Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 22, 1935
Died
Apr 07, 2019
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits
203 titles
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
Filmography
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Self
Lucky Dog
The Real Spencer
The Dependables
Dominic Ackers
Fort McCoy
Father Mivkovek
At The Maple Grove
Boyle
The Secret Lives of Dorks
Principal
Booster
Harold
Broken Kingdom
Clayton
Lost Angeles
Film Critic
Kingdom Come
Self
Pass the Salt, Please
Man
Magic City
Silver Case
Dealer
Faces
Chet (archive footage)
Freerunner
Grampa
L!fe Happens
Pop Pop
Without Borders
Detective McKenneth
Pete Smalls Is Dead
Saco
Back Nine
Mondo
Regular Show
Tony (voice)
The Aristofrogs
Chasing 3000
Poppy
Staten Island
Jasper Sabiano
Not Dead Yet
Francis
To Love and Die
To Love and Die
Grandfather
Reach for Me
Alvin
Beau Jest
Abe Goldman
Big Heart City
Larry
Cosmic Radio
Malcolm Stone
Postal
Paul
Flight of the Conchords
Johnny Boy
Hollywood Dreams
Rupert
Sea of Dreams
Beer League
Dirt
Ray of Sunshine
Edge of Outside
Self
Heist
Pops
The Tenants
Levenspiel
Bye Bye Benjamin
Mr. Ruby
Lonesome Jim
Don
Circadian Rhythm
Hoover
Before It Had a Name
Jeff
The Wendell Baker Story
Boyd Fullbright
This Is an Adventure
Self
Bittersweet Place
Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Esteban du Plantier
Justice League Unlimited
Chuck Sirianni (voice)
Making 'Faces'
Self
Stuck on You
Morty O'Reilly