Vincent Cassel

Overview

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 and talent have made of him a star of European cinema. First in La haine (1995), the young actor, actually coming from upper classes, succeeded to express the despair of a social class living in the suburbs of towns. This veracity in his play comes from the fact that he was in fact since years in connection with many hip-hop artists from the rising generation, (his own brother was leader of a legendary french rap group). Then the success of The Crimson Rivers (2000), where he plays a young French cop alongside Jean Reno, made of him "the man to count on." He never hid his taste for rap music, break dance, Capoeira, Brasil and his endless energy, but Vincent is also a family man, married to Monica Bellucci, his Italian co-star from The Apartment (1996); and recently a father.
- IMDb mini biography by: 4 ever vinz

Is good at Brazilian martial art, "Capoeira". He demonstrates this in the Lazer Field scene in Ocean's Twelve (2004).
Learned conversational Russian in a matter of two months, for playing the Russian character "Kirill" in Eastern Promises (2007).
Dubbing voice of Hugh Grant in the French post-synchronized versions of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994) and "Nine Months" (1995).
Travels so often to Bahia (Brazil), that he has even learned how to speak an almost flawless Portuguese.
His nose got broken while filming a fight scene in The Crimson Rivers (2000).

The day after I had my licence to drive I made Paris/Nice at 230 km/hour.
I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.
[on Irreversible (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.
[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.
I'm a little angry in life.