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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 22, 1935
Place of Birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Seymour Cassel
Biography
Seymour Joseph Cassel 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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet | Cancelled |
| 2018 | Every Night's a Saturday Night | Self |
| 2014 | The Dependables | Dominic Ackers |
| 2014 | Fort McCoy | Father Mivkovek |
| 2014 | Lucky Dog | The Real Spencer |
| 2014 | At The Maple Grove | Boyle |
| 2013 | The Secret Lives of Dorks | Principal |
| 2012 | Booster | Harold |
| 2012 | Kingdom Come | Self |
| 2012 | Pass the Salt, Please | Man |
| 2012 | Broken Kingdom | Clayton |
| 2012 | Lost Angeles | Film Critic |
| 2012 | Silver Case | Dealer |
| 2011 | L!fe Happens | Pop Pop |
| 2011 | Freerunner | Grampa |
| 2011 | Faces | Chet (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Back Nine | Mondo |
| 2010 | Chasing 3000 | Poppy |
| 2010 | Pete Smalls Is Dead | Saco |
| 2010 | The Aristofrogs | |
| 2010 | Without Borders | Detective McKenneth |
| 2009 | Staten Island | Jasper Sabiano |
| 2009 | Not Dead Yet | Francis |
| 2008 | Reach for Me | Alvin |
| 2008 | To Love and Die | Grandfather |
| 2008 | Big city Heart | Larry |
| 2008 | Beau Jest | Abe Goldman |
| 2007 | Postal | Paul |
| 2007 | Hollywood Dreams | Rupert |
| 2007 | Cosmic Radio | Malcolm Stone |
| 2006 | Beer League | Dirt |
| 2006 | Ray of Sunshine | |
| 2006 | Sea of Dreams | |
| 2006 | Edge of Outside | Self |
| 2006 | Bye Bye Benjamin | Mr. Ruby |
| 2006 | The Tenants | Levenspiel |
| 2005 | Lonesome Jim | Don |
| 2005 | The Wendell Baker Story | Boyd Fullbright |
| 2005 | Bittersweet Place | Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer |
| 2005 | Before It Had a Name | Jeff |
| 2005 | This Is an Adventure | Self |
| 2005 | Circadian Rhythm | Hoover |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Esteban du Plantier |
| 2004 | Making 'Faces' | Self |
| 2003 | Stuck on You | Morty O'Reilly |
| 2003 | A Good Night to Die | Guy |
| 2003 | Passionada | Daniel Vargas |
| 2002 | Stealing Harvard | Uncle Jack |
| 2002 | The Biz | Eugene Hinkle |
| 2002 | Manna from Heaven | Stanley |
| 2002 | Sonny | Albert |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Dusty |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Spectator at Execution (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Women of the Night | Sally |
| 2001 | The Sleepy Time Gal | Bob |
| 2001 | The Cure for Boredom | Eddie |
| 2001 | Bartleby | Frank Waxman |
| 2001 | 61* | Sam Simon |
| 2000 | Animal Factory | Lt. Seeman |
| 2000 | The Crew | Tony 'Mouth' Donato |
| 2000 | Just One Night | Arthur Imperial |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self |
| 2000 | The Making of 'Rushmore' | Self |
| 1999 | Black & White | Sal |
| 1999 | Me and Will | Roy |
| 1999 | Kubanisch rauchen | Dragan |
| 1999 | Ballad of the Nightingale | Jimmy |
| 1999 | Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage | Self |
| 1998 | Rushmore | Bert Fischer |
| 1998 | Hoods | Pop Martinelli (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Relax... It's Just Sex | Emile Pillsbury |
| 1998 | Johnny 316 | Store Keeper |
| 1998 | The Treat | Chip O'Herlihee |
| 1998 | Emma's Wish | Harry Bridges (old) |
| 1998 | Stingers | Dino |
| 1998 | Snapped | Bob |
| 1997 | This World, Then the Fireworks | Detective Harris |
| 1997 | Obsession | Jacob Frischmuth |
| 1997 | Cannes Man | Sy Lerner |
| 1997 | Motel Blue | Capistrano Minister |
| 1997 | Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self |
| 1996 | Dream for an Insomniac | Uncle Leo |
| 1996 | Things I Never Told You | Frank |
| 1996 | John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All | Self |
| 1996 | The Last Home Run | Older Jonathan |
| 1996 | Slaughter of the Cock | Ahilleas |
| 1996 | Chameleon | Francis |
| 1996 | Turnpike | Older man |
| 1996 | Seed | First Client |
| 1996 | Dead Girl | Ira Golub |
| 1996 | Trees Lounge | Uncle Al |
| 1995 | Dead Presidents | Saul |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | Jack Gross |
| 1994 | Chasers | Master Chief Bogg |
| 1994 | Imaginary Crimes | Eddie |
| 1994 | There Goes My Baby | Pop |
| 1994 | Dark Side of Genius | Samuel Rourke |
| 1994 | Hand Gun | Jack McCallister |
| 1994 | Tollbooth | Leon / Larry |
| 1994 | Ouf! | |
| 1993 | Indecent Proposal | Mr. Shackleford |
| 1993 | Boiling Point | Virgil Leach |
| 1993 | Trouble Bound | Santino |
| 1993 | Anything for John | Self |
| 1993 | Partners | Janitor |
| 1993 | When Pigs Fly | Frank |
| 1992 | Honeymoon in Vegas | Tony Cataracts |
| 1992 | Love Is Like That | Uncle Bud |
| 1992 | In the Soup | Joe |
| 1992 | Cold Heaven | Tom Farrelly |
| 1992 | Adventures in Spying | Ray Rucker |
| 1992 | Chain of Desire | Mel |
| 1992 | What Happened to Pete | Bartender |
| 1991 | White Fang | Skunker |
| 1991 | Face of a Stranger | Ralph |
| 1991 | Mobsters | Father Bonotto |
| 1991 | Dead in the Water | Lt. Frank Vaness |
| 1991 | Diary of a Hitman | Koenig |
| 1990 | Cold Dog Soup | Jojo |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Sam Catchem |
| 1989 | Wicked Stepmother | Feldshine |
| 1989 | Arena - John Cassavetes | Self |
| 1989 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Hatcher |
| 1988 | Track 29 | Dr. Bernard Fairmont |
| 1988 | Colors | Sullivan |
| 1988 | Plain Clothes | Ed Malmburg |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good | Wallace Gibson |
| 1987 | Survival Game | Dave Forrest |
| 1987 | Best Seller | Carter |
| 1987 | Tin Men | Cheese |
| 1986 | Eye of the Tiger | Sheriff |
| 1986 | Beverly Hills Madam | Tony |
| 1984 | Love Streams | Jack Lawson |
| 1984 | Young Lust - A Soap Opera | Dr. Klapper |
| 1984 | I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work | Self |
| 1983 | I Want to Live | John Santo |
| 1982 | Double Exposure | Dr. Frank Curtis |
| 1981 | King of the Mountain | Barry Tanner |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men | La Bont |
| 1980 | Angel on My Shoulder | Smiley Mitchell |
| 1980 | The Jazz Singer | Unnamed |
| 1979 | California Dreaming | Duke Slusarski |
| 1979 | Sunburn | Dobbs |
| 1979 | Ravagers | Blind Lawyer |
| 1978 | Convoy | Governor Haskins |
| 1977 | Death Game | George Manning |
| 1977 | Scott Joplin | Dr. Jaelki |
| 1977 | Black Oak Conspiracy | Homer Metcalf |
| 1977 | Valentino | George Ullman |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Self (uncredited) |
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Mort Weil |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Seal Trainer |
| 1975 | Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight | Wise Guy |
| 1973 | Nightside | Ralph |
| 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz | Seymour Moskowitz |
| 1970 | The Revolutionary | Leonard II |
| 1968 | Faces | Chet |
| 1968 | Coogan's Bluff | Young Hood |
| 1964 | The Hanged Man | Bellboy |
| 1964 | The Killers | Postal Clerk |
| 1963 | The Nutty Professor | Bored Man |
| 1962 | The Webster Boy | Vic |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | Red |
| 1960 | Juke Box Racket | Seymour |
| 1960 | Man on a String | |
| 1960 | Murder, Inc. | Teenager |
| 1960 | Shadows | Al (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Magic City | |
| 2010 | Regular Show | Tony (voice) |
| 2008 | To Love and Die | |
| 2007 | Flight of the Conchords | Johnny Boy |
| 2006 | Heist | |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Chuck Sirianni (voice) |
| 2003 | Lucky | |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Dazy Perrit |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | James Arthur Ferris |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Bernie Willis |
| 1997 | The Last Don | Alfred Gronevelt |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... | Candy Casino |
| 1996 | Good Company | |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | Under Suspicion | Lt. Mickey Schwartz |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt |
| 1986 | Matlock | Dick Silvers |
| 1986 | Matlock | Honest Earl Edwards |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Howard |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Bluebell Hunter |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Driver |
| 1966 | Batman | Cancelled |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Irwin |
| 1965 | Laredo | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | P.O.W. Vanndo |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Attendant |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Capt. Johnson |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | B-17 Pilot |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Jensen |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Captain Johnson |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Left Waist Gunner |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Mechanic |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Attendant |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Cabbie |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Police Sgt. |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Somebody |
| 1962 | Combat! | Doctor |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Lawyer #2 |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Richard |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere | The Wounded Man |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | Coach Gregson |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Jerry (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Naked City | Student (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Ed |