Vincent Cassel
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Born | Vincent Crochon 23 November 1966 Paris, France |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1987–present |
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Vincent Cassel (French:
Cassel first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled Jewish youth in
Cassel garnered recognition with English-speaking roles in Elizabeth (1998), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007), as well as Eastern Promises (2007), Black Swan (2010), and Jason Bourne (2016). In 2020, he appeared on the HBO series Westworld.
Early life and family
Cassel was born in Paris, France, to journalist Sabine Litique and actor
Career
Early work in France (1990s)
One of Cassel's first on-screen appearances was a bit part in a 1994 Renault Clio advert which was used in the UK.[4]
Cassel's breakthrough role was in
Throughout the 1990s and the early 2000s, Cassel performed in a string of French films. In 1996, he starred opposite
In 1998, he portrayed Henry, Duc d'Anjou in Elizabeth. In 1999, he portrayed Gilles de Rais in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. Other notable roles during this period of his career include the violent film Dobermann (1997), the genre-bending Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), and the highly controversial Irréversible (2002), where he appears fully nude (with Monica Bellucci, after they married).
Transition into English films (2000s)
Since the early 2000s, Cassel has also appeared in a number of English-language films, such as Shrek (as the voice of Monsieur Hood) and Birthday Girl (both 2001) Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen (2004, 2007), and Derailed (2005). He has also dubbed the voice of Diego (Denis Leary) in the Ice Age franchise and Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) in Robots.
In 2007, Cassel attracted significant critical acclaim for his performance in
In October 2008, Cassel was signed to be the face of a new
Later work (2010s)
The following year, in 2010, Cassel played Thomas Leroy in Darren Aronofsky's critically acclaimed Black Swan (2010), alongside Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, which attracted considerable acclaim. For his performance in Black Swan, he was nominated alongside his cast for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
In 2011, Cassel played the lead role in the French-Spanish thriller-drama film
In 2014, he portrayed The Beast opposite Léa Seydoux as Belle in the French-language adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. The film was screened out of competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[14] It was released in France on in February 2014 to positive reviews, becoming a box office success. In Japan, the film topped the box office on its release, making it the first non-English-language foreign film to top the Japanese box office since Red Cliff II in 2009, and the first French film to top the Japanese box office since Mathieu Kassovitz's The Crimson Rivers in 2001.[15]
In 2016, Cassel was featured in American
In 2019, Cassel played the lead role in The Specials directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache based on the true story of Stephane Benhamou who ran an organization helping people with autism find employment and activities outside the confines of the institutionalized setting. It was screened out of competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and Cassel was nominated for the César Award for Best Actor.[19]
Recent work (2020s)
In 2020, he portrayed trillionaire Engerrand Serac, the main antagonist of the third season of the HBO series Westworld.
In 2021, he narrated the documentary Reset, directed by Thierry Donard.[20]
In 2023, he starred in the Apple TV+ spy thriller series "Liaison" with Eva Green. In November the same year, he was revealed as the voice actor for United Nations' French agent Victor Chevalier in the upcoming 2024 video game Tekken 8,[21] making it his first role in a video game. Vincent first came to know Tekken back in the 1990s, with his favorite character being Eddy Gordo.
Personal life
Cassel met Italian actress Monica Bellucci on the set of their 1996 film The Apartment.[23][24] They married on 2 August 1999 in Monaco.[25] They have two daughters, Deva (born 12 September 2004)[26] and Léonie (born 21 May 2010).[27] Cassel and Bellucci announced their separation on 26 August 2013.[28] Bellucci filed for divorce the same year.[22] They later divorced.[29][30] At the age of 15, Deva was Dolce & Gabbana's muse to embody their Dolce Shine perfume and later became their runway model.[31][32]
He married 21-year-old French model Tina Kunakey on 24 August 2018 in Bidart, France, after being in a relationship for more than two years.[33][34] They have a daughter, Amazonie (born 19 April 2019).[35]
Besides his native French, Cassel speaks English, Portuguese, Italian, and basic conversational Russian, which he learned for his role in Eastern Promises.[36] Cassel lived in Rio de Janeiro for five years, before moving back to Paris in 2018, and he used to have Brazilian citizenship.[37][1] Cassel is known for having a great identification with Brazil, being a practitioner of the martial art of capoeira; he displayed this talent in the movie Ocean's Twelve.[38]
Cassel went to different schools, including a Catholic school, eventually becoming
His father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, died of cancer on 19 April 2007 at age 74.[40][41]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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1993 | Métisse | Max | French | |
1995 | Adultery: A User's Guide | Bruno Corteggiani | French | |
La Haine | Vinz | French | Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor
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Jefferson in Paris | Camille Desmoulins | English | ||
1996 | L'élève | Julien | French | |
The Apartment | Max | French | ||
1997 | Dobermann | Yann le Pentrec (Dobermann) | French | |
Come mi vuoi | Pasquale | Italian | ||
1998 | Le Plaisir (et ses petits tracas) | Michael | French | |
Elizabeth | Duc d'Anjou | English | ||
1999 | Unruly | Pitou | French | |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Gilles de Rais | English | ||
Guest House Paradiso | Gino Bolognese | English | ||
2000 | The Crimson Rivers | Max Kerkerian | French | |
2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Jean-François de Morangias | French | |
Shrek | Monsieur Hood | English | Voice | |
Birthday Girl | Alexei | English | ||
Read My Lips | Paul | French | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor | |
2002 | Ice Age | Diego | French | Voice; French dub |
Irréversible | Marcus | French | Also co-producer | |
2004 | The Reckoning | Lord De Guise | English | |
Blueberry | Mike S. Blueberry | English | ||
Secret Agents | Brisseau | French | ||
Ocean's Twelve | François Toulour | English | ||
2005 | Robots | Rodney Copperbottom | French | Voice; French dub |
Derailed | LaRoche | English | ||
2006 | Sheitan | Joseph | French | Also producer |
Ice Age: The Meltdown | Diego | French | Voice; French dub | |
2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | François Toulour | English | |
Eastern Promises | Kirill | English | ||
His Majesty Minor | Satyre | French | ||
2008 | Mesrine | Jacques Mesrine | French | Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor Award for Best Actor
Étoiles d'Or Award for Best Actor Tokyo International Film Festival |
2009 | Adrift | Matias | Portuguese | |
Lascars | Tony Merguez | Original French-language version | Voice | |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Diego | French | Voice; French dub | |
2010 | Our Day Will Come | Patrick | French | Also producer |
Black Swan | Thomas Leroy | English | Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |
2011 | The Monk | Capucino Ambrosio | French | |
A Dangerous Method | Otto Gross | English | ||
2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Diego | French | Voice; French dub |
2013 | Trance | Franck | English | |
2014 | Rio, I Love You | Zé | Portuguese | |
Beauty and the Beast | Beast/Prince | French | ||
2015 | Child 44 | Major Kuzmin | English | |
Partisan | Gregori | English | Nominated – Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | |
Tale of Tales | King of Strongcliff | English | ||
The Little Prince | The Fox | French | Voice; French dub | |
My King | Georgio | French | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor | |
One Wild Moment | Laurent | French | ||
Violence en réunion | Vince | French | Short film | |
2016 | It's Only the End of the World | Antoine | French | Jury Prize for Best Actor – Riviera International Film Festival
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Ice Age: Collision Course | Diego | French | Voice; French dub | |
Jason Bourne | Asset | English | ||
2017 | O Filme da Minha Vida
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Nicolas Terranova | Portuguese | |
Gauguin - Voyage de Tahiti | Paul Gauguin | French | ||
2018 | The World Is Yours | Henri | French | |
Black Tide | François Visconti | French | ||
The Great Mystical Circus | Jean-Paul | Portuguese | ||
The Emperor of Paris | Eugène François Vidocq | French | ||
Default[42] | Managing director of the IMF | Korean | ||
2019 | The Specials | Bruno | French | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor |
2020 | Underwater | Captain Lucien | English | |
A Friendly Tale | Marc | French | ||
2021 | Reset[20] | English | Voice | |
2022 | Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom | Julius Caesar | French | Post-production |
2023 | The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan | Athos
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The Three Musketeers: Milady | French | |||
2024 | Damaged | Bravo | English | Post-production |
The Shrouds | Karsh | English | Post-production[43] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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2018 | Porta dos Fundos | James Bond | Portuguese | Episode: "007 in Brazil"[44] |
2020 | Westworld | Engerraund Serac | English | TV series |
2023 | Liaison | Gabriel Delage | French, English | Apple TV+ series |
2024 | Fiasco | TBA | French | Netflix series[45] |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2024 | Tekken 8[46] | Victor Chevalier |
References
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Vincent Cassel, bearded and barefoot, is at home in these conditions – until recently he lived in Rio de Janeiro", "After five years in Brazil, Cassel is moving back to Paris to be closer to his children, Deva, 13, and Léonie, 8, where they live with their mother – he and Bellucci separated in 2013. Cassel had to renounce his Brazilian citizenship: "I've become French again, does it show?"
- ^ "Jean-Pierre Cassel, 74, Actor Who Starred in '60s French Comedies, Dies". The New York Times. Agence France-Presse. 21 April 2007.
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In a statement released to the Agence France-Presse, Cassel's rep confirmed the 46-year-old actor and his wife are separating by 'mutual agreement'.
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Cassel is taking another break from France – he and his family recently moved to Rio de Janeiro.
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- ^ "French Star Vincent Cassel on the Leap from Perennial Bad Guy to (Jewish) Hero". Haaretz.
- ^ "Jazz ..." [Jazz and emotion for the funeral of Jean-Pierre Cassel]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 26 April 2007. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "L'acteur ..." [Actor Jean-Pierre Cassel swept away by cancer]. Le Devoir (in Canadian French). 21 April 2007. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (4 December 2017). "Vincent Cassel Joins Top Korean Cast in 'Sovereign Default'". Variety. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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- ^ "Tem francês no Porta dos Fundos: Vincent Cassel grava com humoristas - Telepadi". telepadi.folha.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Fiasco". Canneseries. 12 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ @TEKKEN (2 November 2023). "With him, violence is à la carte. Victor Chevalier, voiced by Vincent Cassel, slices his way into the #TEKKEN8 roster! Pre-order TEKKEN 8 🤜 https://bnent.eu/Preorder-TEKKE..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Twitter.
External links
- Vincent Cassel's Films at subtitledonline.com
- Vincent Cassel at IMDb
- CNN interview with Vincent Cassel