Writer/director Wayne Kramer offers a glimpse into the aging Las Vegas casino world with the romantic drama The Cooler. Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is extremely unlucky at gambling, and he owes the Shangri-La casino over 100,000 dollars. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler," someone to ...more
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Writer/director Wayne Kramer offers a glimpse into the aging Las Vegas casino world with the romantic drama The Cooler. Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is extremely unlucky at gambling, and he owes the Shangri-La casino over 100,000 dollars. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler," someone to gamble next to high rollers and give them some of his bad luck to stop them from winning. This arrangement works out for awhile, until Bernie has almost paid off his debt and meets cocktail waitress ...more
- William H. Macy - Bernie Lootz
- Maria Bello - Natalie Belisario
- Alec Baldwin - Shelly Kaplow
- Shawn Hatosy - Mikey
- Ron Livingston - Larry Sokolov
- Frank Hannah - Dealer #2
- Larry Elliott - Floor Manager
- Norbert Ganska - Stickman #1
- Andrew Simbeck - Stickman #2
- Monica White - Johnny Capella's Girls
- Cherilyn Hayres - Woman
- John T. Kozeluh - Man
- Bryon Baker - Stickman #6
- Kanie Kastroll - Croupier
- Wayne Kramer - Director
- Joe Madden - Executive Producer
- Edward R. Pressman - Executive Producer
- Alessandro Camon - Executive Producer
- Michael J. Morreale - Executive Producer
- Brett Morrison - Executive Producer
- Robert Gryphon - Executive Producer
- John Schmidt - Executive Producer
- Lulu Zezza - Producer
- Sean Furst - Producer
- Michael Pierce - Producer
- Wayne Kramer - Screenwriter
- Frank Hannah - Screenwriter
- Andrew Busey - Associate Producer
















