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'''Gabriel Casseus''' (born April 28, 1972) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] and screenwriter from Roosevelt, New York.
'''Gabriel Casseus''' (born April 28, 1972) is an American actor from Roosevelt, New York.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Casseus, born in [[New York City]], is of [[Haiti]]an descent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gabriel Casseus, Haitian American Actor|url=http://www.haitimega.com/Movies-Gabriel_Casseus_Haitian_American_Actor/84452980121600009/article_87635728057792579.jsp |date=3 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812135043/http://www.haitimega.com/Movies-Gabriel_Casseus_Haitian_American_Actor/84452980121600009/article_87635728057792579.jsp|archive-date=2014-08-12}}</ref>
Casseus was born in [[New York City]] and is of [[Haiti]]an descent.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 August 2013 |title=Gabriel Casseus, Haitian American Actor |url=http://www.haitimega.com/Movies-Gabriel_Casseus_Haitian_American_Actor/84452980121600009/article_87635728057792579.jsp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812135043/http://www.haitimega.com/Movies-Gabriel_Casseus_Haitian_American_Actor/84452980121600009/article_87635728057792579.jsp |archive-date=2014-08-12}}</ref>


Casseus was nominated for the 1995 [[Independent Spirit Award]] for Best Debut Performance in the film ''[[New Jersey Drive]]''. He has appeared in the films ''[[Get on the Bus]]'', ''[[Fallen (1998 film)|Fallen]]'', and ''[[Black Dog (film)|Black Dog]]''.
At the age of 23 Casseus was nominated for the 1995 [[Independent Spirit Award]] for Best Debut Performance in the film ''[[New Jersey Drive]]''. He has appeared in the films ''[[Get on the Bus]]'', ''[[Fallen (1998 film)|Fallen]]'', and ''[[Black Dog (1998 film)|Black Dog]]''.


He had roles as pool-playing Freddie in the [[50 Cent]] movie ''[[Before I Self Destruct (film)|Before I Self Destruct]]'' (2009), as Elliot's cellmate in ''[[Bedazzled (2000 film)|Bedazzled]]'', and as Army Ranger Kurth in ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''.
He had roles as pool-playing Freddie in the [[50 Cent]] movie ''[[Before I Self Destruct (film)|Before I Self Destruct]]'' (2009), as Elliot's cellmate in ''[[Bedazzled (2000 film)|Bedazzled]]'', and as Army Ranger Kurth in ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''.
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He is a co-writer of the 2010 film ''[[Takers]]''.
He is a co-writer of the 2010 film ''[[Takers]]''.
==Personal life== As Gabriel Casseus tells the story, he could have been a Cosby kid. In 1983 the son of Haitian immigrants, whose only acting experience was in small local theater, had a callback for the role of Theo Huxtable. But, he says, he jumped a subway turnstile in Manhattan on his way to the audition and got arrested. When he was only 14 at the time he hung out with "ER's" Eriq LaSalle was 24 and Ving Rhames was 27, As a teenager, he spent the next 12 years doing odd jobs, selling shoes and removing asbestos,he graduated from roosevelt high school in 1990,went to film school and managing the shark bar, at 22, he land a part as a teenage carjacker in 1995's New Jersey Drive. His career finally jump-started, Casseus, at age 24, took a groundbreaking part this year as a murderous gang member turned Muslim in Spike Lee’s Get on the Bus. “If he were a stock trading on the market, I’d invest in him,” says Reuben Cannon, casting director and coproducer of Bus. Next, Casseus will play Denzel Washington‘s brother in 1997’s Fallen. As his steady rise continues, he is patient. “I’m just ‘that guy in the movie,’ ” he says. “Hopefully next year I’ll be Gabriel Casseus, but it feels good being ‘that guy’




==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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! Rating
! Rating
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|-
| 1994-1997
| 1994–1997
| ''[[New York Undercover]]''
| ''[[New York Undercover]]''
| Multiple-roles
| Multiple-roles
| TV Series
| TV series
| TV-14
| TV-14
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| ''[[Law & Order]]''
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
| Dewey Latterman
| Dewey Latterman
| TV Series 1 episode
| TV series 1 episode
|TV-14
|TV-14
|-
|-
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| ''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
| ''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
| Deon Wilkes
| Deon Wilkes
|TV Series 1 episode
|TV series 1 episode
|TV-14
|TV-14
|-
|-
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| ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
| ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
| Derek Sherman
| Derek Sherman
|TV Series 1 episode
|TV series 1 episode
|TV-14
|TV-14
|-
|-
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| ''[[The Parent 'Hood]]''
| ''[[The Parent 'Hood]]''
| Bobby
| Bobby
| TV Series 1 episode
| TV series 1 episode
|TV-PG
|TV-PG
|-
|-
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| ''Don King: Only In America''
| ''Don King: Only In America''
| Jeremiah Shabazz
| Jeremiah Shabazz
| TV Movie
| TV movie
|R
|R
|-
|-
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|-
| 1998
| 1998
| ''[[Black Dog (film)|Black Dog]]''
| ''[[Black Dog (1998 film)|Black Dog]]''
| Sonny Boxer
| Sonny Boxer
| Movie
| Movie
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| 1999
| 1999
| ''[[The Crow: Stairway to Heaven]]''
| ''[[The Crow: Stairway to Heaven]]''
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| Rodney
| TV series
| TV series
|NR
|NR
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[[Category:Male actors from New York City]]
[[Category:Writers from New York City]]
[[Category:Writers from New York City]]
[[Category:Haitian-American male actors]]
[[Category:American male actors of Haitian descent]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)]]




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Latest revision as of 21:01, 18 September 2024

Gabriel Casseus
Born (1972-04-28) April 28, 1972 (age 52)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present

Gabriel Casseus (born April 28, 1972) is an American actor from Roosevelt, New York.

Biography

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Casseus was born in New York City and is of Haitian descent.[1]

At the age of 23 Casseus was nominated for the 1995 Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance in the film New Jersey Drive. He has appeared in the films Get on the Bus, Fallen, and Black Dog.

He had roles as pool-playing Freddie in the 50 Cent movie Before I Self Destruct (2009), as Elliot's cellmate in Bedazzled, and as Army Ranger Kurth in Black Hawk Down.

Casseus has appeared on television shows including Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, The Practice, Law & Order and 24.

He is a co-writer of the 2010 film Takers.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes Rating
1994–1997 New York Undercover Multiple-roles TV series TV-14
1995 New Jersey Drive Midget Movie R
1995 Law & Order Dewey Latterman TV series 1 episode TV-14
1995 Silk Stalkings Deon Wilkes TV series 1 episode TV-14
1996 Homicide: Life on the Street Derek Sherman TV series 1 episode TV-14
1996 The Parent 'Hood Bobby TV series 1 episode TV-PG
1996 Lone Star Young Otis Movie R
1996 Nightjohn Outlaw Movie PG-13
1996 Get on the Bus Jamal Movie R
1997 Don King: Only In America Jeremiah Shabazz TV movie R
1997 Buffalo Soldiers Wesley Movie TV-14
1998 Fallen Art Hobbes Movie R
1998 The Wedding Hannibal Movie NR
1998 Modern Vampires Time Bomb Movie R
1998 Black Dog Sonny Boxer Movie PG-13
1999 The Crow: Stairway to Heaven Rodney TV series NR
1999 Harlem Aria Anton Movie R
2000 Lockdown Cashmere Movie R
2000 Bedazzled God Movie PG-13
2001 15 Minutes Unique Movie R
2001 Black Hawk Down SPC Mike Kurth Movie R
2002 Ritual J.B. Movie R
2009 Dough Boys Simuel Movie R
2009 G-Force Special Agent Carter Movie PG
2009 Before I Self Destruct Freddie Movie R
2012 Brothers in Arms Linc Movie R
2017 Chocolate City: Vegas Strip Tone Movie R

References

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  1. ^ "Gabriel Casseus, Haitian American Actor". 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Bibliography

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  • One Square Mile: The History of Roosevelt, NY from an Autobiographical Perspective. Sheldon Parrish. ISBN 978-1-44155-568-7
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