Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/9/1929
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
John Nicholas Cassavetes존 카사베츠约翰·卡萨维蒂
John 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...
Known For
Shadows
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Brass Target
as Maj. Joe De Lucca
The Killers
as Johnny North
The Dirty Dozen
as Victor Franko
Heroes
as VA Doctor (uncredited)
The Fury
as Ben Childress
Husbands
as Gus Demetri
Taxi
as Man (uncredited)
Tempest
as Phillip
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
Capone
as Frankie Yale
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
Opening Night
as Maurice Aarons
Love Streams
as Robert Harmon
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Steve
Saddle the Wind
as Tony Sinclair
Rosemary's Baby
as Guy Woodhouse
Bandits in Rome
as Mario Corda
A Constant Forge
as Self (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)