Boardwalk Empire(2010)
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.
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Top 10 Billed Cast
Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson
Nelson Van Alden
Elias "Eli" Thompson
Al Capone
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Albert "Chalky" White
Mieczysław "Mickey" Doyle
Gillian Darmody
Valentin Narcisse
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