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).
as The Real Spencer
as Dominic Ackers
as Father Mivkovek
as Boyle
as Principal
as Harold
as Clayton
as Film Critic
as Self
as Man
as Dealer
as Chet (archive footage)
as Grampa
as Pop Pop
as Detective McKenneth
as Saco
as Mondo
as Tony (voice)(1 ep)
as Poppy
as Jasper Sabiano
as Francis
as Grandfather
as Alvin
as Abe Goldman
as Larry
as Malcolm Stone
as Paul
as Johnny Boy(1 ep)
as Rupert
as Tomaso
as Dirt
as Self
as Pops(5 eps)
as Levenspiel
as Mr. Ruby
as Don
as Hoover
as Jeff
as Boyd Fullbright
as Self
as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
as Esteban du Plantier
as Chuck Sirianni (voice)(1 ep)
as Self
as Morty O'Reilly
as Daniel Vargas
as Guy
as Albert
as Sam Goldberg
as Stanley
as Uncle Jack
as Eugene Hinkle
as Dusty
as Eddie
as Sam Simon
as Dazy Perrit(1 ep)
as James Arthur Ferris(1 ep)
as Frank Waxman
as Bob
as Sally
as Bernie Willis(1 ep)
as Lt. Seeman
as Self
as Arthur Imperial
as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
as Self
as Sal
as Self
as Dragan
as Roy
as Jimmy
as Bert Fischer
as Dino
as Harry Bridges (old)
as Bob
as Chip O'Herlihee
as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
as Emile
as Store Keeper
as Capistrano Minister
as Jacob Frischmuth
as Detective Harris
as Self
as Alfred Gronevelt(2 eps)
as Francis
as Ira Golub
as Older man
as Older Jonathan
as Ahilleas
as Artie(1 ep)
as Sy Lerner
as Uncle Al
as Frank
as Uncle Leo
as Candy Casino(50 eps)
as First Client
as Saul
as Leon / Larry
as Eddie
as Jack McCallister
as Norman Cambridge(1 ep)
as Lt. Mickey Schwartz(18 eps)
as Pop
as Samuel Rourke
as Jack Gross
as Master Chief Bogg
as Janitor
as Frank
as Self
as Virgil Leach
as Mr. Shackleford
as Santino
as Ray Rucker
as Joe
as Tony Cataracts
as Mel
as Uncle Bud
as Tom Farrelly
as Bartender
as Ralph
as Lt. Frank Vaness
as Koenig
as Father Bonotto
as Skunker
as Jojo
as Sam Catchem
as Hatcher
as Self
as Feldshine
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
as Sullivan
as Ed Malmburg
as Wallace Gibson
as Dave Forrest
as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt(1 ep)
as Carter
as Cheese
as Sheriff
as Tony
as Dick Silvers(2 eps)
as Honest Earl Edwards(1 ep)
as Howard(1 ep)
as Dr. Klapper
as Jack Lawson
as John Santo
as Dr. Frank Curtis
as Barry Tanner
as Unnamed
as La Bont
as Smiley Mitchell
as Dobbs
as Blind Lawyer
as Duke Slusarski
as Governor Haskins
as Self (uncredited)
as George Ullman
as George Manning
as Homer Metcalf
as Dr. Jaelki
as Seal Trainer
as Mort Weil
as Wise Guy
as Ralph
as Bluebell Hunter(1 ep)
as Seymour Moskowitz
as Leonard II
as Chet
as Young Hood
as Driver(1 ep)
as Cancelled(2 eps)
as Irwin(1 ep)
as P.O.W. Vanndo(1 ep)
as Attendant(1 ep)
as Bellboy
as Capt. Johnson(1 ep)
as B-17 Pilot(1 ep)
as Captain Johnson(1 ep)
as Left Waist Gunner(1 ep)
as Mechanic(1 ep)
as Jensen(1 ep)
as Postal Clerk
as Police Sgt.(1 ep)
as Somebody(1 ep)
as Attendant(1 ep)
as Cabbie(1 ep)
as Bored Man
as Doctor(1 ep)
as Lawyer #2(1 ep)
as Richard(1 ep)
as Vic
as Red
as The Wounded Man(1 ep)
as Al (uncredited)
as Coach Gregson(1 ep)
as Teenager
as Seymour
as Hotel Pageboy (uncredited)
as Jerry (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Student (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Ed(1 ep)