Nick Cassavetes

Nick Cassavetes ( born May 21, 1959 New York City as Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes ) is an American actor, director and screenwriter.

Life

The son of director, screenwriter and actor John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands has two younger sisters, Xan and Zoe, who also work as actors and directors. His grandmother Katherine Cassavetes was also active as an actress, mostly in the films of her son. He began his career as an actor in the early 1980s. Attention first to be made ​​Cassavetes 1985 in Peter Bogdanovich's Mask. Cassavetes was predominantly seen in smaller supporting roles. His last film appearance, in which he was officially in the credits, he had in 1999 in The Astronaut's Wife - Evil has a new face. Thereafter he limited himself as a performer on small gigs.

As of 1996, Cassavetes work turned instead to behind the camera. For his directorial debut, A light in my heart, he also wrote the screenplay. In this film, he continued his mother a monument, which he occupied in the lead role. A year later Cassavetes filmed with all the love a screenplay of his father, for which he was nominated for a Golden Palm. After he had written the script for Ted Demme's 2001 film Blow, Cassavetes directed at John Q. - for which he received very mixed reviews - and a single day, which were better assessments in As. In 2008, he was initially Man provided as a director for the film adaptation of Iron, which then, but Jon Favreau took over.

Cassavetes is married to his second marriage to actress Heather Wahlquist. From his first marriage two children come.

Filmography

• 2001: Blow
• 2007: Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around (Music Video)
• 2012: Yellow