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