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).
★7.6
MOVIE1967
The Dirty Dozen
as Victor Franko
★7.8
MOVIE1968
Rosemary's Baby
as Guy Woodhouse
★7.3
MOVIE1951
Fourteen Hours
as Reporter (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1982
Incubus
as Dr. Sam Cordell
★6.3
MOVIE1978
The Fury
as Ben Childress
★6.9
MOVIE1976
Mikey and Nicky
as Nicky
★6.9
MOVIE1964
The Killers
as Johnny North
★8.0
MOVIE1984
Fräulein Berlin
as himself
★6.1
MOVIE1969
Machine Gun McCain
as Hank McCain
★7.2
MOVIE2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1984
Love Streams
as Robert Harmon
★7.2
MOVIE2019
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self (archive footage)
★5.9
MOVIE1979
Flesh & Blood
as Gus Caputo
★5.9
MOVIE1975
Capone
as Frankie Yale
★7.6
MOVIE1977
Opening Night
as Maurice Aarons
★6.3
MOVIE1976
Two-Minute Warning
as Sgt. Chris Button
★6.8
MOVIE2000
A Constant Forge
as Self (archive footage)
★7.3
MOVIE1993
Anything for John
as Self (archive footage)
★6.7
MOVIE1971
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Jim
★5.3
MOVIE1957
Affair in Havana
as Nick Douglas
★5.9
MOVIE1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Steve
★7.3
MOVIE2006
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1970
Husbands
as Gus Demetri
★10.0
MOVIE1973
Nightside
as Carmine Kelly
★6.2
MOVIE1977
Heroes
as VA Doctor (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE2019
Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1982
Tempest
as Phillip
★6.7
MOVIE1958
Saddle the Wind
as Tony Sinclair
★6.9
MOVIE1960
Shadows
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1957
Edge of the City
as Axel Nordmann
MOVIE1989
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
as Dr. Michael Emerson
★5.5
MOVIE1955
The Night Holds Terror
as Robert Batsford
MOVIE2024
John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
★5.0
MOVIE1968
Alexander The Great
as Karonos
MOVIE1971
The Making of 'Husbands'
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1978
Brass Target
as Maj. Joe De Lucca
★5.5
MOVIE1967
Devil's Angels
as Cody
★6.3
MOVIE1959
Virgin Island
as Evan
★6.2
MOVIE1956
Crime in the Streets
as Frankie Dane
★6.8
MOVIE1988
Movies Are My Life
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE1984
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
MOVIE2021
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
as Man Talking
★7.0
MOVIE1968
Bandits in Rome
as Mario Corda
★6.0
MOVIE1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1962
The Webster Boy
as Vance Miller
★6.8
MOVIE1953
Taxi
as Man (uncredited)
★5.1
MOVIE1985
Marvin & Tige
as Marvin
★7.4
MOVIE1982
The Haircut
as Music Industry Executive
MOVIE1956
No Right to Kill
as McCloud
★4.0
MOVIE1985
Nederland C
as Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
MOVIE1993
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
as Self