Nate Dushku


Nathaniel Mark "Nate" Dushku is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest of the three elder brothers of actress Eliza Dushku.

Early life

Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the third son of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" Dushku, a political science professor at Suffolk University in Boston. Dushku's father was Boston-born, of Albanian heritage, with his parents coming from the city of Korçë, and his mother, from Idaho, is of Danish, English and Irish, and remote German, descent. His parents were divorced in 1980.
Dushku's mother is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the children - Nathaniel, two older brothers, Aaron and Benjamin, and one younger sister, Eliza, who started professional acting at age 10, were raised as Mormons, although Nate, Aaron and their sister, at least, later parted from the LDS Church.
Dushku is married to restaurateur turned scriptwriter and film producer Amnon Meyer Lourie, from New York.

Career

Acting

Dushku began his acting career with the teen / student drama Undressed and the J. J. Abrams college drama Felicity.

Production and direction

Dushku and his sister produced a film, Dear Albania, about a visit to their father's ancestral home in Albania.
Nate and Eliza Dushku also worked on the feature film Mapplethorpe for over 12 years, eventually producing it with writer/director Ondi Timoner. Starring Matt Smith, it was released at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes-
2000UndressedMilo3 episodes -
2000FelicityReims2 episodes-
2001AntitrustBrian Bissel-
2001Wolf GirlWhifferTV Movie-
2001Geri Body YogaVideo-
2002Fun with BennyBennieShort-
2002Vampire ClanTony-
2002Reality CheckGar-
2003My Dinner with JimiGeorge Harrison-
2003AngelArmed Robber Episode: "Orpheus"-
2003Learning CurvesPhil-
2003Joan of ArcadiaClay FisherEpisode: ""-
2003, 2005Tru CallingMarty / Marty the Party Monster 2 episodes-
2005The ZodiacScott Washington-
2006Kiss Me AgainStudent #2-
2006The Last SupperQuoting Phillip-
2008The Alphabet KillerTim-
2009Alex-
2010DollhouseClive AmbroseEpisode: ""-
2012Art = 2Dean D'Agostino-
2015Dear AlbaniaDirectorwith his sister
2015Confessions of a BartenderCustomer2 episodes-
2016StalledAaron Day-