The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American
biographical black comedy crime film, directed by
Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by
Terence Winter is adapted from the
memoir of the same name by
Jordan Belfort and recounts from Belfort's perspective his career as a stockbroker in
New York City and how his firm
Stratton Oakmont engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on
Wall Street that ultimately led to his downfall.
Leonardo DiCaprio (who also co-produced the film) stars as Belfort, with
Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff,
Margot Robbie as his second wife Naomi Lapaglia, and
Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham, the
FBI agent who tries to bring him down.
Matthew McConaughey,
Rob Reiner,
Jon Favreau, and
Jean Dujardin are also featured. The film marks the director's fifth collaboration with DiCaprio, after
Gangs of New York (2002),
The Aviator (2004),
The Departed (2006), and
Shutter Island (2010), as well as his second collaboration with Winter after the television series
Boardwalk Empire (2010–14).