This list of celebrities addicted to gambling is loosely ranked by fame and popularity. It's no secret that stars love to spend their money. It's common for famous people to purchase everything from luxury cars to real estate, but there are a growing number of celebs who would rather gamble away their earnings at casinos and poker tournaments. Some of Hollywood's biggest movie stars have reportedly been addicted to gambling, including Ben Affleck, Charlie Sheen, and Tobey Maguire. Placing bets is also not a just man's pastime. There are plenty of female celebrities equally addicted to gambling such as actress Shannon Elizabeth, who is a poker pro.
There are also times when a gambling addiction spins out of control. The range of addiction can go from a casual player to compulsive gambler, which is also known by the term Ludomania. In 2011, music legend Gladys Knight revealed that she beat a nearly decade-long gambling problem and confessed to spending up to $40,000 a night playing baccarat. NBA great Charles Barkley admitted he has lost over $10 million at casinos throughout his adult life. We gathered a list of famous gamblers in the list below. See if one of your favorite Hollywood or sports stars has risked it all in the high stakes world of gambling and become one of these celebrity gamblers!
Being a successful gambler, especially in poker, requires a certain amount of acting skill. Maintaining a calm and rational demeanor no matter if you are on a hot streak or a dry spell (and, of course maintaining a stonewall poker face) is key to making the hobby a lucrative one.
As hard as that is to do in real life, we admire those talented actors that are able to do it in front of a camera and film crew. Below is our list of the best casino, poker, and gambling movie actors.
While Matt Damon has appeared in a few gambling-related movies, and John Malkovich’s role as Teddy KGB makes Rounders the most quoted gambling movie out there, for us it’s Edward Norton’s role in the 1998 poker drama that carries the film for us.
Playing Worm, a card hustler that just got out of jail and Damon’s best friend, he is quick to get back into the underground poker scene as a way to pay off some remaining debts. He is snarky, tricky, can’t seem to stay out of trouble, and seemingly makes everyone on screen around him come to life that much more.
Rounders is popular with many poker players – very much a cult classic, it was a hit with what was then quite an underground scene before the boom of online poker and the myriad of online options players have today,
While younger audiences might know him more for his voice work on shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons, it’d be impossible to not mention career villain James Woods when discussing the best gambling movie actors. One of his first roles was alongside James Caan (read more below) in The Gambler, where he undoubtedly learned the art of performing convincingly in a gambling film.
There are also times when a gambling addiction spins out of control. The range of addiction can go from a casual player to compulsive gambler, which is also known by the term Ludomania. In 2011, music legend Gladys Knight revealed that she beat a nearly decade-long gambling problem and confessed to spending up to $40,000 a night playing baccarat. NBA great Charles Barkley admitted he has lost over $10 million at casinos throughout his adult life. We gathered a list of famous gamblers in the list below. See if one of your favorite Hollywood or sports stars has risked it all in the high stakes world of gambling and become one of these celebrity gamblers!
Being a successful gambler, especially in poker, requires a certain amount of acting skill. Maintaining a calm and rational demeanor no matter if you are on a hot streak or a dry spell (and, of course maintaining a stonewall poker face) is key to making the hobby a lucrative one.
As hard as that is to do in real life, we admire those talented actors that are able to do it in front of a camera and film crew. Below is our list of the best casino, poker, and gambling movie actors.
While Matt Damon has appeared in a few gambling-related movies, and John Malkovich’s role as Teddy KGB makes Rounders the most quoted gambling movie out there, for us it’s Edward Norton’s role in the 1998 poker drama that carries the film for us.
Playing Worm, a card hustler that just got out of jail and Damon’s best friend, he is quick to get back into the underground poker scene as a way to pay off some remaining debts. He is snarky, tricky, can’t seem to stay out of trouble, and seemingly makes everyone on screen around him come to life that much more.
Rounders is popular with many poker players – very much a cult classic, it was a hit with what was then quite an underground scene before the boom of online poker and the myriad of online options players have today,
While younger audiences might know him more for his voice work on shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons, it’d be impossible to not mention career villain James Woods when discussing the best gambling movie actors. One of his first roles was alongside James Caan (read more below) in The Gambler, where he undoubtedly learned the art of performing convincingly in a gambling film.
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