American Hustle

Russell film American Hustle (2013) was broadly based on the events surrounding the Abscam investigation.

…the main roles of 2013’s American Hustle. The sleek romp, which was loosely based on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Abscam sting operation of the late 1970s and early ’80s, won the Golden Globe Award for best picture (comedy or musical) and was nominated for 10 Oscars. Russell himself received…

Russell’s American Hustle and the neighbor of a man who falls in love with a sentient computer operating system in director Spike Jonze’s Her. For her work in the former film, Adams won a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a comedy or musical and…

…swaggering con artist in Russell’s American Hustle (2013), for which he received an Oscar nomination for best actor.

Russell’s American Hustle (2013). C.K. provided the voice of a terrier in the computer-animated children’s comedy The Secret Life of Pets (2016). He had a recurring role on the sitcom Parks and Recreation. C.K. also cocreated and wrote the television show Baskets, which premiered in 2016…

…wacky FBI agent in Russell’s American Hustle (2013), which also featured Lawrence. In 2014 he starred as Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL sharpshooter, in the biographical war drama American Sniper, which was directed by Clint Eastwood, and, for his riveting performance, Cooper earned another Oscar nod. His other credits from…

…Sequel (1982) and appeared in American Hustle (2013) and Back to Black (2024), a biopic of the English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse. Jones has also been a popular concert draw, particularly in the United States and England, singing a combination of standards and more current material in live performances…

…Bale) in Russell’s cat-and-mouse romp American Hustle (2013); the role earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.