These Business Magnates Were Immortalized on Silver Screen
Updated: October 27, 2014 18:54 IST
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, whose character was portrayed by Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher in the 2013 biopic called ‘Jobs', will now be essayed by the Christian Bale - famous for playing Batman, in an upcoming film. Here's a look at other business tycoons who have been immortalized by Hollywood actors on the silver screen.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, whose character was portrayed by Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher in the 2013 biopic called ‘Jobs', will now be essayed by Christian Bale - famous for playing Batman - in an upcoming film.
Here's a look at other business tycoons who have been immortalized by Hollywood actors on the silver screen.
Steve Jobs was the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age. (Photo: Reuters)
The Apple inventor is played by Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher in 2013 film ‘Jobs'.
Jobs will also be portrayed by Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale - famous for playing Batman in the ‘Dark Knight' films - in an upcoming biopic.
Mark Zuckerberg is founder and chief executive of social networking giant Facebook. (Photo: Reuters)
The Facebook chief is played by Jesse Eisenberg in the 2010 film ‘The Social Network'. (Photo: A still from ‘The Social Network')
Sean Parker is co-founder of file-sharing computer service Napster, and former president of Facebook.
Parker is played by Justin Timberlake in The Social Network. (Photo: A still from The Social Network with Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker (left) and Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg)
Jordan Belfort is a former trader, and now an author and a motivational speaker. (Photo: Reuters)
Belfort is portrayed by Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘The Wolf of Wall Street'. DiCaprio scored his fourth nomination for playing the drug-addicted stockbroker in the 2013 film. (Photo: A still from ‘The Wolf of Wall Street')
Hugh Herner (right) is founder of Playboy magazine. (Photo: playboyenterprises.com)
Hefner is played by Spider-Man trilogy star James Franco in 2013 film Lovelace. (Photo: A still from ‘Lovelace')