The first two acts of Show Me A Hero have skillfully built an intertwined story in which very few of the characters…
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Cast
Oscar Isaac (Nick Wasicsko)Peter Riegert (Oscar Newman)Carla Quevedo (Nay Noe)Natalie Paul (Doreen Henderson)Ilfenesh Hadera (Carmen Febles)Alfred Molina (Hank Spallone)LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Norma O'Neal)Angela Pietropinto (Anne Wasicsko)Michael Stahl-David (Jim Surdoval)Ray Iannicelli (Council Clerk)James P. Stephens (Courtroom Photographer)Catherine Keener (Mary Dorman)Josh Salatin (Michael Wasicsko)Bruce Altman (Buddy Dorman)Danny Mastrogiorgio (Peter Chema)McKinley Belcher III (Dwayne Meeks)Brianna Horne (Gail Henderson)Laura Gómez (Dama Montero)
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Creators
David Simon, William F. Zorzi, Lisa Belkin
Synopsis
Nick Wasicsko takes office as mayor of Yonkers in 1987 and has to face the issue of building public housing in the white, middle-class side of town.
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