2. "Nucky" Thompson (Boardwalk Empire)
HBOLies, corruption, bribery, blackmail, murder. No, for once we're not talking about Kings Landing. This is what it's like living in 1920s Atlantic City. Enoch Thompson runs the city like his own personal toy set. Everyone answers to him, even the law. He supplies Atlantic City with illegal alcohol and constantly finds ways to avoid capture and stay several steps ahead of his competitors. This is a man who sees the world as pieces in his own personal game and he always wins. Could there be a better place for him to perfect his craft than Kings Landing? Nucky could play the political game with just about any family in Westeros, undermine any authority to provide the city with pretty much anything they wanted and if he didn't rise to become the King of Westeros, he would never be far from the Throne. And if anyone got in his way, he would have no problem having them killed, even if he had to pull the trigger himself, even if it was his closest ally. Only one man could play the game of thrones better than Nucky Thompson ...