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Gabriel Casseus | |
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| Born | Gabriel Pierre Casseus April 28, 1972 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Gabriel Casseus (born April 28, 1972) is an American actor and screenwriter from Roosevelt, New York.
Biography
Casseus, born in New York City, is of Haitian descent.[1]As Gabriel Casseus tells the story, he could have been a Cosby kid. In 1983 when he was only 11 years old 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 age 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’ he did New York Undercover,Silk Stalkings,The Parent Hood, Lockdown, Modern Vampires,Black Dog,Black Hawk Down And Homicide:Life On The Street.
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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Rating |
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| 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 | 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
- ^ "Gabriel Casseus, Haitian American Actor". 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
Bibliography
- One Square Mile: The History of Roosevelt, NY from an Autobiographical Perspective. Sheldon Parrish. ISBN 978-1-44155-568-7
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