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Boardwalk Empire (season 5)
The fifth and final season of the HBO television series ''Boardwalk Empire'' premiered on September 7, 2014, and concluded on October 26, 2014, consisting of 8 episodes. The series was created by Terence Winter and based on the book ''Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City'' by Nelson Johnson. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era, the series stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based loosely on the historical Enoch "Nucky" Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and early 1930s. The fifth season takes place between April and October 1931, seven years after the previous season, during the Great Depression, with flashbacks to 1884 and 1897 detailing Nucky's childhood and young adulthood. On January 13, 2015, the fifth season was made available on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1. Production HBO renewed ''Boardwalk Empire'' fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardwalk Empire
''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter for the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s. The series stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by Nelson Johnson's 2002 non-fiction book ''Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City'', about the historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson. The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese and produced at a cost of $18 million. On September 1, 2009, HBO picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes. The series premiered on September 19, 2010, and its five-season run of 56 episodes ended on October 26, 2014. ''Boardwalk Empire'' received widespread critical acclaim throughout its run, particularly for its visual style and basis on historical figures, as well as for Bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Van Alden
Nelson Kasper Van Alden (alias George Mueller) is a fictional character on the HBO television series ''Boardwalk Empire'', portrayed by Michael Shannon. He is a puritanical, repressed, religious fundamentalist and agent for the Bureau of Prohibition. Biography There is not much known about Nelson Van Alden's childhood, but in season 2 he explained that his parents believed that the second coming of Jesus Christ would occur in 1892. In preparation for this, they sold off the family farm and began living out of a tent in order to emulate the poverty of Jesus and thus gain his favor. These experiences led to a permanent estrangement between Van Alden and his parents and he eventually abandoned them to work his way back up into a prosperous life and marriage, eventually becoming an agent of the new United States Bureau of Prohibition. At the start of the series, Nelson Van Alden acts as Nucky Thompson's (Steve Buscemi) primary antagonist as he takes the lead to bring the kingpin dow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris McGiver
Boris McGiver (born January 23, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in projects such as ''Lincoln'', ''House of Cards'', ''The Wire'', '' Killing Kennedy'', and ''Person of Interest''. Biography McGiver was born in Cobleskill, New York. Of Irish and Ukrainian descent, he is the second youngest of ten children born to actor John McGiver John Irwin McGiver (November 5, 1913 – September 9, 1975) was an American character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975. The owl-faced, portly character ac ... and his wife, Ruth Schmigelsky McGiver. He was not initially eager to follow in his father's footsteps and has stated, "I kind of denied it ctingthroughout my childhood because my dad was an actor and he was never around. He had to feed 10 kids, he was always working, so to me acting was never connected to something good, and I had never realized what an art it was. I thoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Calderón
Paul Calderón (born ) is a Puerto Rican actor. He is a founding member of the Touchstone Theatre, the American Folk Theatre and the LAByrinth Theater Company. He is also a member of the Actors Studio, auditioning and accepted as a member in 1984 alongside Melissa Leo and two other actors. He is best known for portraying Raymond Cruz in the 1998 crime comedy film '' Out of Sight'' and the 2023 neo-Western crime drama miniseries '' Justified: City Primeval''. Early life Calderón was born in Puerto Rico, and moved to New York City as a child. After a stint in the United States Army, he studied acting under the G.I. Bill. He became a member of the Actors Studio in 1984, and was a founding member of the LAByrinth Theater Company. Career Calderón got his big break in 1984 in a revival of Miguel Piñero's '' Short Eyes'' directed by Kevin Conway at the Second Stage Theatre. In 1995 he won an Obie and an Audelco Award for his performance in ''Blade to the Heat'' at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretchen Mol
Gretchen Mol (born November 8, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Gillian Darmody in the HBO series '' Boardwalk Empire'' (2010–2014). She also appeared in the films ''Rounders'' (1998), ''Celebrity'' (1998), ''The Thirteenth Floor'' (1999), '' The Notorious Bettie Page'' (2005) – in which she played the title character – '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007), and '' Manchester by the Sea'' (2016). Early life Mol was born on November 8, 1972, in Deep River, Connecticut, where her mother, Janet (née Morgan), is an artist and teacher, and her father is a teacher at RHAM High School. She went to high school with Broadway actor Peter Lockyer, with whom she performed in school musicals and plays. Her brother, Jim Mol, is a director and editor in the film industry. Mol attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy and graduated from the William Esper Studio. She took a job for a while as an usher at Angelika Film Center in New York. She had followed her broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Narcisse
Dr. Valentin Narcisse is a fictional character from the HBO TV series ''Boardwalk Empire'', portrayed by Jeffrey Wright. He is a prominent and highly educated underworld figure based in Harlem, New York and a Black nationalist orator, active in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. Inspiration Narcisse was based on Casper Holstein, a prominent New York City African-American organized crime figure from the Danish West Indies, who ultimately became the biggest and first massive numbers-runner in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance. Reception Narcisse was the driving force behind the downfall of the few sympathetic characters on ''Boardwalk Empire'', particularly Albert "Chalky" White (Michael K. Williams) and Daughter Maitland (Margot Bingham Margot Bingham is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as jazz singer Daughter Maitland in the HBO period drama series, '' Boardwalk Empire''. In 2015, Bingham began starring as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. Wright began his career in theater, where he gained prominence for his role in the Broadway production of Tony Kushner's ''Angels in America'' (1993), for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in the acclaimed HBO miniseries adaptation (2003), earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. His first starring film role was as Jean-Michel Basquiat in '' Basquiat'' (1996). His other notable films include ''Syriana'' (2005), ''Lady in the Water'' (2006), ''Cadillac Records'' (2008), '' The Ides of March'' (2011), and '' Rustin'' (2023). He has also acted in the Wes Anderson films ''The French Dispatch'' (2021) and '' Asteroid City'' (2023), and has played Peoples Hernandez in'' Shaft'' (2000), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Doyle
Mieczyslaw "Mickey Doyle" Kuzik is a fictional character in the HBO TV series ''Boardwalk Empire''. He is played by Paul Sparks. Mickey Doyle is loosely based on Polish American mobster Mickey Duffy. Mickey is a gangster in Prohibition-era Atlantic City. For the first two seasons, he is the main rival of liquor kingpin Chalky White from Atlantic City’s North Side. He is known for his distinctive, nasal laugh, and serves as the series' comic relief. Appearances Season one In the first episode of season one, Mickey is introduced as a Polish-American gangster trying to establish himself as a power in the illegal alcohol trade following the passage of the Volstead Act, which outlaws the sale of alcohol. It is revealed that his real name is Mieczyslaw Kusik, and he changed it to "Mickey Doyle" to pass himself off as Irish-American. He meets with Atlantic County Treasurer and political boss Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) to show him his bootlegging operation. Mickey tells Nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Sparks
Paul Sparks (born October 16, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as gangster Mickey Doyle in the HBO period drama series ''Boardwalk Empire'', writer Thomas Yates in the Netflix political drama series ''House of Cards'', mall owner John Breem in the Apple TV+ comedy-drama series '' Physical'', attorney David Tellis in the Starz anthology drama series ''The Girlfriend Experience'', and a recurring role in the limited series ''The Night Of''. Sparks has also starred in the films ''Deception'' (2008), ''Afterschool'' (2008), '' The Missing Person'' (2008), ''Mud'' (2012), '' Parkland'' (2013), '' Stealing Cars'' (2015), ''Thoroughbreds'' (2017), and ''The Greatest Showman'' (2017). Early life Sparks was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, and grew up in nearby Marlow. He attended Marlow High School, where his father coached football, graduating in 1990. While attending school in Marlow, Paul was a part of the Marlow Outlaw Speech Team (M.O.S.T.) where he was coached by P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael K
''Life & Times of Michael K'' is a 1983 novel by South African-born writer J. M. Coetzee. The novel won the Booker Prize for 1983. The novel is a story of a man named Michael K, who makes an arduous journey from Cape Town to his mother's rural birthplace, amid a fictitious civil war during the apartheid era, in the 1970-80s. Plot summary The novel is split into three parts. The novel begins with Michael K, a poor man with a cleft lip who has spent his childhood in institutions and works as a gardener in Cape Town. Michael tends to his mother who works as a domestic servant to a wealthy family. The country descends into civil war and martial law is imposed, and Michael's mother becomes very sick. Michael decides to quit his job and escape the city to return his mother to her birthplace, which she says was Prince Albert. Michael finds himself unable to obtain the proper permits for travel out of the city so he builds a shoddy rickshaw to carry his mother, and they go on their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano ( ; ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He started his criminal career in the Five Points Gang and was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate. Luciano is considered the father of the Italian-American Mafia for the establishment of The Commission (mafia), the Commission in 1931, after he abolished the Capo dei capi, boss of bosses title held by Salvatore Maranzano following the Castellammarese War. He was also the first official Crime boss, boss of the modern Genovese crime family. In 1936, Luciano was tried and convicted for compulsory prostitution and running a prostitution racketeering, racket after years of investigation by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. Although he was sentenced to 30 to 50 years in prison, an agreement was struck with the U.S. Department of the Navy through his Jewish Mob associate, Meyer Lansky, to provide na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Piazza
Vincent Piazza (born ) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of gangster Lucky Luciano in the HBO television series ''Boardwalk Empire''. He has also played Earl Hefner in the comedy-drama '' Rocket Science'' (2007) and singer Tommy DeVito in Clint Eastwood's film adaptation of ''Jersey Boys'' (2014). Early life and education Piazza was born in Middle Village, Queens, New York City, and raised in Maspeth. His father is Italian, having immigrated to the United States in the early 1960s. His mother is of German descent. He recalls humble beginnings and a prideful work ethic gained from watching his father work multiple jobs to support the family that included a younger brother and one older sister. Vincent also credits his mother's large German family for allowing several travels across the United States to visit distant relatives who encouraged him to find his passion, and see the world's many treasures. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
