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Jean-Pierre Cassel (real name Jean-Pierre Crochon, October 27,1932 - April 19, 2007) was a French actor. He was the father of Vincent Cassel. He became known because of the roles he had in films in the 1950s and 1960s. He died of cancer.
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Synopsis: Salvini (Jean-Pierre Cassel) is an orchestra conductor of some renown. While rehearsing for a performance of Verdi's Othello he has a psychological crisis, brought on by his recognition of the man playing tympani in his orchestra. Near the end of World War II, Salvini took a false identity and hidRead More
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The son of famed French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, he first came to international attention starring as the thuggish gun-toting Vinz in the French skinhead flick, La Haine. The no-holds-barred portrayal of violent, disaffected youth didn't exactly paint a pretty picture of Paris, but won Cassel many fans as well as a nomination for best actor in the Césars, the French Oscars.
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PARIS, April 20 (Agence France-Presse) — The French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, who shot to fame as the star of film comedies by the director Philippe de Broca in the 1960s, died here on Thursday. He was 74.
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Cassel always regretted that he missed meeting Astaire by a few minutes in New York. He had just left visiting Gene Kelly, who had seen him dancing in a St Germain nightclub in 1957, and had cast him in The Happy Road, when Astaire turned up at Kelly's. Cassel's break came in 1958, when he replaced Jean-Paul Belmondo on stage in the comedy Oscar. De Broca saw the show, and gave him the lead in Les Jeux de l'amour.
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Besides being the only man who can touch Monica Bellucci every day and not get arrested, Cassel has become Hollywood's premiere European bad guy. With headlining performances in Birthday Girl (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Derailed (2005), Vincent is quickly becoming a tinsel town staple for any role requiring a provocative and magnetic evildoer from overseas.
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