John Cassavetes: movies and TV shows
John Cassavetes has 129 credits in the archive: 86 films and 43 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: Columbo (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1963 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mass State Lottery | Film | 8.0 | 95 | |
| 2024 | John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse | Film | — | 94 | |
| 2021 | 150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement | Man Talking | Film | — | 91 |
| 2019 | Peter Falk versus Columbo | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 89 |
| 2019 | Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 89 |
| 2015 | Iconic Couples of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.0 | 85 |
| 2014 | Castanha | Film | 6.0 | 84 | |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 84 |
| 2011 | Before Opening Night | Film | 5.6 | 81 | |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Guy Woodhouse (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 2006 | Operation Dirty Dozen | Self | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1999 | Gloria | Film | 5.9 | 69 | |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely | Film | 5.9 | 67 | |
| 1993 | Anything for John | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 1993 | Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 1989 | Arena - John Cassavetes | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 1988 | Movies Are My Life | Self | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1986 | Big Trouble | Film | 5.4 | 56 | |
| 1985 | Marvin & Tige | Marvin | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 1985 | Nederland C | Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer | Film | 4.0 | 55 |
| 1984 | Love Streams | Robert Harmon | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1984 | Love Streams | Film | 7.2 | 54 | |
| 1984 | Love Streams | Film | 7.2 | 54 | |
| 1984 | Fräulein Berlin | himself | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1984 | I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work | Self | Film | 8.3 | 54 |
| 1982 | Incubus | Dr. Sam Cordell | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1982 | Incubus | Film | 5.6 | 52 | |
| 1982 | Tempest | Phillip | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1982 | The Haircut | Music Industry Executive | Film | 7.4 | 52 |
| 1981 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Dr. Michael Emerson | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1980 | Gloria | Film | 6.9 | 50 | |
| 1980 | Gloria | Film | 6.9 | 50 | |
| 1979 | Flesh & Blood | Gus Caputo | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1979 | Flesh & Blood | Gus Caputo | TV | — | 49 |
| 1978 | The Fury | Ben Childress | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1978 | Brass Target | Maj. Joe De Lucca | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Maurice Aarons | Film | 7.6 | 47 |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Film | 7.6 | 47 | |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Film | 7.6 | 47 | |
| 1977 | Heroes | VA Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1976 | Mikey and Nicky | Nicky | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Film | 7.1 | 46 | |
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Film | 7.1 | 46 | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Sgt. Chris Button | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1975 | Capone | Frankie Yale | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1974 | A Woman Under the Influence | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 1974 | A Woman Under the Influence | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 1973 | Nightside | Carmine Kelly | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Alex Benedict | TV | 8.1 | 41 |
| 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz | Jim | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz | Film | 6.7 | 41 | |
| 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz | Film | 6.7 | 41 | |
| 1971 | The Making of 'Husbands' | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1970 | Husbands | Gus Demetri | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1970 | Husbands | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1970 | Husbands | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1970 | Husbands | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1969 | Machine Gun McCain | Hank McCain | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Steve | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | Guy Woodhouse | Film | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1968 | Alexander The Great | Karonos | Film | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1968 | Faces | Film | 7.1 | 38 | |
| 1968 | Faces | Film | 7.1 | 38 | |
| 1968 | Faces | Film | 7.1 | 38 | |
| 1968 | Faces | Film | 7.1 | 38 | |
| 1968 | Bandits in Rome | Mario Corda | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Victor Franko | Film | 7.6 | 37 |
| 1967 | Devil's Angels | Cody | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Blackie Dolan | TV | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | TV | 7.8 | 34 | |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Parsons | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1964 | The Killers | Johnny North | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | TV | 5.9 | 33 | |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Eddie Dineen | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Stephen Collins | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Alfred Algernon | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Carlos de Vega | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Peter Chandler | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1963 | Channing | Lloyd Sullivan | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Film | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Jonah MacIntosh | TV | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Rusty Connors | TV | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Lee Griffin | TV | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1962 | Combat! | Kalb | TV | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | TV | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1962 | The Webster Boy | Vance Miller | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Makin Saund | TV | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | Film | 6.4 | 31 | |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | Film | 6.4 | 31 | |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | Film | 6.4 | 31 | |
| 1960 | Shadows | Pedestrian (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1960 | Shadows | Film | 6.9 | 30 | |
| 1960 | Shadows | Film | 6.9 | 30 | |
| 1960 | Shadows | Film | 6.9 | 30 | |
| 1960 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Cal Fletcher | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | Johnny Staccato | TV | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | TV | 5.3 | 29 | |
| 1959 | Virgin Island | Evan | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1958 | The Dick Clark Show | Self | TV | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Tony Sinclair | Film | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1957 | Affair in Havana | Nick Douglas | Film | 5.3 | 27 |
| 1957 | Edge of the City | Axel Nordmann | Film | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1956 | Crime in the Streets | Frankie Dane | Film | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1956 | No Right to Kill | McCloud | Film | — | 26 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sam Cobbett | TV | 7.8 | 25 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Max Markheim | TV | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1955 | Appointment with Adventure | Danny Loomis | TV | 7.7 | 25 |
| 1955 | The Night Holds Terror | Robert Batsford | Film | 5.5 | 25 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Malcolm McCloud | TV | 3.8 | 24 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Abel Winter | TV | 3.8 | 24 |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | Johnny | TV | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Johnny | TV | 6.8 | 23 |
| 1953 | Taxi | Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 23 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Pepe | TV | 6.3 | 22 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 22 | |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Reporter (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 21 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 21 | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | TV | 6.0 | 20 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 18 | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 18 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Paul Greco | TV | 5.4 | 18 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 14 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 14 |