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)
Fort McCoy
as Father Mivkovek
(2014)
The Dependables
as Dominic Ackers
(2014)
Lucky Dog
as The Real Spencer
(2014)
At The Maple Grove
as Boyle
(2013)
The Secret Lives of Dorks
as Principal
(2012)
Kingdom Come
as Self
(2012)
Silver Case
as Dealer
(2012)
Lost Angeles
as Film Critic
(2012)
Broken Kingdom
as Clayton
(2012)
Booster
as Harold
(2012)
Pass the Salt, Please
as Man
(2011)
L!fe Happens
as Pop Pop
(2011)
Freerunner
as Grampa
(2011)
Faces
as Chet (archive footage)
(2010)
Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Saco
(2010)
Chasing 3000
as Poppy
(2010)
(2010)
Back Nine
as Mondo
(2010)
Without Borders
as Detective McKenneth
(2009)
Staten Island
as Jasper Sabiano
(2009)
Not Dead Yet
as Francis
(2008)
Beau Jest
as Abe Goldman
(2008)
Reach for Me
as Alvin
(2008)
To Love and Die
as Grandfather
(2008)
Big city Heart
as Larry
(2007)
Postal
as Paul
(2007)
Cosmic Radio
as Malcolm Stone
(2007)
Hollywood Dreams
as Rupert
(2006)
Beer League
as Dirt
(2006)
Edge of Outside
as Self
(2006)
The Tenants
as Levenspiel
(2006)
Bye Bye Benjamin
as Mr. Ruby
(2006)
(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)
Bittersweet Place
as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
(2005)
Circadian Rhythm
as Hoover
(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)
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)
A Constant Forge
as Self
(2000)
Just One Night
as Arthur Imperial
(2000)
The Making of 'Rushmore'
as Self
(1999)
Me and Will
as Roy
(1999)
Black & White
as Sal
(1999)
Ballad of the Nightingale
as Jimmy
(1999)
Kubanisch rauchen
as Dragan
(1999)
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
(1998)
Rushmore
as Bert Fischer
(1998)
Hoods
as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
(1998)
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Emile Pillsbury
(1998)
Johnny 316
as Store Keeper
(1998)
The Treat
as Chip O'Herlihee
(1998)
Snapped
as Bob
(1998)
Emma's Wish
as Harry Bridges (old)
(1998)
Stingers
as Dino
(1997)
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Detective Harris
(1997)
Obsession
as Jacob Frischmuth
(1997)
Cannes Man
as Sy Lerner
(1997)
Motel Blue
as Capistrano Minister
(1997)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(1996)
Dream for an Insomniac
as Uncle Leo
(1996)
Trees Lounge
as Uncle Al
(1996)
Dead Girl
as Ira Golub
(1996)
Seed
as First Client
(1996)
Things I Never Told You
as Frank
(1996)
The Last Home Run
as Older Jonathan
(1996)
Chameleon
as Francis
(1996)
(1996)
Turnpike
as Older man
(1996)
Slaughter of the Cock
as Ahilleas
(1995)
Dead Presidents
as Saul
(1994)
It Could Happen to You
as Jack Gross
(1994)
Chasers
as Master Chief Bogg
(1994)
Tollbooth
as Leon / Larry
(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)
(1993)
Indecent Proposal
as Mr. Shackleford
(1993)
Boiling Point
as Virgil Leach
(1993)
Trouble Bound
as Santino
(1993)
Partners
as Janitor
(1993)
When Pigs Fly
as Frank
(1993)
Anything for John
as Self
(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)
What Happened to Pete
as Bartender
(1992)
Adventures in Spying
as Ray Rucker
(1991)
White Fang
as Skunker
(1991)
Mobsters
as Father Bonotto
(1991)
Diary of a Hitman
as Koenig
(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)
Johnny Be Good
as Wallace Gibson
(1988)
Track 29
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
(1988)
Plain Clothes
as Ed Malmburg
(1987)
Tin Men
as Cheese
(1987)
Best Seller
as Carter
(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
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)
California Dreaming
as Duke Slusarski
(1979)
Ravagers
as Blind Lawyer
(1978)
Convoy
as Governor Haskins
(1977)
Opening Night
as Self (uncredited)
(1977)
Valentino
as George Ullman
(1977)
Death Game
as George Manning
(1977)
Scott Joplin
as Dr. Jaelki
(1977)
Black Oak Conspiracy
as Homer Metcalf
(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 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