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Thomas Michael Shelby OBE DCM MM MP is a fictional character and the protagonist of the British period crime drama Peaky Blinders. He is played by Irish actor Cillian Murphy , who has won two Irish Film & Television Awards and two National Television Awards for his portrayal of Shelby.
They held "control" for 30 years until 1920, when a larger gang, the Birmingham Boys, led by Billy Kimber, overtook them. Although they had disappeared by the 1920s, the name "Peaky Blinders" became synonymous slang for any street gang in Birmingham. In 2013, the name was reused for a BBC Television series entitled Peaky Blinders.
William "Billy" Kimber (played by Charlie Creed-Miles) was an English gangster and head of the Birmingham Boys, the main enemy of Thomas Shelby and the Peaky Blinders. He ran most of the legal tracks outside of London, leading to tensions between Kimber and the Peaky Blinders, who looked to expand their control into inner city London.
Cillian Murphy plays Thomas Shelby, the leader of the Peaky Blinders gang and the head of Shelby Company Limited. The actor will return to play the infamous character in the Peaky Blinders movie.
When creator Stephen Knight spoke to the Radio Times in March 2023 about the Peaky Blinders spinoff film, he shared it will be set during World War II — a significant time jump from the show's ...
The series Peaky Blinders followed Tommy Shelby from being a Birmingham street gangster to a stint in Parliament and back again. It covered the rise and fall of the Shelby family from the years ...
Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. Set in Birmingham, it follows the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang in the direct aftermath of the First World War. The fictional gang is loosely based on a real urban youth gang who were active in the city from the 1880s to the 1920s.
Netflix revealed that the 'Peaky Blinders' spinoff movie is officially filming, with Cillian Murphy reprising his role as Tommy Shelby. 'Peaky Blinders' Is "So Back" After Netflix Drops an ...