Cassel was born Vincent Crochon in Paris, the son of Sabine Litique, a journalist, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel. He is married to Italian actress Monica Bellucci, with whom he has a daughter, Deva Cassel, born September 12, 2004, in Rome, Italy. His brother Mathias Rockin' Squat is the leader of the French rap group Assassin. His sister, Cecile is an actress, who appeared in the final episode Read more...

His breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz's critically acclaimed film La Haine where he played a troubled youth from the decrepit outskirts of Paris. Cassel has gone on to act in a variety of films such as the moody L'Appartement, the violent Dobermann, genre-bending Le Pacte des Loups (aka Brotherhood of the Wolf) and in the highly controversial Irréversible, where he appeared frontally Read more...

Vincent Cassel (born November 23, 1966) is a French actor. He has appeared in both French and English language films.