http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Vincent Cassel

The new fragrance, La Nuit de l Homme, was launched worldwide in March 2009. In 2009, he made his debut as a singer on Zap Mama s album ReCreation, singing along side her on the singles Paroles, Paroles and Non, Non, Non. 1976: Philippe Noiret • 1977: Michel Galabru • 1978: Jean Rochefort • 1979: Michel Serrault • 1980: Claude Brasseur • 1981: Gérard Depardieu • 1982: Michel Serrault • 1983: Philippe Léotard • 1984: Coluche • 1985: Alain Delon • 1986: Christophe Lambert • 1987: Daniel Auteuil • 1988: Richard Bohringer • 1989: Jean-Paul Belmondo • 1990: Philippe Noiret • 1991: Gérard Depardieu • 1992: Jacques Dutronc • 1993: Claude Rich • 1994: Pierre Arditi • 1995: Gérard Lanvin • 1996: Michel Serrault • 1997: Philippe Torreton • 1998: André Dussollier • 1999: Jacques Villeret • 2000: Daniel Auteuil • 2001: Sergi López • 2002: Michel Bouquet • 2003: Adrien Brody • 2004: Omar Sharif • 2005: Mathieu Amalric • 2006: Michel Bouquet • 2007: François Cluzet • 2008: Mathieu Amalric • 2009: Vincent Cassel . Vincent Cassel (born November 23, 1966) is a French actor.

He is married to Italian actress Monica Bellucci, with whom he has a daughter, Deva, born September 12, 2004, in Rome, Italy. In 2006, he appeared in Sheitan, in which he played a shepherd who carries out satanic rituals.

In 2008, he appeared in two movies about Jacques Mesrine, who was France s public enemy number one in the seventies. Cassel received the 2009 Cesar award for best actor for his performance in Mesrine, directed by Jean-Francois Richet. An early appearance on British television was as Nicole s boyfriend in the 1994 Renault Clio advert which was used in the UK. In October 2008, L Oréal signed Cassel to be the face of a new Yves Saint Laurent men s fragrance.

Well known in his native France as a leading man, Cassel is usually cast as a villain in English-speaking films. Cassel was born Vincent Crochon in Paris, France, to Sabine Litique, a journalist, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel. His sister, Cécile is an actress.

Cassel has gone on to act in a variety of films such as the moody L Appartement (with Monica Bellucci before they married), the violent Dobermann, genre-bending Le Pacte des Loups (in English, Brotherhood of the Wolf) and in the highly controversial Irréversible. Cassel has also done a number of English language films, such as Ocean s Twelve and Ocean s Thirteen, Derailed, Birthday Girl, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Elizabeth, Eastern Promises, and Shrek (as the voice of Monsieur Hood). He has a passion for Capoeira and displayed his talent in the movie Ocean s Twelve. His breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz s critically acclaimed film La Haine where he played a troubled youth from the deprived outskirts of Paris.

His brother Mathias is a rapper with the group Assassin under the name Rockin Squat .