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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.
Natasha O'Keeffe as Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shelby, née Stark (series 2–6; guest series 1), an ex-prostitute who worked for Tommy as his secretary. She is his second wife and the mother of his daughter Ruby. Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Esme Shelby-Lee (series 3–4, 6; recurring series 1–2), John's wife and a member of the Lee clan.
The show is set in the 1930s and depicts Diana, and husband Oswald Mosley, getting involved with fictional protagonist Tommy Shelby to advance their political goals. [14] In the Discworld novel The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett, werewolf Watchwoman Angua von Überwald refers to two relatives of hers as Nancy and Unity. Angua's brother ...
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.
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] "
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 ...
Alfred " Alfie " Solomons is a fictional character in the British period crime drama television series Peaky Blinders, created by Steven Knight and portrayed by Tom Hardy.Based on a London gangster born in the late 1890s, [1] he is the leader of a Jewish gang based in Camden Town and was introduced in Series 2.