Vincent Cassel

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French actor and member of a noted family, his father is famous actor Jean-Pierre Cassel. Young Vincent attended circus school at age 17 but his subsequent experience in traveling carnivals was not satisfying. In 1991 he made his film debut in Les Cles du Paradis ("Keys of Paradise"). His career took off with the 1995 release of the film La Hain ("Hate") made with his colleague, actor/writer/director Mathieu Kassovitz whom he had met two years earlier. For his performance he received two César Award nominations. He followed up with a role in Jefferson in Paris (also 1995) starring Nick Nolte. 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). Throughout his career, which spans more than three decades, Cassel has earned critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including a César Award in 2009 and a Canadian Screen Award in 2016. He married actress and occasional co-star Monica Bellucci in 1999. They have two daughters, Deva (born 12 September 2004) and Léonie (born 21 May 2010). Cassel and Bellucci announced their separation in August 2013. He married French model Tina Kunakey (born 5 April 1997) on 24 August 2018 in Bidart, France. They have a daughter, Amazonie (born 19 April 2019). Link to Wikipedia biography