In "Argo" he stars as Tony Mendez, a CIA agent who poses as a sci-fi filmmaker in a risky plot to rescue Americans in Tehran.

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Ermotti has the benefit of being the rescue-CEO for UBS as he sets to turn it into a less risky, more boring banking operation.

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