Vincent Cassel Biography

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Vincent Cassel
Cassel at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Vincent Crochon November 23, 1966 (1966-11-23) (age 42) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor, Director
Years active	1994-present
Spouse(s)	Monica Bellucci
Official website

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

Biography

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 Rockin' Squat is the leader of the French rap group Assassin. His sister, Cécile is an actress. He has a passion for Capoeira and displayed his talent in the movie Ocean's Twelve.

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 (in English, Brotherhood of the Wolf) and in the highly controversial Irréversible.

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. In 2008, he appears in two movies about Jacques Mesrine who was the public enemy n°1 in France in the seventies.

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

In October 2008, L'Oréal signed Cassel to be the face of a new Yves Saint Laurent men's fragrance. The new fragrance, which name is not yet known, will be launched worldwide in March 2009.

Filmography

• Adrift (2009) — Matias
• Mesrine (2008) — Jacques Mesrine
• Sa Majesté Minor (2007)
• Ocean's Thirteen (2007) — François Toulour
• Eastern Promises (2007) — Kirill
• 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

• 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

References

External links

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