Seymour Cassel

Acting

January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019 (died at 84)

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Male

168 Movies

46 TV Shows

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).

Rushmore

1998 7.4

as Bert Fischer

Age 63 (now 84)

Indecent Proposal

1993 6.4

as Mr. Shackleford

Age 58 (now 84)

White Fang

1991 6.8

as Skunker

Age 55 (now 84)

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 7.5

as Dusty

Age 66 (now 84)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1976 7.1

as Mort Weil

Age 41 (now 84)

It Could Happen to You

1994 6.7

as Jack Gross

Age 59 (now 84)

Minnie and Moskowitz

1971 6.7

as Seymour Moskowitz

Age 36 (now 84)

In the Soup

1992 6.7

as Joe

Age 57 (now 84)

Faces

1968 7.1

as Chet

Age 33 (now 84)

Love Streams

1984 7.2

as Jack Lawson

Age 49 (now 84)

Animal Factory

2000 6.3

as Lt. Seeman

Age 65 (now 84)

Staten Island

2009 6.0

as Jasper Sabiano

Age 74 (now 84)

Dick Tracy

1990 6.2

as Sam Catchem

Age 55 (now 84)

Convoy

1978 6.3

as Governor Haskins

Age 43 (now 84)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004 7.1

as Esteban du Plantier

Age 69 (now 84)

Eye of the Tiger

1986 6.0

as Sheriff

Age 51 (now 84)

Every Night's a Saturday Night

2018 8.0

as Self

Age 83 (now 84)

Lucky Dog

2014 3.5

as The Real Spencer

Age 79 (now 84)

The Dependables

2014 3.1

as Dominic Ackers

Age 79 (now 84)

Fort McCoy

2014 5.6

as Father Mivkovek

Age 78 (now 84)

At The Maple Grove

2014

as Boyle

Age 78 (now 84)

The Secret Lives of Dorks

2013 4.9

as Principal

Age 78 (now 84)

Booster

2012 4.7

as Harold

Age 77 (now 84)

Broken Kingdom

2012 6.3

as Clayton

Age 77 (now 84)

Lost Angeles

2012 1.0

as Film Critic

Age 77 (now 84)

Kingdom Come

2012 6.2

as Self

Age 77 (now 84)

Pass the Salt, Please

2012

as Man

Age 77 (now 84)

Silver Case

2012 4.8

as Dealer

Age 77 (now 84)

Faces

2011

as Chet (archive footage)

Age 76 (now 84)

Freerunner

2011 4.5

as Grampa

Age 76 (now 84)

L!fe Happens

2011 5.4

as Pop Pop

Age 76 (now 84)

Without Borders

2010 4.0

as Detective McKenneth

Age 75 (now 84)

Pete Smalls Is Dead

2010 4.6

as Saco

Age 75 (now 84)

Back Nine

2010 5.0

as Mondo

Age 75 (now 84)

The Aristofrogs

2010

Age 75 (now 84)

Chasing 3000

2010 6.2

as Poppy

Age 75 (now 84)

Staten Island

2009 6.0

as Jasper Sabiano

Age 74 (now 84)

Not Dead Yet

2009

as Francis

Age 73 (now 84)

To Love and Die

2008 5.7

as Grandfather

Age 73 (now 84)

Reach for Me

2008 2.8

as Alvin

Age 73 (now 84)

Beau Jest

2008 2.0

as Abe Goldman

Age 73 (now 84)

Big Heart City

2008

as Larry

Age 72 (now 84)

Cosmic Radio

2007 1.5

as Malcolm Stone

Age 72 (now 84)

Postal

2007 4.7

as Paul

Age 72 (now 84)

Hollywood Dreams

2007 3.1

as Rupert

Age 72 (now 84)

Sea of Dreams

2006 5.5

Age 71 (now 84)

Beer League

2006 5.2

as Dirt

Age 71 (now 84)

Ray of Sunshine

2006 8.0

Age 71 (now 84)

Edge of Outside

2006 5.8

as Self

Age 71 (now 84)

The Tenants

2006 4.9

as Levenspiel

Age 71 (now 84)

Bye Bye Benjamin

2006

as Mr. Ruby

Age 71 (now 84)

Lonesome Jim

2005 6.1

as Don

Age 70 (now 84)

Circadian Rhythm

2005 4.5

as Hoover

Age 70 (now 84)

Before It Had a Name

2005 3.6

as Jeff

Age 70 (now 84)

The Wendell Baker Story

2005 5.1

as Boyd Fullbright

Age 70 (now 84)

This Is an Adventure

2005 6.8

as Self

Age 70 (now 84)

Bittersweet Place

2005 8.5

as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer

Age 70 (now 84)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004 7.1

as Esteban du Plantier

Age 69 (now 84)

Making 'Faces'

2004

as Self

Age 68 (now 84)

Stuck on You

2003 5.4

as Morty O'Reilly

Age 68 (now 84)

Passionada

2003 6.9

as Daniel Vargas

Age 68 (now 84)

A Good Night to Die

2003 3.1

as Guy

Age 68 (now 84)

Sonny

2002 5.2

as Albert

Age 67 (now 84)

The Burial Society

2002 6.0

as Sam Goldberg

Age 67 (now 84)

Manna from Heaven

2002 10.0

as Stanley

Age 67 (now 84)

Stealing Harvard

2002 4.8

as Uncle Jack

Age 67 (now 84)

The Biz

2002 7.0

as Eugene Hinkle

Age 67 (now 84)

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001 7.5

as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

Age 66 (now 84)

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 7.5

as Dusty

Age 66 (now 84)

The Cure for Boredom

2001 9.0

as Eddie

Age 66 (now 84)

61*

2001 7.0

as Sam Simon

Age 66 (now 84)

Bartleby

2001 5.8

as Frank Waxman

Age 66 (now 84)

The Sleepy Time Gal

2001 5.3

as Bob

Age 66 (now 84)

Women of the Night

2001 4.2

as Sally

Age 65 (now 84)

Animal Factory

2000 6.3

as Lt. Seeman

Age 65 (now 84)

A Constant Forge

2000 6.8

as Self

Age 65 (now 84)

Just One Night

2000 5.0

as Arthur Imperial

Age 65 (now 84)

The Crew

2000 5.4

as Tony 'Mouth' Donato

Age 65 (now 84)

The Making of 'Rushmore'

2000 6.3

as Self

Age 65 (now 84)

Black & White

1999 5.4

as Sal

Age 64 (now 84)

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

1999 7.1

as Self

Age 64 (now 84)

Kubanisch rauchen

1999 7.0

as Dragan

Age 64 (now 84)

Me and Will

1999 5.4

as Roy

Age 64 (now 84)

Ballad of the Nightingale

1999 4.2

as Jimmy

Age 64 (now 84)

Rushmore

1998 7.4

as Bert Fischer

Age 63 (now 84)

Stingers

1998 7.0

as Dino

Age 63 (now 84)

Emma's Wish

1998 5.0

as Harry Bridges (old)

Age 63 (now 84)

Snapped

1998 5.5

as Bob

Age 63 (now 84)

The Treat

1998 3.7

as Chip O'Herlihee

Age 63 (now 84)

Hoods

1998 7.1

as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)

Age 63 (now 84)

Relax... It's Just Sex

1998 5.8

as Emile

Age 63 (now 84)

Johnny 316

1998 5.8

as Store Keeper

Age 63 (now 84)

Motel Blue

1997 4.1

as Capistrano Minister

Age 62 (now 84)

Obsession

1997 4.2

as Jacob Frischmuth

Age 62 (now 84)

This World, Then the Fireworks

1997 5.2

as Detective Harris

Age 62 (now 84)

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997 6.8

as Self

Age 62 (now 84)

Chameleon

1996 5.4

as Francis

Age 61 (now 84)

Dead Girl

1996 4.8

as Ira Golub

Age 61 (now 84)

Turnpike

1996 10.0

as Older man

Age 61 (now 84)

The Last Home Run

1996 5.3

as Older Jonathan

Age 61 (now 84)

Slaughter of the Cock

1996 3.3

as Ahilleas

Age 61 (now 84)

Cannes Man

1996 5.5

as Sy Lerner

Age 61 (now 84)

Trees Lounge

1996 6.9

as Uncle Al

Age 61 (now 84)

Things I Never Told You

1996 5.4

as Frank

Age 61 (now 84)

Dream for an Insomniac

1996 5.1

as Uncle Leo

Age 61 (now 84)

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

1996

as Self

Age 61 (now 84)

Seed

1996 10.0

as First Client

Age 60 (now 84)

Dead Presidents

1995 6.7

as Saul

Age 60 (now 84)

Tollbooth

1994 6.2

as Leon / Larry

Age 59 (now 84)

Ouf!

1994 10.0

Age 59 (now 84)

Imaginary Crimes

1994 6.4

as Eddie

Age 59 (now 84)

Hand Gun

1994 4.9

as Jack McCallister

Age 59 (now 84)

There Goes My Baby

1994 6.2

as Pop

Age 59 (now 84)

Dark Side of Genius

1994 5.3

as Samuel Rourke

Age 59 (now 84)

It Could Happen to You

1994 6.7

as Jack Gross

Age 59 (now 84)

Chasers

1994 5.4

as Master Chief Bogg

Age 59 (now 84)

Partners

1993 5.0

as Janitor

Age 58 (now 84)

When Pigs Fly

1993 5.4

as Frank

Age 58 (now 84)

Anything for John

1993 7.3

as Self

Age 58 (now 84)

Boiling Point

1993 4.9

as Virgil Leach

Age 58 (now 84)

Indecent Proposal

1993 6.4

as Mr. Shackleford

Age 58 (now 84)

Trouble Bound

1993 6.0

as Santino

Age 57 (now 84)

Adventures in Spying

1992 4.7

as Ray Rucker

Age 57 (now 84)

In the Soup

1992 6.7

as Joe

Age 57 (now 84)

Honeymoon in Vegas

1992 5.7

as Tony Cataracts

Age 57 (now 84)

Chain of Desire

1992 4.5

as Mel

Age 57 (now 84)

Love Is Like That

1992 5.5

as Uncle Bud

Age 57 (now 84)

Cold Heaven

1992 4.4

as Tom Farrelly

Age 57 (now 84)

What Happened to Pete

1992 7.0

as Bartender

Age 57 (now 84)

Face of a Stranger

1991 10.0

as Ralph

Age 56 (now 84)

Dead in the Water

1991 5.4

as Lt. Frank Vaness

Age 56 (now 84)

Diary of a Hitman

1991 5.4

as Koenig

Age 56 (now 84)

Mobsters

1991 6.3

as Father Bonotto

Age 56 (now 84)

White Fang

1991 6.8

as Skunker

Age 55 (now 84)

Cold Dog Soup

1990 5.3

as Jojo

Age 55 (now 84)

Dick Tracy

1990 6.2

as Sam Catchem

Age 55 (now 84)

Sweet Bird of Youth

1989 5.5

as Hatcher

Age 54 (now 84)

A-

Arena - John Cassavetes

1989

as Self

Age 54 (now 84)

Wicked Stepmother

1989 4.6

as Feldshine

Age 54 (now 84)

Track 29

1988 5.6

as Dr. Bernard Fairmont

Age 53 (now 84)

Colors

1988 6.5

as Sullivan

Age 53 (now 84)

Plain Clothes

1988 5.9

as Ed Malmburg

Age 53 (now 84)

Johnny Be Good

1988 4.5

as Wallace Gibson

Age 53 (now 84)

Survival Game

1987 6.0

as Dave Forrest

Age 52 (now 84)

Best Seller

1987 6.0

as Carter

Age 52 (now 84)

Tin Men

1987 6.3

as Cheese

Age 52 (now 84)

Eye of the Tiger

1986 6.0

as Sheriff

Age 51 (now 84)

Beverly Hills Madam

1986 4.4

as Tony

Age 51 (now 84)

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

1984 8.3

as Self

Age 49 (now 84)

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

1984 4.0

as Dr. Klapper

Age 49 (now 84)

Love Streams

1984 7.2

as Jack Lawson

Age 49 (now 84)

I Want to Live

1983 4.8

as John Santo

Age 48 (now 84)

Double Exposure

1982 4.5

as Dr. Frank Curtis

Age 47 (now 84)

King of the Mountain

1981 5.9

as Barry Tanner

Age 46 (now 84)

The Jazz Singer

1980 5.9

as Unnamed

Age 45 (now 84)

The Mountain Men

1980 5.9

as La Bont

Age 45 (now 84)

Angel on My Shoulder

1980 6.6

as Smiley Mitchell

Age 45 (now 84)

Sunburn

1979 5.0

as Dobbs

Age 44 (now 84)

Ravagers

1979 4.5

as Blind Lawyer

Age 44 (now 84)

California Dreaming

1979 4.7

as Duke Slusarski

Age 44 (now 84)

Convoy

1978 6.3

as Governor Haskins

Age 43 (now 84)

Opening Night

1977 7.6

as Self (uncredited)

Age 42 (now 84)

Valentino

1977 5.8

as George Ullman

Age 42 (now 84)

Death Game

1977 5.8

as George Manning

Age 42 (now 84)

Black Oak Conspiracy

1977 5.7

as Homer Metcalf

Age 42 (now 84)

Scott Joplin

1977 6.3

as Dr. Jaelki

Age 42 (now 84)

The Last Tycoon

1976 6.3

as Seal Trainer

Age 41 (now 84)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1976 7.1

as Mort Weil

Age 41 (now 84)

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

1975 5.6

as Wise Guy

Age 39 (now 84)

Nightside

1973 10.0

as Ralph

Age 38 (now 84)

Minnie and Moskowitz

1971 6.7

as Seymour Moskowitz

Age 36 (now 84)

The Revolutionary

1970 5.3

as Leonard II

Age 35 (now 84)

Faces

1968 7.1

as Chet

Age 33 (now 84)

Coogan's Bluff

1968 6.4

as Young Hood

Age 33 (now 84)

The Hanged Man

1964 5.1

as Bellboy

Age 29 (now 84)

The Killers

1964 6.9

as Postal Clerk

Age 29 (now 84)

The Nutty Professor

1963 6.5

as Bored Man

Age 28 (now 84)

The Webster Boy

1962 10.0

as Vic

Age 27 (now 84)

Too Late Blues

1961 6.4

as Red

Age 26 (now 84)

Shadows

1960 6.9

Associate Producer

Age 25 (now 84)

Shadows

1960 6.9

as Al (uncredited)

Age 25 (now 84)

Murder, Inc.

1960 6.5

as Teenager

Age 25 (now 84)

Juke Box Racket

1960 6.5

as Seymour

Age 25 (now 84)

Man on a String

1960 6.6

Age 25 (now 84)