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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Notably, only Steve Buscemi has appeared in every episode of the series. Unsurprisingly for a show that spans so many locations and features so many regulars it is not uncommon for actors to not appear in some episodes:
** Chalky and Al Capone appear in about half the episodes in most seasons though Chalky, because of his popularity with the fans, gets a big boost in Season 4 where he is basically the second lead and appears in more episodes than anybody besides Nucky.
** Van Alden goes from appearing in all but one episode of Season 1 to appearing in a mere five episodes in Season 3.
** In Season 4, Margaret is entirely gone for the first 5 episodes and appears in a scant 4 episodes afterwards. Lucky Luciano also only appears in 4 episodes.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Harry takes Nucky to golf in "Gimcrack & Bunkum" (Harry's actor Christopher McDonald played the bad guy in ''[[Happy Gilmore]]'').
* [[Cast the Expert]]: Margot Bingham (Daughter Maitland) is a Broadway singer in real life.
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* [[Fake Nationality]]:
** The very German Eddie Kessler is played by an American actor, Anthony Laciura. The casting crew was in fact surprised when they learned that Laciura, who had made his entire introduction in a German accent, was actually an Italian-American from the Bronx.
** [[Fake American]]: Englishmen Stephen Graham, Anatol Yusef (of Turkish decent) and Jack Huston as [[Al Capone]], Meyer Lansky and Richard Harrow, respectively.
** [[Fake Irish]]: Scottish [[Kelly Macdonald]] and Englishman Charlie Cox as Margaret Rohan Schroeder and Owen Sleater. Also, Scot Tony Curran as Margaret's brother Eamon. Irish-American Nucky Thompson is played by Italian-American [[Steve Buscemi]] who is of half Irish descent. John McGarrigle is played by Ted Rooney who was born and raised in Portland, Oregon.
** Also, the French Isabelle Jeunet is played by Swiss actress Anna Katarina.
** Washington-born Jeffrey Wright plays Trinidarian gangster Valentin Narcisse.
** Polish Jew character Jake Guzik is played by Italian-American actor Joe Caniano.
** Sigrid Mueller is played by German-Danish actress Christiane Seidel.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "Bork" for Sigrid Mueller.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:
** Before appearing on ''Boardwalk Empire'', Stephen Graham was famous for playing the violent, but sympathetic, skinhead Combo in ''[[This Is England]]''.
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*** And Baby Face Nelson in ''[[Public Enemies]]''. Yep, he has a history of Mafia-related roles.
** We've mentioned that Michael Stulbarg is [[A Serious Man|Larry Gopnik]], right? Talk about [[Playing Against Type]].
** Leo D'Alessio is Benny Fazio from ''[[The Sopranos]]''!
* [[Name's the Same]]: Averted. Margaret's teenage second sister's name "Beth" stands for Bethany, not Elizabeth, whose Irish form is Aylesh.▼
* [[Name's the Same]]:
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** Pauline should not to be confused with Margaret's cook in the second season.
* [[The Other Darrin]]:
** The role of Will, Eli's oldest son, was recast for Season 4. The first actor (Kevin Csolak) has blonde, straight hair; the second actor (Ben Rosenfield) has red, curly hair. The fact that his brothers have been consistently cast only highlights it.
** Jess Smith was played by an extra in the first season.
** Carolyn Rothstein was played by Jennifer Ferrin in Season 2 and Shae D'Lyn in Season 5.
* [[Playing Against Type]]:
** While Steve Buscemi is no stranger to playing criminals, he's usually cast as weaselly supporting characters rather than the suave man in charge.
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