Biografía: Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes is an American film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is the son of actress Gena Rowlands and director John Cassavetes. 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). He has directed such films as She's So Lovely, John Q., The Notebook, Alpha Dog, and My Sister's Keeper.