credits of
John Cassavetes
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).
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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October 18th, 2024 | John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse | TBD | TBD | |
March 3rd, 2021 | 150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement | Man Talking | TBD | |
June 5th, 2019 | Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film | Self (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
March 31st, 2019 | Peter Falk versus Columbo | Self (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
October 6th, 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.2 | |
January 18th, 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Guy Woodhouse (archive footage) | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 2006 | Operation Dirty Dozen | Self | 7.3 | |
October 1st, 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 | |
October 2nd, 1993 | Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes | Self | TBD | |
September 6th, 1993 | Anything for John | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
February 24th, 1989 | Arena - John Cassavetes | Self | TBD | |
April 17th, 1988 | Movies Are My Life | Self | 6.8 | |
March 8th, 1985 | Marvin & Tige | Marvin | 5.1 | |
January 16th, 1985 | Nederland C | Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer | 4 | |
July 1st, 1984 | I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work | Self | 8.3 | |
March 22nd, 1984 | Love Streams | Robert Harmon | 7.2 | |
January 1st, 1984 | Fräulein Berlin | himself | 8 | |
September 12th, 1982 | The Haircut | Music Industry Executive | 7.4 | |
August 13th, 1982 | Tempest | Phillip | 6 | |
February 24th, 1982 | Incubus | Dr. Sam Cordell | 5.6 | |
December 2nd, 1981 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Dr. Michael Emerson | 7 | |
October 14th, 1979 | Flesh & Blood | Gus Caputo | 5.9 | |
December 22nd, 1978 | Brass Target | Maj. Joe De Lucca | 5.5 | |
March 10th, 1978 | The Fury | Ben Childress | 6.3 | |
December 22nd, 1977 | Opening Night | Maurice Aarons | 7.6 | |
November 4th, 1977 | Heroes | VA Doctor (uncredited) | 6.2 | |
December 21st, 1976 | Mikey and Nicky | Nicky | 6.9 | |
November 12th, 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Sgt. Chris Button | 6.2 | |
April 16th, 1975 | Capone | Frankie Yale | 5.9 | |
April 15th, 1973 | Nightside | Carmine Kelly | 10 | |
December 22nd, 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz | Jim | 6.7 | |
March 28th, 1971 | The Making of 'Husbands' | Self | TBD | |
December 8th, 1970 | Husbands | Gus Demetri | 6.7 | |
April 24th, 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Steve | 5.9 | |
April 1st, 1969 | Machine Gun McCain | Hank McCain | 6.1 | |
March 17th, 1969 | "Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes | TBD | 8 | |
November 20th, 1968 | Bandits in Rome | Mario Corda | 7 | |
June 12th, 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | Guy Woodhouse | 7.8 | |
January 26th, 1968 | Alexander The Great | Karonos | 5.8 | |
June 15th, 1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Victor Franko | 7.6 | |
April 14th, 1967 | Devil's Angels | Cody | 5.5 | |
July 7th, 1964 | The Killers | Johnny North | 6.9 | |
June 1st, 1962 | The Webster Boy | Vance Miller | 10 | |
October 14th, 1960 | Shadows | Pedestrian (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
January 10th, 1960 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 6 | |
August 7th, 1959 | Virgin Island | Evan | 6.3 | |
March 20th, 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Tony Sinclair | 6.7 | |
October 1st, 1957 | Affair in Havana | Nick Douglas | 5.3 | |
January 4th, 1957 | Edge of the City | Axel Nordmann | 7.2 | |
August 9th, 1956 | No Right to Kill | McCloud | TBD | |
June 10th, 1956 | Crime in the Streets | Frankie Dane | 6.2 | |
July 13th, 1955 | The Night Holds Terror | Robert Batsford | 5.5 | |
January 21st, 1953 | Taxi | Man (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
April 1st, 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Reporter (uncredited) | 7.3 |