Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
Rounders
“Trust everyone... But always cut the cards.”
Overview
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
Director
John Dahl
Budget
12.0M
Revenue
22.9M
Status
Released
Production
Miramax, Spanky Pictures
Cast
Matt Damon
Mike McDermott
Edward Norton
Lester 'Worm' Murphy
John Turturro
Joey Knish
Gretchen Mol
Jo
John Malkovich
Teddy KGB
Famke Janssen
Petra
Martin Landau
Abe Petrovsky
Michael Rispoli
Grama
Goran Višnjić
Maurice
Mal Z. Lawrence
Irving
Paul Cicero
Russian Thug
Ray Iannicelli
Kenny
Merwin Goldsmith
Sy
Sonny Zito
Tony
Josh Mostel
Zagosh
Lenny Clarke
Savino
Peter Yoshida
Henry Lin
Jay Boryea
Russian Thug #2
Lenny Venito
Moogie
Richard Mawe
Professor Eisen
Michael Lombardi
D.A. Shields
Tom Aldredge
Judge Marinacci
Beeson Carroll
Judge Kaplan
E. Matthew Yavne
Professor Green
Erik LaRay Harvey
Roy
Dominic Marcus
Dowling
Brian Anthony Wilson
Derald
George Kmeck
Prison Guard
Joseph Parisi
Property Guard
Melina Kanakaredes
Barbara
Kohl Sudduth
Wagner
Charlie Matthes
Birch
Hank Jacobs
Steiny
Chris Messina
Higgins
Michael Ryan Segal
Griggs
Kerry O'Malley
Kelly
Slava Schoot
Roman
Michele Zanes
Taj Dealer
Allan Havey
Guberman
Joey Vega
Freddy Face
Neal Hemphill
Claude
Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Judge McKinnon
Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan
Lisa Gorlitsky
Sherry
John Di Benedetto
LaRossa
Nicole Brier
Sunshine
Tony Hoty
Taki
Mario Mendoza
Zizzo
Joe Zaloom
Cronos
Sal Richards
Johnny Gold
Josh Pais
Weitz
Adam LeFevre
Sean Frye
P.J. Brown
Vitter
David Zayas
Osborne
Michael Arkin
Bear
Murphy Guyer
Detweiler
Alan Davidson
Cabbie
Bill Camp
Eisenberg
Maria Soccor
Atlantic City Call Girl (uncredited)
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