Stephen Root portrays Gaston Means (seasons 3–4), a con artist, FBI agent, and 'fixer' for bootleggers.

Meg Steedle portrays Billie Kent (season 3), a young Broadway actress who begins an affair with Nucky.

Ivo Nandi portrays Joe Masseria (seasons 2–5), an Italian bootlegger.

Heather Lind portrays Katy (seasons 2–3), Margaret's housemaid and Owen's lover.

Glenn Fleshler portrays George Remus (seasons 2–4), a major bootlegger based in Ohio who refers to himself in the third-person.

Erik LaRay Harvey portrays Dunn Purnsley (seasons 2–4), a career criminal and later Chalky's second-in-command.

William Forsythe portrays Manny Horvitz (seasons 2–3), a Philadelphia gangster.

The character is based on Mabel Walker Willebrandt.

Julianne Nicholson portrays Esther Randolph (seasons 2–4), an Assistant Attorney General who investigates Nucky for election fraud.

Dominic Chianese (seasons 2–4) and Jordan Lage (season 5) portray Leander Cephas Whitlock, an Atlantic City lawyer and ally to the Commodore.

Christopher McDonald portrays Harry M.

Robert Clohessy portrays James Neary (seasons 1–4), one of Nucky's political cronies and ward bosses.

Emily Meade portrays Pearl (season 1), a prostitute and Jimmy Darmody's lover.

Lisa Joyce portrays Mary Dittrich (season 1), a photographer's assistant and Angela Darmondy's lover.

Erik Weiner portrays Agent Sebso (season 1), Van Alden's partner.

Johnnie Mae portrays Louanne Pratt (season 1), Commodore Kaestner's maid.

Anna Katarina portrays Isabelle Jeunet (seasons 1, 3), a French woman who owns an haute couture shop on the boardwalk.

McGarry (season 1), a prominent leader of the Women's Suffrage and Temperance Movements. Tom Aldredge (seasons 1–2) and Ian Hart (season 5) portray Ethan Thompson, Nucky and Eli's father.Enid Graham portrays Rose Van Alden (seasons 1–2), Nelson's ex-wife.Greg Antonacci portrays Johnny Torrio, Capone's boss in Chicago.Anatol Yusef portrays Meyer Lansky, a young protégé of Rothstein and partners with Luciano.Recurring characters Introduced in season one Kevin Csolak (season 3) and Ben Rosenfield (seasons 4–5) portray William 'Willie' Thompson, Eli's oldest son and Nucky's nephew who becomes an assistant U.S. The character is based on Casper Holstein. Valentin Narcisse (seasons 4–5), a Harlem racketeer who challenges Chalky. Some are (loosely) based on historical figures of these, some use the name of the person upon which they are based, while others have had their names changed for the program.Ĭast Main cast Character Many of the characters on the show are fictional. The show dramatizes the prohibition era in Atlantic City and the early history of the American Mafia. We will joyfully swing the banhammer for such behavior.The following is a list of characters from the HBO television show Boardwalk Empire. No degradation or harassment of other users. While technically common knowledge as to the historical outcome of certain characters isn't necessarily a show spoiler, it is still ruining the surprise for those who may choose to not know the biographical history of certain people. Historical spoilers must be marked as such. Submissions such as those bring down the quality of the subreddit, and will be removed on sight. Please no 'Look who I found in this other movie!' posts.Įvery actor on this show has been in other films or shows. Please use the 'Report' option if witnessed, and then message the moderators for a quicker response. Repeated failure to follow this rule will result in being banned. the death of a character or major plot points) may result in submission removal- no matter how many points it's earned.

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