Directing · New York City, New York, USA · Born December 9, 1929
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).
MovieJohn Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
2024
Movie150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021
as Man Talking
MovieGena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePeter Falk versus Columbo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
TVIconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
MovieOperation Dirty Dozen
2006
as Self
MovieA Constant Forge
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOut of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993
as Self
MovieAnything for John
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
as Self
MovieMovies Are My Life
1988
as Self
MovieMarvin & Tige
1985
as Marvin
Nederland C
1985
as Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
MovieI'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
as Self
MovieLove Streams
1984
as Robert Harmon
MovieFräulein Berlin
1984
as himself
The Haircut
1982
as Music Industry Executive
MovieTempest
1982
as Phillip
MovieIncubus
1982
as Dr. Sam Cordell
MovieWhose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
as Dr. Michael Emerson
MovieFlesh & Blood
1979
as Gus Caputo
TVFlesh & Blood
1979
as Gus Caputo
MovieBrass Target
1978
as Maj. Joe De Lucca
MovieThe Fury
1978
as Ben Childress
MovieOpening Night
1977
as Maurice Aarons
MovieHeroes
1977
as VA Doctor (uncredited)
MovieMikey and Nicky
1976
as Nicky
MovieTwo-Minute Warning
1976
as Sgt. Chris Button
MovieCapone
1975
as Frankie Yale
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieNightside
1973
as Carmine Kelly
MovieMinnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Jim
TVColumbo
1971
as Alex Benedict
MovieThe Making of 'Husbands'
1971
as Self
MovieHusbands
1970
as Gus Demetri
MovieIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Steve
MovieMachine Gun McCain
1969
as Hank McCain
MovieBandits in Rome
1968
as Mario Corda
MovieRosemary's Baby
1968
as Guy Woodhouse
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieAlexander The Great
1968
as Karonos
MovieThe Dirty Dozen
1967
as Victor Franko
MovieDevil's Angels
1967
as Cody
TVThe Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Blackie Dolan
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Parsons
TVVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
MovieThe Killers
1964
as Johnny North
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Peter Chandler
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Eddie Dineen
TVChanning
1963
as Lloyd Sullivan
TVCombat!
1962
as Kalb
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Rusty Connors
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Jonah MacIntosh
MovieThe Webster Boy
1962
as Vance Miller
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Makin Saund
MovieShadows
1960
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
as Johnny Staccato
MovieVirgin Island
1959
as Evan
TVRawhide
1959
as Cal Fletcher
MovieSaddle the Wind
1958
as Tony Sinclair
TVThe Dick Clark Show
1958
as Self
MovieAffair in Havana
1957
as Nick Douglas
MovieEdge of the City
1957
as Axel Nordmann
MovieNo Right to Kill
1956
as McCloud
MovieCrime in the Streets
1956
as Frankie Dane
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Max Markheim
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sam Cobbett
MovieThe Night Holds Terror
1955
as Robert Batsford
Appointment with Adventure
1955
as Danny Loomis
TVClimax!
1954
as Malcolm McCloud
TVThe United States Steel Hour
1953
as Johnny
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Johnny
MovieTaxi
1953
as Man (uncredited)
TVOmnibus
1952
as Pepe
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MovieFourteen Hours
1951
as Reporter (uncredited)
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
TVStudio One
1948
as Paul Greco
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
