Vincent Cassel
Birthplace: 15th arrondissement of Paris; Paris
Born: 1966-11-23
Occupations recorded in source
actor; director; film actor; film director; film producer; screenwriter
Biography from Wikipedia
Vincent Cassel (French: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ kasɛl]; né Crochon [kʁɔʃɔ̃]; born 23 November 1966) is a French actor. He has earned a César Award and a Canadian Screen Award as well as nominations for a European Film Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Cassel first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled Jewish youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film La Haine (Hate) for which he received two César Award nominations. He also garnered attention for Gaspar Noé's film Irréversible (2002) which he acted in and co-produced. He received the César Award for Best Actor for his role as the criminal Jacques Mesrine in Mesrine (2008). His other César-nominated roles include Read My Lips (2001), Mon Roi (2015), It's Only the End of the World (2016), and The Specials (2019).
Cassel garnered recognition with English-speaking roles in Elizabeth (1998), Shrek (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Eastern Promises (2007), Black Swan (2010), and Jason Bourne (2016). In 2020, he appeared on the HBO series Westworld.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Sacrifice (2025) — Ben Bracken
- Damaged (2024) — Walter Bravo
- The Shrouds (2024) — Karsh
- Underwater (2020) — Captain Lucien
- Default (2018)
- Jason Bourne (2016) — Asset
- Child 44 (2015) — Major Kuzmin
- Il racconto dei racconti (2015) — King of Strongcliff
- Partisan (2015) — Gregori
- Eastern Promises 2 (2013) — Kirill
- Trance (2013) — Franck
- A Dangerous Method (2011) — Otto Gross
- Black Swan (2010) — Korolyevna
- L'ennemi public n°1 (2008) — Jacques Mesrine
- L'instinct de mort (2008) — Jacques Mesrine
- Eastern Promises (2007) — Kirill
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007) — François “The Nightfox” Toulour
- Derailed (2005) — LaRoche
- Agents secrets (2004) — Brisseau
- Blueberry (2004) — Mike Blueberry
- Ocean's Twelve (2004) — François Toulour
- The Reckoning (2003) — Lord De Guise
- Birthday Girl (2002) — Alexei
- Irréversible (2002)
- Shrek (2001) — Monsieur Hood
- Guest House Paradiso (1999) — Gino
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) — Gilles de Rais
- Elizabeth (1998) — Duc d'Anjou
- Dobermann (1997) — Yann Le Pentrec aka Dobermann
- Blood of the Hunter (1995)
- Hot Chocolate (1992) — Dédé
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- David Cronenberg · 4 films
- Eddie Izzard · 3 films
- Matt Damon · 3 films
- Monica Bellucci · 3 films
- Tchéky Karyo · 3 films
- Viggo Mortensen · 3 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.