The Ringer
“Make it special.”
Pressured by a greedy uncle and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person.
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Cast
37 people
Johnny Knoxville
Steve Barker
Known for
Men in Black II
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Brian Cox
Gary Barker
Known for
Succession
The Bourne Supremacy
Katherine Heigl
Lynn Sheridan
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
The Ugly Truth
Geoffrey Arend
Winston
Known for
(500) Days of Summer
Daria
Edward Barbanell
Billy
Known for
Addicted to Fresno
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Bill Chott
Thomas
Known for
Wizards of Waverly Place
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Leonard Flowers
Jimmy
No other roles listed
Leonard Earl Howze
Mark
Known for
Kevin Can Wait
Florida Man
Jed Rees
Glen
Known for
Rabbit Hole
American Made
John Taylor
Rudy
Also in
The Seventh Sign
Jackass 3D
Luis Avalos
Stavi
Known for
Jungle 2 Jungle
$5 a Day
Zen Gesner
David Patrick
Known for
Me, Myself & Irene
Shallow Hal
Barry W. Blaustein Director · Ricky Blitt Writer Mark Mothersbaugh Composer
Worldwide gross $40M · Budget $20M · United States release December 23, 2005
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$40,442,437
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production
Conundrum Entertainment
Production
Fox 2000 Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · December 23, 2005
Premiere
United States · December 23, 2005
Theatrical
France
July 26, 2006 · Theatrical
May 30, 2007 · Physical · DVD
November 7, 2013 · Digital · VOD
November 26, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
June 28, 2006 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 11, 2006 · Digital
Ireland
March 24, 2006 · Digital
Japan
April 21, 2007 · Digital
United Kingdom
March 24, 2006 · Theatrical
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