Actor, writer and director Nick Cassavetes was born in 1959 in New York City. The son of famous actor and director John Cassavetes and renowned actress Gena Rowlands. Given his famous parents, Nick was surrounded by the industry growing up, so much so, he wasn't sure show business was what he really wanted to pursue. He ended up attending Syracuse University on a basketball scholarship, but an injury led to him re-thinking his choice of career.
Nick made his film debut when he was just 11 in an uncredited role in his father's film. Husbands. It would be 15 years before he made the decision to give acting a try and appeared in a small role in 1985's Mask. He continued to act in small roles throughout the 80's, but his career took a bit of detour in the 90's.
Throughout the early to mid-nineties, Nick went back and forth between artsy independent films, and a series of softcore straight to video films. Nick took roles in the sheets with the beautiful, but thespian challenged Tanya Roberts and Deborah Shelton. Nick appeared in films including the erotically titled Body of Influence, Sins of the Night and Sins of Desire
The late 90's had Nick back in more mainstream films and on television and his first turns directing features. Nick went out to direct some famous actors, and some hugely successful films including; My Sister's Keeper, (2009) Alpha Dog, (2006) John Q (2002) and She's So Lovely, (1997). Nick is probably best known for directing Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in 2004's The Notebook.
Class of 1999: The Substitute (1994)
Abused wife of a mobster, who runs a luxury brothel, tries to get the insurance investigator, hired by her ex-lover to track her down, to help her kill her husband and get the insurance money.
Twogether (1992)
'An artist and an environmentalist go through an up and down relationship over the years.'
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