History Characters / AmericanHustle

%%* MatzoFever

* ShesGotLegs: [[MaleGaze Much to the camera's delight.]]

%% * Manipulative Bitch: A completely unrepentant one, unlike [[spoiler:Sydney]].

%% * PrettyIn Mink: One of her outfits.

* BerserkButton: She doesn't react well when she finally sees Sydney in person.

* ManipulativeBitch: A completely unrepentant one, unlike [[spoiler:Sydney]].

* PrettyInMink: One of her outfits.

* AbsoluteCleavage: She frequently dons ridiculously sexy outfits split down the middle.

* VaporWear: There's a constant implication that Sydney doesn't wear ''anything'' under her dresses. Particularly in the stall sequence....

%%* LargeHam
* NotSoDifferent:
** He clearly thinks Irving's combover is ridiculous, but puts just as much effort into his own hair.
** Extends to their overall personalities and occupations in general. Though Irving is a career criminal, and Richie is in law enforcement, both ultimately prove to be self serving and manipulative opportunists.

* YourCheatingHeart: He has a wife and adopted son, and a mistress. Though it's explained in the film that he's immensely dedicated to Sydney and would divorce Rosalyn in a moment if it weren't for the fact that he'd lose Danny in a custody battle. Having grown extremely protective of his adopted son, the last thing Irving wants is for him to be left alone with the unstable Rosalyn.

* YourCheatingHeart: He has a fiance he barely acknowledges, while openly lusting after Sydney.

* YourCheatingHeart: Begins an affair with Pete Musane, though to be fair, Irving was cheating on her way before then.

* ConsummateProfessional: Believe it or not. Irving's approach to conning is much more subdued and logical that everyone else's in the film, preferring his cons to be as meticulously planned and free of possible glitches as possible. Without fail, every time the scheme goes against his suggestions, it spirals out of control.

* NobodyTouchesTheHair: Especially since it's a fragile comb-over.

* ManipulativeBastard: He is a conman, so this is to be expected. [[spoiler:Though, he does get better.]]
* NobleDemon: A career criminal who makes a living off scamming others, but is ultimately a fairly sympathetic character and ultimately [[spoiler: he attempts to do the right thing and becomes a legitimate businessman.]]

%%* LargeHam

* BadassGrandpa: Well into his old age and still able to intimidate an entire room by presence alone.

* DumbassHasAPoint: Throughout the film, Irving wants Rosalyn to be with somebody else. When she finally falls for someone other than him, it's Pete Musane, a mob enforcer (albeit a sensible, level-headed mob enforcer who genuinely cares for her). When Irving points out that Pete is "the most dangerous guy ever", Rosalyn replies "Well, what do you expect, Irving? I know everyone through you."

%%* TheChessmaster: Excels at this throughout the movie.

%%* HeroicBSOD: After confessing to [[spoiler:Carmine.]]

%%* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Though, he does get better.]]

%%* SirSwearsALot: Particularly towards Richie.

%%* EarnYourHappyEnding

%%* {{Fauxreigner}}: As 'Lady Edith Greensly'.

%%* MsFanservice: Oh yes.

[[folder:Pete Musane]]
!!Pete Musane
->'''Played By:''' Jack Huston
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Carl Elway]]
!!Carl Elway
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SheaWhigham
[[/folder]]

!!Irving Rosenfeld

[[folder:Richie DiMaso]]
!!FBI Agent Richard 'Richie' [=DiMaso=]

[[folder:Sydney Prosser]]
!!Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly

[[folder:Carmine Polito]]
!!Mayor Carmine Polito

!!Rosalyn Rosenfeld

!!Victor Tellegio

%%* {{Badass}}: By reputation.

->'''Played By:''' [[spoiler:Creator/RobertDeNiro]]

* TheDragon: To [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Meyer]] [[GreaterScopeVillain Lansky]].

* FriendToAllChildren: [[In the end, she's seen happily hanging out with Rosalyn's son.]]

%%* EarnYourHappyEnding
* EvilRedhead: [[AntiVillain Not exactly evil,]] but she is a manipulative con artist of course.

* KarmaHoudini: Though it may be due to him being GenreSavvy. He never [[spoiler:touched any of the money that was going to be used in the sting operation, so therefore, legally, he couldn't be touched. However, he knew Irving eventually turned the tables on Richie, and made it a point to have Pete tell Irving that he was aware that Irving helped him out, and 'appreciates it.']]

* VillainProtagonist

* TheChessmaster: excels at this throughout the movie.

* ConsummateLiar: As a con man, he has to be, and he's good at it.

* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding: He goes through quite a struggle throughout the movie but everything works out in his favor at the end.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: His guilt regarding Carmine's arrest and loss of his friendship, combined with all the stressful events of the film, result in Irving opening a legitimate art gallery.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After confessing to [[spoiler:Carmine.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Though, he does get better.]]

* SirSwearsALot: Particularly towards Richie.
* VillainProtagonist
* YourCheatingHeart: He has a wife and adopted son, and a mistress.
** Though it's explained in the film that he's immensely dedicated to Sydney and would divorce Rosalyn in a moment if it weren't for the fact that he'd lose Danny in a custody battle. Having grown extremely protective of his adopted son, the last thing Irving wants is for him to be left alone with the unstable Rosalyn.

* AntiHero

* DistractedByTheSexy: He has this reaction to Sydney many times throughout the film.
* [[spoiler:DrugsAreBad: His coke habit slips out of control as the film progresses, turning him into a ranting, unstable megalomaniac.]]

* LargeHam

* NotSoDifferent: He clearly thinks Irving's combover is ridiculous, but puts just as much effort into his own hair.
** This extends to their overall personalities and occupations in general. Though Irving is a career criminal, and Richie is in law enforcement, both ultimately prove to be self serving and manipulative opportunists.
* [[spoiler:OutGambitted: And ''how'', by the end of the movie.]]

* SmugSnake

* [[ConMan Con Woman]]: With Irving.
* ConsummateLiar: Comes with the territory of being a con-artist.

* {{Fauxreigner}}: As 'Lady Edith Greensly'.

** HeroicSeductress: Arguably, as [[spoiler: all she really wants in the end is to ensure she and Irving can live comfortably and free from the mob's notice and the FBI's radar.]] And unlike most Femmes, [[spoiler: she truly does love Irving and wants him to succeed with her.]]
* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding]]

* MatzoFever

* [[spoiler: NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Arguably the nicest most ''moral'' character in the story. Naturally he's the one who gets his political career ruined and faced with jail time.]]

* WideEyedIdealist: In stark contrast to everyone else in the movie.

* {{Hypocrite}}: She contradicts herself frequently.

* LargeHam

* MsFanservice: Oh yes.

* [[spoiler:TheDogBitesBack: When he informs [=DiMaso=] that he's off the case, following Richie's most epic fuck-up.]]

* {{Badass}}: By reputation.
** BadassGrandpa: Well into his old age and still able to intimidate an entire room by presence alone.

* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: Though it may be due to him being GenreSavvy. He never touched any of the money that was going to be used in the sting operation, so therefore, legally, he couldn't be touched. However, he knew Irving eventually turned the tables on Richie, and made it a point to have Pete tell Irving that he was aware that Irving helped him out, and 'appreciates it.']]
* TheMafia