<P> The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American black comedy directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter , based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort . It recounts Belfort 's perspective on 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 was also a producer ) stars as Belfort , with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff , Margot Robbie as his wife Naomi Lapaglia and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham , the FBI agent who tries to bring him down . Matthew McConaughey , Rob Reiner , Jon Favreau , Joanna Lumley and Jean Dujardin also star . 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 ) . </P>
<P> The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American black comedy directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter , based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort . It recounts Belfort 's perspective on 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 was also a producer ) stars as Belfort , with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff , Margot Robbie as his wife Naomi Lapaglia and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham , the FBI agent who tries to bring him down . Matthew McConaughey , Rob Reiner , Jon Favreau , Joanna Lumley and Jean Dujardin also star . 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 ) . </P>
who is the fbi agent in the wolf of wall street
who is the fbi agent in the wolf of wall street
Patrick Denham
Patrick Denham