Summary

• The Gentlemen is a return to Guy Ritchie's crime comedy roots, featuring a star-studded cast led by Matthew McConaughey.
• Mickey Pearson, played by McConaughey, is a marijuana empire owner looking to leave the business, but faces opposition from rival gangsters.
• The film combines action and comedy, with recognizable actors like Colin Farrell, Charlie Hunnam, and Hugh Grant in key roles.

The Gentlemen cast features several recognizable faces from across the entertainment industry. Written and directed by Guy Ritchie, The Gentlemen is a film that returns the celebrated director to his roots of comedy and crime. Years after helming films like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch, Ritchie moved on to bigger properties that pushed him into different genres. Now, Ritchie is once again directing a gangster film infused with comedy.

Described by the studio as a "sophisticated action comedy," The Gentlemen tells the story of Mickey Pearson, an American expatriate who has built a successful marijuana empire in London but is no longer interested in staying in business. Problems arise when Pearson's intentions are revealed to other figures in organized crime, who start scheming to steal everything he built. The Gentlemen cast includes Ritchie's regulars and some actors working with him for the first time, all led by Matthew McConaughey.

Matthew McConaughey As Mickey Pearson

The Drug Lord

Matthew McConaughey headlines The Gentlemen cast as Mickey Pearson, a former Rhodes scholar turned marijuana dealer. When the movie starts, he is a successful dealer but has grown tired of his marijuana empire and contemplates giving it all up. Pearson quickly realizes that quitting won't be so easy when fellow gangsters begin conspiring against him and wonders if maybe he shouldn't let go of his empire.

Matthew McConaughey has been acting since the 1990s, with his breakout role coming in the coming-of-age movie Dazed and Confused in 1993. He then became a leading man throughout the 1990s and 2000s, with rom-coms like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and dramas like The Lincoln Lawyer. More recently, he achieved acclaim for starring in HBO's True Detective, the Christopher Nolan movie Interstellar, and Dallas Buyers Club, which won him an Oscar.

Charlie Hunnam As Raymond Smith

The Enforcer

Charlie Hunnam plays Raymond Smith, Mickey Pearson's right-hand man and enforcer, one of the most powerful people in the entire organization. He is one of the main protagonists in The Gentlemen cast, as he deals with a nosy investigative journalist who has gotten a lot of evidence against Mickey and his entire organization. It is up to Raymond to help protect both his boss and himself as the word of Mickey's dealings is threatened to be exposed.

Hunnam also worked with Guy Ritchie in the 2017 movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Charlie Hunnam got his earliest breakout role in the movie, Nicholas Nickleby, as the titular character. However, his true breakout moment came when Hunnam starred as Jax Tellar in the TV series Sons of Anarchy. Since his starring role in that series, Hunnam has starred in a varied series of movies. He was Raleigh Becket in Pacific Rim, Alan McMichael in Crimson Peak, and Kai in Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon. Hunnam also worked with Guy Ritchie in the 2017 movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, as King Arthur.

Henry Golding As Dry Eye

The Underboss

Henry Golding plays Dry Eye, a gangster and underboss to Lord George. However, he makes two big mistakes in the movie. First, he deviates from Lord George's plans to make his own fortune. His second mistake was crossing Mickey and assaulting Mickey's wife, which does not turn out well for the villain.

Golding tried to kickstart his own franchise when he appeared as G.I. Joe member Snake Eyes.

Henry Golding enjoyed his major breakout role in the 2018 hit romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, where he played Nick Young. He also took on the role of Tom Webster in the romantic drama Last Christmas the same year that he starred in The Gentlemen. In 2021, Golding tried to kickstart his own franchise when he appeared as G.I. Joe member Snake Eyes in the ninja warrior's solo film. He has also appeared in Assassin Club in 2023 and will star in The Old Guard 2 on Netflix.

Michelle Dockery As Rosalind Pearson

Mickey's Wife

Michelle Dockery plays Rosalind Pearson, Mickey's wife, and the person whom Mickey plans to settle down with once he's out of the marijuana business. She is also not a wife reliant on Mickey's drug empire, as she owns her own successful garage. She was born into wealth, but her family is self-made and she carries that strength into her relationship with Mickey.

Michelle Dockery is best known for playing Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey.

Michelle Dockery is best known for playing Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey, a role earning her three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. However, her experience goes far beyond just one successful television role. On the big screen, she had roles in Hanna, Anna Karenina, Self/less, and the upcoming action movie Boy Kills World. On TV, she also stars in the 2022 Netflix miniseries Anatomy of a Scandal.

Jeremy Strong As Matthew Berger

The American Billionaire

Jeremy Strong stars in The Gentlemen cast as Matthew Berger, an American billionaire interested in purchasing Pearson's marijuana empire. However, Berger is also one of the antagonists in the movie as he is secretly working with a crime syndicate to undermine the deal and force the price down that Mickey is asking for his empire, which plays out in the explosive The Gentlemen ending.

Jeremy Strong is now best known for his role as Kendall Roy in the HBO series Succession.

Jeremy Strong is now best known for his role as Kendall Roy in the HBO series Succession. He starred in the show for the entire run and won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2020 and a Golden Globe Award in 2022. Strong has only been acting on TV and in movies since 2008, with roles in The Happening, Lincoln, Zer Dark Thirty, and Selma. In 2022, he had a role in Armageddon Time as Irving Graff. On top of Succession, Strong also had roles in Masters of Sex, The Good Wife, and Mob City.

Eddie Marsan As Big Dave

The Tabloid Editor

Eddie Marsan stars as Big Dave, a tabloid editor who sets his sights on Pearson. He has a problem with Mickey, who he feels disrespected him in the past, so he hires an investigative journalist named Fletcher to dig up information on both Mickey and his empire. he also has his hands in a deal with a rival Chinese crime syndicate that wants to move in on Mickey's territory.

Marsan also previously worked with Guy Ritchie in the Sherlock Holmes franchise.

Eddie Marsan has played several minor and supporting roles in several big-name movies. He has appeared in V for Vendetta, Mission: Impossible III, Miami Vice, The Illusionist, and Deadpool 2, where he played the villainous Headmaster. Marsan also previously worked with Guy Ritchie in the Sherlock Holmes franchise, where he played Inspector Lestrade. In 2024, Marsan stars in the musical biopic Back to Black, as Mitch Winehouse, the father of the late Amy Winehouse.

Colin Farrell As The Coach

The Gangster

Colin Farrell portrays a gangster called "Coach" in The Gentlemen. Coach is a gangster who works with Raymond when it comes to settling a debt when his fighters rob a marijuana farm. He also helps out Raymond, and at the same time, Mickey, when they find themselves the target of Dry Eye and Fletcher, a reporter who wants to bring the entire empire down.

Collin Farrell only plays a supporting role in this movie, but he remains one of the biggest Hollywood actors in the film alongside Matthew McConaughey. Farrell started acting in 1998 and has appeared in some major movie roles. He has starring roles in movies like Minority Report, Daredevil, S.W.A.T., In Bruges, Fantastic Beasts, and more recently in The Batman, where he played The Penguin. Farrell will also reprise his role as The Penguin in his own upcoming Max DC series.

Hugh Grant As Fletcher

The Investigative Reporter

Hugh Grant plays Fletcher in The Gentlemen cast. Fletcher is a reporter whose investigation into Mickey Pearson kicks off the story. Fletcher has dug up information about Mickey's empire and organization. He brought it to the attention of Mickey's enforcer, Raymond, and wants to be paid a large sum of money for the info, or he will release it to someone else - or even try to pitch it as a movie.

Grant also worked previously with Guy Ritchie on the big-screen remake of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Hugh Grant is an iconic actor who's appeared in some of Britain's best romantic comedies, including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Love, Actually, and Sense and Sensibility. Grant also worked previously with Guy Ritchie on the big-screen remake of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Most recently, Grant starred as the villain in both Paddington 2 and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and as Lofty in Wonka.