Tommy Flanagan | |
|---|---|
 Flanagan at the 2012San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | (1965-07-03)3 July 1965 (age 60) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
Thomas Flanagan (born 3 July 1965) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role asFilip "Chibs" Telford in the FX crime drama television seriesSons of Anarchy (2008–2014) and its spin-offMayans M.C. (2019), Cicero inGladiator (2000), Morrison inBraveheart (1995), Tullk inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Williamson inAll About the Benjamins (2002), and The Stranger inWhen a Stranger Calls (2006).
Flanagan was born inEasterhouse,Glasgow, the second of four children. His sister Sue is a nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital inGlasgow.[1] He was analtar boy.[2][3]
His first television roles were inScreen One (1992) andTaggart (1993). Flanagan worked inRobert Carlyle'sRaindog Theatre for three years before being cast inBraveheart (1995). He has had roles inFace/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),Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and the TV mini-seriesAttila.
He portrayedarms dealer Gabriel Schector in the first episode of24's seventh season and appeared in the episode "Headlock" ofLie to Me, aired in the U.S. on Monday 2 August 2010. He was one of the main cast members ofSons of Anarchy, in which he plays an outlaw biker namedFilip "Chibs" Telford.[4] In October 2010, Flanagan was revealed as the spokesperson for the Scottish soft drinkIrn-Bru. In July 2016, he appeared in the music video for the song "Rotting in Vain" byKorn.
Flanagan played McCullough on theNetflix seriesWu Assassins which ran for one season,[5] and as Walter Flynn in the Starz seriesPower Book IV: Force.
His facial scars are the result of aknife attack outside a nightclub where he had been working as a DJ. After leaving the club, he was attacked by a gang, stabbed, and slashed with a knife, leaving him with the scars.[6]
Flanagan and his wife, Dina, have a daughter.[7] He was previously married to Rachel Flanagan and Jane Ford.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Braveheart | Morrison | |
| 1997 | The Saint | Scarface | |
| Face/Off | Leo | ||
| The Detail | |||
| The Game | Solicitor/Taxi driver | ||
| 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Eddie | |
| Ratcatcher | George Gillespie | ||
| 2000 | Gladiator | Cicero | |
| Sunset Strip | Duncan | ||
| Hidden | McCracken | Short film | |
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra | Michelangelo | |
| Dead Dogs Lie | Michael | ||
| 2002 | All About the Benjamins | Williamson | |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Irish Henchman | |
| 2004 | Trauma | Tommy | |
| Alien vs. Predator | Mark Verheiden | ||
| 2005 | Sin City | Brian | |
| The Last Drop | Pvt. Dennis Baker | ||
| 2006 | When a Stranger Calls | The Stranger | |
| Smokin' Aces | Lazlo Soot | ||
| 2008 | Hero Wanted | Derek | Credited as Thomas Flannigan |
| 2010 | Luster | Les | |
| Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Lazlo Soot | ||
| Swifty & Veg | Swifty | Short film | |
| 2011 | Grace and Danger | ||
| 2012 | Officer Down | Father Reddy | |
| 2015 | Winter | Woods Weston | |
| 2016 | Running Wild | Jon Kilpatrick | |
| Sand Castle | SGM McGregor | ||
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Tullk Ul-Zyn | |
| Papillon | Masked Breton | ||
| The Ballad of Lefty Brown | Tom Harrah | ||
| 2018 | Legal Action | Mr Gates | |
| 2019 | Killers Anonymous | Markus | |
| American Fighter | McClellen | ||
| The Rising Hawk | Tugar | ||
| The Wave | Aeolus | ||
| 2020 | The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud | Brock Donnelly | |
| 2021 | Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher | Holden | |
| 40-Love | Petrov | ||
| 2022 | Code Name Banshee | Anthony Greene | |
| There Are No Saints | Jet Rink | ||
| Boon | Mr Fitzgerald | ||
| 2024 | Sleeping Dogs | Jimmy Remis |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Screen One | Episode: "Black and Blue" | |
| 1993 | Tis the Season to be Jolly | Prisoner | TV film |
| Taggart | Tam McLeod | Episode: "Instrument of Justice" | |
| 1995 | Jolly: A Life | Man at grotto | TV film |
| 1996 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Sean | Episode: "Lottery" |
| A Mug's Game | Paul | ||
| 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 Sr. | Episode: 'Episode 5' |
| 2015 | Revenge | Malcolm Black | 3 episodes |
| Gotham | Tom "The Knife" | 1 episode "Rise of the Villains: The Son of Gotham" | |
| 2016 | Motive | Jack Stoker | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Wu Assassins | Alec McCullough | Main role |
| Mayans M.C. | Filip "Chibs" Telford | Special guest star (season 2) Episode: "Kukulkan" | |
| 2020 | Westworld | Martin Conells / Dolores Abernathy (host) | 3 episodes |
| 2022–2023 | Power Book IV: Force | Walter Flynn | Main role |
| 2024 | The Perfect Couple | Broderick Graham | 3 Episodes, Miniseries[8] |
| 2025 | MobLand | Moody | 2 episodes |
| 2026 | House of the Dragon | Roderick Dustin | [9] |
