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name: "Vincent Cassel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vincent-cassel"
fi1m_id: "vincent-cassel"
imdb_id: "nm0001993"
tmdb_id: 1925
wikidata_id: "Q193504"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 November 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-10-10T04:35:27.318545+00:00"
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# Vincent Cassel

## Identity

Vincent Cassel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vincent-cassel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vincent-cassel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001993
- **TMDB ID:** 1925
- **Wikidata ID:** Q193504
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Cassel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193504, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1925

Actor. Born 23 November 1966 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 November 1966, Paris, France
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** Vincent Crochon, Венсан Крошон
- **Frequently works with:** [Christophe Rossignon](https://film.one/person/christophe-rossignon.md), [David Cronenberg](https://film.one/person/david-cronenberg.md), [Viggo Mortensen](https://film.one/person/viggo-mortensen.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 13 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2000s 67 (5), 2010s 72 (4), 2020s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 13 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Thriller 6, Drama 5, Crime 4, Adventure 3, Action 2, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,096m across 11 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Cassel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193504, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1925

## Coming up

- *The Last Druid* (2027-06-24)
- *Dumas: Black Devil* (2027-10-13)
- *The Hunchback, Soul of Paris*, as Quasimodo — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-soul-of-paris.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Shrek*](https://film.one/film/shrek.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Eastern Promises*](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md) (79)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Irreversible*](https://film.one/film/irreversible.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Vincent Cassel

> Vincent Cassel makes resentment hard to ignore, using his body as much as his voice. We rate him most when the film gives him more to do than intimidate, and *La Haine* remains our strongest recommendation.

In *La Haine* (1995), Vincent Cassel’s Vinz is so insistently resentful that we begin to feel crowded by him. There is something wearing about the performance, deliberately so: here is someone who cannot leave his anger alone. Yet Hubert Koundé’s Hubert and Saïd Taghmaoui’s Saïd make him convincing as a friend, not simply a source of trouble. We laughed more than we expected at their exchanges because the familiarity between them survives the hostility. Mathieu Kassovitz gives Cassel dialogue and fellow actors that stop all that force becoming monotonous.

*La Haine* was his breakthrough, and the volatile men kept coming. His English-language work included *Elizabeth* (1998), followed by *Ocean’s Twelve* (2004). He also took on extreme material in French cinema, playing Marcus in *Irreversible* (2002). The danger in such casting is repetition. An actor so readily associated with brutes can become a convenient way for a film to announce trouble without writing much of a character.

*Ocean’s Twelve* finds a lighter use for that competitive energy, casting him as François Toulour, the rival thief who wants everyone to know he is better. Steven Soderbergh’s sequel is too pleased with its own company, and too reluctant to let us see the work of the heist. Cassel gets a sequence of physical showing-off that gives us something difficult actually being done. The sequence works because we can watch the skill rather than hear about it afterwards. It does not fix the film, but it makes better use of Cassel than merely asking him to look dangerous.

Playing Jacques Mesrine in the two-part *Mesrine: Killer Instinct / Public Enemy No. 1* (2008) gave him scope for substantial physical transformation. Darren Aronofsky later cast him as demanding ballet director Thomas Leroy in *Black Swan* (2010). Kassovitz remains our clearest example of a director putting Cassel’s energy to good use, because he makes room for the humour too. Start with *La Haine*, and pay as much attention to the friends as to Cassel.

## Biography

Vincent Cassel is a French actor. Born in Paris in 1966, he is the son of actor Jean-Pierre Cassel. He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's *La Haine* (1995), for which he received César Award nominations.

Cassel has appeared in numerous international films, including *Ocean's Twelve* (2004) and *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007) as François Toulour, *Eastern Promises* (2007), *Black Swan* (2010) as Thomas Leroy, and *Jason Bourne* (2016). He won the César Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jacques Mesrine in the 2008 films *Mesrine: Killer Instinct* and *Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One*. He has also worked in television, including a role in the series *Westworld* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (13)

- *Sacrifice* (2026), Fi1m 52, as Ben Bracken — [page](https://film.one/film/sacrifice.md)
- *Becoming Cousteau* (2021), Fi1m 74, as (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md)
- *Jason Bourne* (2016), Fi1m 61, as Asset — [page](https://film.one/film/jason-bourne.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Serac — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *A Dangerous Method* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Otto Gross — [page](https://film.one/film/a-dangerous-method.md)
- *Black Swan* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Thomas Leroy / The Gentleman — [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md)
- *Eastern Promises* (2007), Fi1m 79, as Kirill — [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), Fi1m 63, as François Toulour — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md)
- *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), Fi1m 58, as François Toulour — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md)
- *Irreversible* (2002), Fi1m 55, as Marcus — [page](https://film.one/film/irreversible.md)
- *Shrek* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Monsieur Hood (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)
- *Elizabeth* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Duc d'Anjou — [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth.md)
- *La Haine* (1995), Fi1m 90, as Vinz — [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md)

## Complete filmography (112)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dumas: Black Devil* (2027), Actor
- *The Last Druid* (2027), Actor
- *Parallel Tales* (2026), as Pierre / Nicolas
- *Sacrifice* (2026), as Ben Bracken — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/sacrifice.md)
- *The Shrouds* (2025), as Karsh Relikh
- *Banger* (2025), as Luis / Scorpex
- *The Colosseum* (2025), Actor
- *The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse* (2025), as Charon
- *Saint-Exupéry* (2024), as Henri Guillaumet
- *Fiasco* (2024), series, as Robin Jacomet
- *Damaged* (2024), as Walker Bravo
- *The Three Musketeers: Milady* (2023), as Athos
- *The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan* (2023), as Athos
- *Liaison* (2023), series, as Gabriel Delage · Executive Producer
- *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023), as Jules César
- *Becoming Cousteau* (2021), as (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md)
- *Fake News* (2021), as Actor in Guillaume Kekchoz's new film · Co-Producer
- *6 x confiné.e.s* (2021), series, as Scorpex
- *A Friendly Tale...* (2020), as Marc
- *Underwater* (2020), as Captain Lucien
- *The Specials* (2019), as Bruno Haroche
- *The Emperor of Paris* (2018), as Vidocq
- *Default* (2018), as IMF Managing Director
- *The Great Mystical Circus* (2018), as Jean-Paul
- *The World Is Yours* (2018), as Henri
- *Black Tide* (2018), as François · Producer
- *Li Na: My Life* (2018), Actor
- *Roi de la vanne* (2017), series, Actor
- *Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti* (2017), as Paul Gauguin
- *The Movie of My Life* (2017), as Nicolas Terranova
- *The Man Who Unlocked the Universe* (2017), as Narrator
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Serac — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *It's Only the End of the World* (2016), as Antoine
- *Jason Bourne* (2016), as Asset — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/jason-bourne.md)
- *My King* (2015), as Georgio Milevski
- *Violence en réunion* (2015), as Vincent Battisti
- *One Wild Moment* (2015), as Laurent
- *Tale of Tales* (2015), as King of Strongcliff
- *Partisan* (2015), as Gregori
- *Child 44* (2015), as Major Kuzmin
- *Rio, I Love You* (2014), as Zé (segment "A Musa")
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2014), as The Beast
- *Trance* (2013), as Franck
- *A Dangerous Method* (2011), as Otto Gross — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-dangerous-method.md)
- *Platane* (2011), series, as Vincent Cassel
- *The Monk* (2011), as Frère Ambrosio
- *Black Swan: Metamorphosis* (2011), Thanks
- *Black Swan* (2010), as Thomas Leroy / The Gentleman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md)
- *Great Migrations* (2010), series, Actor
- *Our Day Will Come* (2010), as Patrick · Producer
- *Adrift* (2009), as Matias
- *Round Da Way* (2009), as Tony Merguez (voice)
- *Mesrine: Public Enemy #1* (2008), as Jacques Mesrine
- *Mesrine: Killer Instinct* (2008), as Jacques Mesrine
- *His Majesty Minor* (2007), as Satyre
- *Eastern Promises* (2007), as Kirill — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), as François Toulour — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md)
- *FBI Zoo* (2006), as Walt
- *Satan* (2006), as Joseph · Producer
- *Derailed* (2005), as LaRoche
- *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), as François Toulour — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md)
- *Secret Agents* (2004), as Brisseau
- *The Reckoning* (2004), as Lord De Guise
- *Blueberry* (2004), as Mike Blueberry
- *Kourtrajmé Vol 1* (2003), as Vincent
- *Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim* (2003), as Vinz
- *Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme* (2002), series, as Corsini
- *Irreversible* (2002), as Marcus · Co-Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/irreversible.md)
- *La barbichette* (2002), as Vinz
- *Read My Lips* (2001), as Paul Angeli
- *Birthday Girl* (2001), as Alexei
- *Shrek* (2001), as Monsieur Hood (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)
- *Brotherhood of the Wolf* (2001), as Jean-François de Morangias
- *Dear Father* (2001), Actor
- *Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2* (2001), as Vinz
- *The Crimson Rivers* (2000), as Max Kerkerian
- *Guest House Paradiso* (1999), as Gino Bolognese
- *The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc* (1999), as Gilles de Rais
- *Unruly* (1999), as Pitou
- *Femmes enragées* (1999), as Vincent
- *Elizabeth* (1998), as Duc d'Anjou — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth.md)
- *Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)* (1998), as Michael
- *Lascars* (1998), series, as Graffeur
- *Compromis* (1998), as Le jeune premier
- *As You Want Me* (1997), as Pasquale
- *Dobermann* (1997), as Yann Le Pentrec aka Dobermann
- *Shabbat Night Fever* (1997), Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Pupil* (1996), as Julien
- *The Apartment* (1996), as Max
- *Blood of the Hunter* (1995), as Pastamoo
- *Adultery (A User's Guide)* (1995), as Bruno
- *La Haine* (1995), as Vinz — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md)
- *Jefferson in Paris* (1995), as Camille Desmoulins
- *Women* (1995), as Eric
- *3000 scénarios contre un virus* (1995), series, Actor
- *Valse Nocturne* (1995), as Vincent
- *C'est mon histoire* (1994), series, as Vincent
- *Putain de porte* (1994), as Vincent
- *Elle voulait faire quelque chose* (1994), as Vincent
- *Dose mortelle* (1993), Actor
- *Métisse* (1993), as Max
- *Warburg: A Man of Influence* (1992), series, as Vincent
- *Hot Chocolate* (1992), as Dédé
- *Un dimanche sans ailes* (1992), Actor
- *Les Clés du Paradis* (1991), as Vincent
- *Les Dessous de la passion* (1991), as Christopher / The Photograph
- *Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête* (1989), as Pierre
- *The Hunchback, Soul of Paris*, as Quasimodo — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-soul-of-paris.md)
- *Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M*, as Pr Septimus
- *Capoeira, les guerriers de la danse*, Producer
- *Trivial Of My Life*, as Gaston Delacroix
- *Eleven Missing Days*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Vincent Cassel](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-c22a386b97a0.jpg) Vincent Cassel — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Vincent_Cassel_Cannes_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joséphine Japy & Vincent Cassel Festival Paris Cinéma 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-3522bd943960.jpg) Joséphine Japy & Vincent Cassel Festival Paris Cinéma 2011. — Yann Caradec from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_Le_Moine_de_Dominik_Moll_-_Cloture_du_festival_Paris_Cin%C3%A9ma_-_lundi_11_juillet_2011_-_MK2_Biblioth%C3%A8que_%285927931945%29.jpg/1280px-Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_Le_Moine_de_Dominik_Moll_-_Cloture_du_festival_Paris_Cin%C3%A9ma_-_lundi_11_juillet_2011_-_MK2_Biblioth%C3%A8que_%285927931945%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charlotte Rampling, Présidente du festival Paris Cinéma & Vincent Cassel Festival Paris Cinéma 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-508e45bc1480.jpg) Charlotte Rampling, Présidente du festival Paris Cinéma & Vincent Cassel Festival Paris Cinéma 2011. — Yann Caradec from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_Le_Moine_de_Dominik_Moll_-_Cloture_du_festival_Paris_Cin%C3%A9ma_-_lundi_11_juillet_2011_-_MK2_Biblioth%C3%A8que_%285928463478%29.jpg/1280px-Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_Le_Moine_de_Dominik_Moll_-_Cloture_du_festival_Paris_Cin%C3%A9ma_-_lundi_11_juillet_2011_-_MK2_Biblioth%C3%A8que_%285928463478%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Vincent Cassel Festival Paris Cinéma 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-9c316b844d52.jpg) Vincent Cassel Festival Paris Cinéma 2011. — Yann Caradec from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_Le_Moine_de_Dominik_Moll_-_Cloture_du_festival_Paris_Cin%C3%A9ma_-_lundi_11_juillet_2011_-_MK2_Biblioth%C3%A8que_%285928470520%29.jpg/1280px-Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_Le_Moine_de_Dominik_Moll_-_Cloture_du_festival_Paris_Cin%C3%A9ma_-_lundi_11_juillet_2011_-_MK2_Biblioth%C3%A8que_%285928470520%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Vincent Cassel](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-0602d96c47bb.jpg) Vincent Cassel — Image via TMDB
- ![Vincent Cassel](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-22d5da551dee.jpg) Vincent Cassel — Image via TMDB
- ![Vincent Cassel](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-3d4835ad25c5.jpg) Vincent Cassel — Image via TMDB
- ![Vincent Cassel, Joséphine Japy et Dominik Moll à une avant-première du film Le Moine au festival Paris Cinéma 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-729e6459f281.jpg) Vincent Cassel, Joséphine Japy et Dominik Moll à une avant-première du film Le Moine au festival Paris Cinéma 2011. — Yann Caradec from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_Le_Moine_de_Dominik_Moll_-_Cloture_du_festival_Paris_Cin%C3%A9ma_-_lundi_11_juillet_2011_-_MK2_Biblioth%C3%A8que_%285928512368%29.jpg/1280px-Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_Le_Moine_de_Dominik_Moll_-_Cloture_du_festival_Paris_Cin%C3%A9ma_-_lundi_11_juillet_2011_-_MK2_Biblioth%C3%A8que_%285928512368%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Black Swan cast and crew (from left to right: producer Scott Franklin, actress Mila Kunis, actor Vincent Cassel, director Darren Aronofsky) discuss the film wit (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-3115ae8a6ae7.jpg) Black Swan cast and crew (from left to right: producer Scott Franklin, actress Mila Kunis, actor Vincent Cassel, director Darren Aronofsky) discuss the film wit (2010) — Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Black_Swan_press_2010.jpg/1280px-Black_Swan_press_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Vincent Cassel](https://film.one/media/person/9734/gallery-346f73706bd4.jpg) Vincent Cassel — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 9 nominated

- César Award for Best Actor 2020: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *The Specials*
- César Award for Best Supporting Actor 2017: César Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *It's Only the End of the World*
- César Award for Best Actor 2016: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Mon roi*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2014: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Beauty and the Beast*
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award 2010: Sitges Grand Honorary Award (won)
- César Award 2009: César Award (won)
- César Award for Best Actor 2009: César Award for Best Actor (won), for *Mesrine*
- Lumière Award for Best Actor 2009: Lumière Award for Best Actor (won), for *Public Enemy No. 1 – Todestrieb*
- César Award for Best Actor 2002: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Read My Lips*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2002: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Read My Lips*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2001: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *The Crimson Rivers*
- César Award for Best Actor 1996: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *La Haine*
- César Award for Best Male Revelation 1996: César Award for Best Male Revelation (nominated), for *La Haine*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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