Half a decade before poker exploded in popularity in the United States, Matt Damon and John Malkovich starred in 1998’s Rounders, one of the best sports movies of all time (we can argue whether poker is a sport later). The movie, which you can watch for free with a Kanopy subscription, features one of the greatest gambling scenes of all time in the climax of the movie when Damon’s character Mike McDermott goes head-to-head with Teddy “KGB,” played by Malkovich.
Anyone who loves the movie knows just how insane Malkovich’s accent is as the Russian mobster. According to Damon, the Odyssey star never saw it coming, nor did anyone else.
