Seymour Cassel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 22, 1935
- Died
- April 7, 2019
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
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).
Filmography
Every Night's a Saturday Night 2018
as Self
Lucky Dog 2014
as The Real Spencer
The Dependables 2014
as Dominic Ackers
At The Maple Grove 2014
as Boyle
Fort McCoy 2014
as Father Mivkovek
The Secret Lives of Dorks 2013
as Principal
Booster 2012
as Harold
Broken Kingdom 2012
as Clayton
Lost Angeles 2012
as Film Critic
Kingdom Come 2012
as Self
- Pass the Salt, Please
Pass the Salt, Please 2012
as Man
Silver Case 2012
as Dealer
Faces 2011
as Chet (archive footage)
Freerunner 2011
as Grampa
L!fe Happens 2011
as Pop Pop
Without Borders 2010
as Detective McKenneth
Pete Smalls Is Dead 2010
as Saco
- Back Nine
Back Nine 2010
as Mondo
Chasing 3000 2010
as Poppy
Staten Island 2009
as Jasper Sabiano
- Not Dead Yet
Not Dead Yet 2009
as Francis
To Love and Die 2008
as Grandfather
Reach for Me 2008
as Alvin
Beau Jest 2008
as Abe Goldman
- Big Heart City
Big Heart City 2008
as Larry
Cosmic Radio 2007
as Malcolm Stone
Postal 2007
as Paul
Hollywood Dreams 2007
as Rupert
Sea of Dreams 2006
as Tomaso
Beer League 2006
as Dirt
Ray of Sunshine 2006
Actor
Edge of Outside 2006
as Self
The Tenants 2006
as Levenspiel
Bye Bye Benjamin 2006
as Mr. Ruby
Lonesome Jim 2005
as Don
Circadian Rhythm 2005
as Hoover
Before It Had a Name 2005
as Jeff
The Wendell Baker Story 2005
as Boyd Fullbright
This Is an Adventure 2005
as Self
Bittersweet Place 2005
as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004
as Esteban du Plantier
Making 'Faces' 2004
as Self
Stuck on You 2003
as Morty O'Reilly
Passionada 2003
as Daniel Vargas
A Good Night to Die 2003
as Guy
Sonny 2002
as Albert
The Burial Society 2002
as Sam Goldberg
Manna from Heaven 2002
as Stanley
Stealing Harvard 2002
as Uncle Jack
The Biz 2002
as Eugene Hinkle
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
as Dusty
The Cure for Boredom 2001
as Eddie
61* 2001
as Sam Simon
Bartleby 2001
as Frank Waxman
The Sleepy Time Gal 2001
as Bob
Women of the Night 2001
as Sally
Animal Factory 2000
as Lt. Seeman
A Constant Forge 2000
as Self
Just One Night 2000
as Arthur Imperial
The Crew 2000
as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
The Making of 'Rushmore' 2000
as Self
Black & White 1999
as Sal
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage 1999
as Self
Smoking Cuban Style 1999
as Dragan
Me and Will 1999
as Roy
Ballad of the Nightingale 1999
as Jimmy
Rushmore 1998
as Bert Fischer
Stingers 1998
as Dino
Emma's Wish 1998
as Harry Bridges (old)
Snapped 1998
as Bob
The Treat 1998
as Chip O'Herlihee
Hoods 1998
as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
Relax... It's Just Sex 1998
as Emile
Johnny 316 1998
as Store Keeper
Motel Blue 1997
as Capistrano Minister
Obsession 1997
as Jacob Frischmuth
This World, Then the Fireworks 1997
as Detective Harris
Who Is Henry Jaglom? 1997
as Self
Chameleon 1996
as Francis
Dead Girl 1996
as Ira Golub
- Turnpike
Turnpike 1996
as Older man
The Last Home Run 1996
as Older Jonathan
Slaughter of the Cock 1996
as Ahilleas
Cannes Man 1996
as Sy Lerner
Trees Lounge 1996
as Uncle Al
Things I Never Told You 1996
as Frank
Dream for an Insomniac 1996
as Uncle Leo
- John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All 1996
as Self
Seed 1996
as First Client
Dead Presidents 1995
as Saul
- Ouf!
Ouf! 1994
Actor
Tollbooth 1994
as Leon / Larry
Imaginary Crimes 1994
as Eddie
Hand Gun 1994
as Jack McCallister
There Goes My Baby 1994
as Pop
Dark Side of Genius 1994
as Samuel Rourke
It Could Happen to You 1994
as Jack Gross
Chasers 1994
as Master Chief Bogg
Partners 1993
as Janitor
When Pigs Fly 1993
as Frank
Anything for John 1993
as Self
Boiling Point 1993
as Virgil Leach
Indecent Proposal 1993
as Mr. Shackleford
Trouble Bound 1993
as Santino
Adventures in Spying 1992
as Ray Rucker
In the Soup 1992
as Joe
Honeymoon in Vegas 1992
as Tony Cataracts
Chain of Desire 1992
as Mel
Love Is Like That 1992
as Uncle Bud
Cold Heaven 1992
as Tom Farrelly
What Happened to Pete 1992
as Bartender
Face of a Stranger 1991
as Ralph
Dead in the Water 1991
as Lt. Frank Vaness
Diary of a Hitman 1991
as Koenig
Mobsters 1991
as Father Bonotto
White Fang 1991
as Skunker
Cold Dog Soup 1990
as Jojo
Dick Tracy 1990
as Sam Catchem
Sweet Bird of Youth 1989
as Hatcher
- Arena - John Cassavetes
Arena - John Cassavetes 1989
as Self
Wicked Stepmother 1989
as Feldshine
Track 29 1988
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
Plain Clothes 1988
as Ed Malmburg
Colors 1988
as Sullivan
Johnny Be Good 1988
as Wallace Gibson
Survival Game 1987
as Dave Forrest
Best Seller 1987
as Carter
Tin Men 1987
as Cheese
Eye of the Tiger 1986
as Sheriff
Beverly Hills Madam 1986
as Tony
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work 1984
as Self
Young Lust: A Soap Opera 1984
as Dr. Klapper
Love Streams 1984
as Jack Lawson
I Want to Live 1983
as John Santo
Double Exposure 1982
as Dr. Frank Curtis
King of the Mountain 1981
as Barry Tanner
The Jazz Singer 1980
as Unnamed
The Mountain Men 1980
as La Bont
Angel on My Shoulder 1980
as Smiley Mitchell
Sunburn 1979
as Dobbs
Ravagers 1979
as Blind Lawyer
California Dreaming 1979
as Duke Slusarski
Convoy 1978
as Governor Haskins
Opening Night 1977
as Self (uncredited)
Valentino 1977
as George Ullman
Death Game 1977
as George Manning
Black Oak Conspiracy 1977
as Homer Metcalf
Scott Joplin 1977
as Dr. Jaelki
The Last Tycoon 1976
as Seal Trainer
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976
as Mort Weil
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight 1975
as Wise Guy
Nightside 1973
as Ralph
Minnie and Moskowitz 1971
as Seymour Moskowitz
The Revolutionary 1970
as Leonard II
Faces 1968
as Chet
Coogan's Bluff 1968
as Young Hood
The Hanged Man 1964
as Bellboy
The Killers 1964
as Postal Clerk
The Nutty Professor 1963
as Bored Man
The Webster Boy 1962
as Vic
Too Late Blues 1961
as Red
Shadows 1960
as Al (uncredited), Associate Producer
Murder, Inc. 1960
as Teenager
Juke Box Racket 1960
as Seymour
Man on a String 1960
as Hotel Pageboy (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.