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Nick Cassavetes More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

21 May 1959, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes

Height

6' 6" (1.98 m)

Spouse

Isabelle Rafalovich	(8 September 1985 - ?) (divorced) 2 children
Heather Wahlquist	(? - present)

Trivia

Father of Sasha Cassavetes and Virginia Cassavetes.

Son of actors John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands.

Brother of actors Alexandra Cassavetes, and Zoe R. Cassavetes.

Ex son-in-law of Linda Massad.

Was in negotiations to write a screenplay for a remake of his father's film, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) for New Line Cinema with Brett Ratner set to direct in 1998. The project never got made because Ratner made The Family Man (2000) instead.

He is nearly a foot taller than his father John Cassavetes. He gets his height from his mother's (Gena Rowlands) side of the family.

Is a gifted speed-reader.

Grandson of Katherine Cassavetes and Lady Rowlands.

Nephew of David Rowlands.

Considers The Notebook (2004) his worst film.

Personal Quotes

"We watch violent images on TV, we revere violence, but we're not raised violently."

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