Vincent Crochon was born in Paris, France on November 23,
1966 to Sabine Litique, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel (born Jean-Pierre
Crochon). Cassel's brother, Mathias, is a rapper with the group Assassin under
the name "Rockin' Squat". His half-sister, Cécile Cassel, is an
actress.
Career
Cassel's breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz's
critically acclaimed film “La Haine” where he played a troubled youth from the
deprived outskirts of Paris. He has gone on to act in a variety of films such
as the moody “L'Appartement” (with Monica Bellucci before they married), the
violent “Dobermann”, the genre-bending “Le Pacte des Loups” (Brotherhood of the
Wolf), and the highly controversial “Irréversible”, where he appears fully nude
(with Monica Bellucci after they married).
Cassel has also appeared in 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), and in the
Portuguese-language, Brazilian film A”drift” (À Deriva). In 2006, he appeared
in “Sheitan”, in which he played a shepherd who carries out satanic rituals. In
2008, he appeared in two movies about Jacques Mesrine, who was France's
"public enemy number one" in the seventies. Cassel received the 2009
Cesar award for best actor for his performance in “Mesrine” directed by Jean-Francois
Richet.
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, Cassel was signed to be the face of a
new Yves Saint Laurent men's fragrance. The new fragrance, La Nuit de l'Homme,
was launched worldwide in March 2009.
French film historian Tim Palmer describes Cassel as one
of the most charismatic and idiosyncratic of all France's contemporary stars,
working in both popular and more intellectual modes of cinema, typically
playing characters that veer unpredictably between positive/alluring and
negative/grotesque—often, in fact, within a single role and performance.
In 2009, he made his debut as a singer on Zap Mama's
album ReCreation, singing alongside them on the singles "Paroles,
Paroles" and "Non, Non, Non".
He played Thomas Leroy in Darren Aronofsky's critically
acclaimed “Black Swan” (2010), alongside Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. He played
Zumi in Rupert Sanders's samurai adventure fantasy film “The Lost Sea Horizon”,
opposite Sandra Bullock and Fan Bingbing.
Cassel met Italian actress Monica Bellucci on the set of
their 1996 film “The Apartment”. They married in 1999, and have two daughters, Deva
(born 12 September 2004) and Léonie (born 21 May 2010). Cassel and Bellucci
announced their divorce on 26 August 2013.
Cassel has a passion for the martial art of capoeira and
displayed his talent in the movie Ocean's Twelve. He also trains in wing chun.
Since 2013, Cassel lives in Rio de Janeiro, initially in
Arpoador and in Morro do Vidigal. He is known for having great identification
with Brazil, being a specialist in capoeira.
Besides his native French, Cassel speaks English,
Portuguese, Italian and basic conversational Russian which he learned for his
role in Eastern Promises.
CASSELL,
Vincent (aka Cassel) (Vincent Crochon) [11/23/1966, Paris, Île-de-France, France –
] –
producer, director, writer, singer, film, TV, voice actor, son of director,
writer, actor, singer Jean-Pierre Cassel (Jean-Pierre
Crochon) [1932-2007] journalist Sabine
Cassel (Sabine Litique), brother singer Rockin' Squat (Mathias Cassel) [1969- ], half-brother
of actress Cécile Cassel [1982- ], married
to Monica Bellucci (1999-2013) father of Deva Cassell [2004- ], Léonie Cassell [2010- ].
Blood of the Hunter
(TV) – 1994 (Pastamoo)
Renegade – 2004 (Mike Blueberry)
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