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

Born in Paris as Vincent Crochon, he is the son of French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel and the brother of Rockin' Squat.

Vincent Cassel is a famous French actor 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 Ocean's 12, Derailed , Birthday Girl, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Elizabeth and Shrek (as the voice of Monsieur Hood).

His newest film will be Sheitan, in which he plays a shepherd who carries out satanic rituals.

He is married to Italian actress Monica Bellucci, with whom he has a daughter, Deva Cassel, born September 12, 2004, in Rome, Italy.

Selected filmography

2000s

• Eastern Promises (2007)
• Ocean's Thirteen (2007, expected in film)
• Sheitan (2006) — - Joseph (also Produced)
• Derailed (2005) — LaRoche
• Oceans 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

1990s

• 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

External links

• VincentCassel.com (Official site)
• CNN interview with Vincent Cassel

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