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Seymour Cassel is a Actor and Associate Producer American born on 22 january 1935 at Detroit (USA)

Seymour Cassel

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Birth name Seymour Joseph Cassel
Nationality USA
Birth 22 january 1935 at Detroit (USA)
Death 7 april 2019 (at 84 years)

Seymour Joseph Cassel (born January 22, 1935) is an American actor.

Cassel first came to prominence in the 1960s in the pioneering independent films of writer/director John Cassavetes. He has since appeared in an number of roles in both small independent films and Hollywood productions.

Biography

Cassel married Elizabeth Deering in 1964; they had two children before divorcing in 1983.

Guitarist Slash (real name Saul Hudson), who was childhood friends with Cassel's son, credited Cassel with giving him his nickname, because he was always zipping from one place to another and never sitting still.

Best films

Indecent Proposal (1993)
(Actor)
Dick Tracy (1990)
(Actor)
Convoy (1978)
(Actor)
White Fang (1991)
(Actor)

Usually with

John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
(12 films)
Al Ruban
Al Ruban
(8 films)
Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
(3 films)
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
(5 films)
Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Seymour Cassel (110 films)

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Actor

Indecent Proposal, 1h58
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Oliver Platt, Seymour Cassel, Billy Bob Thornton
Roles Mr. Shackleford
Rating60% 3.002523.002523.002523.002523.00252
High school sweethearts David (Woody Harrelson) and Diana Murphy (Demi Moore) are a married couple who travel to Las Vegas, hoping they can win enough money to finance David's fantasy real estate project. They place their money on red in roulette and lose.
Trouble Bound
Directed by Jeffrey Reiner
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Michael Madsen, Patricia Arquette, Gregory Sporleder, Paul Ben-Victor, Billy Bob Thornton, Florence Stanley
Roles Santino
Rating55% 2.7543552.7543552.7543552.7543552.754355
Harry Talbot est le plus heureux des hommes. Alors qu'il vient tout juste de sortir de prison, il gagne une superbe décapotable et une tonne de blé au poker. La chance lui sourit de nouveau lorsqu'il croise Kit Califano, une jeune autostoppeuse aussi ravissante que mystérieuse. Mais lorsque Harry découvre un cadavre dans le coffre de sa nouvelle Lincoln, la situation devient très embarrassante et son voyage s'annonce plus périlleux que prévu...
Cold Heaven, 1h45
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Theresa Russell, Mark Harmon, James Russo, Will Patton, Richard Bradford, Julie Carmen
Roles Tom Farrelly
Rating51% 2.555162.555162.555162.555162.55516
The plot concerns a lapsed Catholic, Marie Davenport (played by Theresa Russell), who is about to leave her husband Alex (played by Mark Harmon) for her lover, Daniel (played by James Russo), when Alex is apparently killed in a boating accident and then seems to have risen from the dead. The film deals with Marie's dilemma in confronting this apparent miracle.
Chain of Desire, 1h47
Directed by Temístocles López
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Linda Fiorentino, Elias Koteas, Patrick Bauchau, Grace Zabriskie, Tim Guinee
Roles Mel
Rating48% 2.41682.41682.41682.41682.4168
A series of unrelated amorous lovers are connected by a chain of desire. It begins when a woman named Alma flees from a would-be lover. She runs into a church, where she meets a man named Jesus and they eventually make love.
In the Soup, 1h33
Directed by Alexandre Rockwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Beals, Seymour Cassel, Stanley Tucci, Carol Kane, Will Patton
Roles Joe
Rating70% 3.544483.544483.544483.544483.54448
Un homme introverti rêve de séduire sa voisine en écrivant un scénario de film. Il trouve un producteur par l'intermédiaire d'une annonce ; celui-ci lui promet de réaliser son rêve.
Honeymoon in Vegas, 1h32
Directed by Andrew Bergman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Nicolas Cage, James Caan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Peter Boyle, Pat Morita, Anne Bancroft
Roles Tony Cataracts
Rating58% 2.9480852.9480852.9480852.9480852.948085
Jack Singer (Cage) has sworn to his mother while she was on her deathbed that he would never get married. Years later, he goes back on his promise and proposes to his girlfriend, Betsy (Parker), and quickly arranges a Las Vegas marriage. They check into the Bally's Hotel.
White Fang
White Fang (1991)
, 1h47
Directed by Randal Kleiser
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Wolves in film, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Seymour Cassel, Susan Hogan, James Remar, Bill Moseley
Roles Skunker
Rating66% 3.349733.349733.349733.349733.34973
In the late 19th Century, a young explorer named Jack Conroy arrives in Alaska from San Francisco and meets a musher named Skunker and his late father's buddy Alex Larson, a rugged guide who reluctantly agrees to take Jack to his father's claim. While on their journey, they are stalked by a large pack of wolves. While resting at a campfire at nightfall, a female wolf manages to lure one of the sled dogs (Digger) away from the group, another wolf appears and chases the dog into the woods, Skunker uses his ammunition to wound one wolf and gives chase to save his dog, but is killed and devoured by the rest of the pack. Later that night the wolves return but are scared off by Jack and Alex using burning branches. The following morning the wolves attack the two men, but they are saved when another sled team arrives with one of the men fatally shooting a female wolf, her pup (who is half dog) is left to fend for himself. Jack and Alex reach a town where they plan to stay for the winter. A band of Native Americans, meanwhile, find the pup, and the chief names him White Fang.
Diary of a Hitman, 1h30
Directed by Roy London
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Forest Whitaker, Sherilyn Fenn, James Belushi, Sharon Stone, Peter White, Wayne Crawford
Roles Koenig
Rating52% 2.6028952.6028952.6028952.6028952.602895
Hitman Dekker, tueur à gages, est sur le point de raccrocher. Il doit exécuter un dernier contrat, mais il ne parvient pas à s’y résoudre…
Mobsters
Mobsters (1991)
, 1h56
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, Michael Gambon, Anthony Quinn
Roles Father Bonotto
Rating59% 2.952572.952572.952572.952572.95257
This highly dramatized film focuses primarily on Luciano and Lansky. They start as young men victimized by the current mafia. They rise from petty criminals and bootleggers to push aside the old guard of the Mafia and eventually establish The Commission, which set up the New York Mafia into five separate families. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy (1990)
, 1h45
Directed by Warren Beatty, Hayao Miyazaki, Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, James Caan, Glenne Headly
Roles Sam Catchem
Rating61% 3.0996253.0996253.0996253.0996253.099625
At an illegal card game, a young street urchin (Charlie Korsmo) witnesses the massacre of a group of mobsters named Shoulders (Stig Eldred), Stooge (Jim Wilkey), the Rodent (Neil Summers), the Brow (Chuck Hicks) and Little Face (Lawrence Steven Meyers) at the hands of Flattop (William Forsythe) and Itchy (Ed O'Ross), two of the hoods on the payroll of Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice (Al Pacino). Big Boy's crime syndicate is aggressively taking over small businesses in the city. Detective Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) catches the urchin (who calls himself "Kid") in an act of petty theft. After rescuing him from a ruthless host, Tracy temporarily adopts him with the help of his girlfriend, Tess Truehart (Glenne Headly).
Cold Dog Soup, 1h27
Directed by Alan Metter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Randy Quaid, Frank Whaley, Christine Harnos, Sheree North, Nancy Kwan, Dante Basco
Roles Jojo
Rating56% 2.8036852.8036852.8036852.8036852.803685
Randy Quaid plays a zen taxi driver whose passenger is trying to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper. The driver is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and the one-gloved heroine becomes more interested in him than in her date.
Wicked Stepmother, 1h30
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Lionel Stander, David Rasche, Tom Bosley
Roles Feldshine
Rating39% 1.9626651.9626651.9626651.9626651.962665
The original plot cast Davis as the title character, a chain smoking witch named Miranda, who has married Sam while his vegetarian daughter Jenny and son-in-law Steve are on vacation. They return to find their new stepmother has filled their refrigerator with meat and played havoc with their collection of herbs. To explain Davis' absence, the script was rewritten to introduce Miranda's daughter Priscilla, who takes on a human form while her mother's spirit inhabits the body of a cat. Priscilla then sets out to get Jenny who has figured out that there is something going on. She accuses her of messing up the kitchen while Jenny's on a bike ride. Priscilla ends up sleeping with Jenny's husband. The entire time she refuses to switch bodies with Miranda. Jenny then figures out that they're witches and tries to stop them from ruining her family.
Colors
Colors (1988)
, 2h
Directed by Dennis Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, María Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks
Roles Sullivan
Rating66% 3.3483853.3483853.3483853.3483853.348385
Two white cops, Bob "Uncle Bob" Hodges (Robert Duvall) a respected, 19-year LAPD veteran and rookie officer Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) have just been teamed together in the C.R.A.S.H. unit that patrols East L.A. and South central.
Track 29
Track 29 (1988)
, 1h31
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp, Sandra Bernhard, Seymour Cassel
Roles Dr. Bernard Fairmont
Rating57% 2.899922.899922.899922.899922.89992
The wife of a small town doctor tires of his spending too much time playing with his model trains, and starts thinking about the son she gave up for adoption years before. While dining at a cafe, she meets a British hitchhiker, who believes he is her son. Years earlier, she was raped and gave up her son for adoption. The son may be a figment of her imagination. They start to get to know each other and the son starts to hate the husband. The wife begins to fear for her husband's safety.