Nick Cassavetes
Biography
Nick Cassavetes is an American actor, director, and writer from New York City, the son of director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. He appeared as a child in his father's film Husbands (1970) and later attended Syracuse University on a basketball scholarship before studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His acting credits include The Wraith (1986), Face/Off (1997), Life (1999), and The Astronaut's Wife (1999), plus a cameo as Tattoo Joe in The Hangover Part II (2011). He directed She's So Lovely, John Q., The Notebook, Alpha Dog, Unhook the Stars, and My Sister's Keeper, adapted the screenplay for Blow, and wrote dialogue for a Justin Timberlake music video. He also appeared as himself on Entourage.
67years old
Turns 68 on May 21in 219 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: GeminiFirst day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
- Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (birth name)Also credited as Nicholas Cassavetes
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 37 years1986 to 2023
First and latest
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Behind the camera
Nick Cassavetes adapted the screenplay for the film Blow. He also wrote the dialogue for the music video "What Goes Around... Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake.
A role that slipped away
Cassavetes played Tattoo Joe as a cameo in The Hangover: Part II, replacing Liam Neeson, who left the cast because of scheduling conflicts.
Nick Cassavetes movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Nick Cassavetes's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$938 million
7 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$587M62.5% of the total
- 2$246M26.2% of the total
- 3$74M7.8% of the total
- 4$20M2.1% of the total
- 5$6.6M0.7% of the total
- 6$3.5M0.4% of the total
- 7$2.7M0.3% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
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| Emmy Awards | |||
| Daytime Emmy Award | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.