Eddie Kessler

Edward "Eddie" Kessler
Birthplace	Germany
Age	Unknown
Death	Committed Suicide by jumping out a window
Actor	Anthony Laciura

Edward "Eddie" Kessler (played by Anthony Laciura), is Nucky Thompson's assistant. German is his native tongue, and he therefore has a very thick accent when speaking English. The character is based on the historical person Louie Kessel who was an assistant, bodyguard and driver to the real Nucky (Enoch L. Johnson).

Biography

Background

Kessler is the somewhat hapless assistant of current city treasurer Nucky Thompson. As a German immigrant, he performs his duties as required, but routinely misunderstands or is misunderstood by his boss, as well as others. There is often an unintended comical after-effect of his best-of-intentions. Eddie is always on call and ready to provide Nucky with anything he may want or need, be it as common as a chauffeur, or something much more sinister. Interestingly, it is revealed that he carries a pistol, and is also a decent shot with it.  While under detention by federal agents Knox and Hoover, it is revealed that Kessler was once an assistant department store manager in Hanover, Germany.  That he carried on a affair with a girl who worked in the lingerie department, that he embazzelled a great deal of money and ran off with this girl (only for her to leave him within months), leaving behind his wife and two children.  One of his children has changed his last name and has also had a child, thus, making Kessler a grandfather,  Kessler was forced to reveal some information on Thompson's activities to the agents before they let him go, with the threat of deportation looming should Kessler not come through on future requests.

Season 1

Main article: Eddie Kessler Season 1

Season 3

Main article: Eddie Kessler Season 3

Relationships

• Nucky Thompson: Employer
• Owen Sleater: Colleague, Nucky's driver (deceased)
• Harlan: Colleague, Nucky's shoe shiner
• Ritz Carlton Hotel Manager: Colleague
• Jimmy Darmody: Former driver for Nucky (deceased)
• Margaret Schroeder: Nucky's wife
• Lucy Danziger: Nucky's ex-girlfriend
• Isaac Ginsburg: Nucky's attorney
• Chalky White: African American community leader and bootlegger
• Charles Kenneth Thorogood: Nucky's mole in the US Attorney's office
• Harry Daugherty: Attorney General
• Solomon Bishop: State Attorney
• An unnamed wife
• 2 unnamed sons

Memorable Quotes

• "It must be a schwartze word."
• Nucky: "You have pie in Germany, don't you?"
  • Eddie: "We have strudel."
• "Nucky? Yes, he is nice. Mr. Thompson is a very nice man."
• "You told me to knock in a manly fashion."
• "I know what you mean. You want Schlampe."
• (to a Guardsman making an anti-German comment) "Asshole."
• "James Darmody is dead." ("The Pony")
• "Nucky. Nucky... There is a delivery." ("A Man, A Plan...")
• "I tend only to you. That is all I do. That is my life." ("Two Imposters")

Appearances

Season one appearances
Boardwalk Empire	The Ivory Tower	Broadway Limited	Anastasia
Nights in Ballygran	Family Limitation	Home	Hold Me in Paradise
Belle Femme	The Emerald City	Paris Green	A Return to Normalcy

Season two appearances
21	Ourselves Alone	A Dangerous Maid	What Does the Bee Do?
Gimcrack & Bunkum	The Age of Reason	Peg of Old	Two Boats and a Lifeguard
Battle of the Century	Georgia Peaches	Under God's Power She Flourishes	To the Lost

Season three appearances
"Resolution"	"Spaghetti and Coffee"	"Bone for Tuna"	"Blue Bell Boy"
"You'd Be Surprised"	"Ging Gang Goolie"	"Sunday Best"	"The Pony"
"The Milkmaid's Lot"	"A Man, A Plan..."	"Two Imposters"	"Margate Sands"

Season four appearances
"New York Sour"	"Resignation"	"Acres of Diamonds"	"All In"
"Erlkonig"	"The North Star"	"William Wilson"	"The Old Ship of Zion"
"Marriage and Hunting"	"White Horse Pike"	"Havre De Grace"	"Farewell Daddy Blues"