Mickey Doyle
| Mickey Doyle | |
|---|---|
| Boardwalk Empire character | |
| First appearance | "Boardwalk Empire" |
| Last appearance | "Friendless Child" |
| Created by | Terence Winter |
| Portrayed by | Paul Sparks |
| Information | |
| Full name | Mieczyslaw "Mickey Doyle" Kuzik |
| Nickname(s) | Pollack Bohunk |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation |
Gangster bootlegger racketeer |
| Nationality | American |
Mieczyslaw "Mickey Doyle" Kuzik is a fictional character in the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire. He is played by Paul Sparks. Mickey is a gangster in Prohibition-era Atlantic City. For the first two seasons, he is the main rival of harlem liquor kingpin Chalky White. He is known for his distinctive, nasal laugh, and serves as the series' comic relief. Out of all the characters who worked with/for Nucky Thompson surprisingly Mickey is the last man standing.
In the first episode of season one, Mickey is introduced as a Polish-American gangster trying to establish himself as a power in the illegal alcohol trade following the passage of the Volstead Act, which outlaws the sale of alcohol. It is revealed that his real name is Mieczyslaw Kusik, and he changed it to "Mickey Doyle" to pass himself off as Irish-American. He meets with Atlantic County Treasurer and political boss Nucky Thompson to show him his bootlegging operation. Mickey tells Nucky that he expects to produce 2000 crates a week. He gets into a scuffle with Nucky's driver, Jimmy Darmody, until Nucky breaks it up. Jimmy later gets revenge on Mickey by informing Prohibition Agent Nelson Van Alden about Mickey's operation. Van Alden raids Mickey's operation and arrests him. Nucky gives Mickey's operations to Chalky White an African-American gangster.
Mickey convinces Chalky's rivals, the D'Alessio brothers, to murder Chalky and gives them a description of his car, a Packard. They track the car but mistakenly kill Kendall, Chalky's driver, instead of Chalky himself. Mickey persuades the D'Alessio brothers to rob ward boss George O'Neill in broad daylight on the boardwalk. He then joins them in going into business with Arnold Rothstein.
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