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Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel
Born: Jan 22, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan
Occupation: Actor,
Active: '60s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Faces, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Rushmore
First Major Screen Credit: Shadows (1959)
50 Videos for Seymour Cassel
Postal (2007) Stingers (2000) Cold Heaven (1992)
Artie Lange's Beer League (2006) Women of the Night (2000) Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Hollywood Dreams (2006) Me and Will (1998) In the Soup (1992)
Lonesome Jim (2005) Relax ... It's Just Sex (1998) Dead in the Water (1991)
The Black Widow (2005) Obsession (1997) Mobsters (1991)
The Tenants (2005) The Last Don (1997) Colors (1988)
The Wendell Baker Story (2005) Cannes Man (1996) Johnny Be Good (1988)
Passionada (2003) Cosas Que Nunca Te Dije (1996) Track 29 (1988)
Stuck on You (2003) Trees Lounge (1996) Best Seller (1987)
Manna From Heaven (2002) Chasers (1994) Survival Game (1987)
Sonny (2002) Hand Gun (1994) Tin Men (1987)
Stealing Harvard (2002) Imaginary Crimes (1994) Eye of the Tiger (1986)
61* (2001) It Could Happen to You (1994) Love Streams (1984)
The Sleepy Time Gal (2001) There Goes My Baby (1994) The Mountain Men (1980)
Animal Factory (2000) Boiling Point (1993) Death Game (1977)
Just One Night (2000) Adventures in Spying (1992) The Killers (1964)
Sex and Bullets (2000) Bad Love (1992)
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Biography:

Fair-haired and often mustached character actor Seymour Cassel began making film and TV appearances as scruffy hippie types in the 1960s. He studied at the American Theatre Wing and the Actor's Studio before making his film debut in John Cassavetes' first film, Shadows (1959), for which he also served as associate producer.

He then co-starred with Cassavetes in Too Late Blues (1961) and The Killers (1964). When Cassavetes turned to directing full-time, he utilized Cassel's talents as often as possible. The actor was Oscar-nominated for his portrayal of an aging hippie in Faces (1968) and later played Moskowitz in Minnie and Moskowitz (1971).

A somewhat heavier Seymour Cassel continued as a character actor over the next few decades with roles in Tin Men, Colors, and the made-for-TV movie Blood Feud. In the '90s, he played Sam Catchem in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy, dog-sled adventurer Skunker in the Disney classic White Fang, and a chauffeur in Indecent Proposal.

His role as the shyster Joe in the black comedy In the Soup also earned special recognition at {~Sundance}. Cassel then appeared in two romantic comedies with director Andrew Bergman: It Could Happen to You and Honeymoon in Vegas. For the rest of the '90s, his career prospered with small, but memorable, roles in such independent comedies and dramas as Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Trees Lounge, and Dream for an Insomniac.

During this period, he developed a rapport with filmmaker Wes Anderson, who cast him as Max Fisher's barber father in Rushmore and Royal's friend Dusty in The Royal Tenenbaums. Cassel occasionally makes appearances in screwball teen movies like Stealing Harvard and the 2003 Farrelly brothers effort Stuck on You.

He also had a few choice roles in the family drama The Sleepy Time Gal, Nicolas Cage's directorial debut Sonny, and the romantic comedy Passionada. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide.