Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, director, and writer. He has directed such films as She's So Lovely (1997), John Q. (2002), The Notebook (2004), Alpha Dog (2006), and My Sister's Keeper (2009). His acting credits include an uncredited role in Husbands (1970)—which was directed by his father, John Cassavetes—as well as roles in the films The Wraith (1986), Face/Off (1997), and Blow (2001).

Filmography

• 2025Bad Hombres — Dr. Dean 'Growler' Graulich
• 2025Dizzy — Executive Producer
• 2025Marked Men: Rule + Shaw — Director
• 2023God Is a Bullet — Director, Screenplay
• 2023Impulse — Zane, Executive Producer
• 2022The Difficulties Of Being Drunk Alone — Producer
• 2021Prisoners of the Ghostland — Psycho
• 2021Queenpins — Captain Pain
• 2020Red Handed — Producer, Executive Producer
• 2014The Other Woman — Director
• 2014Yellow — Director, Screenplay
• 2011The Hangover Part II — Tattoo Joe
• 2009My Sister's Keeper — Screenplay, Director
• 2006Alpha Dog — Director, Screenplay
• 2004The Notebook — Director
• 2003Whatever We Do — Writer
• 2002John Q — Director
• 2001Blow — Man in Derek's Salon (uncredited), Screenplay
• 2000The Independent — Nick Cassavetes
• 1999Life — Sergeant Dillard
• 1999The Astronaut's Wife — Captain Alex Streck
• 1998Conversations in Limbo
• 1997Face/Off — Dietrich Hassler
• 1997Farticus — Adonis Papadapadopounopoulopoulos
• 1997She's So Lovely — Director
• 1996Black Rose of Harlem — Johnny
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Unhook the Stars — Writer, Director
• 1995Just Like Dad — Joe
• 1994Body of Influence — Jonathan Brooks
• 1994Class of 1999 II: The Substitute — Emmett Grazer
• 1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle — Robert Sherwood
• 1993Broken Trust — Alan Brogan
• 1993Sins of Desire — Barry Mitchum
• 1993Sins of the Night — Jack Neitsche
• 1992Twogether — Wolfgang Amadeus 'John' Madler
• 1991Delta Force 3: The Killing Game — Charlie
• 1991Healing Hurts
• 1990Backstreet Dreams — Mikey
• Shannon's Deal
• 1989Blind Fury — Lyle Pike
• 1989Desperation Rising — Tony Sarchuzi
• Quantum Leap — Primo La Palma
• 1988Assault of the Killer Bimbos — Wayne-O
• 1988Shooter — Tex
• 1988Under the Gun — Tony Braxton
• 1986Black Moon Rising — Luis
• L.A. Law — Richard Bertrand
• Matlock — Foley
• 1986Quiet Cool — Valence
• 1986The Wraith — Packard Walsh
• 1985Mask — T.J.
• 1980Reunion — Steve Cowan
• Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess — Director
• Cus & Mike — Director
• Exhale — Phillip
• Have You Seen Her? — Director, Writer
• I Slept with Joey Ramone — Screenplay, Director
• No Angel — Director
• Now I See You — Director
• Object of Desire
• Quiet Storm — Executive Producer
• The Boy with the Pink Pants — Director

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Free Radio — Self
• High Stakes Poker — Self
• Entourage — Self
• 2002Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' — Self