Seymour Cassel profile
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Seymour Cassel

22nd January 1935 Detroit, Michigan, USA Acting

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).

157 Movies 42 TV Shows 213 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Faces poster
Faces 19th November 2011 as Chet (archive footage)
Sonny poster
Sonny 26th October 2002 as Albert
The Biz poster
The Biz 28th August 2002 as Eugene Hinkle
61* poster
61* 28th April 2001 as Sam Simon
The Crew poster
The Crew 21st August 2000 as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
Rushmore poster
Rushmore 11th December 1998 as Bert Fischer
The Treat poster
The Treat 10th September 1998 as Chip O'Herlihee
Hoods poster
Hoods 5th August 1998 as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
Seed poster
Seed 1st January 1996 as First Client
Hand Gun poster
Hand Gun 1st October 1994 as Jack McCallister
Chasers poster
Chasers 22nd April 1994 as Master Chief Bogg
Track 29 poster
Track 29 15th May 1988 as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
Colors poster
Colors 15th April 1988 as Sullivan
Convoy poster
Convoy 27th June 1978 as Governor Haskins
Faces poster
Faces 24th November 1968 as Chet
Shadows poster
Shadows 14th October 1960 as Al (uncredited)
Heist poster
Heist 22nd March 2006 as Pops
Matlock poster
Matlock 3rd March 1986 as Dick Silvers
Matlock poster
Matlock 3rd March 1986 as Honest Earl Edwards
Batman poster
Batman 12th January 1966 as Cancelled
Naked City poster
Naked City 30th September 1958 as Student (uncredited)