The new TV series set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era is based on the novel "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" by author Nelson Johnson.
Buscemi stars as 'Enoch "Nucky" Thompson' (based on real life character 'Enoch L. Johnson').
Supporting cast includes Michael Pitt as 'James "Jimmy" Darmody', Kelly Macdonald, 'Margaret Schroeder', Michael Shannon, 'Agent Nelson Van Alden', Dabney Coleman, 'Commodore Louis Kaestner', Shea Whigham, 'Elias "Eli" Thompson', Nucky's brother, Anthony Laciura, 'Eddie Kessler', Stephen Graham, 'Al Capone', Aleksa Palladino, 'Angela Darmody', Michael Stuhlbarg, 'Arnold Rothstein', Vincent Piazza, 'Lucky Luciano', Paz de la Huerta, 'Lucy Danziger', Paul Sparks, 'Mickey Doyle', Michael Kenneth Williams, 'Chalky White', (de facto mayor of 'Chickenbone Beach', Gretchen Mol, 'Gillian', Max Casella, 'Leo D'Alessio', Greg Antonacci, 'Johnny Torrio', Joseph Riccobene, 'Frankie Yale' and Frank Crudele as 'James "Big Jim" Colosimo'.
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