Vincent Cassel

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

Born in Paris, he is the son of French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel and is married to Monica Bellucci, with whom he has a daughter, Deva Cassel, born September 12th, 2004 in Rome, Italy.

Vincent Cassel is a famous French actor and is known for tough guy roles. 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.

Cassel has also done a few English language films, such as Birthday Girl, Elizabeth and Shrek (as the voice of Monsieur Hood).

Selected filmography

2000s

• Oceans Twelve (2004) — François Toulour
• Blueberry (2004) — Mike S. Blueberry
• Irréversible (2002) — Marcus
• Ice Age (2002) — French voice of Diego
• Sur mes lèvres (2001) — Paul
• Shrek (2001) — voice of Monsieur Hood
• Le Pacte des loups (2001) — Jean-François de Morangias
• Les Rivières pourpres (2000) — Max Kerkerian

1990s

• 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
• La Haine (1995) — Vinz

External links

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