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Nick Cassavetes

Directing

Born May 21, 1959 · New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Nicholas Cassavetes · نیک کاساوتیس

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).

Awards & recognition

  • Daytime Emmy Award

Filmography34 titles

High Stakes Poker

2006

Quantum Leap

1989as Primo La Palma

The Notebook

2004Director

My Sister's Keeper

2009Director, Screenplay

Entourage

2004as Self

Blow

2001as Man in Derek's Salon (uncredited)

John Q

2002Director

Face/Off

1997as Dietrich Hassler

L.A. Law

1986as Richard Bertrand

Matlock

1986as Foley

Bad Hombres

2023as Dr. Dean 'Growler' Graulich

Impulse

2023as Zane

Marked Men

2025Director

Life

1999as Sergeant Dillard

Alpha Dog

2006Director, Screenplay

Queenpins

2021as Captain Pain

The Hangover Part II

2011as Tattoo Joe

Blind Fury

1989as Lyle Pike

The Other Woman

2014Director

The Wraith

1986as Packard Walsh

God Is a Bullet

2023Director, Screenplay

Unhook the Stars

1996Director, Writer

She's So Lovely

1997Director

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994as Robert Sherwood

The Astronaut's Wife

1999as Captain Alex Streck

Black Moon Rising

1986as Luis

Backstreet Dreams

1990as Mikey

Prisoners of the Ghostland

2021as Psycho

Just Like Dad

1995as Joe

Class of 1999 II: The Substitute

1994as Emmett Grazer

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

1991as Charlie

Sins of Desire

1993as Barry Mitchum

Twogether

1992as Wolfgang Amadeus 'John' Madler

Assault of the Killer Bimbos

1988as Wayne-O