Cullen Bohannon

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Cullen Bohannon is a former Confederate soldier turned railroad foreman and antihero protagonist of the Western television series "Hell on Wheels."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antihero
fictional character
protagonist
television character
appearsIn Hell on Wheels
associatedWith Hell on Wheels
surface form: Hell on Wheels mobile encampment

First Transcontinental Railroad
surface form: Transcontinental Railroad
characterArc from vengeful ex-soldier to railroad leader
characterType morally ambiguous
child William Bohannon
coCreatedBy Joe Gayton
Tony Gayton
conflict American Civil War
createdFor AMC
enemyOf Union soldiers who killed his family
firstAppearance Hell on Wheels Season 1 Episode 1
formerAllegiance Confederate States of America
genre Western
hasSkill leadership
marksmanship
railroad engineering oversight
medium television
militaryAllegiance Confederate States Army
narrativeRole central protagonist of Hell on Wheels
nationality American
network AMC
occupation gunslinger
railroad foreman
soldier
portrayedBy Anson Mount
primaryMotivation revenge for his murdered family
rank Confederate soldier
roleInWork railroad construction
setting post–Civil War United States
spouse Mary Bohannon
Naomi Hatch Bohannon
themeAssociated reconstruction era
redemption
revenge
timePeriod 1860s
worksFor Union Pacific Railroad

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The Swede hasComplexRelationshipWith Cullen Bohannon
The Swede hasEnemy Cullen Bohannon
Hell on Wheels hasMainCharacter Cullen Bohannon