Rusty Ryan

Rusty Ryan is a fictional character in the 2000's Ocean's Series. The character was portrayed by Brad Pitt in the 2001 remake and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen.

Before Oceans 11
Little is known about Rusty before Oceans 11, but references appear frequently through out the trilogy. Rusty mentions in Oceans 13 that he has known Reuben for many years, and that when he was starting out and ripped off in a cards game, Rueben bought him breakfast that morning. Rusty is also strong friends with Danny, and has known him for many years, both remembering what Las Vegas used to be like. He also knows of Danny stealing an Inca Matromonial Mask and hints he was involved in the job.

Oceans 11
When introduced in Oceans 11, Rusty is teaching movie stars how to play cards (for cash), with little success (describing it as the longest hour of his life). Upon meeting Danny, Rusty joins him in his attempt to rob the casinos owned by Terry Benedict. He recruits 8 members of professionals for the job, but Danny is capable of knowing Rusty wants one more for the job even though he doesn't say anything. He quickly learns however, that Danny doesn't just want to "Beat the House" but beat the man, Terry Benedict, who has taken his wife after she broke up with him. Even after learning that he elects to continue with the job. After the job is successfully executed, earning them $160 million, Rusty, with Tess (Danny's won-over wife), picks up Danny from jail after 6 months for breaking his bail conditions performing the job. Rusty claims he spent all his money on his shirt he is wearing and as a result is driving an old car.

Oceans 12
Prior to the events of the Ocean series we learn that Rusty was in a relationship with Isabel Lahiri. During the relationship the two start to live together and Rusty gets a tattoo at her behest. He later confesses to Danny that that he looked into getting it removed, but the Doctor didn't recommend due to its location. During his relationship with Isabel, he participates in a job in Rome (where they were living) which Isabel investigated, as she was an Interpol officer. As a result of her becoming increasingly close to catching the criminals he is forced to leave her and flee. At the beginning of the events of the second movie Rusty is managing a series of his own hotels which he has bankrolled with his take from the Benedict heist. However after this, Francois "The Nightfox" Toulour, eager to prove himself a better thief than Ocean's Eleven, reveals Rusty's and the other members of the eleven's location to Benedict and Rusty would be forced into paying off his debt from the Bendedict job, plus interest. The same rules apply of course to the entire group. When asked how much he has spent we learn that not only has he spent all of it but is in fact deeply in debt over his hotels. This leads them to go to Europe and eventually meet Toulour where he challenges them to both try and rob the same target. If they succeed, Toulour promises to pay their debt to Benedict for them. The gang deliberately get captured after switching the target, the Coronation Egg, thus leading Toulour to believe that he has won. Once Toulour discovers he has stolen a fake Coronation Egg, and that he's lost, he pays back the debt. Rusty re-unites Isabel with her Father, the master thief Gaspar Lemarque, and the two are reunited. Afterwards at the very end of the film, at a party Rusty and Isabel are back together again.

Oceans 13
After the events of Oceans 12, Rusty is still running a hotel, though Reuben says that he is still pulling jobs to keep it running. This is proven at the start where he is seen robbing a toy store with a few unknown associates, though once he hears that Reuben is in trouble (through a phone call), he instantly abandons the job. He is saddened to hear that Reuben has had a heart attack (sending him a card with personal thoughts in it like the other members of the gang) after being ripped off by Willie Bank. Because of this, the others want to kill Bank for what he has done to Rueben, although Rusty sides with Danny and they warn Bank that he should compensate Ruben (effectively giving Bank a Billie Martin). Bank refuses, and the gang unanimously agree to bring Bank down by ruining the Grand Opening of The Bank casino and hotel. This time with the help of Benedict and Roman Nagel, the gang takes out his security system and lock Bank in the control room, shutting down the security computer. Between the time of the computer shutting-down and rebooting, the Eleven have rigged all the games so that everyone wins because it didn't matter if they won as long as the casino loses. They then simulate an earthquake with a giant drill to get everyone to leave before they start losing. Having lost millions of dollars, Banks is ruined. As the group part company at the airport, Danny advises Rusty he should settle down and have kids. Rusty doesn't answer.