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Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

Known for
Acting
Born
Jan 22, 1935
Died
Apr 7, 2019 (aged 84)
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits
202

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

MovieRated 7.5

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001Movie

Dusty

MovieRated 7.1

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004Movie

Esteban du Plantier

MovieRated 7.4

Rushmore

1998Movie

Bert Fischer

TVRated 8.6

Regular Show

2010TV

Tony (voice)

TVRated 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987TV

Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt

MovieRated 7.5

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001Movie

Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

Filmography

MovieRated 8.0

Every Night's a Saturday Night

2018Movie

Self

MovieRated 3.5

Lucky Dog

2014Movie

The Real Spencer

MovieRated 3.1

The Dependables

2014Movie

Dominic Ackers

MovieRated 5.6

Fort McCoy

2014Movie

Father Mivkovek

Movie

At The Maple Grove

2014Movie

Boyle

MovieRated 4.9

The Secret Lives of Dorks

2013Movie

Principal

MovieRated 4.7

Booster

2012Movie

Harold

MovieRated 6.3

Broken Kingdom

2012Movie

Clayton

MovieRated 1.0

Lost Angeles

2012Movie

Film Critic

MovieRated 6.2

Kingdom Come

2012Movie

Self

Movie

Pass the Salt, Please

2012Movie

Man

TVRated 6.8

Magic City

2012TV

MovieRated 4.8

Silver Case

2012Movie

Dealer

Movie

Faces

2011Movie

Chet (archive footage)

MovieRated 4.5

Freerunner

2011Movie

Grampa

MovieRated 5.4

L!fe Happens

2011Movie

Pop Pop

MovieRated 3.0

Without Borders

2010Movie

Detective McKenneth

MovieRated 4.6

Pete Smalls Is Dead

2010Movie

Saco

MovieRated 5.0

Back Nine

2010Movie

Mondo

TVRated 8.6

Regular Show

2010TV

Tony (voice)

MovieRated 6.2

Chasing 3000

2010Movie

Poppy

MovieRated 6.0

Staten Island

2009Movie

Jasper Sabiano

Movie

Not Dead Yet

2009Movie

Francis

MovieRated 5.7

To Love and Die

2008Movie

Grandfather

TV

To Love and Die

2008TV

MovieRated 2.8

Reach for Me

2008Movie

Alvin

MovieRated 2.0

Beau Jest

2008Movie

Abe Goldman

MovieRated 2.0

Big Heart City

2008Movie

Larry

MovieRated 1.7

Cosmic Radio

2007Movie

Malcolm Stone

MovieRated 4.7

Postal

2007Movie

Paul

TVRated 8.0

Flight of the Conchords

2007TV

Johnny Boy

MovieRated 3.1

Hollywood Dreams

2007Movie

Rupert

MovieRated 5.5

Sea of Dreams

2006Movie

Tomaso

MovieRated 5.1

Beer League

2006Movie

Dirt

MovieRated 8.0

Ray of Sunshine

2006Movie

MovieRated 5.8

Edge of Outside

2006Movie

Self

TVRated 7.2

Heist

2006TV

Pops

MovieRated 4.8

The Tenants

2006Movie

Levenspiel

MovieRated 2.0

Bye Bye Benjamin

2006Movie

Mr. Ruby

MovieRated 6.1

Lonesome Jim

2005Movie

Don

MovieRated 4.0

Circadian Rhythm

2005Movie

Hoover

MovieRated 3.8

Before It Had a Name

2005Movie

Jeff

MovieRated 5.1

The Wendell Baker Story

2005Movie

Boyd Fullbright

MovieRated 6.8

This Is an Adventure

2005Movie

Self

MovieRated 8.5

Bittersweet Place

2005Movie

Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer

MovieRated 7.1

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004Movie

Esteban du Plantier

TVRated 8.3

Justice League Unlimited

2004TV

Chuck Sirianni (voice)

Movie

Making 'Faces'

2004Movie

Self

MovieRated 5.4

Stuck on You

2003Movie

Morty O'Reilly

MovieRated 6.9

Passionada

2003Movie

Daniel Vargas

MovieRated 3.1

A Good Night to Die

2003Movie

Guy

TVRated 9.0

Lucky

2003TV

MovieRated 5.2

Sonny

2002Movie

Albert

MovieRated 6.0

The Burial Society

2002Movie

Sam Goldberg

MovieRated 10.0

Manna from Heaven

2002Movie

Stanley

MovieRated 4.9

Stealing Harvard

2002Movie

Uncle Jack

MovieRated 7.0

The Biz

2002Movie

Eugene Hinkle

MovieRated 7.5

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001Movie

Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

MovieRated 7.5

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001Movie

Dusty

MovieRated 9.0

The Cure for Boredom

2001Movie

Eddie

MovieRated 7.0

61*

2001Movie

Sam Simon

TVRated 8.0

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

2001TV

Dazy Perrit, James Arthur Ferris

MovieRated 5.8

Bartleby

2001Movie

Frank Waxman

MovieRated 5.3

The Sleepy Time Gal

2001Movie

Bob

MovieRated 4.1

Women of the Night

2001Movie

Sally

TVRated 7.6

Boston Public

2000TV

Bernie Willis

MovieRated 6.3

Animal Factory

2000Movie

Lt. Seeman

MovieRated 6.8

A Constant Forge

2000Movie

Self

MovieRated 5.0

Just One Night

2000Movie

Arthur Imperial

MovieRated 5.5

The Crew

2000Movie

Tony 'Mouth' Donato

MovieRated 6.2

The Making of 'Rushmore'

2000Movie

Self

MovieRated 5.4

Black & White

1999Movie

Sal

MovieRated 7.1

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

1999Movie

Self

MovieRated 7.0

Kubanisch rauchen

1999Movie

Dragan

MovieRated 5.4

Me and Will

1999Movie

Roy

MovieRated 4.2

Ballad of the Nightingale

1999Movie

Jimmy

MovieRated 7.4

Rushmore

1998Movie

Bert Fischer

MovieRated 7.0

Stingers

1998Movie

Dino

MovieRated 5.0

Emma's Wish

1998Movie

Harry Bridges (old)

MovieRated 5.5

Snapped

1998Movie

Bob

MovieRated 3.6

The Treat

1998Movie

Chip O'Herlihee

MovieRated 6.8

Hoods

1998Movie

Pop Martinelli (uncredited)

MovieRated 5.9

Relax... It's Just Sex

1998Movie

Emile

MovieRated 5.8

Johnny 316

1998Movie

Store Keeper

MovieRated 4.1

Motel Blue

1997Movie

Capistrano Minister

MovieRated 4.2

Obsession

1997Movie

Jacob Frischmuth

MovieRated 5.2

This World, Then the Fireworks

1997Movie

Detective Harris

MovieRated 6.8

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997Movie

Self

TVRated 7.1

The Last Don

1997TV

Alfred Gronevelt

MovieRated 5.4

Chameleon

1996Movie

Francis

MovieRated 4.7

Dead Girl

1996Movie

Ira Golub

MovieRated 10.0

Turnpike

1996Movie

Older man

MovieRated 5.3

The Last Home Run

1996Movie

Older Jonathan

MovieRated 3.2

Slaughter of the Cock

1996Movie

Ahilleas

TVRated 6.9

Arli$$

1996TV

Artie

MovieRated 5.3

Cannes Man

1996Movie

Sy Lerner

MovieRated 6.9

Trees Lounge

1996Movie

Uncle Al

MovieRated 5.6

Things I Never Told You

1996Movie

Frank

MovieRated 5.1

Dream for an Insomniac

1996Movie

Uncle Leo

TVRated 9.0

Good Company

1996TV

Movie

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

1996Movie

Self

TVRated 8.2

Tracey Takes On...

1996TV

Candy Casino

MovieRated 10.0

Seed

1996Movie

First Client

MovieRated 6.7

Dead Presidents

1995Movie

Saul

MovieRated 6.2

Tollbooth

1994Movie

Leon / Larry

MovieRated 10.0

Ouf!

1994Movie

MovieRated 6.4

Imaginary Crimes

1994Movie

Eddie

MovieRated 4.9

Hand Gun

1994Movie

Jack McCallister

TVRated 7.2

Chicago Hope

1994TV

Norman Cambridge

TVRated 6.0

Under Suspicion

1994TV

Lt. Mickey Schwartz

MovieRated 6.2

There Goes My Baby

1994Movie

Pop

MovieRated 5.3

Dark Side of Genius

1994Movie

Samuel Rourke

MovieRated 6.7

It Could Happen to You

1994Movie

Jack Gross

MovieRated 5.4

Chasers

1994Movie

Master Chief Bogg

MovieRated 5.2

Partners

1993Movie

Janitor

MovieRated 5.6

When Pigs Fly

1993Movie

Frank

MovieRated 7.3

Anything for John

1993Movie

Self

MovieRated 4.9

Boiling Point

1993Movie

Virgil Leach

MovieRated 6.4

Indecent Proposal

1993Movie

Mr. Shackleford

MovieRated 5.5

Trouble Bound

1993Movie

Santino

MovieRated 4.7

Adventures in Spying

1992Movie

Ray Rucker

MovieRated 6.7

In the Soup

1992Movie

Joe

MovieRated 5.7

Honeymoon in Vegas

1992Movie

Tony Cataracts

MovieRated 4.3

Chain of Desire

1992Movie

Mel

MovieRated 5.9

Love Is Like That

1992Movie

Uncle Bud

MovieRated 4.3

Cold Heaven

1992Movie

Tom Farrelly

MovieRated 7.0

What Happened to Pete

1992Movie

Bartender

MovieRated 10.0

Face of a Stranger

1991Movie

Ralph

MovieRated 5.4

Dead in the Water

1991Movie

Lt. Frank Vaness

MovieRated 5.4

Diary of a Hitman

1991Movie

Koenig

MovieRated 6.3

Mobsters

1991Movie

Father Bonotto

MovieRated 6.7

White Fang

1991Movie

Skunker

MovieRated 5.3

Cold Dog Soup

1990Movie

Jojo

MovieRated 6.2

Dick Tracy

1990Movie

Sam Catchem

MovieRated 5.5

Sweet Bird of Youth

1989Movie

Hatcher

Movie

Arena - John Cassavetes

1989Movie

Self

MovieRated 4.7

Wicked Stepmother

1989Movie

Feldshine

MovieRated 5.6

Track 29

1988Movie

Dr. Bernard Fairmont

MovieRated 6.5

Colors

1988Movie

Sullivan

MovieRated 6.1

Plain Clothes

1988Movie

Ed Malmburg

MovieRated 4.6

Johnny Be Good

1988Movie

Wallace Gibson

MovieRated 6.0

Survival Game

1987Movie

Dave Forrest

TVRated 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987TV

Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt

MovieRated 6.0

Best Seller

1987Movie

Carter

MovieRated 6.3

Tin Men

1987Movie

Cheese

MovieRated 6.1

Eye of the Tiger

1986Movie

Sheriff

MovieRated 4.6

Beverly Hills Madam

1986Movie

Tony

TVRated 7.0

Matlock

1986TV

Dick Silvers, Honest Earl Edwards

TVRated 7.2

Tales from the Darkside

1984TV

Howard

MovieRated 8.3

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

1984Movie

Self

MovieRated 3.5

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

1984Movie

Dr. Klapper

MovieRated 7.2

Love Streams

1984Movie

Jack Lawson

MovieRated 4.8

I Want to Live

1983Movie

John Santo

MovieRated 4.5

Double Exposure

1982Movie

Dr. Frank Curtis

MovieRated 5.9

King of the Mountain

1981Movie

Barry Tanner

MovieRated 5.9

The Jazz Singer

1980Movie

Unnamed

MovieRated 5.9

The Mountain Men

1980Movie

La Bont

MovieRated 6.6

Angel on My Shoulder

1980Movie

Smiley Mitchell

MovieRated 5.0

Sunburn

1979Movie

Dobbs

MovieRated 4.5

Ravagers

1979Movie

Blind Lawyer

MovieRated 4.8

California Dreaming

1979Movie

Duke Slusarski

MovieRated 6.3

Convoy

1978Movie

Governor Haskins

MovieRated 7.6

Opening Night

1977Movie

Self (uncredited)

MovieRated 5.8

Valentino

1977Movie

George Ullman

MovieRated 5.9

Death Game

1977Movie

George Manning

MovieRated 5.7

Black Oak Conspiracy

1977Movie

Homer Metcalf

MovieRated 6.6

Scott Joplin

1977Movie

Dr. Jaelki

MovieRated 6.3

The Last Tycoon

1976Movie

Seal Trainer

MovieRated 7.0

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1976Movie

Mort Weil

MovieRated 5.6

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

1975Movie

Wise Guy

MovieRated 10.0

Nightside

1973Movie

Ralph

TVRated 8.0

Emergency!

1972TV

Bluebell Hunter

MovieRated 6.7

Minnie and Moskowitz

1971Movie

Seymour Moskowitz

MovieRated 5.3

The Revolutionary

1970Movie

Leonard II

MovieRated 7.1

Faces

1968Movie

Chet

MovieRated 6.3

Coogan's Bluff

1968Movie

Young Hood

TVRated 5.8

Cimarron Strip

1967TV

TVRated 6.8

The Invaders

1967TV

Driver

TVRated 7.3

Batman

1966TV

Cancelled

TVRated 5.6

The F.B.I.

1965TV

Irwin, P.O.W. Vanndo, Attendant

TVRated 6.4

Laredo

1965TV

MovieRated 5.1

The Hanged Man

1964Movie

Bellboy

TVRated 7.2

12 O'Clock High

1964TV

Capt. Johnson, B-17 Pilot, Captain Johnson, Left Waist Gunner, Mechanic

TVRated 7.8

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964TV

Jensen

MovieRated 6.9

The Killers

1964Movie

Postal Clerk

TVRated 5.9

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963TV

Police Sgt., Somebody

TVRated 6.2

Burke's Law

1963TV

Attendant

TVRated 7.3

The Fugitive

1963TV

Cabbie

MovieRated 6.5

The Nutty Professor

1963Movie

Bored Man

TVRated 7.9

Combat!

1962TV

Doctor

TVRated 6.3

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962TV

Lawyer #2, Richard

MovieRated 10.0

The Webster Boy

1962Movie

Vic

MovieRated 6.4

Too Late Blues

1961Movie

Red

TVRated 6.0

Alcoa Premiere

1961TV

The Wounded Man

MovieRated 6.9

Shadows

1960Movie

Al (uncredited)

TVRated 6.6

My Three Sons

1960TV

Coach Gregson

MovieRated 6.5

Murder, Inc.

1960Movie

Teenager

MovieRated 6.5

Juke Box Racket

1960Movie

Seymour

MovieRated 6.6

Man on a String

1960Movie

TVRated 8.5

The Twilight Zone

1959TV

Jerry (uncredited)

TVRated 5.7

Naked City

1958TV

Student (uncredited)

TVRated 6.6

Wagon Train

1957TV

Ed

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