Vincent Cassel

Acting

Born November 23, 1966 · Paris, France

Also known as Vincent Crochon

Biography

Vincent Cassel (born November 23, 1966) is a French actor. He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled French Jewish youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film La Haine, for which he received two César Award nominations. He garnered wide recognition with English-speaking audiences for his performances in Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007), as well as Eastern Promises (2007), Black Swan (2010), and Jason Bourne (2016). Cassel is also renowned for playing the infamous French bank-robber Jacques Mesrine in Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One (both in 2008). In 2020, he portrayed Engerraund Serac in the HBO television series Westworld.

Awards & recognition

Sitges Grand Honorary Award · 2010
César Award — Best Actor · 2009
Lumière Award — Best Actor · 2009
Knight of the National Order of Merit
Lumière Awards

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National Order of Merit
César Award — Best Actor · 2020 · nominated
César Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2017 · nominated
César Award — Best Actor · 2016 · nominated
European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2014 · nominated
César Award — Best Actor · 2002 · nominated
Jameson People's Choice Award — Best Actor · 2002 · nominated
Jameson People's Choice Award — Best Actor · 2001 · nominated
César Award — Best Actor · 1996 · nominated
César Award — Best Male Revelation · 1996 · nominated