Acting
Seymour Cassel
EN, EL, IT, DE cinema · 166 credits
Born
22 January 1935
Died
7 April 2019 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as Seymour Joseph Cassel
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
Filmography
The Dependables
as Dominic Ackers
Fort McCoy
as Father Mivkovek
Lucky Dog
as The Real Spencer
The Secret Lives of Dorks
as Principal
Booster
as Harold
Kingdom Come
as Self
Broken Kingdom
as Clayton
Lost Angeles
as Film Critic
Silver Case
as Dealer
L!fe Happens
as Pop Pop
Freerunner
as Grampa
Faces
as Chet (archive footage)
Chasing 3000
as Poppy
Without Borders
as Detective McKenneth
Staten Island
as Jasper Sabiano
Reach for Me
as Alvin
To Love and Die
as Grandfather
Beau Jest
as Abe Goldman
Postal
as Paul
Hollywood Dreams
as Rupert
Cosmic Radio
as Malcolm Stone
Beer League
as Dirt
Sea of Dreams
as Tomaso
Edge of Outside
as Self
Bye Bye Benjamin
as Mr. Ruby
The Tenants
as Levenspiel
Lonesome Jim
as Don
The Wendell Baker Story
as Boyd Fullbright
Bittersweet Place
as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
Circadian Rhythm
as Hoover
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Esteban du Plantier
Stuck on You
as Morty O'Reilly
Passionada
as Daniel Vargas
Stealing Harvard
as Uncle Jack
The Biz
as Eugene Hinkle
Manna from Heaven
as Stanley
Sonny
as Albert
The Burial Society
as Sam Goldberg
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Dusty
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
Women of the Night
as Sally
The Cure for Boredom
as Eddie
Bartleby
as Frank Waxman
61*
as Sam Simon
Animal Factory
as Lt. Seeman
The Crew
as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
Just One Night
as Arthur Imperial
A Constant Forge
as Self
Me and Will
as Roy
Kubanisch rauchen
as Dragan
Rushmore
as Bert Fischer
Hoods
as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
Johnny 316
as Store Keeper
The Treat
as Chip O'Herlihee
Emma's Wish
as Harry Bridges (old)
Stingers
as Dino
Snapped
as Bob
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Detective Harris
Obsession
as Jacob Frischmuth
Motel Blue
as Capistrano Minister
Dream for an Insomniac
as Uncle Leo
Cannes Man
as Sy Lerner
The Last Home Run
as Older Jonathan
Slaughter of the Cock
as Ahilleas
Chameleon
as Francis
Turnpike
1996
Turnpike
as Older man
Seed
as First Client
Dead Girl
as Ira Golub
Trees Lounge
as Uncle Al
Dead Presidents
as Saul
It Could Happen to You
as Jack Gross
Chasers
as Master Chief Bogg
Imaginary Crimes
as Eddie
Dark Side of Genius
as Samuel Rourke
Hand Gun
as Jack McCallister
Tollbooth
as Leon / Larry
Indecent Proposal
as Mr. Shackleford
Boiling Point
as Virgil Leach
Trouble Bound
as Santino
Partners
as Janitor
When Pigs Fly
as Frank
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tony Cataracts
Love Is Like That
as Uncle Bud
In the Soup
as Joe
Cold Heaven
as Tom Farrelly
Adventures in Spying
as Ray Rucker
What Happened to Pete
as Bartender
White Fang
as Skunker
Face of a Stranger
as Ralph
Mobsters
as Father Bonotto
Dead in the Water
as Lt. Frank Vaness
Diary of a Hitman
as Koenig
Cold Dog Soup
as Jojo
Dick Tracy
as Sam Catchem
Wicked Stepmother
as Feldshine
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Hatcher
Track 29
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
Colors
as Sullivan
Plain Clothes
as Ed Malmburg
Johnny Be Good
as Wallace Gibson
Survival Game
as Dave Forrest
Best Seller
as Carter
Tin Men
as Cheese
Eye of the Tiger
as Sheriff
Love Streams
as Jack Lawson
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
as Dr. Klapper
I Want to Live
as John Santo
Double Exposure
as Dr. Frank Curtis
King of the Mountain
as Barry Tanner
The Mountain Men
as La Bont
Angel on My Shoulder
as Smiley Mitchell
The Jazz Singer
as Unnamed
California Dreaming
as Duke Slusarski
Sunburn
as Dobbs
Ravagers
as Blind Lawyer
Convoy
as Governor Haskins
Death Game
as George Manning
Scott Joplin
as Dr. Jaelki
Black Oak Conspiracy
as Homer Metcalf
Valentino
as George Ullman
Opening Night
as Self (uncredited)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Mort Weil
The Last Tycoon
as Seal Trainer
Nightside
as Ralph
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Seymour Moskowitz
The Revolutionary
as Leonard II
Faces
as Chet
Coogan's Bluff
as Young Hood
The Hanged Man
as Bellboy
The Killers
as Postal Clerk
The Nutty Professor
as Bored Man
Juke Box Racket
as Seymour
Murder, Inc.
as Teenager
Shadows
as Al (uncredited), Associate Producer