AdvertisementAs 'Boardwalk Empire' Comes To A Close, Creator Reminisces About Its StartSeptember 11, 2014facebookEmailOn Boardwalk Empire, Steve Buscemi's character, Nucky Thompson, is modeled after Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, the corrupt county treasurer of Atlantic City during the Prohibition years. The HBO show started its fifth and final season Sunday. (HBO)