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Dumb Money (2023) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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- Paul Dano as Keith Gill. Keith Gill is the main character in Dumb Money. He is a financial advisor at Mass Mutual who invested over $50K in GameStop stock after doing his own research.
- Seth Rogen as Gabe Plotkin. Gabe Plotkin is positioned as one of the main villains of Dumb Money. He was the founder of Melvin Capital Management and had a net worth of $400 million thanks in part to shorting GameStop stocks.
- America Ferrera as Jenny Campbell. America Ferrera plays a nurse named Jenny Campbell in Dumb Money. Unlike some of the other characters in the movie, Jenny Campbell is not directly based on a single individual person in real life.
- Anthony Ramos as Marcus Barcia. Anthony Ramos plays another character in Dumb Money who is not based on a singular real-life person. Marcus Barcia is a GameStop employee who also became an investor in the company's stock thanks to following RoaringKitty's videos.
Dumb Money is a 2023 American biographical comedy-drama film, directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. It is based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021.
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- Dumb Money cast & characters. Before we get into the Dumb Money cast, here’s the synopsis: “Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company.”
- Keith Gill: Paul Dano. Sony Pictures. Paul Dano plays Keith Gill, the real-life superhero in this tale. The charismatic and somewhat eccentric small-time financial analyst and investor became internet famous for his posts on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets, with his belief and investment in GameStop inspiring others to get involved.
- Kevin Gill: Pete Davidson. Sony Pictures. Pete Davidson appears in the Dumb Money cast as Kevin Gill, Keith’s down-and-out brother. He might be a bit of a joker, but he still believes in his brother and wants to see him succeed – even if he does make a few quips about the “golden boy” along the way.
- Gabe Plotkin: Seth Rogen. Sony Pictures. Seth Rogen plays Gabe Plotkin, the villain of the saga and the founder of hedge fund Melvin Capital, which took out a huge short position on GameStop.
- Keith Gill. Let's start off with the main character of Dumb Money, Keith Gill (Paul Dano), aka Roaring Kitty. While Gill is definitely a unique individual, he is 100% real.
- Gabe Plotkin. On the other end of the spectrum of the GameStop situation was Gabe Plotkin, who is also a real-life figure. Played by Seth Rogen in the movie, Plotkin is one of the main Wall Street figures trying to short GameStop stock, betting on its decline to make him (more) rich.
- Ken Griffin. Ken Griffin in the movie (played by Nick Offerman) and in real-life is the CEO of Citadel LLC, the massive hedge fund that plays a role in the GameStop saga.
- Vlad Tenev. Speaking of Robinhood, both of the app's founders Baiju Bhatt (Rushi Kota in the movie) and Vlad Tenev (Sebastian Stan) are real-life figures.
Sep 29, 2023 · Ken Griffin, who owns most of the hedge fund known as Citadel LLC, was also a major player in the 2021 GameStop short squeeze, and, thus, a major player in Dumb Money. Here he's played by Nick...
Sep 22, 2023 · Offerman portrays Ken Griffin, the largest hedge fund manager who is seen in Dumb Money. Griffin ran Citadel LLC, a company with connections to both, Melvin Capital and Robinhood, investment ...