Copper: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Copper is an American saga set in 1865 New York City, picks-up on the brink of Lincoln's assassination - with shifts in politics and society altering the landscape for Irish immigrants and African-Americans. At the center, Detective Kevin Corcoran struggles to tame the wartime metropolis while wrestling with personal demons, including the betrayal of his wife and best friend. And when Tammany Hall's outspoken General Brendan Donovan returns from the Civil War to restore law and order in the Sixth Ward, loyalties will be bought and sold both Uptown and in the slums of the Five Points as Corcoran, and those around him, fight to find their places in an unforgiving city.

Series details

• Title: Copper
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 2012-08-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-09-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC America
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 400

Cast and credited roles

• Ato Essandoh — Matthew Freeman
• Kevin Ryan — Detective Francis Maguire
• Tom Weston-Jones — Detective Kevin Corcoran
• Anastasia Griffith — Elizabeth Haverford
• Dylan Taylor — Andrew O'Brien
• Franka Potente — Eva Heissan
• Kyle Schmid — Robert Morehouse
• Tessa Thompson — Sara Freeman
• Kiara Glasco — Annie Reilly
• Ron White — Captain Ciaran Joseph Sullivan
• Alex Paxton-Beesley — Ellen Corcoran
• David Keeley — Padraic Byrnes

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-08-19; final listed air date 2012-10-21; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-06-23; final listed air date 2013-09-22; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Copper on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.