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The Player

★ 6.9 8K votes 2015–2015 1 season · 9 episodes Canceled NBC
AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 8/10Fast-pacedRelentless forward momentum that rarely stops to idle.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Philip WinchesterDamon GuptonWesley SnipesCharity WakefieldDaisy BettsKaDee Strickland
Written by
John FoxJohn Rogers
Starring
Philip WinchesterDamon GuptonWesley SnipesCharity WakefieldDaisy BettsKaDee Strickland
Written by
John FoxJohn Rogers
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Stylish revenge told through elaborate cons"

A disgraced ex-con artist assembles a crew of specialists, hackers, forgers, fighters, to run elaborate heists against people the law can't touch. Each job unfolds like a caper thriller, all slick plans, reveals, and last-minute twists, wrapped around a slower personal revenge thread for the lead. The tone is glossy and stylish rather than gritty, prioritizing swagger and clever cons over deep characterization. It moves fast, leans on charismatic performances and elaborate scheme reveals, and works best if you enjoy heist mechanics more than emotional depth or grounded realism.

Watch it for

the satisfaction of watching intricately planned heists click into place episode after episode.

Maybe skip if

you want deep character work rather than flashy, plot-driven con artistry.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12015
7.62K96h 20m
Alex Kane, a Las Vegas security consultant, becomes The Player when he is thrown into a world of secret high-stakes gambling in which he must stop crimes before they are perpetrated. An anonymous group of powerful and affluent individuals bet on whether Kane can prevent these crimes. Kane is allowed limited assistance from the dealer, Charity Wakefield, and kept in check by the pit boss, Mr. Johnson.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.3
42643 min
▶2Ante Up7.6
32142 min
▶3L.A. Takedown7.5
27843 min
▶4The Big Blind7.5
25142 min
▶5House Rules8.0
24442 min
▶6The Norseman7.7
23742 min
▶7A House Is Not a Home7.6
20742 min
▶8Downtown Odds7.5
19642 min
▶9Tell7.8
20542 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Philip Winchester Alex Kane
Damon Gupton Detective Cal Brown
Wesley Snipes Mr. Johnson
Charity Wakefield Cassandra King, April
Daisy Betts Ginny
KaDee Strickland Special Agent Rose Nolan
Nick Wechsler Nick
Molly Leland Farrah
Courtney Grosbeck Dani
Dustin Ybarra DNA guy, Donovan McDowell

Crew

John Fox
John Rogers

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