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Seymour Cassel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1935-01-22

Day of Death

2019-04-07

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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).

Filmography (167)

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Every Night's a Saturday Night

2018
⭐ 3.5 Role: The Real Spencer

Lucky Dog

2014
⭐ 3.1 Role: Dominic Ackers

The Dependables

2014
⭐ 5.6 Role: Father Mivkovek

Fort McCoy

2014
⭐ 0 Role: Boyle

At The Maple Grove

2014
⭐ 4.9 Role: Principal

The Secret Lives of Dorks

2013
⭐ 4.7 Role: Harold

Booster

2012
⭐ 6.3 Role: Clayton

Broken Kingdom

2012
⭐ 1.0 Role: Film Critic

Lost Angeles

2012
⭐ 6.2 Role: Self

Kingdom Come

2012
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Man

Pass the Salt, Please

2012
⭐ 4.8 Role: Dealer

Silver Case

2012
⭐ 0 Role: Chet (archive footage)

Faces

2011
⭐ 4.5 Role: Grampa

Freerunner

2011
⭐ 5.4 Role: Pop Pop

L!fe Happens

2011