In Antitrust (2001), which actor plays software programmer Milo Hoffman?

Ryan Phillippe plays software programmer Milo Hoffman in Antitrust (2001).

Milo Hoffman is a talented young programmer recruited by the fictional NURV Corporation, a powerful software company led by Gary Winston, played by Tim Robbins. Milo becomes suspicious of the company after discovering evidence that its public image does not match its secret practices.

The film was directed by Peter Howitt and written by Howard Franklin. It uses the technology industry’s late-1990s and early-2000s expansion as the setting for a corporate thriller involving source code, surveillance and intellectual property.

Antitrust is sometimes loosely described as a film about hackers, but Milo is primarily a software developer and investigator rather than an underground hacker. The distinction matters: his technical expertise gives him access to systems, while the plot focuses on corporate abuse and control of code.