The Gambler

The Gambler (2014)

Thriller, Crime, Drama

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying o...

Cast Age Comparison

Actor Character Actor Age Char Age Conf Diff Source/Hints
Mark Wahlberg Jim Bennett 43 - C1 No explicit age given. Character is a literature professor whose first book was published in 2007.
John Goodman Frank 62 - C1 No age specified. Character described as 'paternalistic loan shark'.
Brie Larson Amy Phillips 25 18-22 C2 +5 Described as 'college student by day, cocktail waitress in illegal gambling den by night' • Confirmed as college student in Jim Bennett's literature class
Michael Kenneth Williams Neville Baraka 48 - C1 No age specified. Character is a loan shark.
George Kennedy Ed 89 80-90 C2 +4 Ed is Jim Bennett's dying grandfather. George Kennedy was 89 at filming. No explicit character age, but must be elderly as grandfather of a middle-aged protagonist.