TV series
Boardwalk Empire
Overview
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
Details
- First air date
- 2010-09-19
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 56 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- HBO
- Production
- Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions, Leverage Entertainment, Cold Front Productions, HBO
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Buscemi as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
- Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Thompson
- Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden
- Shea Whigham as Elias 'Eli' Thompson
- Stephen Graham as Al Capone
- Vincent Piazza as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Albert 'Chalky' White
- Paul Sparks as Mieczysław 'Mickey' Doyle
- Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein
- Anthony Laciura as Edward 'Eddie' Kessler
- Jack Huston as Richard Harrow
Creators and crew
- Terence Winter - Creator
- Terence Winter - Executive Producer
- Martin Scorsese - Executive Producer
- Mark Wahlberg - Executive Producer
- Stephen Levinson - Executive Producer
- Tim Van Patten - Executive Producer
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