Personal Info
Known Credits
167
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1935-01-22 (90 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known For
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2020 --
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
| Cancelled
2018 --
Every Night's a Saturday Night
| Self
2014 --
Lucky Dog
| The Real Spencer
2014 --
The Dependables
| Dominic Ackers
2014 --
At The Maple Grove
| Boyle
2014 --
Fort McCoy
| Father Mivkovek
2013 --
The Secret Lives of Dorks
| Principal
2012 --
Booster
| Harold
2012 --
Broken Kingdom
| Clayton
2012 --
Lost Angeles
| Film Critic
2012 --
Kingdom Come
| Self
2012 --
Pass the Salt, Please
| Man
2012 --
Silver Case
| Dealer
2011 --
Faces
| Chet (archive footage)
2011 --
Freerunner
| Grampa
2011 --
L!fe Happens
| Pop Pop
2010 --
Without Borders
| Detective McKenneth
2010 --
Pete Smalls Is Dead
| Saco
2010 --
Back Nine
| Mondo
2010 --
The Aristofrogs
|
2010 --
Chasing 3000
| Poppy
2009 --
Staten Island
| Jasper Sabiano
2009 --
Not Dead Yet
| Francis
2008 --
To Love and Die
| Grandfather
2008 --
Reach for Me
| Alvin
2008 --
Beau Jest
| Abe Goldman
2008 --
Big city Heart
| Larry
2007 --
Cosmic Radio
| Malcolm Stone
2007 --
Postal
| Paul
2007 --
Hollywood Dreams
| Rupert
2006 --
Sea of Dreams
|
2006 --
Beer League
| Dirt
2006 --
Ray of Sunshine
|
2006 --
Edge of Outside
| Self
2006 --
The Tenants
| Levenspiel
2006 --
Bye Bye Benjamin
| Mr. Ruby
2005 --
Lonesome Jim
| Don
2005 --
Circadian Rhythm
| Hoover
2005 --
Before It Had a Name
| Jeff
2005 --
The Wendell Baker Story
| Boyd Fullbright
2005 --
This Is an Adventure
| Self
2005 --
Bittersweet Place
| Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
2004 --
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
| Esteban du Plantier
2004 --
Making 'Faces'
| Self
2003 --
Stuck on You
| Morty O'Reilly
2003 --
Passionada
| Daniel Vargas
2003 --
A Good Night to Die
| Guy
2002 --
Sonny
| Albert
2002 --
Manna from Heaven
| Stanley
2002 --
Stealing Harvard
| Uncle Jack
2002 --
The Biz
| Eugene Hinkle
2001 --
The Man Who Wasn't There
| Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
2001 --
The Royal Tenenbaums
| Dusty
2001 --
The Cure for Boredom
| Eddie
2001 --
61*
| Sam Simon
2001 --
Bartleby
| Frank Waxman
2001 --
The Sleepy Time Gal
| Bob
2001 --
Women of the Night
| Sally
2000 --
Animal Factory
| Lt. Seeman
2000 --
Just One Night
| Arthur Imperial
2000 --
The Crew
| Tony 'Mouth' Donato
2000 --
The Making of 'Rushmore'
| Self
2000 --
A Constant Forge
| Self
1999 --
Black & White
| Sal
1999 --
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
| Self
1999 --
Kubanisch rauchen
| Dragan
1999 --
Me and Will
| Roy
1999 --
Ballad of the Nightingale
| Jimmy
1998 --
Rushmore
| Bert Fischer
1998 --
Stingers
| Dino
1998 --
Emma's Wish
| Harry Bridges (old)
1998 --
Snapped
| Bob
1998 --
The Treat
| Chip O'Herlihee
1998 --
Hoods
| Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
1998 --
Relax... It's Just Sex
| Emile Pillsbury
1998 --
Johnny 316
| Store Keeper
1997 --
Motel Blue
| Capistrano Minister
1997 --
Obsession
| Jacob Frischmuth
1997 --
This World, Then the Fireworks
| Detective Harris
1997 --
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
| Self
1997 --
Cannes Man
| Sy Lerner
1996 --
Chameleon
| Francis
1996 --
Dead Girl
| Ira Golub
1996 --
Turnpike
| Older man
1996 --
The Last Home Run
| Older Jonathan
1996 --
Slaughter of the Cock
| Ahilleas
1996 --
Trees Lounge
| Uncle Al
1996 --
Things I Never Told You
| Frank
1996 --
Dream for an Insomniac
| Uncle Leo
1996 --
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
| Self
1996 --
Seed
| First Client
1995 --
Dead Presidents
| Saul
1994 --
Ouf!
|
1994 --
Tollbooth
| Leon / Larry
1994 --
Imaginary Crimes
| Eddie
1994 --
Hand Gun
| Jack McCallister
1994 --
There Goes My Baby
| Pop
1994 --
Dark Side of Genius
| Samuel Rourke
1994 --
It Could Happen to You
| Jack Gross
1994 --
Chasers
| Master Chief Bogg
1993 --
Partners
| Janitor
1993 --
When Pigs Fly
| Frank
1993 --
Anything for John
| Self
1993 --
Boiling Point
| Virgil Leach
1993 --
Indecent Proposal
| Mr. Shackleford
1993 --
Trouble Bound
| Santino
1992 --
Adventures in Spying
| Ray Rucker
1992 --
In the Soup
| Joe
1992 --
Honeymoon in Vegas
| Tony Cataracts
1992 --
Love Is Like That
| Uncle Bud
1992 --
Cold Heaven
| Tom Farrelly
1992 --
Chain of Desire
| Mel
1992 --
What Happened to Pete
| Bartender
1991 --
Face of a Stranger
| Ralph
1991 --
Dead in the Water
| Lt. Frank Vaness
1991 --
Diary of a Hitman
| Koenig
1991 --
Mobsters
| Father Bonotto
1991 --
White Fang
| Skunker
1990 --
Cold Dog Soup
| Jojo
1990 --
Dick Tracy
| Sam Catchem
1989 --
Sweet Bird of Youth
| Hatcher
1989 --
Arena - John Cassavetes
| Self
1989 --
Wicked Stepmother
| Feldshine
1988 --
Track 29
| Dr. Bernard Fairmont
1988 --
Plain Clothes
| Ed Malmburg
1988 --
Colors
| Sullivan
1988 --
Johnny Be Good
| Wallace Gibson
1987 --
Survival Game
| Dave Forrest
1987 --
Best Seller
| Carter
1987 --
Tin Men
| Cheese
1986 --
Eye of the Tiger
| Sheriff
1986 --
Beverly Hills Madam
| Tony
1984 --
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
| Self
1984 --
Young Lust
| Dr. Klapper
1984 --
Love Streams
| Jack Lawson
1983 --
I Want to Live
| John Santo
1982 --
Double Exposure
| Dr. Frank Curtis
1981 --
King of the Mountain
| Barry Tanner
1980 --
The Jazz Singer
| Unnamed
1980 --
The Mountain Men
| La Bont
1980 --
Angel on My Shoulder
| Smiley Mitchell
1979 --
Sunburn
| Dobbs
1979 --
Ravagers
| Blind Lawyer
1979 --
California Dreaming
| Duke Slusarski
1978 --
Convoy
| Governor Haskins
1977 --
Opening Night
| Self (uncredited)
1977 --
Valentino
| George Ullman
1977 --
Death Game
| George Manning
1977 --
Black Oak Conspiracy
| Homer Metcalf
1977 --
Scott Joplin
| Dr. Jaelki
1976 --
The Last Tycoon
| Seal Trainer
1976 --
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
| Mort Weil
1975 --
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
| Wise Guy
1973 --
Nightside
| Ralph
1971 --
Minnie and Moskowitz
| Seymour Moskowitz
1970 --
The Revolutionary
| Leonard II
1968 --
Faces
| Chet
1968 --
Coogan's Bluff
| Young Hood
1964 --
The Hanged Man
| Bellboy
1964 --
The Killers
| Postal Clerk
1963 --
The Nutty Professor
| Bored Man
1962 --
The Webster Boy
| Vic
1961 --
Too Late Blues
| Red
1960 --
Shadows
| Al (uncredited)
1960 --
Murder, Inc.
| Teenager
1960 --
Man on a String
|
1960 --
Juke Box Racket
| Seymour