Tommy Flanagan (actor)
| Tommy Flanagan | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Flanagan in March 2012 | |
| Born |
3 July 1965 Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Dina Livingston (2010-present); 1 child Jane Ford (2007-2010) Rachel Schadt (1998-2001) |
| Children | 1 |
Tommy Flanagan (born 3 July 1965, Glasgow) is a Scottish film and television actor.
Early life
Born in Easterhouse, Glasgow, as a child he served as an altar boy.[1][2][3]
Flanagan is the third of five children. His distinctive facial scars, known as a "Glasgow smile", are the result of a knife attack outside a nightclub where he had been working as a DJ.[4]
Personal life
Flanagan and ex-wife Dina Livingston welcomed a baby girl in early 2012. He was previously married to actress/casting director/assistant director Rachel Schadt from 1998-2001; Schadt had co-starred with Flanagan in the David Fincher film The Game (1997), in which she played a hotel maid. He was also married to Jane Ford from 2007-2010.
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.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Screen One | TV series, Episode: "Black and Blue" | |
| 1993 | Tis the Season to be Jolly | Prisoner | TV movie |
| Taggart | Tam McLeod | TV series Episode: "Instrument of Justice" | |
| 1995 | Jolly: A Life | Man at grotto | TV movie |
| Braveheart | Morrison | ||
| 1996 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Sean | TV series, Episode: "Lottery" |
| A Mug's Game | Paul | TV series | |
| Bad Boys | Harry | TV series, Episode: "The Bonny Bonny Banks" | |
| 1997 | The Saint | Scarface | |
| Face/Off | Leo | ||
| The Detail | |||
| The Game | Solicitor/Taxi driver | ||
| 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Eddie | |
| Ratcatcher | Da | ||
| 2000 | Gladiator | Cicero | |
| Rebus | Thomas Telford | TV series, Episode: "The Hanging Garden" | |
| Sunset Strip | Duncan | ||
| Hidden | McCracken | Short film | |
| 2001 | Attila | Bleda | TV miniseries |
| 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 | |
| 2006 | The Last Drop | Pvt. Dennis Baker | |
| When a Stranger Calls | The Stranger | ||
| Smokin' Aces | Lazlo Soot | ||
| 2008 | Hero Wanted | Derek | credited as Thomas Flannigan |
| 2008–2014 | Sons of Anarchy | Filip "Chibs" Telford | TV series, 90 episodes |
| 2009 | 24 | Gabriel Schector | TV series, Episode: "Day 7: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m." |
| 2010 | Luster | Les | |
| Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Lazlo Soot | ||
| Swifty & Veg | Swifty | Short film | |
| Lie to Me | Ron Marshall | TV series, Episode: "Headlock" | |
| 2011 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Albert Stram | TV series, 2 episodes |
| Grace and Danger | pre-production | ||
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Murphy | TV series, Episode: "Home Invasions" |
| Officer Down | Father Reddy | ||
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Arthur Shelby Snr | TV series, Episode: "Episode 5" |
| 2015 | Revenge | Malcolm Black | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Gotham | Tom "The Knife" | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2015 | Winter | Woods Weston | |
| 2016 | Running Wild | Jon Kilpatrick | Filming |
| 2016 | Sand Castle (film) | SGMajor McGregor | Filming |
References
- ↑ Tommy Flanagan interview, thelabmagazine.com, 21 March 2012.
- ↑ Booth, Samantha (21 March 2010). "Scots actor Tommy Flanagan rocks on in Hollywood as biker gang drama takes off". Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland).
- ↑ Tommy Flanagan interview, thelabmagazine.com, 21 March 2012.
- ↑ Fretts, Bruce (November 2014). "Sons of Anarchy's Tommy Flanagan on Those Facial Scars, This Final Season, and Chibs". Vulture. New York. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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