con artist
Irving Rosenfeld
Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) is a part-time small businessman and a part-time conman, who balances a complicated scheme along with a complicated love life. Having fallen for fellow con woman Sydney Prosser, while married to his neurotic wife Rosalyn, leaves a lot on his plate.
Sydney Prosser
In American Hustle, con artist Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) has dreams of living a big and luxurious life. She teams up with Irving Rosenfeld as a way to achieve her dream of leaving her stripper past behind, all while looking gorgeous.
Sawyer in The Dharma Initiative
In Lost, James Ford, alias Sawyer, alias Josh Holloway, is a handsome and charming con artist whose sarcastic personality belies a more tender side. Following a chain of events too convoluted to describe in mere words, he ends up as the head of the DHARMA Initiative, alias Jim LaFleur. Or something like that.