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Tommy Shelby is from a Romani family based in Birmingham. [5] [6] Murphy spent time with Romani people to prepare himself for the role. [7] Shelby is a veteran of the First World War and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his experiences during the war; something that is a recurring theme throughout the series. [8]
Thomas Michael Shelby (also known by his alias Tommy Shelby) (played by Cillian Murphy [1]) is the main protagonist of the Peaky Blinders series. He is the son of Arthur and Mrs. Shelby, brother of Arthur, John, Ada and Finn Shelby, and father of Charles and Ruby Shelby. He was married to Grace and later to Lizzie Shelby.
Birmingham historian Carl Chinn believes the name is a reference to the gang's sartorial elegance. He says the popular usage of "peaky" at the time referred to any flat cap with a peak. [4] "
Andreas Muñoz as Antonio (series 4), the Italian assassin who came into Tommy's house as a sous-chef and planned to kill Tommy. Ethan Picard-Edwards as Billy Shelby (series 4), the son of Arthur and Linda. Dave Simon as Mulchay (series 4–5) Heaven-Leigh Clee (series 5) and Orla McDonagh (series 6) as Ruby Shelby, the daughter of Tommy and ...
Tommie Shelby (born 1967) is an American philosopher. Since 2013, he has served as the Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University , where he is the current chair of the Department of African and African American Studies.
Tommy's sister Ada Shelby is involved with Freddie Thorne, a communist. A barmaid named Grace Burgess starts working at the Garrison, a bar owned by the Peaky Blinders. She has been placed in Birmingham by Inspector Campbell to help find the guns. Tommy's friend Danny has a PTSD episode and kills an Italian business owner. To avoid a war with ...
Seeing this, Tommy arrives there and orders the owners to stop selling opium; otherwise, they would be in big trouble. At Shelby Headquarters, a referee for a big match with Birmingham is not swayed by Arthur, so he forces Billy to kill him. In Tommy's office, Arthur confronts him and tells him that he knows about Tommy's illness.
Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) tries to convince him to align with his brothers Arthur (Paul Anderson) and John Shelby against Sabini but is not successful. Tommy and John then meet with Billy Kitchen (Paul Bullion) of the Black Country Boys, a group of former soldiers who control a segment of the black market. Tommy tells Billy to round up his ...