The film's protagonist: a stockbroker running a Wall Street firm based on scamming people through a pump-and-dump scheme. Jordan's right hand man at Stratton, who initially meets him at a crummy diner before helping set up their firm. Community Showcase More. Follow TV Tropes.

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The Wolf of Wall Street is a American biographical black comedy crime film 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 , which ultimately led to his downfall. The film marks the director's fifth collaboration with DiCaprio , after Gangs of New York , The Aviator , The Departed , and Shutter Island , as well as his second collaboration with Winter, since the television series Boardwalk Empire —