Indecent Proposal1993
As Mr. Shackleford
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Seymour Cassel
Born
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).
Filmography (166)
The Royal Tenenbaums2001
As Dusty
TMDb 7.5 / 10
It Could Happen to You1994
As Jack Gross
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou2004
As Esteban du Plantier
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Convoy1978
As Governor Haskins
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Dick Tracy1990
As Sam Catchem
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Rushmore1998
As Bert Fischer
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Coogan's Bluff1968
As Young Hood
TMDb 6.3 / 10
White Fang1991
As Skunker
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Colors1988
As Sullivan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Man Who Wasn't There2001
As Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Stuck on You2003
As Morty O'Reilly
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Dead Presidents1995
As Saul
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Nutty Professor1963
As Bored Man
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Johnny Be Good1988
As Wallace Gibson
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Chasers1994
As Master Chief Bogg
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Postal2007
As Paul
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Boiling Point1993
As Virgil Leach
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Animal Factory2000
As Lt. Seeman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie1976
As Mort Weil
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Mountain Men1980
As La Bont
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Cold Heaven1992
As Tom Farrelly
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Faces1968
As Chet
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Mobsters1991
As Father Bonotto
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Diary of a Hitman1991
As Koenig
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Love Streams1984
As Jack Lawson
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Stealing Harvard2002
As Uncle Jack
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Plain Clothes1988
As Ed Malmburg
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Opening Night1977
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Valentino1977
As George Ullman
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Death Game1977
As George Manning
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Cannes Man1996
As Sy Lerner
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Tin Men1987
As Cheese
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Last Tycoon1976
As Seal Trainer
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Trees Lounge1996
As Uncle Al
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Crew2000
As Tony 'Mouth' Donato
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Killers1964
As Postal Clerk
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Beer League2006
As Dirt
TMDb 5.2 / 10
L!fe Happens2011
As Pop Pop
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Best Seller1987
As Carter
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Wendell Baker Story2005
As Boyd Fullbright
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Double Exposure1982
As Dr. Frank Curtis
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Track 291988
As Dr. Bernard Fairmont
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Honeymoon in Vegas1992
As Tony Cataracts
TMDb 5.7 / 10
There Goes My Baby1994
As Pop
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Broken Kingdom2012
As Clayton
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hand Gun1994
As Jack McCallister
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Trouble Bound1993
As Santino
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Too Late Blues1961
As Red
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Who Is Henry Jaglom?1997
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
61*2001
As Sam Simon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
In the Soup1992
As Joe
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Eye of the Tiger1986
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Things I Never Told You1996
As Frank
TMDb 5.5 / 10
This World, Then the Fireworks1997
As Detective Harris
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Jazz Singer1980
As Unnamed
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Lost Angeles2012
As Film Critic
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Dream for an Insomniac1996
As Uncle Leo
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Me and Will1999
As Roy
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Bartleby2001
As Frank Waxman
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Minnie and Moskowitz1971
As Seymour Moskowitz
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Staten Island2009
As Jasper Sabiano
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sunburn1979
As Dobbs
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Passionada2003
As Daniel Vargas
TMDb 6.9 / 10
This Is an Adventure2005
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Shadows1960
As Al (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Freerunner2011
As Grampa
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Imaginary Crimes1994
As Eddie
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Women of the Night2001
As Sally
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Stingers1998
As Dino
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sonny2002
As Albert
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Murder, Inc.1960
As Teenager
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lonesome Jim2005
As Don
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Wicked Stepmother1989
As Feldshine
TMDb 4.6 / 10
King of the Mountain1981
As Barry Tanner
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Treat1998
As Chip O'Herlihee
TMDb 3.6 / 10
The Sleepy Time Gal2001
As Bob
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Sweet Bird of Youth1989
As Hatcher
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Tenants2006
As Levenspiel
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Johnny 3161998
As Store Keeper
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pete Smalls Is Dead2010
As Saco
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Before It Had a Name2005
As Jeff
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Cosmic Radio2007
As Malcolm Stone
TMDb 1.7 / 10
Lucky Dog2014
As The Real Spencer
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Love Is Like That1992
As Uncle Bud
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Secret Lives of Dorks2013
As Principal
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Seed1996
As First Client
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Dead Girl1996
As Ira Golub
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Relax... It's Just Sex1998
As Emile
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight1975
As Wise Guy
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Partners1993
As Janitor
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Silver Case2012
As Dealer
TMDb 4.8 / 10
California Dreaming1979
As Duke Slusarski
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Scott Joplin1977
As Dr. Jaelki
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ravagers1979
As Blind Lawyer
TMDb 4.5 / 10
A Constant Forge2000
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Young Lust: A Soap Opera1984
As Dr. Klapper
TMDb 3.5 / 10
When Pigs Fly1993
As Frank
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Making of 'Rushmore'2000
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Chain of Desire1992
As Mel
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Kingdom Come2012
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Bye Bye Benjamin2006
As Mr. Ruby
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Ouf!
Ouf!1994
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Snapped1998
As Bob
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Last Home Run1996
As Older Jonathan
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Circadian Rhythm2005
As Hoover
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Obsession1997
As Jacob Frischmuth
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Cold Dog Soup1990
As Jojo
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Face of a Stranger1991
As Ralph
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Every Night's a Saturday Night2018
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ballad of the Nightingale1999
As Jimmy
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Beverly Hills Madam1986
As Tony
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Dead in the Water1991
As Lt. Frank Vaness
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Motel Blue1997
As Capistrano Minister
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Nightside1973
As Ralph
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Chasing 30002010
As Poppy
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Webster Boy1962
As Vic
TMDb 10.0 / 10
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work1984
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The Cure for Boredom2001
As Eddie
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Black & White1999
As Sal
TMDb 5.4 / 10
A Good Night to Die2003
As Guy
TMDb 3.1 / 10
The Hanged Man1964
As Bellboy
TMDb 5.1 / 10
I Want to Live1983
As John Santo
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Dependables2014
As Dominic Ackers
TMDb 3.1 / 10
Man on a String1960
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Revolutionary1970
As Leonard II
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Kubanisch rauchen1999
As Dragan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Just One Night2000
As Arthur Imperial
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Manna from Heaven2002
As Stanley
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage1999
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Booster2012
As Harold
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Reach for Me2008
As Alvin
TMDb 2.8 / 10
Angel on My Shoulder1980
As Smiley Mitchell
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Anything for John1993
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Sea of Dreams2006
As Tomaso
TMDb 5.5 / 10
To Love and Die2008
As Grandfather
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Chameleon1996
As Francis
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Tollbooth1994
As Leon / Larry
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Dark Side of Genius1994
As Samuel Rourke
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Ray of Sunshine2006
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hoods1998
As Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Slaughter of the Cock
Slaughter of the Cock1996
As Ahilleas
TMDb 3.3 / 10
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All1996
As Self
What Happened to Pete1992
As Bartender
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Big Heart City
Big Heart City2008
As Larry
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Edge of Outside2006
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Faces2011
As Chet (archive footage)
Bittersweet Place2005
As Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Back Nine
Back Nine2010
As Mondo
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Black Oak Conspiracy1977
As Homer Metcalf
TMDb 5.7 / 10
At The Maple Grove2014
As Boyle
Fort McCoy2014
As Father Mivkovek
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Turnpike
Turnpike1996
As Older man
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Emma's Wish1998
As Harry Bridges (old)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Hollywood Dreams2007
As Rupert
TMDb 3.1 / 10
Adventures in Spying1992
As Ray Rucker
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Survival Game1987
As Dave Forrest
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Arena - John Cassavetes
Arena - John Cassavetes1989
As Self
Making 'Faces'2004
As Self
Beau Jest2008
As Abe Goldman
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Juke Box Racket1960
As Seymour
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Burial Society2002
As Sam Goldberg
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Biz2002
As Eugene Hinkle
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Without Borders2010
As Detective McKenneth
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Pass the Salt, Please
Pass the Salt, Please2012
As Man
Not Dead Yet
Not Dead Yet2009
As Francis
Filmography and biography: TMDb