Will Smith and Margot Robbie's 2015 comedy-drama Focus has gained popularity on Netflix, and it's likely due - at least in part - to the movie's stellar cast.
Margot Robbie and Will Smith's collaboration on Focus was one of the film's main selling points, but it wasn't the only time the actors have worked together. 2016's best Western TV shows ever, together again. On top of the reunions, the cast of Focus also helped make the movie such an enjoyable watch, and they're names worth knowing.
The Cast of Focus |
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Name |
Role |
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Will Smith |
Nicky |
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Margot Robbie |
Jess |
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Rodrigo Santoro |
Garriga |
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Adrian Martinez |
Farhad |
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Gerald McRaney |
Owens |
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BD Wong |
Liyuan |
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Robert Taylor |
McEwen |
Will Smith As Nicky
Date Of Birth: September 25, 1968
- Active Since: 1986
Actor: Will Smith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Smith had his breakthrough role in one of his most iconic shows ever, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Prior to that show, Smith had gained fame in a completely different industry: as a rapper named The Fresh Prince. Since the 1990s, Smith has gone on to become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, and he's appeared in long-running franchises like Men in Black and Bad Boys, and he's even won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in King Richard.

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Will Smith's Notable Movies & TV Shows |
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Title |
Role |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
Will Smith |
Men in Black |
Jay |
I Am Legend |
Robert Neville |
Bad Boys |
Mike Lowrey |
Character: In Focus, Will Smith plays the main character, Nicky. Nicky was a con artist and master manipulator who ran several high-profile jobs. Though he asserts that a con artist can never lose focus, Nicky's estranged father, Bucky, and Jess both become distractions for him in the film.
Margot Robbie As Jess
Date Of Birth: July 2, 1990
- Active Since: 2008
Actor: Margot Robbie was born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia. Robbie's breakthrough role was in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, where she starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Before then, however, Robbie had gained notoriety within Australia due to her role in the soap opera Neighbors. Now, Robbie is one of the most famous actors in the world, and she has starred in several notable movies like Suicide Squad and Barbie. She's also been nominated for two Oscars, in I, Tonya and Bombshell.

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Margot Robbie's Notable Movies & TV Shows |
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Title |
Role |
Barbie |
Barbie |
Suicide Squad |
Harley Quinn |
The Wolf of Wall Street |
Naomi Lapaglia |
I, Tonya |
Tonya Harding |
Character: In Focus, Margot Robbie plays Jess, Nicky's love interest and an aspiring con artist. Nicky and Jess have a brief relationship before parting ways, but they eventually reunited three years later.
Rodrigo Santoro As Garriga
Date Of Birth: August 22, 1975
- Active Since: 1993
Actor: Rodrigo Santoro was born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Santoro's breakthrough role came in 2003, thanks to two films: Love, Actually, where he played Karl, and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, where he played Randy Emmers. Since then, Santoro has portrayed major characters in several notable projects, such as 300 and Westworld. Santoro also remains active in both English-language and Spanish-language projects to this day.
Rodrigo Santoro's Notable Movies & TV Shows |
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Title |
Role |
300 |
King Xerxes II |
Love Actually |
Karl |
Westworld |
Hector Escaton |
Lost |
Paulo |
Character: In Focus, Rodrigo Santoro plays Garriga, the owner of a Brazillian motorsports club. Garriga hires Nicky and his crew to sabotage his competition, and he unwittingly reunites the con artist with Jess.
Adrian Martinez As Farhad
Date Of Birth: January 20, 1972
- Active Since: 1993
Actor: Adrian Martinez was born in New York City, New York. Martinez's breakthrough role was in 2013's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, where he played Hernando opposite Ben Stiller. Interestingly, Martinez had actually gained notoriety before then, as he appeared in a series of ments for State Farm as the man wearing a Green Bay Packers cheese hat and doing the "discount double check" dance to quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Since then, Martinez has had a successful acting career, and he made his directorial debut in 2021 with iGilbert.
Adrian Martinez's Notable Movies & TV Shows |
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Title |
Role |
Focus |
Farhad |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
Hernando |
Unfrosted |
Tom Carvel |
iGilbert |
Gilbert Gonzalez |
Character: In Focus, Adrian Martinez plays Farhad, a member of Nicky's crew. Over the course of Focus, Farhad became good friends with Jess, and he played an important role in their scams.
Focus ing Cast & Characters
Gerald McRaney as Owens: In Focus, Gerald McRaney plays Owens, the head of Garriga's security detail who has a major secret. McRaney is mostly known for movies like The A-Team, where he played General Morrison, and The NeverEnding Story, where he played Bastian's Father. McRaney also appeared in Longmire as Barlow Connally, opposite his Focus co-star Robert Taylor.
BD Wong as Liyuan: BD Wong plays Liyuan in Focus, the target Nicky chooses to hustle at the football game. Wong is known for the Jurrassic Park and Jurrassic World franchises, where he plays Dr. Wu, and for the TV series Mr. Robot, where he played Whiterose.
Robert Taylor as McEwen: Robert Taylor plays McEwen in Focus. McEwen was the owner of a rival motorsports team that Garriga hired Nicky to sabotage. Taylor is most well-known for his eponymous role of Sheriff Walt Longmire in Longmire, as well as movies like The Meg, where he played Heller.

Focus
- Release Date
- February 27, 2015
- Runtime
- 105 minutes
- Director
- Glenn Ficarra
Cast
- Nicky Spurgeon
- Jess Barrett
Focus, released in 2015, stars Will Smith as seasoned con artist Nicky, who becomes romantically involved with his protégé Jess, played by Margot Robbie. The narrative unfolds as she later reemerges, complicating his latest schemes with her presence as a femme fatale.
- Writers
- John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $50.1 million
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