"A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks."
Matt Damon
as Mike McDermott
Edward Norton
as Lester 'Worm' Murphy
John Turturro
as Joey Knish
Gretchen Mol
as Jo
John Malkovich
as Teddy KGB
Famke Janssen
as Petra
Martin Landau
as Abe Petrovsky
Michael Rispoli
as Grama
Goran Višnjić
as Maurice
Mal Z. Lawrence
as Irving
Paul Cicero
as Russian Thug
Ray Iannicelli
as Kenny
Merwin Goldsmith
as Sy
Sonny Zito
as Tony
Josh Mostel
as Zagosh
Lenny Clarke
as Savino
Peter Yoshida
as Henry Lin
Jay Boryea
as Russian Thug #2
Lenny Venito
as Moogie
Richard Mawe
as Professor Eisen
Michael Lombardi
as D.A. Shields
Tom Aldredge
as Judge Marinacci
Beeson Carroll
as Judge Kaplan
E. Matthew Yavne
as Professor Green
Erik LaRay Harvey
as Roy
Dominic Marcus
as Dowling
Brian Anthony Wilson
as Derald
George Kmeck
as Prison Guard
Joseph Parisi
as Property Guard
Melina Kanakaredes
as Barbara
Kohl Sudduth
as Wagner
Charlie Matthes
as Birch
Hank Jacobs
as Steiny
Chris Messina
as Higgins
Michael Ryan Segal
as Griggs
Kerry O'Malley
as Kelly
Slava Schoot
as Roman
Michele Zanes
as Taj Dealer
Allan Havey
as Guberman
Joey Vega
as Freddy Face
Neal Hemphill
as Claude
Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
as Judge McKinnon
Johnny Chan
as Johnny Chan
Lisa Gorlitsky
as Sherry
John Di Benedetto
as LaRossa
Nicole Brier
as Sunshine
Tony Hoty
as Taki
Mario Mendoza
as Zizzo
Joe Zaloom
as Cronos
Sal Richards
as Johnny Gold
Josh Pais
as Weitz
Adam LeFevre
as Sean Frye
P.J. Brown
as Vitter
David Zayas
as Osborne
Michael Arkin
as Bear
Murphy Guyer
as Detweiler
Alan Davidson
as Cabbie
Bill Camp
as Eisenberg
Maria Soccor
as Atlantic City Call Girl (uncredited)
John Dahl
Director
Ted Demme
Producer
David Levien
Screenplay
Christopher Young
Original Music Composer
Jean-Yves Escoffier
Director of Photography
Scott Chestnut
Editor
Amanda Scheer-Demme
Music Supervisor
Randall Poster
Harry Darrow
Assistant Art Director
Ron Stone
Property Master
Leo Holder
Graphic Designer
Lara Kelly
Art Department Coordinator
Gary Martone
Key Grip
Pedro Hernández
Best Boy Grip
Scott H. Ramsey
Gaffer
Emily Loreto
Assistant Costume Designer
Mark Weingarten
Production Sound Mixer
Mark Goodermote
Boom Operator
Andrew Schmetterling
Andrew Zolot
Production Coordinator
John Clifford
Still Photographer
Nick Miller
Construction Coordinator
Gordon Krause
Construction Foreman
Richard J. Rossi
First Assistant Editor
Jon Johnson
Sound Supervisor
Val Kuklowsky
ADR Supervisor
Robert Troy
Dialogue Editor
Bruce Stubblefield
Trip Brock
Michael Chandler
Sound Editor
Ben Wilkins
Miguel Rivera
Cindy Jo Hinkleman
Assistant Sound Editor
Chris Winter
Robert Dawson
Title Designer
Zane D. Bruce
Foley Artist
Joseph T. Sabella
Ryan Murphy
Sound Recordist
Jeffrey Perkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris David
Tanya Noel Hill
Music Editor
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Mike Stanwick
Color Timer
Joel Stillerman
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Robert Pearson
Production Design
Rick Butler
Art Direction
Beth Kushnick
Set Decoration
Terry Dresbach
Costume Design
Lynn Lewis Lovett
Script Supervisor
Cara Leibovitz
Unit Publicist
Brian Koppelman
Bobby Cohen
Executive Producer
Tracy Falco
Associate Producer
Christopher Goode
Kerry Orent
Harvey Weinstein
Bob Weinstein
Unit Production Manager
Robert Hackl
Post Production Supervisor
Margo Myers
Production Supervisor
Victor DeNicola
Key Hair Stylist
Rita Ogden
Makeup Artist
Anthony Veader
Carla White
Key Makeup Artist
Christopher Swartout
First Assistant Director
Peter Leto
Second Assistant Director
Nina Jack
Second Second Assistant Director
Jery Hewitt
Stunt Coordinator
