Series creators Tom Fontana and Will Rokos are joined as executive producers by Barry Levinson and Cineflix Studios president Christina Wayne. General Manager Perry Simon said the series is a 'great fit' for the network, as it ' the early American multicultural experience in provocative, ground-breaking fashion'. Alfre Woodard as Hattie Lemaster, Sara's mother, a newly freed slaveīBC America announced the series during the Television Critics Association (TCA) summer press tour, on July 28, 2011.Donal Logue as Brendan Donovan, a Civil War Brigadier General who is the Sixth Ward Tammany Hall boss.Ron White as Ciaran Joseph Sullivan, the captain of the sixth precinct and Corcoran's boss.Alex Paxton-Beesley as Ellen Corcoran, Corky's wife, who disappeared while he served in the Union army.Tessa Thompson as Sara Freeman, Matthew's wife, a runaway slave whose brothers were lynched by a group of Irishmen.Kiara Glasco as Annie Reilly, a 12-year-old orphaned prostitute.Dylan Taylor as Andrew O'Brien, a detective who works with Corcoran and Maguire.Kevin Ryan as Francis Maguire, an Irish cop working alongside Corcoran.Franka Potente as Eva Heissen, a shrewd Prussian businesswoman and madam of a brothel.Anastasia Griffith as Elizabeth Haverford, the English wife of a wealthy Fifth Avenue friend of Morehouse's.Ato Essandoh as Matthew Freeman, an African-American physician and runaway slave, who serves as an informal pathologist for Corcoran.

Kyle Schmid as Robert Morehouse, the son of a wealthy Fifth Avenue industrialist, formerly Corcoran and Freeman's major in the Union Army.

Tom Weston-Jones as Kevin 'Corky' Corcoran, a rugged Irish immigrant cop in New York City.

Main article: List of Copper episodes Season On September 19, 2013, Copper 's cancellation was announced, three days before its second-season finale aired. The series was renewed for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on June 23, 2013.

The first season of 10 episodes premiered on August 19, 2012. Fontana, Rokos, Barry Levinson, and Christina Wayne were executive producers of the series. The series was BBC America's first original scripted program after previously only airing co-productions and shows from the United Kingdom. Other cast members include Kyle Schmid, Ato Essandoh, Anastasia Griffith, and Franka Potente. It is set in 1860s New York City, during the American Civil War, and stars Tom Weston-Jones as an Irish immigrant policeman, or 'copper', who patrols and resides in the Five Points neighborhood.

Copper is an drama television series created by Tom Fontana and Will Rokos for BBC America.

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