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Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. Nucky interacts with several historical figures in both his personal and political life, including mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look up to him. The federal government also takes an interest in the bootlegging and other illegal activities in the area, sending agents to investigate possible mob connections but also looking at Nucky's lifestyle—expensive and lavish for a county political figure. Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer Terence Winter adapted the show from Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, a book by Nelson Johnson about historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson.
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Shea Whigham
Elias 'Eli' Thompson
Stephen Graham
Al Capone
Michael Shannon
Nelson Van Alden
Steve Buscemi
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
Kelly Macdonald
Margaret Schroeder
Michael Kenneth Williams
Chalky White
Ben Rosenfield
Willie Thompson
Vincent Piazza
Lucky Luciano
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