Boardwalk Empire season 4

The fourth season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire premiered on September 8, 2013, and concluded on November 24, 2013, consisting of 12 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 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 early 1930s. The fourth season takes place between February and August, 1924. The fourth season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 19, 2014.

Main cast
Ron Livingston and Jeffrey Wright joined the main cast, while Charlie Cox and Bobby Cannavale departed.


 * Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
 * Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Thompson
 * Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden/George Mueller
 * Shea Whigham as Elias "Eli" Thompson
 * Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein
 * Stephen Graham as Al Capone
 * Vincent Piazza as Charlie Luciano
 * Michael Kenneth Williams as Albert "Chalky" White
 * Anthony Laciura as Eddie Kessler
 * Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle
 * Jack Huston as Richard Harrow
 * Ron Livingston as Roy Phillips
 * Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Valentin Narcisse
 * Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody

Recurring
• Brian Geraghty as Agent Warren Knox/James "Jim" Tolliver

• Margot Bingham as Daughter Maitland

• Ben Rosenfield as Willie Thompson

• Domenick Lombardozzi as Ralph Capone

• Patricia Arquette as Sally Wheet

• Erik LaRay Harvey as Dunn Purnsley

• Christina Jackson as Maybelle White

• Eric Ladin as J. Edgar Hoover

• Brady and Connor Noon as Tommy Darmody

• Wrenn Schmidt as Julia Sagorsky

• Jacob A. Ware as Federal Agent Selby

• Greg Antonacci as Johnny Torrio

• Mark Borkowski as Paul Sagorsky

• Kayla Ferguson as Doris

• Will Janowitz as Hymie Weiss

• Charlie Plummer as Michael Thompson

• Kevin O'Rourke as Edward L. Bader

• Christiane Seidel as Sigrid Mueller

• Arron Shiver as Dean O'Banion

• Morgan Spector as Frank Capone

• Natalie Wachen as Lenore White

• Katherine Waterston as Emma Harrow

• Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky

• Pearce Bunting as Bill McCoy

• Chris Caldovino as Tonino Sandrelli

• Joe Caniano as Jake Guzik

• Dominic Chianese as Leander Whitlock

• Ivo Nandi as Joe Masseria

• Stephen Root as Gaston Means

• Vincenzo Amato as Vincenzo Petrucelli

• Josie and Lucy Gallina as Emily Schroeder

• Declan and Rory McTigue as Theodore "Teddy" Schroeder

• Fredric Lehne as Owney Madden

• Joseph Riccobene as Frankie Yale

• Joseph Aniska as Agent Stan Sawicki

• James Cromwell as Andrew W. Mellon

• Stephen DeRosa as Eddie Cantor

• Glenn Fleshler as George Remus

• Peter McRobbie as Supervisor Frederick Elliot

• Julianne Nicholson as Esther Randolph

Critical reception
The fourth season of Boardwalk Empire received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the fourth season scored 77/100 based on 13 reviews. Another aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, gave the fourth season a 98% rating based on 43 reviews, with an average score of 8/10. The site consensus read, "Boardwalk Empire continues to benefit from its meticulously realized period trappings, but what keeps the show watchable is its supremely talented ensemble players."

Awards and nominations
For the 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast was nominated for Best Drama Ensemble, Steve Buscemi was nominated for Best Drama Actor, and the series was nominated for Best Stunt Team. Jeffrey Wright received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards. For the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, Tim Van Patten was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the episode "Farewell Daddy Blues".