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Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel

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Biography

Vincent Cassel (born November 23, 1966) is a French actor. He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled French Jewish youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film La Haine, for which he received two César Award nominations. He garnered wide recognition with English-speaking audiences for his performances in Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007), as well as Eastern Promises (2007), Black Swan (2010), and Jason Bourne (2016). Cassel is also renowned for playing the infamous French bank-robber Jacques Mesrine in Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One (both in 2008). In 2020, he portrayed Engerraund Serac in the HBO television series Westworld.

Known For

Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve

2004

Ocean's Thirteen

Ocean's Thirteen

2007

La Haine

La Haine

1995

Irreversible

Irreversible

2002

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl

2001

Shrek

Shrek

2001

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

2007

Renegade

Renegade

2004

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

Dobermann

Dobermann

1997

One Night with Asterix & Obelix

One Night with Asterix & Obelix

2023

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

1992

Guest House Paradiso

Guest House Paradiso

1999

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

1998

Read My Lips

Read My Lips

2001

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Brotherhood of the Wolf

2001

The Apartment

The Apartment

1996

Derailed

Derailed

2005

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

2004

Secret Agents

Secret Agents

2004

Becoming Cousteau

Becoming Cousteau

2021

His Majesty Minor

His Majesty Minor

2007

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

2008

Satan

Satan

2006

Saint-Exupéry

Saint-Exupéry

2024

Damaged

Damaged

2024

The Crimson Rivers

The Crimson Rivers

2000

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

2008

Black Swan

Black Swan

2010

Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)

Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)

1998

Adrift

Adrift

2009

The Monk

The Monk

2011

Métisse

Métisse

1993

A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method

2011

Trance

Trance

2013

Round Da Way

Round Da Way

2009

Our Day Will Come

Our Day Will Come

2010

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

1989

Unruly

Unruly

1999

Adultery (A User's Guide)

Adultery (A User's Guide)

1995

Belmondo, itinéraire...

Belmondo, itinéraire...

2011

The Pupil

The Pupil

1996

Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête

Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête

2001

Women

Women

1995

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

2014

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

2025

Irréversible : à l'envers et contre tout

Irréversible : à l'envers et contre tout

2021

Partisan

Partisan

2015

Au cœur du Papotin

Au cœur du Papotin

2023

Tale of Tales

Tale of Tales

2015

Child 44

Child 44

2015

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

2016

Rio, I Love You

Rio, I Love You

2014

My King

My King

2015

The Irreversible Odyssey

The Irreversible Odyssey

2019

The Movie of My Life

The Movie of My Life

2017

One Wild Moment

One Wild Moment

2015

Dose mortelle

Dose mortelle

1993

The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse

The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse

2025

Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne

2016

Banger

Banger

2025

Philippe Nahon, de l'acteur fétiche à l'icône

Philippe Nahon, de l'acteur fétiche à l'icône

2005

It's Only the End of the World

It's Only the End of the World

2016

Ten Years of La Haine

Ten Years of La Haine

2006

The Great Mystical Circus

The Great Mystical Circus

2018

Violence en réunion

Violence en réunion

2015

Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti

Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti

2017

Black Tide

Black Tide

2018

Blood of the Hunter

Blood of the Hunter

1995

Kourtrajmé Vol 1

Kourtrajmé Vol 1

2003

Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris

1995

Putain de porte

Putain de porte

1994

Les Dessous de la passion

Les Dessous de la passion

1991

Valse Nocturne

Valse Nocturne

1995

Elle voulait faire quelque chose

Elle voulait faire quelque chose

1994

Femmes enragées

Femmes enragées

1999

Compromis

Compromis

1998

Un dimanche sans ailes

Un dimanche sans ailes

1992

As You Want Me

As You Want Me

1997

La barbichette

La barbichette

2002

FBI Zoo

FBI Zoo

2006

Les Clés du Paradis

Les Clés du Paradis

1991

The Emperor of Paris

The Emperor of Paris

2018

The Making of Derailed

The Making of Derailed

2006

The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'

The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'

1999

Black Swan: Metamorphosis

Black Swan: Metamorphosis

2011

Underwater

Underwater

2020

The Man Who Unlocked the Universe

The Man Who Unlocked the Universe

2017

Default

Default

2018

The Specials

The Specials

2019

A Friendly Tale...

A Friendly Tale...

2020

Dear Father

Dear Father

2001

Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

2023

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

2012

Li Na: My Life

Li Na: My Life

2018

Fake News

Fake News

2021

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan

2023

Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2

Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2

2001

Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim

Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim

2003

The Three Musketeers: Milady

The Three Musketeers: Milady

2023

The World Is Yours

The World Is Yours

2018

Sacrifice

Sacrifice

2026

Parallel Tales

Parallel Tales

Dumas: Black Devil

Dumas: Black Devil

2027

Quasimodo

Quasimodo

The Colosseum

The Colosseum

2025

Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M

Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M

Trivial Of My Life

Trivial Of My Life

6 x confiné.e.s

6 x confiné.e.s

2021

C à vous

C à vous

2009

Liaison

Liaison

2023

Great Migrations

Great Migrations

2010

Platane

Platane

2011

Lascars

Lascars

1998

C'est mon histoire

C'est mon histoire

1994

Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme

Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme

2002

Warburg: A Man of Influence

Warburg: A Man of Influence

1992

3000 scénarios contre un virus

3000 scénarios contre un virus

1995

Beau geste

Beau geste

2023

Le Late avec Alain Chabat

Le Late avec Alain Chabat

2022

Fiasco

Fiasco

2024

Burger Quiz

Burger Quiz

2001

Westworld

Westworld

2016

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

1998

Têtàtête(s)

Têtàtête(s)

2023

Clique

Clique

2013

Hot Ones

Hot Ones

2022

Roi de la vanne

Roi de la vanne

2017