Boardwalk Empire kicks off Season 4

MANILA, Philippines - From Emmy award-winning writer Terence Winter and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, comes the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning HBO Original series Boardwalk Empire. Set in the ’20s during the Prohibition, Boardwalk Empire chronicles the life and times of Enoch “Nucky” Thompson. The hour-long drama series kicks off its 12-episode fourth season in Asia tonight at 10 exclusively on HBO and HBO HD, with new episodes airing on subsequent Sundays at the same time.

The fourth season is set in Atlantic City in February, 1924. After barely surviving an overthrow by gangster Gyp Rossetti, Nucky is laying low at the end of the Boardwalk. But the calm will be short-lived, as Nucky faces new challenges, including a clash with the mayor, a battle with his brother Eli over Eli’s college-age son, and the irresistible lure of lucrative — and perilous — opportunities in Florida.

Boardwalk Empire stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson; Kelly Macdonald as Margaret, Nucky’s estranged wife; Michael Shannon as former Federal Agent Nelson Van Alden, caught up in gangland conflicts; Shea Whigham as Nucky’s brother Elias, whose attempt to steer his son clear of Nucky’s influence sparks fraternal tensions; Jack Huston as disfigured war veteran Richard Harrow, who is searching for a new purpose in life; Stephen Graham as gangster Al Capone; Michael Stuhlbarg as gangster Arnold Rothstein, who’s newly wary of Nucky; Vincent Piazza as gangster Lucky Luciano; Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle, head of Nucky’s bootlegging operation; Michael Kenneth Williams as Nucky’s ally Chalky White, leader of the city’s African-American community; Gretchen Mol as Gillian, battling demons from her past as she seeks custody of her grandson; and Anthony Laciura as Eddie Kessler, Nucky’s longtime valet.

New cast members in season four include Jeffrey Wright as Valentin Narcisse, a violent Harlem power broker who tries to muscle in on Chalky’s action; Ron Livingston as Roy Phillips, a business and romantic prospect of Gillian’s; Patricia Arquette as Sally Wheet, a Florida speakeasy owner; Brian Geraghty as Federal Agent Warren Knox; and Domenick Lombardozzi and Morgan Spector as Al Capone’s brothers, Ralph and Frank.

Boardwalk Empire recently received 10 nominations for the upcoming 65th Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Cannavale) and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (TVan Patten).

In September 2012, the show won four Emmys, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Van Patten). In September 2011, it received eight Emmys, the most of any program that year, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Scorsese). In January 2011, Boardwalk Empire received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Television Series – Drama and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Buscemi).