with independent productions such as Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984), in addition to intermittent studio work. Cassavetes' films employed an actor-centered approach which privileged character examination over traditional Hollywood storytelling or stylized production values. His films became associated with an improvisational, cinéma vérité aesthetic. He collaborated frequently with a rotating group of friends, crew members, and actors, including his wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Seymour Cassel. For his role in The Dirty Dozen, Cassavetes received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. As a filmmaker, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Rosemary's Baby
as Guy Woodhouse
The Dirty Dozen
as Victor Franko
Flesh & Blood
as Gus Caputo
The Fury
as Ben Childress
Opening Night
as Maurice Aarons
Capone
as Frankie Yale
Brass Target
as Maj. Joe De Lucca
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
Taxi
as Man (uncredited)
The Killers
as Johnny North
Tempest
as Phillip
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Husbands
as Gus Demetri
Two-Minute Warning
as Sgt. Chris Button
Machine Gun McCain
as Hank McCain
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Steve
Incubus
as Dr. Sam Cordell
Heroes
as VA Doctor (uncredited)
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
as Dr. Michael Emerson
Love Streams
as Robert Harmon
Shadows
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Mikey and Nicky
as Nicky
Saddle the Wind
as Tony Sinclair
Fourteen Hours
as Reporter (uncredited)
Nightside
as Carmine Kelly
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
A Constant Forge
as Self (archive footage)
Edge of the City
as Axel Nordmann
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Jim
Anything for John
as Self (archive footage)
Devil's Angels
as Cody
Movies Are My Life
as Self
Crime in the Streets
as Frankie Dane
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
Alexander The Great
as Karonos
Bandits in Rome
as Mario Corda
The Night Holds Terror
as Robert Batsford
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
Virgin Island
as Evan
Affair in Havana
as Nick Douglas
No Right to Kill
as McCloud
The Webster Boy
as Vance Miller
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
Fräulein Berlin
as himself
Marvin & Tige
as Marvin
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
as Self
The Haircut
as Music Industry Executive
The Making of 'Husbands'
as Self
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
as Man Talking
Nederland C
as Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
