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 Hass (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 Die purpurnen Flüsse (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
Lügen der Liebe (1996); and recently a father.
