Rusty Ryan
Danny Ocean's right-hand man and co-planner.
Robert Charles "Rusty" Ryan, played by Brad Pitt, is Danny Ocean's friend, partner in crime and right-hand man across the Ocean's trilogy. In Ocean's Eleven (2001) Danny reunites with Rusty in Los Angeles after breaking his parole, and the two plan the $160 million robbery of Terry Benedict's casinos together.
Quick Facts
- Played by
- Brad Pitt
- Role
- Danny Ocean's right-hand man
- Films
- Ocean's Eleven
- Ocean's Twelve
- Ocean's Thirteen
Role in the crew
Rusty's skills are used mostly in the planning phase of the heists. In Ocean's Eleven he and Danny recruit the rest of the crew, and when Linus learns that Benedict is dating Danny's ex-wife Tess, Rusty wants to call the job off because he believes Danny is driven by wanting Tess back. After the Bellagio job, Rusty and Tess pick Danny up when he is released from prison.
Later films
Rusty's ex-girlfriend Isabel Lahiri, a Europol agent, is what gets the team into trouble in Ocean's Twelve. Rusty's weakness for his hotel puts him in debt by Ocean's Twelve and keeps him pulling jobs to keep it afloat by Ocean's Thirteen.
More in The Crew & Cast
Elsewhere in Ocean's Eleven
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