The Deuce is a television drama series about a neighbourhood in New York City during the rise and fall of the sex industry in the 1970s and 1980s. It ran for three seasons and 25 episodes from 2017 to 2019 on Home Box Office (HBO). The show was created by David Simon and George Pelecanos, who are also Executive Prodcuers for the series. They are joined by their regular producing partner Nina K. Noble and actor James Franco as Executive Producers.
Writer Richard Price also served as a Co-Executive Producer on the first season before becoming a fifth Executive Producer for the second and third seasons. The series pilot was directed by Michelle MacLaren. Regular director Alex Hall later also became a producer for the series.
Cast[]
Starring Cast[]
- James Franco as Vincent Martino
- James Franco as Frankie Martino
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Eileen "Candy" Merill
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Chris Alston
- Margarita Leveiva as Abigail Parker
- Emily Meade as Lori Madison
- Chris Bauer as Bobby Dwyer
- Chris Coy as Paul Henrickson
- Michael Rispoli as Rudy Pipilo
- Gbenga Akkinagbe as Larry Brown
- Gary Carr as CC
- Dominique Fishback as Donna "Darlene" Pickett
- Natalie Paul as Sandra Washington
- Luke Kirby as Gene Goldman
- Jamie Neumann as Dorothy "Ashley" Spina
- David Krumholtz as Harvey Wasserman
- Olivia Luccardi as Margaret "Melissa" Rouse
- Sepideh Moafi as Loretta
- Daniel Sauli as Tommy Longo
Recurring Cast[]
- Kim Director as Leila "Shay" Brodie
- Method Man as Rodney
- Don Harvey as Danny Flanagan
- Michael Kostroff as Rizzo
- Ralph Macchio as Haddix
- Mustafa Shakir as Big Mike
- Thaddeus Street as Black Frankie
- Anwan Glover as Leon
- Genevieve Hudson-Price as Jocelyn Wasserman
- Zoe Kazan as Andrea Martino
- James Ciccone as Carmine Patriccia
- Garry Pastore as Matthew Ianello
- Will Chase as Jack
- Carolyn Mignini as Joan Merrell
- Finn Robbins as Adam in Season 1
- Mikey Moughan as Adam in Season 2
- Dion Costelloe as Adam in Season 3
- E.J. Carroll as Fat Mooney
- Gino Ventos as Carlo
- Aaron Dean Eisenberg as Todd Lang
- Andrea Rachel-Parker as Bernice
- Pernell Walker as Ruby AKA Thunder Thighs
- Tariq Trotter as Reggie Love
- Matthew James Ballinger as Gentle Richie
- Alysia Reiner as Kiki Raines
- Roberta Colindrez as Irene
- Armand Assante as Mr Martino
- Michael Stahl-David as Kenneth
- Sebastian Arcelus as Dave
- Esteban Carmona as Julito
- Jim Parrack as Russell
- Taylor Sele as Renton Lowry
- Ryan Farrell as Greg Taylor
- Michael Gandolfini as Joey Dwyer
- Domenick Lombardozzi as Jack Maple
- Kelcy Griffin as Jennifer Preston
- Corey Stoll as Hank Jaffe
- Calvin Leon Smith as Reg
- Sonia Mena as Xiomara
- David Morse as Matthew Rouse
- Paloma Guzman as Pilar
- Ben Livingston as Dr Steiner