Quick Facts
Biography
Tommy Flanagan (born 3 July 1965) is a Scottish film and television actor. He is best known for his role of Filip "Chibs" Telford in the FX drama Sons of Anarchy.
Early life
Born in Easterhouse, Glasgow, as a child he served as an altar boy.
Flanagan is the third of five children. His distinctive facial scars are the result of a knife attack outside a nightclub where he had been working as a DJ.
Personal life
Flanagan and wife, Dina, had a baby girl in early 2012.
Career
His first television roles were in Screen One (1992) and Taggart (1993). Flanagan worked in Robert Carlyle's Raindog Theatre for three years before being cast in Braveheart (1995). He has had roles in Face/Off (1997), The Game (1997), Sunset Strip (2000), Gladiator (2000), All About the Benjamins (2002), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Alien vs. Predator (2004), Sin City (2005), Smokin' Aces (2006), When a Stranger Calls (2006), The Last Drop (2006), Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010) and the TV mini-series Attila.
He portrayed arms dealer Gabriel Schecter in the first episode of 24's seventh season and appeared in the episode "Headlock" of Lie to Me, aired in the U.S. on Monday 2 August 2010. He was one of the main cast members of Sons of Anarchy, in which he plays an outlaw biker named Filip "Chibs" Telford. In October 2010, Flanagan was revealed as the spokesperson for the Scottish soft drink Irn-Bru. In July 2016, he starred in the music video for the song "Rotting in Vain" by Korn.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Braveheart | Morrison | |
| 1997 | The Saint | Scarface | |
| 1997 | Face/Off | Leo | |
| 1997 | The Detail | ||
| 1997 | The Game | Solicitor/Taxi driver | |
| 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Eddie | |
| 1999 | Ratcatcher | Da | |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Cicero | |
| 2000 | Sunset Strip | Duncan | |
| 2000 | Hidden | McCracken | Short film |
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra | Michelangelo | |
| 2001 | Dead Dogs Lie | Michael | |
| 2002 | All About the Benjamins | Williamson | |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Irish Henchman | |
| 2004 | Trauma | Tommy | |
| 2004 | Alien vs. Predator | Mark Verheiden | |
| 2005 | Sin City | Brian | |
| 2006 | The Last Drop | Pvt. Dennis Baker | |
| 2006 | When a Stranger Calls | The Stranger | |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Lazlo Soot | |
| 2008 | Hero Wanted | Derek | Credited as Thomas Flannigan |
| 2010 | Luster | Les | |
| 2010 | Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Lazlo Soot | |
| 2010 | Swifty & Veg | Swifty | Short film |
| 2011 | Grace and Danger | ||
| 2012 | Officer Down | Father Reddy | |
| 2015 | Winter | Woods Weston | |
| 2016 | Running Wild | Jon Kilpatrick | Filming |
| 2016 | Sand Castle | SG Major McGregor | Filming |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Tullk Ul-Zyn | Post-production |
| 2017 | The Ballad of Lefty Brown | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Screen One | Episode: "Black and Blue" | |
| 1993 | Tis the Season to be Jolly | Prisoner | TV film |
| 1993 | Taggart | Tam McLeod | Episode: "Instrument of Justice" |
| 1995 | Jolly: A Life | Man at grotto | TV film |
| 1996 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Sean | Episode: "Lottery" |
| 1996 | A Mug's Game | Paul | |
| 1996 | Bad Boys | Harry | Episode: "The Bonny Bonny Banks" |
| 2000 | Rebus | Thomas Telford | Episode: "The Hanging Garden" |
| 2001 | Attila | Bleda | TV miniseries |
| 2008–2014 | Sons of Anarchy | Filip "Chibs" Telford | 90 episodes |
| 2009 | 24 | Gabriel Schector | Episode: "Day 7: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m." |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | Ron Marshall | Episode: "Headlock" |
| 2011 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Albert Stram | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Murphy | Episode: "Home Invasions" |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Arthur Shelby Snr | Episode: "Episode 5" |
| 2015 | Revenge | Malcolm Black | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Gotham | Tom "The Knife" | 1 episode "Rise of the Villains: The Son of Gotham" |
| 2016 | Motive | Jack Stoker | 4 episodes |