Top 10 Movie Drug Dealers
#3
George Jungplayed by Johnny Deppin Blow (2001)
George Jung is the only real-life drug dealer to make the list. As a member of the infamous Medellin Cartel, Jung was supposedly involved in nearly all the cocaine smuggled into the United States during the 70s & 80s. His story was immortalised on film in 2001 with Ted Demmes Blow. Johnny Depp was tasked with bringing Jung to life on the big screen and does a fine job, giving a bold, swaggering performance as only Depp can. Depps Jung is surrounded by an eccentric cast of characters and the film boasts a nice supporting cast, including bizarrely, Pee Wee Herman himself Paul Reubens. Jungs story, much like our number one dealer, truly is a rags-to-riches tale, beginning his career dealing pot he soon becomes Pablo Escobars go-to-guy and gains untold wealth and a vamp-ish Penelope Cruz for a wife. Crime doesnt pay though and Jung eventually ends up captured and incarcerated for the rest of his days. Demmes film doesnt condemn Jung for his criminal activities; it simply tells his story and gives the audience enough credit to be able to make up their own minds on one of the drug trades most famous sons. In reality it is hard to find a redeeming quality in Jung, yet Depp brings enough to the role that you actually start to feel sorry for the guy and it is this performance that makes Blow stand out rather than be consigned to live in mediocrity as just another cookie cutter film about the drug trade of the late 70s - early 80s.