Seymour Cassel
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).
Acting
Movie
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Dusty
2001
Movie
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Esteban du Plantier
2004
Movie
Rushmore
as Bert Fischer
1998
TV
Regular Show
as Tony (voice)
2010
TV
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
1987
Movie
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
2001
Movie
Indecent Proposal
as Mr. Shackleford
1993
Movie
Dick Tracy
as Sam Catchem
1990
TV
The Twilight Zone
as Jerry (uncredited)
1959
Movie
It Could Happen to You
as Jack Gross
1994
TV
Justice League Unlimited
as Chuck Sirianni (voice)
2004
Movie
Stuck on You
as Morty O'Reilly
2003
Movie
White Fang
as Skunker
1991
TV
Batman
as Cancelled
1966
Movie
Colors
as Sullivan
1988
Movie
The Nutty Professor
as Bored Man
1963
Movie
Convoy
as Governor Haskins
1978
Movie
Postal
as Paul
2007
TV
Flight of the Conchords
as Johnny Boy
2007
Movie
Coogan's Bluff
as Young Hood
1968
Movie
Dead Presidents
as Saul
1995
Movie
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tony Cataracts
1992
Movie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Mort Weil
1976
Movie
Shadows
as Al (uncredited)
1960