Seymour Cassel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-01-22
Day of Death
2019-04-07 (84 years old)
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).
Known For
Acting
(2020)
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
as Cancelled
(2018)
(2014)
Lucky Dog
as The Real Spencer
(2014)
The Dependables
as Dominic Ackers
(2014)
Fort McCoy
as Father Mivkovek
(2014)
At The Maple Grove
as Boyle
(2013)
The Secret Lives of Dorks
as Principal
(2012)
Kingdom Come
as Self
(2012)
Broken Kingdom
as Clayton
(2012)
Lost Angeles
as Film Critic
(2012)
Silver Case
as Dealer
(2012)
Booster
as Harold
(2012)
Pass the Salt, Please
as Man
(2011)
Freerunner
as Grampa
(2011)
L!fe Happens
as Pop Pop
(2011)
Faces
as Chet (archive footage)
(2010)
Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Saco
(2010)
Chasing 3000
as Poppy
(2010)
Back Nine
as Mondo
(2010)
Without Borders
as Detective McKenneth
(2010)
(2009)
Staten Island
as Jasper Sabiano
(2009)
Not Dead Yet
as Francis
(2008)
Beau Jest
as Abe Goldman
(2008)
To Love and Die
as Grandfather
(2008)
Big Heart City
as Larry
(2008)
Reach for Me
as Alvin
(2007)
Postal
as Paul
(2007)
Hollywood Dreams
as Rupert
(2007)
Cosmic Radio
as Malcolm Stone
(2006)
Beer League
as Dirt
(2006)
(2006)
Edge of Outside
as Self
(2006)
The Tenants
as Levenspiel
(2006)
Bye Bye Benjamin
as Mr. Ruby
(2006)
(2005)
The Wendell Baker Story
as Boyd Fullbright
(2005)
Lonesome Jim
as Don
(2005)
Before It Had a Name
as Jeff
(2005)
This Is an Adventure
as Self
(2005)
Circadian Rhythm
as Hoover
(2005)
Bittersweet Place
as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
(2004)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Esteban du Plantier
(2004)
Making 'Faces'
as Self
(2003)
Stuck on You
as Morty O'Reilly
(2003)
A Good Night to Die
as Guy
(2003)
Passionada
as Daniel Vargas
(2002)
Stealing Harvard
as Uncle Jack
(2002)
Sonny
as Albert
(2002)
The Burial Society
as Sam Goldberg
(2002)
Manna from Heaven
as Stanley
(2002)
The Biz
as Eugene Hinkle
(2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Dusty
(2001)
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
(2001)
61*
as Sam Simon
(2001)
Women of the Night
as Sally
(2001)
Bartleby
as Frank Waxman
(2001)
The Sleepy Time Gal
as Bob
(2001)
The Cure for Boredom
as Eddie
(2000)
Animal Factory
as Lt. Seeman
(2000)
The Crew
as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
(2000)
Just One Night
as Arthur Imperial
(2000)
A Constant Forge
as Self
(2000)
The Making of 'Rushmore'
as Self
(1999)
Me and Will
as Roy
(1999)
Black & White
as Sal
(1999)
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
(1999)
Ballad of the Nightingale
as Jimmy
(1999)
Kubanisch rauchen
as Dragan
(1998)
Rushmore
as Bert Fischer
(1998)
Hoods
as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
(1998)
Johnny 316
as Store Keeper
(1998)
Emma's Wish
as Harry Bridges (old)
(1998)
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Emile Pillsbury
(1998)
Stingers
as Dino
(1998)
The Treat
as Chip O'Herlihee
(1998)
Snapped
as Bob
(1997)
Cannes Man
as Sy Lerner
(1997)
Obsession
as Jacob Frischmuth
(1997)
Motel Blue
as Capistrano Minister
(1997)
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Detective Harris
(1997)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(1996)
Trees Lounge
as Uncle Al
(1996)
Dream for an Insomniac
as Uncle Leo
(1996)
Dead Girl
as Ira Golub
(1996)
Things I Never Told You
as Frank
(1996)
The Last Home Run
as Older Jonathan
(1996)
Chameleon
as Francis
(1996)
Seed
as First Client
(1996)
Slaughter of the Cock
as Ahilleas
(1996)
(1996)
Turnpike
as Older man
(1995)
Dead Presidents
as Saul
(1994)
It Could Happen to You
as Jack Gross
(1994)
Chasers
as Master Chief Bogg
(1994)
Imaginary Crimes
as Eddie
(1994)
There Goes My Baby
as Pop
(1994)
Hand Gun
as Jack McCallister
(1994)
Dark Side of Genius
as Samuel Rourke
(1994)
Tollbooth
as Leon / Larry
(1994)
(1993)
Indecent Proposal
as Mr. Shackleford
(1993)
Boiling Point
as Virgil Leach
(1993)
Trouble Bound
as Santino
(1993)
Anything for John
as Self
(1993)
When Pigs Fly
as Frank
(1993)
Partners
as Janitor
(1992)
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tony Cataracts
(1992)
In the Soup
as Joe
(1992)
Cold Heaven
as Tom Farrelly
(1992)
Chain of Desire
as Mel
(1992)
Love Is Like That
as Uncle Bud
(1992)
Adventures in Spying
as Ray Rucker
(1992)
What Happened to Pete
as Bartender
(1991)
White Fang
as Skunker
(1991)
Diary of a Hitman
as Koenig
(1991)
Mobsters
as Father Bonotto
(1991)
Dead in the Water
as Lt. Frank Vaness
(1991)
Face of a Stranger
as Ralph
(1990)
Dick Tracy
as Sam Catchem
(1990)
Cold Dog Soup
as Jojo
(1989)
Wicked Stepmother
as Feldshine
(1989)
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Hatcher
(1989)
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
(1988)
Colors
as Sullivan
(1988)
Track 29
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
(1988)
Johnny Be Good
as Wallace Gibson
(1988)
Plain Clothes
as Ed Malmburg
(1987)
Best Seller
as Carter
(1987)
Tin Men
as Cheese
(1987)
Survival Game
as Dave Forrest
(1986)
Eye of the Tiger
as Sheriff
(1986)
Beverly Hills Madam
as Tony
(1984)
Love Streams
as Jack Lawson
(1984)
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
as Dr. Klapper
(1984)
(1983)
I Want to Live
as John Santo
(1982)
Double Exposure
as Dr. Frank Curtis
(1981)
King of the Mountain
as Barry Tanner
(1980)
The Jazz Singer
as Unnamed
(1980)
The Mountain Men
as La Bont
(1980)
Angel on My Shoulder
as Smiley Mitchell
(1979)
Sunburn
as Dobbs
(1979)
Ravagers
as Blind Lawyer
(1979)
California Dreaming
as Duke Slusarski
(1978)
Convoy
as Governor Haskins
(1977)
Scott Joplin
as Dr. Jaelki
(1977)
Opening Night
as Self (uncredited)
(1977)
Valentino
as George Ullman
(1977)
Death Game
as George Manning
(1977)
Black Oak Conspiracy
as Homer Metcalf
(1976)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Mort Weil
(1976)
The Last Tycoon
as Seal Trainer
(1975)
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
as Wise Guy
(1973)
Nightside
as Ralph
(1971)
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Seymour Moskowitz
(1970)
The Revolutionary
as Leonard II
(1968)
Coogan's Bluff
as Young Hood
(1968)
Faces
as Chet
(1964)
The Killers
as Postal Clerk
(1964)
The Hanged Man
as Bellboy
(1963)
The Nutty Professor
as Bored Man
(1962)
The Webster Boy
as Vic
(1961)
Too Late Blues
as Red
(1960)
Shadows
as Al (uncredited)
(1960)
Murder, Inc.
as Teenager
(1960)
(1960)
Juke Box Racket
as Seymour
Crew
(1960)
Shadows
Associate Producer