Seymour cassell

Born on January 22, 1935, in Detroit, Seymour Joseph Cassel was the son of an artist and nightclub owner. From a very young age, he joined the cast of regular actors of filmmaker and performer John Cassavetes , who gave him the opportunity to make his screen debut with  Sombras , his first film. “He was like , and the best friend I’ve ever had,” the actor stated. “He was crucial to my career and became my guide.”

The two were then cast in Don Siegel ‘s Code of Underworld , and Cassel reprized them in Thus Speaks Love , The Murder of a Chinese Bookie, and Faces , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He also appeared in films by other directors such as The Human Jungle , again by  Siegel , Colors, Colors of War , by Dennis Hopper , or The Last Tycoon , farewell to the cinema by Elia Kazan .

Divorced in 1993 from the actress  Elizabeth Deering  , also a member of the Cassavetes company, the couple had two children. He nicknamed the famous rocker, whose real name is Saul Hudson, who was a friend of one of his offspring, Slash. Apparently, the qualifier occurred to him because he moved quickly from one side to another, he never stayed still.

In the final stretch of his extensive career,  Seymour Cassel gave life to Robert Redford ‘s chauffeur , a millionaire in An Indecent Proposal , and policeman Sam Catchem in Dick Tracy , an adaptation of the homonymous comic by Warren Beatty . But he always gave more importance to independent cinema, which is why he had a small role in Trees Lounge , Steve Buscemi ‘s directorial debut, and also appeared in three Wes Anderson films : Rushmore Academy , The Tenenbaums and Life Aquatic . 

In 2009, he ran for president of the Screen Actors Guild, but lost the election.