
Seymour Joseph Cassel (January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television shows, with a career spanning over 50 years. He first came to prominence in the 1960s in the pioneering independent films of writer/director John Cassavetes. The first of these was Too Late Blues (1961), followed by Faces (1968), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and won a National Society of Film Critics Award. Cassel went on to appear in Cassavetes's Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984). He also appeared in other notable films, including: Coogan's Bluff (1968), The Last Tycoon (1976), Valentino (1977), Convoy (1978), Johnny Be Good (1988), Mobsters (1991), In the Soup (1992), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), The Sleepy Time Gal (2001), Imaginary Crimes (1994), Beer League (2006), and Fort McCoy (2011). Like Cassavetes, Wes Anderson frequently cast Cassel – first in Rushmore (1998), then in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and finally in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).

Esteban du Plantier
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Chet
Faces

Morty O'Reilly
Stuck on You

Jack Gross
It Could Happen to You

Paul
Postal

Mr. Shackleford
Indecent Proposal

Bert Fischer
Rushmore

Virgil Leach
Boiling Point

Don
Lonesome Jim

Seymour Moskowitz
Minnie and Moskowitz

Master Chief Bogg
Chasers

Mort Weil
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Boyd Fullbright
The Wendell Baker Story

Skunker
White Fang

Uncle Leo
Dream for an Insomniac

Dusty
The Royal Tenenbaums

Uncle Jack
Stealing Harvard

Sal
Black & White

Jasper Sabiano
Staten Island

Governor Haskins
Convoy

Lt. Seeman
Animal Factory

Tony Cataracts
Honeymoon in Vegas

Young Hood
Coogan's Bluff

Sheriff
Eye of the Tiger

Uncle Bud
Love Is Like That

Dirt
Beer League

Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
The Man Who Wasn't There

Dr. Bernard Fairmont
Track 29

Detective Harris
This World, Then the Fireworks

Seal Trainer
The Last Tycoon

Seymour
Juke Box Racket

Guy
A Good Night to Die

Roy
Me and Will

Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
Hoods

Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
Bittersweet Place

Tony 'Mouth' Donato
The Crew

Sally
Women of the Night

Jeff
Before It Had a Name

Alvin
Reach for Me

Joe
In the Soup

Jack Lawson
Love Streams

Grandfather
To Love and Die

Daniel Vargas
Passionada

Pop Pop
L!fe Happens

Santino
Trouble Bound

Dr. Frank Curtis
Double Exposure

Arthur Imperial
Just One Night

Barry Tanner
King of the Mountain

Ray of Sunshine

Emile Pillsbury
Relax... It's Just Sex

Eddie
Imaginary Crimes

La Bont
The Mountain Men

Larry
Big Heart City

Grampa
Freerunner

George Manning
Death Game

Harold
Booster

Bellboy
The Hanged Man

Pop
There Goes My Baby

Jacob Frischmuth
Obsession

Sullivan
Colors

Tom Farrelly
Cold Heaven

Frank
Things I never told you

Dr. Jaelki
Scott Joplin

Wise Guy
Moment to Moment

Bob
The Sleepy Time Gal

Self
Anything for John

Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

Self
Kingdom Come

Vic
The Webster Boy

Eugene Hinkle
The Biz

Principal
The Secret Lives of Dorks

Store Keeper
Johnny 316

Homer Metcalf
Black Oak Conspiracy

Sea of Dreams

Janitor
Partners

Tony
Beverly Hills Madam

Man
Pass the Salt, Please

Ed Malmburg
Plain Clothes

Duke Slusarski
California Dreaming

Dobbs
Sunburn

Ralph
Face of a Stranger

Wallace Gibson
Johnny Be Good

Clayton
Broken Kingdom

Dominic Ackers
The Dependables

Father Bonotto
Mobsters

Feldshine
Wicked Stepmother

Postal Clerk
The Killers

Self
Edge of Outside

Ray Rucker
Adventures in Spying

Eddie
The Cure for Boredom

Sy Lerner
Cannes Man

Man on a String

Older Jonathan
The Last Home Run

Father Mivkovek
Fort McCoy

Leonard II
The Revolutionary

Rupert
Hollywood Dreams

Samuel Rourke
Dark Side of Genius

Jojo
Cold Dog Soup

Ahilleas
Η Σφαγή του Κόκορα

Chip O'Herlihee
The Treat

Dr. Klapper
Young Lust: A Soap Opera

Stanley
Manna from Heaven

Chet (archive footage)
Faces

Lt. Frank Vaness
Dead in the Water

Film Critic
Lost Angeles

Jack McCallister
Hand Gun

Blind Lawyer
Ravagers

Francis
Not Dead Yet

Capistrano Minister
Motel Blue

Dragan
Kubanisch rauchen

Smiley Mitchell
Angel on My Shoulder

Dave Forrest
Survival Game

Mondo
Back Nine

Self
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

Jimmy
Ballad of the Nightingale

Self
Arena - John Cassavetes

Self
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

Hatcher
Sweet Bird of Youth

Mr. Ruby
Bye Bye Benjamin

Harry Bridges (old)
Emma's Wish

Frank
When Pigs Fly

George Ullman
Valentino

Poppy
Chasing 3000

Carter
Best Seller

Self
This Is an Adventure

Albert
Sonny

Teenager
Murder, Inc.

Frank Waxman
Bartleby

Self
A Constant Forge

The Real Spencer
Lucky Dog

Levenspiel
The Tenants

Sam Catchem
Dick Tracy

Dino
Stingers

Mel
Chain of Desire

Saco
Pete Smalls Is Dead

The Aristofrogs

Francis
Caméléone

Bob
Snapped

Boyle
At The Maple Grove

Dealer
Silver Case

Red
Too Late Blues

Leon / Larry
Tollbooth

Sam Simon
61*

Self
Making 'Faces'

Koenig
Diary of a Hitman

Ouf!

Older man
Turnpike

Abe Goldman
Beau Jest

Detective McKenneth
Χωρίς Σύνορα

First Client
Seed

Saul
Dead Presidents

Ira Golub
Dead Girl

Uncle Al
Trees Lounge

Bored Man
The Nutty Professor

Self (uncredited)
Opening Night

Al (uncredited)
Shadows

Cheese
Tin Men

John Santo
I Want to Live

Self
Every Night's a Saturday Night

Malcolm Stone
Cosmic Radio

Bartender
What Happened to Pete

Ralph
Nightside

Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Unnamed
The Jazz Singer

Self
The Making of 'Rushmore'

Hoover
Circadian Rhythm

Sam Goldberg
The Burial Society
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
167
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-01-22
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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