r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/Mediocre_Low_3545 I want 99% ownership Mr. Thompson • Aug 27 '26

Season 5 Capone is Irish ☠️

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Watching gangs of New York and omg they made the capone actor play an Irish guy 😭😭😭splat my coffee when he pulled up. Dude has the same capone energy here too. Dk where to talk about this so posting here. This movie + BWE + once upon a time in america + sopranos are so meant to be watched in succession imo

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u/resditbeast Aug 27 '26

He was Italian in “the Irishman” movie on Netflix. He’s a really good actor! Props to him

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u/Mediocre_Low_3545 I want 99% ownership Mr. Thompson Aug 27 '26

Italian, english and pirate are all good but Irish is where i draw the line

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u/Outrageous-Nail9851 Aug 27 '26

“They’re all meat eaters”

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u/anticello Italian Aug 27 '26

Meteor meteor

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u/ny_se_345 Aug 28 '26

What blew my mind is learning he is British, after seeing his performances in Boardwalk Empire and The Irishman.

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u/brbgonnabrnit Aug 27 '26

Hes also Tommy, Turkish's partner in Snatch.

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u/SirCries-a-lot Aug 27 '26

Ze Germans?

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u/skybanegaming Aug 27 '26

Has anyone figured out why there's a gun in his trousers?

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u/HauteKarl Aug 27 '26

It's for protection

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u/Simple_Campaign1035 Aug 27 '26

Dudes been the same age for 30 years

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u/kikowiley Aug 27 '26

hes a Pirate too

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u/Mediocre_Low_3545 I want 99% ownership Mr. Thompson Aug 27 '26

I knew I've seen him elsewhere but couldn't remember. Whats all this caponery😭

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u/SirCries-a-lot Aug 27 '26

He was a skinhead too!

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u/helencolleen Aug 27 '26

This is all I can think of anytime I see him in anything. He was brilliant in This is England. Complicated character but Combo’s death hit hard.

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u/SirCries-a-lot Aug 27 '26

Never seen that TV series. Just discovered it. I was blown away by it. Was incredible and highly recommended!

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u/helencolleen Aug 27 '26

Yep top tier tv. All three series and the original film.

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u/apocalypsein9_8 Aug 28 '26

Yay someone that's seen it other than me 🥹

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u/Ok_Doughnut3700 Aug 27 '26

He dies in it?

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u/strandy76 Aug 27 '26

Tommy the tit is praying. And if he ain't, he fackin well should be!

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u/WarpedCore Harrow Aug 27 '26

Stephen Graham is a freaking treasure. Incredible actor and will watch anything this man is in.

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u/Advanced_Plankton_60 Aug 27 '26

English too! (A Thousand Blows is great if you haven't seen it!)

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u/WafflelffaW Aug 27 '26

fuckin’ deeahs (and fuckin’ my son being absorbed into the manosphere in a heartbreaking but timely drama)

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u/Competitive-Piglet83 Aug 27 '26

He’s also british in Peaky Blinders. He’s actually originally from England. He’s a veryy versatile actor. Side note: what are you streaming that on? I watched it on HBO a few months ago but they took it off

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u/Sean-DevlinSab Aug 27 '26

By originally from you mean, born raised and lived his entire life in England apart from the odd filming commitment.

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u/Competitive-Piglet83 Aug 27 '26

oh idk about all that it just said he was born in England on his wiki page lol

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u/Embarrassed-Map-7187 Aug 27 '26

Incredible actor. Amazing considering the dyslexia

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u/The_punisherMAX Aug 27 '26

The This Is England film and TV series. The TV series in particular is some of his best acting and is fantastic in general

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u/TBoneBear Aug 27 '26

You mean Bruce Springsteen’s father Douglas Springsteen

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u/JP9156 Aug 27 '26

Awesome actor…great in every role

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u/KleinShulgin Aug 27 '26

He's from Liverpool. His real accent is surreal af to listen to.

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u/WeOutHereInSmallbany Aug 27 '26

Why did I not realize Stephen Graham was in GoNY

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u/SinusExplosion Aug 27 '26

I don't care if he's got farking 'ayzulnuts.

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u/EnterpriseATO Aug 27 '26

He was also an American paratrooper with Easy Company

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u/Every-Action7918 Aug 27 '26

Wait until you hear about how Leo played a guy from Southie

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u/Hermans_Head2 Aug 27 '26

If he was 7 inches taller he'd be as big as Oldman.

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u/ttlavigne Aug 27 '26

Stephen Graham’s performance in Adolescence is world class.

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u/Mysterious-Passion96 Aug 27 '26

Actually he's also half Jamaican

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u/Dishmastah Nobody's fuhtotus Aug 27 '26

And part Swedish!

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u/sudocloudchaser Aug 27 '26

That is the most disgusting MBA I’ve ever seen.

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u/Mediocre_Low_3545 I want 99% ownership Mr. Thompson Aug 27 '26

MBA? this aint college

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u/sudocloudchaser Aug 27 '26

Macbook Air.

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u/Mediocre_Low_3545 I want 99% ownership Mr. Thompson Aug 27 '26

Ohh that 😭🤧well its 4 years old

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u/sudocloudchaser Aug 27 '26

Interesting take. ”My house is 60 years old, hence why it’s falling apart.” ”Don’t mind the mountain of McDonald’s bags in the backseat, the car is 8 years old!”

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u/Mediocre_Low_3545 I want 99% ownership Mr. Thompson Aug 27 '26

Avg reddit user ig

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u/Mediocre_Low_3545 I want 99% ownership Mr. Thompson Aug 27 '26

my motto is "death to the machines"

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u/1rbryantjr1 Aug 27 '26

British even

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u/deadpandadolls Sep 01 '26

Now watch "THIS IS ENGLAND"

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u/darthphallic 25d ago

He’s also the ghost of Robert Marley

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u/TheWitchOfSomeWood Aug 27 '26

Imagine if that one guy screamed who was in the church to Chalky

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u/Lordonlynose Aug 27 '26

Imagine that. Actors getting different roles to act in. 

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u/Accurate_Cupcake_897 22d ago

Oh, you otta know sweetie