Background
Nate was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the third son of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" (née Rasmussen), a political science professor at Suffolk University in Boston.
Nate was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the third son of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" (née Rasmussen), a political science professor at Suffolk University in Boston.
He is the elder brother of actress Eliza Dushku. His mother is of Danish and English descent. He has two older brothers, Aaron and Benjamin, and one younger sister, Eliza.
He is producing the feature film Mapplethorpe with Eliza Dushku and award-winning writer/director Ondi Timoner.