John Cassavetes

Directing · Born 1929-12-09 in New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

  • The Dirty Dozen as Victor Franko
  • Rosemary's Baby as Guy Woodhouse
  • Opening Night as Maurice Aarons
  • Two-Minute Warning as Sgt. Chris Button
  • The Killers as Johnny North
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Dr. Michael Emerson
  • The Fury as Ben Childress
  • Affair in Havana as Nick Douglas
  • Edge of the City as Axel Nordmann
  • Minnie and Moskowitz as Jim

TV