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Vincent Cassel (born 23 November 1966) is a Cesar award winning French actor probably best known to English-speaking audiences through his film performances in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, as well as Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. Cassel was born Vincent Crochon in Paris, France, to Sabine Litique, a journalist, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel (born Jean-Pierre Crochon). He is married to Italian actress Monica Bellucci, with whom he has two daughters, Deva (born 12 September 2004) and Léonie (born 21 May 2010). His brother Mathias is a rapper with the group Assassin under the... MORE

Vincent Cassel (born 23 November 1966) is a Cesar award winning French actor probably best known to English-speaking audiences through his film performances in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, as well as Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. Cassel was born Vincent Crochon in Paris, France, to Sabine Litique, a journalist, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel (born Jean-Pierre Crochon). He is married to Italian actress Monica Bellucci, with whom he has two daughters, Deva (born 12 September 2004) and Léonie (born 21 May 2010). His brother Mathias is a rapper with the group Assassin under the name "Rockin' Squat". His half-sister, Cécile Cassel, is an actress. He has a passion for Capoeira and displayed his talent in the movie Ocean's Twelve. Besides his native French language, Cassel speaks English, Portuguese, and Italian. He learned basic conversational Russian for his role in Eastern Promises. Cassel's breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz's critically acclaimed film La Haine where he played a troubled youth from the deprived outskirts of Paris. He has gone on to act in a variety of films such as the moody L'Appartement (with Monica Bellucci before they married), the violent LESS