---
title: 'The Amateur (2025)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Hawes'
released: '2025-04-09'
runtime_minutes: 123
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-amateur-2025'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0899043/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Amateur (2025)

2025 · PG-13 · 123 min · Drama, Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Amateur is a 2025 American action thriller film directed by James Hawes and written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli. It is based on the 1981 novel by Robert Littell, which was previously adapted into a 1981 Canadian film. It stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, and Laurence Fishburne. In the film, when a CIA cryptographer's wife is killed in a terrorist attack, he blackmails the agency into training him so he can personally seek revenge.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Hawes](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hawes)
- **Screenplay:** [Ken Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-nolan), [Gary Spinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-spinelli)
- **Producer:** [Joel B. Michaels](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-b-michaels), [Hutch Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/hutch-parker)
- **Director of Photography:** [Martin Ruhe](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-ruhe)
- **Editor:** [Jonathan Amos](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-amos)

## Cast

- [Rami Malek](https://cinepixo.com/people/rami-malek) as Charlie Heller
- [Marc Rissmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-rissmann) as Mishka Blazhic
- [Michael Stuhlbarg](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-stuhlbarg) as Horst Schiller
- [Jon Bernthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-bernthal) as Jackson O'Brien
- [Caitríona Balfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/caitriona-balfe) as Davies
- [Danny Sapani](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-sapani) as Caleb Horowitz
- [Rachel Brosnahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-brosnahan) as Sarah Horowitz
- [Alice Hewkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-hewkin) as Ali Park
- [Adrian Martinez](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-martinez) as Carlos
- [Julianne Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/julianne-nicholson) as Samantha O'Brien
- [Holt McCallany](https://cinepixo.com/people/holt-mccallany) as Alex Moore
- [Ashley Byam](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashley-byam)
- [Laurence Fishburne](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-fishburne) as Robert Henderson
- [Takehiro Hira](https://cinepixo.com/people/takehiro-hira) as The Professor
- [Henry Garrett](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-garrett) as Chief of Staff

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Official site: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-amateur
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-amateur-2025
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