Vincent Cassel
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Vincent Cassel (born November 23 1966) is a French actor.
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Biography
Personal life
Cassel was born Vincent Crochon in Paris, the son of Sabine Litique, a journalist, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel. He is married to Italian actress Monica Bellucci, with whom he has a daughter, Deva Cassel, born September 12, 2004, in Rome, Italy. His brother Mathias is a member of the French rap group Assassin. He has a passion for Capoeira and displayed his talent in the movie Ocean's Twelve.
Career
His breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz's critically acclaimed film La Haine where he played a troubled youth from the decrepit outskirts of Paris. Cassel has gone on to act in a variety of films such as the moody L'Appartement, the violent Dobermann, genre-bending Le Pacte des Loups and in the highly controversial Irréversible, where he appeared frontally nude.
Cassel has also done a number of English language films, such as Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, Derailed, Birthday Girl, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Elizabeth, Eastern Promises, and Shrek (as the voice of Monsieur Hood). in 2006, he appeared in Sheitan, in which he played a shepherd who carries out satanic rituals.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Métisse | Max | |
1995 | La Haine | Vinz | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor |
Jefferson in Paris | Camille Desmoulins | ||
1996 | L'élève | Julien | |
L'Appartement | Max | ||
1997 | Dobermann | Yann le Pentrec (Dobermann) | |
Come mi vuoi | Pasquale | ||
1998 | Elizabeth | Duc d'Anjou | |
1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Gilles de Rais | |
Guest House Paradiso | Gino Bolognese | ||
2000 | Crimson Rivers | Max Kerkerian | |
2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Jean-François de Morangias | |
Shrek | Monsieur Hood | Voice only | |
Birthday Girl | Alexei | ||
Sur mes lèvres | Paul | ||
2002 | Ice Age | Diego | Voice only (French-language version) |
Irréversible | Marcus | Also Co-Producer | |
2003 | The Reckoning | Lord De Guise | |
2004 | Blueberry | Mike S. Blueberry | |
Agents Secrets | Brisseau | ||
Ocean's Twelve | François Toulour | ||
2005 | Derailed | LaRoche | |
2006 | Sheitan | Joseph | Also Producer |
2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | François Toulour | |
Eastern Promises | Kirill | ||
Sa Majesté Minor | Satyre | ||
2008 | Mesrine | Jacques Mesrine | César Award for Best Actor Lumiere Award for Best Actor Étoiles d’Or Award for Best Actor Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated – Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor |
2009 | Lascars | Tony Merguez | Voice only |
Adrift (À Deriva) | Matias | ||
2010 | Notre Jour Viendra | Patrick | Also Producer Alternate Tite: Our Day Will Come |
Black Swan | Thomas Leroy | Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
2011 | The Monk | Capucino Ambrosio | |
A Dangerous Method | Otto Gross |