In the movie "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone", who played Burt Wonderstone?

Steve Carell played Burt Wonderstone in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. His character, whose birth name is Albert Weinselstein, is a successful Las Vegas stage magician whose career and ego begin to collapse after years of repeating the same act.

The 2013 comedy follows Burt and his former partner, Anton Marvelton, as their long-running Bally’s Las Vegas show loses its spark. Burt must confront both his arrogance and the rise of Steve Gray, a dangerous street magician played by Jim Carrey, whose extreme style threatens to make traditional stage magic seem outdated.

Carell’s performance covers several stages of the character’s life, including young Albert’s discovery of magic and Burt’s later transformation into a flamboyant headliner. The film also stars Steve Buscemi as Anton, Olivia Wilde as Jane and Alan Arkin as Rance Holloway, the magician who first inspires Burt.

Carell was not only the lead actor but also one of the film’s producers. The movie was directed by Don Scardino and released in March 2013. A common mix-up is confusing Carell’s role with Carrey’s: Carrey plays rival magician Steve Gray, not Burt Wonderstone.