"First task: reconnaissance. I want to know everything that's going on in all three casinos, the rotation of the dealers, the path of every cash cart, I want to know about everything about every guard and every watcher, anyone with a security pass, I want to know where they're from, what their nicknames are, how they take their coffee, most of all, I want you guys to know these casinos, they're built to keep people in, I want you guys to know the quick routes out. Third task, surveillance: Casino security has an eye and ear on everyone, so we want an eye and ear on them."
— Danny Ocean, Ocean's Eleven
Planning a heist? Then you will need these smooth and clever thieves in your crew.
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Remake Trilogy
- Daniel "Danny" Ocean himself, debuting in the 2001 remake, is the very definition of a professional, expert thief. Danny, once he's released from prison, begins planning his next job and to coincide with the heist, concocts a plan to win his ex-wife Tess back from casino owner Terry Benedict, by proving Benedict would pick his money over her without question. During the first film, Danny's scheme to pull off a masterful $150 million robbery of three of Benedict's casinos comes together perfectly while Danny lets himself get sent back to prison as a diversion so the others can walk away without suspicion. In Twelve, Danny plays an arrogant master thief so as to force him to pay back the money that they stole from Benedict and in Thirteen, Danny bankrupts a hotel casino owned by the unscrupulous Willy Bank while also ruining his reputation and preventing an attempt from Benedict to double-cross the team too. Danny throughout the films also arranges setbacks to make it look like they're failing to fool their enemies as well and by the time he's believed to be dead in the fourth film, it's strongly hinted that he actually faked his death.
- Rusty is Danny's equally suave right-hand man and best friend, who often helps Danny plan things out. Joining Danny's heist of Terry Benedict's casino, Rusty helps convince Ruben to be their benefactor and recruits Basher by saving him from being arrested by pretending to be an FBI Agent and blowing up a Police Car as a distraction. Rusty later loops Benedict within an elaborate ruse about holding his money in hostage—yet intending on having it all stolen. Starting a romance with detective Isabel Lahiri, Rusty eventually leaves her when she finds evidence linking him to the crime and starts a chain of hotels, before joining forces with Danny again once Benedict comes for his money. Using his quick thinking to fix a problem in a heist by using explosives to lift a house in the air, Rusty uses the bet with the Night Fox to reunite with Isabel Lahiri by introducing her to her father. Later, helping take down Willie Bank for what he did to Ruben, Rusty convinces a concierge into making the V.U.P's stay miserable; puts a camera in Bank's office; pretends to be a security guard; and later rigs a machine to give the V.U.P 11 million dollars.
- Ocean's Twelve: Gaspar LeMarque is a world famous thief who once pulled off the impossible task of stealing the Fabergé Coronation Egg after 23 others had tried and failed, only returning it on the request of his wife. Faking his death and going into retirement, LeMarque taught François Toulour everything he needed to become the equally famous "Night Fox". When Danny Ocean comes to him for help dealing with Toulour, LeMarque agrees to help them out of disgust with Toulour's petty deeds, telling them exactly how to steal the Egg before Toulour even challenges them and advising them to act like everything is going wrong as Toulour will be spying on them. Getting the last laugh on his petty student, LeMarque has Rusty both reunite him with his daughter and deliver him the treasure he had to return all of those years ago.
- Deborah "Debbie" Ocean is Danny's younger sister who ended up in jail for five years after her partner and boyfriend Claude Becker turned on her to save himself when they were caught pulling scams. Falsely convincing the parole board she'll turn over a new leaf, Debbie celebrates her freedom by hustling a store out of beauty products and a hotel out of a room. Debbie concocts a heist with her friend Lou Miller and five other women in which they'll infiltrate the Met Gala after arranging for actress Daphne Kluger to be wearing the expensive diamond Toussaint necklace and then steal it while switching it out with a counterfeit, with each woman getting an equal share. The heist is successful, though Debbie deals Daphne in when she catches on to things and Debbie is also able to get revenge on Claude by framing him for the theft. Debbie also makes arrangements with Lou to have the royal jewels stolen at the same time so as to exponentially increase each of the eight shares between the women, with Debbie taking pleasure knowing full well that her brother would've been proud of her success.
- Lou Miller has been Debbie's partner in crime and closest friend for years in pulling scams and cons. Having watered down vodka at the bar she works in to make more money, Lou's run other hustles on the side since Debbie's been locked up and helps to plot the heist of the Toussaint—almost bowing out when discovering Debbie's running it as a revenge scheme against Claude and appreciating Debbie's planning when she's able to misdirect the investigation to keep the team from being given any focus at all. Lou on Debbie's behalf also brings in the Amazing Yen to help her steal all the Royal Jewels in the midst of the chaos so that every member of the team gets an even bigger share as a result.
- Daphne Kluger is a temperamental actress, who proves herself to be much smarter than she first appears. Starting as an unknowing pawn in Debbie's plan to steal the Toussaint, she eventually sees through Rose Weil's "bad acting" to put together what is happening. Daphne allows the group to steal the necklace during the Met Gala, playing innocent even to the insurance investigator sent to find it. Wanting to make friends, Daphne joins the group and plays a vital role in framing Claude Becker by seducing him and taking pictures of a piece of the Toussaint in his house. A gifted actress who uses her awareness of her surroundings to her benefit, Daphne ends the film making the friends she wanted and uses her share to become a successful film director.
- Tammy is Debbie's fence who despite trying to get away from the game to raise a family still continued to swipe things here and there in order to store them away in her garage in plain sight. As part of the hustle, she provides Rose Weil with the computer glasses to study and take a picture of the necklace with so that Tammy can then model out the replica with a 3D printer and runs the mission itself with Lou as well. Getting herself appointed a temporary coordinator at Vogue to get the seating plans, Tammy also discovers Debbie's revenge scheme against Claude on her own and when it's revealed Daphne caught onto things and joins the team, Tammy plays it safe by at first treating her presence with scrutiny.
- "Nine Ball", real name Leslie, is a skilled computer hacker Lou discovered and suggests to Debbie for the job. Nine Ball first manipulates an IT security guy into checking out a pop up about dogs—while disliking the tactic as she does it—so that she can hack into the system for the Met Gala and little by little create a blind spot in the cameras' views to be able to have a place to hide the teams' actions on the scene. In order to deal with the special lock that keeps the Toussaint from being easily removed from Daphne, Nine Ball also recruits her younger sister Veronica to recreate the special key that they need for it too.
