Vincent Cassel

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Vincent Cassel (born November 23 1966) is a French actor.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Cassel was born Vincent Crochon in Paris, the son of Sabine Litique, a journalist, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel.^[1] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] 2000s

• Mesrine (2007)
• Sa Majesté Minor (2007)
• Ocean's Thirteen (2007) — François Toulour
• Eastern Promises (2007)
• Sheitan (2006) — Joseph (also Produced)
• Derailed (2005) — LaRoche
• Ocean's Twelve (2004) — François Toulour
• Agents Secrets (2004) — Brisseau
• Blueberry (2004) — Mike S. Blueberry
• The Reckoning (2003) — Lord De Guise
• Irréversible (2002) — Marcus
• Ice Age (2002) — Diego (French version voice)
• Read My Lips (2001) — Paul
• Birthday Girl (2001) — Alexei
• Shrek (2001) — voice of Monsieur Hood
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) — Jean-François de Morangias
• The Crimson Rivers (2000) — Max Kerkerian

[edit] 1990s

• Guest House Paradiso (1999) — Gino Bolognese
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) — Gilles de Rais
• Elizabeth (1998) — Duc d'Anjou
• Come mi vuoi (1997) — Pasquale
• Dobermann (1997) — Yann le Pentrec (Dobermann)
• L'Appartement (1996) — Max
• L'élève (1996) — Julien (based on Henry James' novella "The Pupil")
• Jefferson in Paris (1995) — Camille Desmoulins
• La Haine (1995) — Vinz
• Métisse (1993) — Max

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• VincentCassel.com (Official site)
• Vincent Cassel at the Internet Movie Database
• CNN interview with Vincent Casselbg:Венсан Касел

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