Chuck (2016)

2016 film by Philippe Falardeau

Released

2 September 2016

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre

Boxing film

Director

Philippe Falardeau

Screenplay

Jeff Feuerzeig, Jerry Stahl

Producer

Christa Campbell

Editing

Richard Comeau

Starring

Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Pooch Hall, Ron Perlman, Leslie Lyles, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport

Running time

101 minutes

Distributor

IFC Films

Set in

New York

Chuck (released as The Bleeder in the UK and Ireland) is a 2016 American biographical sports drama film directed by Philippe Falardeau and written by Jeff Feuerzeig, Jerry Stahl, Michael Cristofer and Liev Schreiber, who also stars in the title role. The cast includes Elisabeth Moss, Ron Perlman, Naomi Watts, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport, Pooch Hall, Morgan Spector, Jason Jones and Catherine Corcoran and the film debut of Sadie Sink. The film depicts the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner and his 1975 title fight with the heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, which inspired Sylvester Stallone's character and screenplay for the 1976 film Rocky.

Principal photography began on October 26, 2015, in Suffern, New York. Chuck received its world premiere at the 2016 Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2016. It was released May 5, 2017, by IFC Films.

Cast

• Liev Schreiber
• Naomi Watts
• Elisabeth Moss
• Pooch Hall
• Ron Perlman
• Leslie Lyles
• Jim Gaffigan
• Michael Rapaport
• Morgan Spector

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q21528106 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.