Vincent Cassel

Actor, also producer · Born November 23, 1966 (59) · Paris, France

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: November 23, 1966 (59)
From: Paris, France
Works as: Actor, also producer
Titles: 68 on MovieCove · 112 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 20% in 30 days

What are Vincent Cassel's films like?

Across their 62 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Adventure5 titles24^th

Biography3 titles58^th

Animation2 titles90^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

25%

Self

24%

Morality

17%

Power

11%

Society

10%

Survival

10%

Ideas

Romantic love15 Family bonds11 Deception10 Ambition8 Obsession9 Identity6 Friendship5 Loyalty6

What they feel like to watch

their average across 61 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 4 · Wry 4 · Earnest 52

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 14 · Dark 33

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 18 · Stylized 27 · Heightened 16

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 21 · Intense 31

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 18 · Shifting 34 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 43 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 9

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 37 · Relentless 5

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 15

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 17 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 23

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 35 · Open-ended 18 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

51 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 21 of 51 analyzed roles.

Shadow

21 of 51

Hero

17 of 51

Shapeshifter

3 of 51

Trickster

3 of 51

Threshold guardian

3 of 51

Mentor

2 of 51

Ally

2 of 51

Show the 51 roles

Heroas Vinz in La haine (1995)
Shadowas Vinz in La haine (1995)
Heroas Max Mayer in The Apartment (1996)
Heroas Yann Lepentrec dit Le Dob in Dobermann (1997)
Shadowas Gino Bolognese in Guest House Paradiso (1999)
Heroas Pitu in Unruly (1999)
Heroas Max Kerkerian in The Crimson Rivers (2000)
Shapeshifteras Jean-François in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Shapeshifteras Paul in Read My Lips (2001)
Shadowas Alexei in Birthday Girl (2001)
Heroas Marcus in Irreversible (2002)
Shadowas Lord De Guise in The Reckoning (2003)
Heroas Mike Blueberry in Renegade (2004)
Heroas Brisseau in Secret Agents (2004)
Shadowas LaRoche in Derailed (2005)
Shadowas Joseph in Satan (2006)
Shadowas Satyre in Sa majesté Minor (2007)
Heroas Jacques Mesrine in Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Tricksteras Jacques Mesrine in Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
Shapeshifteras Jacques Mesrine in Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Tricksteras Tony Merguez in Round Da Way (2009)
Shadowas Matias in Adrift (2009)
Mentoras Thomas Leroy in Black Swan (2010)
Tricksteras Patrick in Our Day Will Come (2010)
Heroas Ambrosio in The Monk (2011)
Shadowas Otto Gross in A Dangerous Method (2011)
Shadowas Franck in Trance (2013)
Shadowas La Bête / Beast in Beauty and the Beast (2014)
Threshold guardianas Gregori in Partisan (2015)
Threshold guardianas King of Strongcliff in Tale of Tales (2015)
Shadowas Georgio Milevski in My King (2015)
Shadowas Gregori in Partisan (2015)
Shadowas Laurent in One Wild Moment (2015)
Shadowas Antoine in It's Only the End of the World (2016)
Shadowas Asset in Jason Bourne (2016)
Heroas Paul Gauguin in Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
Shadowas Nicolas Terranova in The Movie of My Life (2017)
Shadowas Jean-Paul in The Great Mystical Circus (2018)
Heroas François Visconti in Black Tide (2018)
Heroas François Vidocq in The Emperor of Paris (2018)
Shadowas Michel Camdessus in Default (2018)
Heroas Bruno in The Specials (2019)
Allyas Marc Seyriey in A Friendly Tale (2020)
Mentoras Captain Lucien in Underwater (2020)
Heroas Athos in The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023)
Allyas Athos in The Three Musketeers - Part I: D'Artagnan (2023)
Shadowas Jules César in Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023)
Shadowas Walker Bravo in Damaged (2024)
Heroas Karsh Relikh in The Shrouds (2024)
Threshold guardianas Charon in The Opera! Arie per un'eclissi (2024)
Heroas Scorpex in Banger (2025)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Melancholic

Dread

Contemplative

Absurd

Other

How their films linger

Thought-provoking26 Unsettling22 Bittersweet19 Haunting13 Fun10 Hopeful11

How their films end · 15 with a twist

Happy10
Bittersweet31
Tragic6
Ambiguous15

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Vincent Cassel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 47 of their 68 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Howdy4 titles, show their 4 titles on Howdy
Lionsgate+4 titles, show their 4 titles on Lionsgate+
Cinemax3 titles, show their 3 titles on Cinemax
France Channel3 titles, show their 3 titles on France Channel
Cineverse2 titles, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
Shout! TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
ViX2 titles, show their 2 titles on ViX
BFI Player1 title, show their title on BFI Player
Cohen Media Channel1 title, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
Kino Film Collection1 title, show their title on Kino Film Collection
Midnight Pulp1 title, show their title on Midnight Pulp
Sundance Now1 title, show their title on Sundance Now

Subscription and free streaming for Vincent Cassel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

112 credits, 68 with a MovieCove page; 22 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Dumas: Black Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Actor
The Last Druid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Actor
Parallel Tales(2026)
as Pierre / Nicolas
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Sacrifice(2025)
as Ben Bracken
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Shrouds(2024)
as Karsh Relikh
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Banger(2025)
as Luis / Scorpex
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
The Colosseum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
The Opera! Arie per un'eclissi(2024)
as Charon
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Saint-Exupéry(2024)
as Henri Guillaumet
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Fiasco(2024)
Show 3 episodes · as Robin Jacomet
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Damaged(2024)
as Walker Bravo
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Three Musketeers: Milady(2023)
as Athos
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Three Musketeers - Part I: D'Artagnan(2023)
as Athos
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Liaison(2023)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Gabriel Delage
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom(2023)
as Jules César
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Becoming Cousteau(2021)
as (voice)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Fake News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Co-Producer · as Actor in Guillaume Kekchoz's new film
6 x confiné.e.s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Scorpex
A Friendly Tale(2020)
as Marc
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Underwater(2020)
as Captain Lucien
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Specials(2019)
as Bruno Haroche
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Emperor of Paris(2018)
as Vidocq
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Default(2018)
as IMF Managing Director
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Great Mystical Circus(2018)
as Jean-Paul
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
The World Is Yours(2018)
as Henri
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Black Tide(2018)
Producer · as François
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Li Na: My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Actor
Roi de la vanne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti(2017)
as Paul Gauguin
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Movie of My Life(2017)
as Nicolas Terranova
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Man Who Unlocked the Universe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Narrator
Westworld(2016)
Show 8 episodes · as Serac
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
It's Only the End of the World(2016)
Producer · as Antoine
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Jason Bourne(2016)
as Asset
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
My King(2015)
as Georgio Milevski
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Violence en réunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Vincent Battisti
One Wild Moment(2015)
as Laurent
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Tale of Tales(2015)
as King of Strongcliff
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Partisan(2015)
as Gregori
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Child 44(2015)
as Major Kuzmin
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Rio, I Love You(2014)
as Zé (segment "A Musa")
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Beauty and the Beast(2014)
Producer · as The Beast
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Trance(2013)
as Franck
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
A Dangerous Method(2011)
as Otto Gross
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Platane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Vincent Cassel
The Monk(2011)
as Frère Ambrosio
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Black Swan: Metamorphosis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Thanks · as Self
Black Swan(2010)
as Thomas Leroy / The Gentleman
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Great Migrations(2010)
Show 7 episodes · Actor
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Our Day Will Come(2010)
Producer · as Patrick
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Adrift(2009)
as Matias
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Round Da Way(2009)
as Tony Merguez (voice)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1(2008)
as Jacques Mesrine
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Mesrine: Killer Instinct(2008)
as Jacques Mesrine
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Sa majesté Minor(2007)
as Satyre
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Eastern Promises(2007)
as Kirill
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Ocean's Thirteen(2007)
as François Toulour
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
FBI Zoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Walt
Satan(2006)
Producer · as Joseph
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Derailed(2005)
as LaRoche
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Ocean's Twelve(2004)
as François Toulour
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Secret Agents(2004)
as Brisseau
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Reckoning(2003)
as Lord De Guise
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Renegade(2004)
as Mike Blueberry
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Kourtrajmé Vol 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Vincent
Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Vinz
Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show as Corsini
Irreversible(2002)
Co-Producer · as Marcus
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
La barbichette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Vinz
Read My Lips(2001)
as Paul Angeli
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Birthday Girl(2001)
as Alexei
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Shrek(2001)
as Monsieur Hood (voice)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Brotherhood of the Wolf(2001)
as Jean-François de Morangias
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Dear Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Actor
Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Vinz
The Crimson Rivers(2000)
as Max Kerkerian
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Guest House Paradiso(1999)
as Gino Bolognese
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc(1999)
as Gilles de Rais
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Unruly(1999)
as Pitou
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Femmes enragées (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as Vincent
Elizabeth(1998)
as Duc d'Anjou
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Michael
Lascars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Show 60 episodes · as Graffeur
Compromis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Le jeune premier
As You Want Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Pasquale
Dobermann(1997)
as Yann Le Pentrec aka Dobermann
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Shabbat Night Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Director · Producer · Writer
The Pupil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Julien
The Apartment(1996)
as Max
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Blood of the Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
as Pastamoo
Adultery (A User's Guide) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
as Bruno
La haine(1995)
as Vinz
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Jefferson in Paris(1995)
as Camille Desmoulins
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
as Eric
3000 scénarios contre un virus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Show 30 episodes · Actor
Valse Nocturne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
as Vincent
C'est mon histoire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Show 1 episode · as Vincent
Elle voulait faire quelque chose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Vincent
Putain de porte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Vincent
Dose mortelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Actor
Métisse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Max
Warburg: A Man of Influence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 1 episode · as Vincent
Hot Chocolate(1992)
as Dédé
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Un dimanche sans ailes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Actor
Les Clés du Paradis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Vincent
Les Dessous de la passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Christopher / The Photograph
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête(1989)
as Pierre
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Pr Septimus
Capoeira, les guerriers de la danse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Producer
Eleven Missing Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
The Hunchback, Soul of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Quasimodo
Trivial Of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Gaston Delacroix

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 112 titles, 105 of them dated from 1989 to 2026; peak year 2015.

Biggest box office

Shrek (2001)

$490M worldwide

Highest rated

La haine (1995)

Midcredits 99^th

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination

19892026

Peak 2015 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 35 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1993Screen debut· Métisse
1995First top-billed film· La Haine
1995Breakout· La Haine
2010Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Black Swan
2016Career best· Westworld

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting109 of 112 · 58^thDirecting1 of 112Writing1 of 112Producing8 of 112 · 45^thOther crew1 of 112

112 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s30 · 29 acting · 1 crew2000s26 · 26 acting · 2 crew2010s30 · 29 acting · 3 crew2020s18 · 18 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 36% of 61 roles

40%

11%

33%

63%

50%

30%

25%

93980308131823

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2011, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Vincent Cassel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58^th percentile, the median of all 64; across their 61 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53^rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 61

Approval · how many liked their films

56^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 61

Reach · how many have seen their films

90^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 61

Midcredits score across 68 titles, by percentile

75^th and up22
50^th to 74^th19
25^th to 49^th14
Below 25^th13

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 68 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved9
Crowd Pleaser28
Broadly Agreed11
Mixed20

Most divisive · actor

Hot Chocolate (1992)

82^nd percentile spread · 54% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

La haine (1995)

Midcredits 99^th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 56 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Vincent Cassel's work okay for kids?

Across up to 35 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore23 titles48–93 · median 86 · severeheavier than most films

Sex & Nudity35 titles24–76 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most films

Profanity19 titles16–88 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most films

Alcohol & Drugs20 titles6–67 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense20 titles43–84 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.