Vincent Cassel

Birthday: 23 November 1966, Paris, France

Birth Name: Vincent Crochon

Height: 187 cm

Blue-eyed Vincent Cassel was born in Paris to a leading actor father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and a journalist mother, Sabine Litique. Often labeled as a tough guy because of his roles, eclectic choices a ...Show More

The minute your parents die, you stop fighting them. I realized the more I changed my face for films Show more The minute your parents die, you stop fighting them. I realized the more I changed my face for films, the more I looked like him. I always liked to disguise myself because I was trying to run away from his image. But all that is not worth it. You can't escape from what you are. Hide

[on his wife, Monica Bellucci] Her best asset of actress - and woman too! - is not her beauty, but h Show more [on his wife, Monica Bellucci] Her best asset of actress - and woman too! - is not her beauty, but her intelligence. Her intelligence of people and of things. She is very perspicacious, very attentive with the others and has a great faculty to put them at ease. To work with her, I would say, to put besides any concept of couple, that it is as when I find Mathieu [Mathieu Kassovitz]: together, one goes more directly to essence. Plus, she is an incredible hard worker. She has a curiosity of cinema which is rare. She is moved by the directors, she is very listening . . . In general, I recognize it, I am interested more in the actors than in the actresses - is already well to recognize it! But her, she has something that few actresses have. A manner of exceeding reality, of making dream. I like to look at her playing... Hide

The day after I had my licence to drive I made Paris/Nice at 230 km/hour. The day after I had my licence to drive I made Paris/Nice at 230 km/hour.

[on playing villainous characters, notably Jacques Mesrine] People pretend to be nice, people preten Show more [on playing villainous characters, notably Jacques Mesrine] People pretend to be nice, people pretend to be smooth, and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions. So I guess, you know, when I read so-called baddies, I think they're more human than heroes most of the time. Hide

My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tem Show more My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers. Hide

I feel like the so-called bad guys are never totally bad. I guess it's the closest thing I can do to Show more I feel like the so-called bad guys are never totally bad. I guess it's the closest thing I can do to reality: people act nice but nobody really is nice. We all have to balance that with something dark. How we balance it is what makes something interesting... My character in "La Haine," he's not bad, he's unhappy and usually people are like that. Most of us are angry. [breaks off, then laughs] Maybe one day I'll play Buddha. Hide

I'm a little angry in life. I'm a little angry in life.

I love playing baddies. I love playing baddies.

[on press interest in his marriage with Monica Bellucci] Oh, well you know, all European media is no Show more [on press interest in his marriage with Monica Bellucci] Oh, well you know, all European media is not the same. I'm sure that like in England, they can be much more bothering than in France, for example. In Paris, it's okay. We have very separate lives when we're working, working wise. I think that it's fine. Hide

I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine. I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.

[asked what he would do if the world was to end in five minutes] Until today I would have said, "Get Show more [asked what he would do if the world was to end in five minutes] Until today I would have said, "Get into a plane and jump out with a parachute". Now that I've done it, I would say, "make love for the last time hoping that it is my wife who is at my side." Hide

[on Irréversible (2002)] Yeah, I think that there is something saying, I say the line, that r Show more [on Irréversible (2002)] Yeah, I think that there is something saying, I say the line, that revenge is a human right. I don't think that it's a human right, but it's a normal reaction. Hide

[on Irréversible (2002)] I knew we were taking part in something that wasn't for everyone. It Show more [on Irréversible (2002)] I knew we were taking part in something that wasn't for everyone. It was really strong and powerful. When we went to show it at Cannes, I was scared and excited like a terrorist who had put a bomb in a church. Hide

Vincent Cassel's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (59)

Eastern Promises

À Deriva

Westworld - Season 2

Elizabeth

The Emperor of Paris

Becoming Cousteau

Dobermann

Les intrepides - Season 1

Trance

The Three Musketeers: D Artagnan [Audio: Spain]

Oceans Thirteen

Black Swan (2010)

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (L'ennemi public n°1)

The Crimson Rivers

Partisan

Platane - Season 2

Damaged (2024)

La Haine [Sub: Eng]

Child 44

Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

Renegade (Blueberry)

Birthday Girl

A Dangerous Method

Oceans Twelve

Le moine [Audio: French]

Westworld - Season 3

Vincent Cassel'S roles

Robin Hood

LaRoche

Fran

Vinz

Georgio Milevski

Kirill

Asset

Henri III

Franck

Otto Gross