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
Young Hood
Coogan's Bluff
Tony Cataracts
Honeymoon in Vegas
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
Jeff
Before It Had a Name
Sally
Women of the Night
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 city Heart
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
Cosas que nunca te dije
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
Cancelled
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
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
168
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-01-22
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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