Seymour Cassel

Biography

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).

Known For

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-01-22

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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