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Vincent Cassel
French actor

Vincent Cassel

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French actor
Places
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Age
58 years
Family
Father:
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Spouse:
Monica Bellucci
Stats
Height:
1.86055 m
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Biography

Vincent Cassel (French: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ kasɛl]; born Vincent Crochon, 23 November 1966) is a French actor best known to English-speaking audiences through his film performances in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, as well as Black Swan. Cassel is also renowned for playing the infamous French bank-robber Jacques Mesrine in Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One.

Early life and family

Cassel was born on 23 November 1966 in Paris, France, to Sabine Litique, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel (born Jean-Pierre Crochon). Cassel's brother, Mathias, is a rapper with the group Assassin under the name "Rockin' Squat". His half-sister, Cécile Cassel, is an actress.

Career

Cassel's breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz's critically acclaimed film La Haine where he played a troubled youth from the deprived outskirts of Paris. He has gone on to act in a variety of films such as the moody L'Appartement (with Monica Bellucci before they married), the violent Dobermann, the genre-bending Le Pacte des Loups (in English, Brotherhood of the Wolf), and the highly controversial Irréversible, where he appears fully nude (with Monica Bellucci after they married).

Cassel has also appeared in 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), and in the Portuguese-language, Brazilian film Adrift (À Deriva). In 2006, he appeared in Sheitan, in which he played a shepherd who carries out satanic rituals. In 2008, he appeared in two movies about Jacques Mesrine, who was France's "public enemy number one" in the seventies. Cassel received the 2009 Cesar award for best actor for his performance in Mesrine directed by Jean-Francois Richet.

An early appearance on British television was as Nicole's boyfriend in the 1994 Renault Clio advert which was used in the UK.

Cassel at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

In October 2008, Cassel was signed to be the face of a new Yves Saint Laurent men's fragrance. The new fragrance, La Nuit de l'Homme, was launched worldwide in March 2009.

French film historian Tim Palmer describes Cassel as one of the most charismatic and idiosyncratic of all France's contemporary stars, working in both popular and more intellectual modes of cinema, typically playing characters that veer unpredictably between positive/alluring and negative/grotesque—often, in fact, within a single role and performance.

In 2009, he made his debut as a singer on Zap Mama's album ReCreation, singing alongside them on the singles "Paroles, Paroles" and "Non, Non, Non".

He played Thomas Leroy in Darren Aronofsky's critically acclaimed Black Swan (2010), alongside Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. He will play Zumi in Rupert Sanders's samurai adventure fantasy film The Lost Sea Horizon, opposite Sandra Bullock and Fan Bingbing.

Personal life

Cassel met Italian actress Monica Bellucci on the set of their 1996 film The Apartment. They married in 1999, and have two daughters, Deva (born 12 September 2004) and Léonie (born 21 May 2010). Cassel and Bellucci announced their divorce on 26 August 2013.

Cassel has a passion for the martial art of capoeira and displayed his talent in the movie Ocean's Twelve. He also trains in wing chun.

Since 2013, Cassel lives in Rio de Janeiro, initially in Arpoador (with ex-wife Monica Bellucci) and after their divorce, in Morro do Vidigal. He is known for having great identification with Brazil, being a specialist in capoeira.

Besides his native French, Cassel speaks English, Portuguese, Italian and basic conversational Russian which he learned for his role in Eastern Promises.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993MétisseMax
1995Adultery: A User's Guide
1995La HaineVinzNominated – César Award for Best Actor
Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor
1995Jefferson in ParisCamille Desmoulins
1996L'élèveJulien
1996The ApartmentMax
1997DobermannYann le Pentrec (Dobermann)
1997Come mi vuoiPasquale
1998ElizabethDuc d'Anjou
1999Unruly (fr)Pitou
1999The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcGilles de Rais
1999Guest House ParadisoGino Bolognese
2000The Crimson RiversMax Kerkerian
2001Brotherhood of the WolfJean-François de Morangias
2001ShrekMonsieur HoodVoice only
2001Birthday GirlAlexei
2001Read My LipsPaulNominated – César Award for Best Actor
2002Ice AgeDiegoVoice only (French-language version)
2002IrréversibleMarcusAlso co-producer
2003The ReckoningLord De Guise
2004BlueberryMike S. Blueberry
2004Secret AgentsBrisseau
2004Ocean's TwelveFrançois Toulour
2005DerailedLaRoche
2006SheitanJosephAlso producer
2007Ocean's ThirteenFrançois Toulour
2007Eastern PromisesKirill
2007His Majesty MinorSatyre
2008MesrineJacques MesrineCésar Award for Best Actor
Lumières Award for Best Actor
Étoiles d'Or Award for Best Actor
Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2009LascarsTony MerguezFrench voice
2009Adrift (À Deriva)Matias
2010Our Day Will ComePatrickAlso producer
2010Black SwanThomas LeroyNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2011The MonkCapucino Ambrosio
2011A Dangerous MethodOtto Gross
2013TranceFranck
2014Rio, I Love You
2014Beauty and the BeastThe Beast / The Prince
2015Child 44Major Kuzmin
2015PartisanGregori
2015Tale of TalesKing of Strongcliff
2015My KingGeorgioNominated – César Award for Best Actor
2015One Wild MomentLaurent
2015The Little PrinceThe FoxFrench voice
2015Violence en réunionVinceShort film
2016It's Only the End of the WorldAntoineAcademy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor
Nominated, Jury Prize for Best Actor - Riviera International Film Festival
2016Jason BourneAsset
2016A Movie LifeTony's father
2016The Great Mystical CircusJean-Paul
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