Hell on Wheels
American Western television series
Hell on Wheels is an American Western television series about the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States. The series follows the Union Pacific Railroad and its surveyors, laborers, prostitutes, mercenaries, and others who lived, worked and died in the mobile encampment called "Hell on Wheels" that followed the railhead west across the Great Plains. In particular, the story focuses on Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier who, while working as foreman and chief engineer on the railroad, initially attempts to track down the Union soldiers who murdered his wife and young son during the American Civil War.
Cast ages at the series premiere (November 6, 2011)
- Anson Mount, as Cullen Bohannon: 38
- Colm Meaney, as Thomas "Doc" Durant: 58
- Phil Burke, as Mickey McGinnes: 29
- Robin McLeavy, as Eva: 30
- Common, as Elam Ferguson: 39
- Christopher Heyerdahl, as Thor Gunderson / The Swede: 48
- Dohn Norwood, as Psalms: 37
- Kasha Kropinski, as Ruth: 20
- Dominique McElligott, as Lily Bell: 25
- Eddie Spears, as Joseph Black Moon: 28
- Tom Noonan, as Reverend Nathaniel Cole: 60
- Jennifer Ferrin, as Louise Ellison: 32
- Tim Guinee, as Collis Huntington: 48
- Chelah Horsdal, as Maggie Palmer: 38
- Jake Weber, as John Campbell: 47
- MacKenzie Porter, as Naomi Hatch: 21
- Reg Rogers, as James Strobridge: 46
- Byron Mann, as Chang: 44
- Tzi Ma, as Tao: 49