Seymour Cassel
American actor (1935-2019) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 84
Seymour Joseph Cassel 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.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
FreerunnerFilm, Grampa2010
Regular ShowSeries, Tony (voice)2004
Justice League UnlimitedSeries, Chuck Sirianni (voice)
The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouFilm, 2004Esteban du Plantier2002
SonnyFilm, Albert2000
Boston PublicSeries, Bernie Willis
Animal FactoryFilm, 2000Lt. Seeman1996
Trees LoungeFilm, Uncle Al1994
ChasersFilm, Master Chief Bogg1992
Honeymoon in VegasFilm, Tony Cataracts1990
Dick TracyFilm, Sam Catchem1987
Star Trek: The Next GenerationSeries, Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
Best SellerFilm, 1987Carter1984
Tales from the DarksideSeries, Howard1980
The Mountain MenFilm, La Bont1977
Opening NightFilm1971
Minnie and MoskowitzFilm, Seymour Moskowitz1967
The InvadersSeries, Driver1965
The F.B.I.Series, Irwin1964
The KillersFilm, Postal Clerk1962
Combat!Series, Doctor1960
ShadowsFilm, Al (uncredited)1959
The Twilight ZoneSeries, Jerry (uncredited)1957
Wagon TrainSeries, Ed1935Born22 January 1935People around Seymour
Close ties
John Cassavetes Directed Love Streams (1985)
Steve Buscemi Produced Animal Factory and Lonesome Jim
Don Siegel Directed Coogan's Bluff and The Killers
Owen Wilson Produced The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore
Wes Anderson Directed The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)
Nicolas Roeg Directed Track 29 and Cold Heaven
Dennis Hopper Directed Colors and Chasers
Luke Wilson Directed The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
Andrew Bergman Directed Honeymoon in Vegas (1993)
Nicolas Cage Directed Sonny (2002)
Scott Rudin Produced The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)
Richard C. Sarafian Directed Eye of the Tiger and Sunburn
Andrew Wilson Directed The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
Alexandre Rockwell Directed In the Soup and Pete Smalls Is Dead
James G. Robinson Produced Chasers and Imaginary Crimes
Gena Rowlands Also in Love Streams and Faces
Bill Murray Also in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2005)
Anjelica Huston Also in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2005)
Brian Cox Produced Chain of Desire (1992)
Mark Boone Junior Also in Trees Lounge and Lonesome Jim
Mark Mothersbaugh Wrote The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)
Val Avery Also in Minnie and Moskowitz and Faces
Eric Chase Anderson Also in Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums
Rockets Redglare Also in In the Soup and Trees Lounge
Known for
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Opening Night 1977
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
The Man Who Wasn't There 2001
Rushmore 1998
Love Streams 1984
Filmography 40
213 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 2
About this person
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).
