![Meet the real life players behind The Big Short - and one notable absence | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard Meet the real life players behind The Big Short - and one notable absence | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard](https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/01/21/08/20bigshort2101a.jpg?width=1200)
Meet the real life players behind The Big Short - and one notable absence | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
![Steve Carell plays Mark Baum in The Big Short from Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises Stock Photo - Alamy Steve Carell plays Mark Baum in The Big Short from Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PMAYXG/steve-carell-plays-mark-baum-in-the-big-short-from-paramount-pictures-and-regency-enterprises-PMAYXG.jpg)
Steve Carell plays Mark Baum in The Big Short from Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises Stock Photo - Alamy
![This mans name is Steve Eisman. Not Mark Baum, not Steve Carell. He is the man you are quoting in all of your memes from The Big Short. I'm sure many of This mans name is Steve Eisman. Not Mark Baum, not Steve Carell. He is the man you are quoting in all of your memes from The Big Short. I'm sure many of](https://preview.redd.it/lmsmmhoh6ew61.jpg?auto=webp&s=2692ff95178bb744c610047b21f4edeb64a38840)
This mans name is Steve Eisman. Not Mark Baum, not Steve Carell. He is the man you are quoting in all of your memes from The Big Short. I'm sure many of
![Rey the legend on Twitter: "Mark Baum: [on the phone] Ok, I want you to walk back in there and very calmly, very politely tell the risk-assessors to fuck-off! Vinnie Daniel: [Walks Rey the legend on Twitter: "Mark Baum: [on the phone] Ok, I want you to walk back in there and very calmly, very politely tell the risk-assessors to fuck-off! Vinnie Daniel: [Walks](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ehx77SOXkAAFHZ0.jpg)