Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Born January 22, 1935
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).
MovieEvery Night's a Saturday Night
2018
as Self
MovieLucky Dog
2014
as The Real Spencer
MovieThe Dependables
2014
as Dominic Ackers
MovieFort McCoy
2014
as Father Mivkovek
MovieAt The Maple Grove
2014
as Boyle
MovieThe Secret Lives of Dorks
2013
as Principal
MovieBooster
2012
as Harold
MovieBroken Kingdom
2012
as Clayton
MovieLost Angeles
2012
as Film Critic
MovieKingdom Come
2012
as Self
Pass the Salt, Please
2012
as Man
TVMagic City
2012
MovieSilver Case
2012
as Dealer
MovieFaces
2011
as Chet (archive footage)
MovieFreerunner
2011
as Grampa
MovieL!fe Happens
2011
as Pop Pop
MovieWithout Borders
2010
as Detective McKenneth
MoviePete Smalls Is Dead
2010
as Saco
Back Nine
2010
as Mondo
TVRegular Show
2010
as Tony (voice)
MovieThe Aristofrogs
2010
MovieChasing 3000
2010
as Poppy
MovieStaten Island
2009
as Jasper Sabiano
Not Dead Yet
2009
as Francis
MovieTo Love and Die
2008
as Grandfather
To Love and Die
2008
MovieReach for Me
2008
as Alvin
MovieBeau Jest
2008
as Abe Goldman
Big Heart City
2008
as Larry
MovieCosmic Radio
2007
as Malcolm Stone
MoviePostal
2007
as Paul
TVFlight of the Conchords
2007
as Johnny Boy
MovieHollywood Dreams
2007
as Rupert
MovieSea of Dreams
2006
MovieBeer League
2006
as Dirt
MovieRay of Sunshine
2006
MovieEdge of Outside
2006
as Self
TVHeist
2006
as Pops
MovieThe Tenants
2006
as Levenspiel
MovieBye Bye Benjamin
2006
as Mr. Ruby
MovieLonesome Jim
2005
as Don
MovieCircadian Rhythm
2005
as Hoover
MovieBefore It Had a Name
2005
as Jeff
MovieThe Wendell Baker Story
2005
as Boyd Fullbright
MovieThis Is an Adventure
2005
as Self
MovieBittersweet Place
2005
as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
MovieThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Esteban du Plantier
TVJustice League Unlimited
2004
as Chuck Sirianni (voice)
MovieMaking 'Faces'
2004
as Self
MovieStuck on You
2003
as Morty O'Reilly
MoviePassionada
2003
as Daniel Vargas
MovieA Good Night to Die
2003
as Guy
TVLucky
2003
MovieSonny
2002
as Albert
MovieThe Burial Society
2002
as Sam Goldberg
MovieManna from Heaven
2002
as Stanley
MovieStealing Harvard
2002
as Uncle Jack
MovieThe Biz
2002
as Eugene Hinkle
MovieThe Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
MovieThe Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Dusty
MovieThe Cure for Boredom
2001
as Eddie
Movie61*
2001
as Sam Simon
TVA Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Dazy Perrit
MovieBartleby
2001
as Frank Waxman
MovieThe Sleepy Time Gal
2001
as Bob
MovieWomen of the Night
2001
as Sally
TVBoston Public
2000
as Bernie Willis
MovieAnimal Factory
2000
as Lt. Seeman
MovieA Constant Forge
2000
as Self
MovieJust One Night
2000
as Arthur Imperial
MovieThe Crew
2000
as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
MovieThe Making of 'Rushmore'
2000
as Self
MovieBlack & White
1999
as Sal
MovieEasy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999
as Self
MovieKubanisch rauchen
1999
as Dragan
MovieMe and Will
1999
as Roy
MovieBallad of the Nightingale
1999
as Jimmy
MovieRushmore
1998
as Bert Fischer
MovieStingers
1998
as Dino
MovieEmma's Wish
1998
as Harry Bridges (old)
MovieSnapped
1998
as Bob
MovieThe Treat
1998
as Chip O'Herlihee
MovieHoods
1998
as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
MovieRelax... It's Just Sex
1998
as Emile
MovieJohnny 316
1998
as Store Keeper
MovieMotel Blue
1997
as Capistrano Minister
MovieObsession
1997
as Jacob Frischmuth
MovieThis World, Then the Fireworks
1997
as Detective Harris
MovieWho Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
TVThe Last Don
1997
as Alfred Gronevelt
MovieChameleon
1996
as Francis
MovieDead Girl
1996
as Ira Golub
Turnpike
1996
as Older man
MovieThe Last Home Run
1996
as Older Jonathan
Slaughter of the Cock
1996
as Ahilleas
TVArli$$
1996
as Artie
MovieCannes Man
1996
as Sy Lerner
MovieTrees Lounge
1996
as Uncle Al
MovieThings I Never Told You
1996
as Frank
MovieDream for an Insomniac
1996
as Uncle Leo
Good Company
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
as Self
TVTracey Takes On...
1996
as Candy Casino
MovieSeed
1996
as First Client
MovieDead Presidents
1995
as Saul
MovieTollbooth
1994
as Leon / Larry
Ouf!
1994
MovieImaginary Crimes
1994
as Eddie
MovieHand Gun
1994
as Jack McCallister
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Norman Cambridge
TVUnder Suspicion
1994
as Lt. Mickey Schwartz
MovieThere Goes My Baby
1994
as Pop
MovieDark Side of Genius
1994
as Samuel Rourke
MovieIt Could Happen to You
1994
as Jack Gross
MovieChasers
1994
as Master Chief Bogg
Partners
1993
as Janitor
MovieWhen Pigs Fly
1993
as Frank
MovieAnything for John
1993
as Self
MovieBoiling Point
1993
as Virgil Leach
MovieIndecent Proposal
1993
as Mr. Shackleford
MovieTrouble Bound
1993
as Santino
MovieAdventures in Spying
1992
as Ray Rucker
MovieIn the Soup
1992
as Joe
MovieHoneymoon in Vegas
1992
as Tony Cataracts
MovieChain of Desire
1992
as Mel
MovieLove Is Like That
1992
as Uncle Bud
MovieCold Heaven
1992
as Tom Farrelly
MovieWhat Happened to Pete
1992
as Bartender
MovieFace of a Stranger
1991
as Ralph
MovieDead in the Water
1991
as Lt. Frank Vaness
MovieDiary of a Hitman
1991
as Koenig
MovieMobsters
1991
as Father Bonotto
MovieWhite Fang
1991
as Skunker
MovieCold Dog Soup
1990
as Jojo
MovieDick Tracy
1990
as Sam Catchem
MovieSweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Hatcher
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
as Self
MovieWicked Stepmother
1989
as Feldshine
MovieTrack 29
1988
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
MovieColors
1988
as Sullivan
MoviePlain Clothes
1988
as Ed Malmburg
MovieJohnny Be Good
1988
as Wallace Gibson
MovieSurvival Game
1987
as Dave Forrest
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
MovieBest Seller
1987
as Carter
MovieTin Men
1987
as Cheese
MovieEye of the Tiger
1986
as Sheriff
MovieBeverly Hills Madam
1986
as Tony
TVMatlock
1986
as Dick Silvers
TVTales from the Darkside
1984
as Howard
MovieI'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
as Self
MovieYoung Lust: A Soap Opera
1984
as Dr. Klapper
MovieLove Streams
1984
as Jack Lawson
MovieI Want to Live
1983
as John Santo
MovieDouble Exposure
1982
as Dr. Frank Curtis
MovieKing of the Mountain
1981
as Barry Tanner
MovieThe Jazz Singer
1980
as Unnamed
MovieThe Mountain Men
1980
as La Bont
MovieAngel on My Shoulder
1980
as Smiley Mitchell
MovieSunburn
1979
as Dobbs
MovieRavagers
1979
as Blind Lawyer
MovieCalifornia Dreaming
1979
as Duke Slusarski
MovieConvoy
1978
as Governor Haskins
MovieOpening Night
1977
as Self (uncredited)
MovieValentino
1977
as George Ullman
MovieDeath Game
1977
as George Manning
MovieBlack Oak Conspiracy
1977
as Homer Metcalf
MovieScott Joplin
1977
as Dr. Jaelki
MovieThe Last Tycoon
1976
as Seal Trainer
MovieThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976
as Mort Weil
MovieTwo Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
1975
as Wise Guy
MovieNightside
1973
as Ralph
TVEmergency!
1972
as Bluebell Hunter
MovieMinnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Seymour Moskowitz
MovieThe Revolutionary
1970
as Leonard II
MovieFaces
1968
as Chet
MovieCoogan's Bluff
1968
as Young Hood
TVCimarron Strip
1967
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Driver
TVBatman
1966
as Cancelled
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Irwin
TVLaredo
1965
MovieThe Hanged Man
1964
as Bellboy
TV12 O'Clock High
1964
as Capt. Johnson
TVVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Jensen
MovieThe Killers
1964
as Postal Clerk
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Police Sgt.
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Attendant
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Cabbie
MovieThe Nutty Professor
1963
as Bored Man
TVCombat!
1962
as Doctor
TVThe Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as Lawyer #2
MovieThe Webster Boy
1962
as Vic
MovieToo Late Blues
1961
as Red
TVAlcoa Premiere
1961
as The Wounded Man
MovieShadows
1960
as Al (uncredited)
TVMy Three Sons
1960
as Coach Gregson
MovieMurder, Inc.
1960
as Teenager
MovieJuke Box Racket
1960
as Seymour
MovieMan on a String
1960
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Jerry (uncredited)
TVNaked City
1958
as Student (uncredited)
TVWagon Train
1957
as Ed
