Gabriel Casseus

Gabriel Casseus
Gabriel Casseus
Born	Gabriel Pierre Casseus=; April 28, 1972 (age 52); 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. ==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’

Biography

Casseus, born in New York City, is of Haitian descent.^[1]

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
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