Peaky Blinders (TV series)

Overview

Cast

Main

• Cillian Murphy as Thomas "Tommy" Shelby, the leader of the Peaky Blinders.
• Sam Neill as Chief Inspector/Major Chester Campbell, an Ulster Protestant Irish policeman drafted from Belfast.
• Helen McCrory as Elizabeth "Polly" Gray, née Shelby, the aunt of Tommy and his siblings, and treasurer of the Peaky Blinders.
• Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby, Jr., the oldest Shelby sibling.
• Annabelle Wallis as Grace Burgess, later Shelby, a former undercover agent and Irish Protestant who marries Tommy.
• Iddo Goldberg as Freddie Thorne, a known communist who fought in the Great War; Ada's husband.
• Sophie Rundle as Ada Thorne, née Shelby, the Shelby brothers' only sister.
• Joe Cole as John Shelby, the third-youngest Shelby brother.
• Ned Dennehy as Charlie Strong, owner of a boatyard and an uncle figure to Tommy.
• Charlie Creed-Miles as Billy Kimber, a local kingpin who runs the local races.
• Benjamin Zephaniah as Jeremiah 'Jimmy' Jesus, a preacher and friend of the gang.
• Andy Nyman, Richard McCabe, and Neil Maskell as Winston Churchill
• Tommy Flanagan as Arthur Shelby, Sr., the father of Tommy and his siblings'; Polly's brother.
• Tom Hardy as Alfred "Alfie" Solomons, the leader of a Jewish gang in Camden Town.
• Finn Cole as Michael Gray, Polly's biological son.
• Charlotte Riley as May Carleton, a wealthy widow who owns racehorses.
• Natasha O'Keeffe as Lizzie Stark, later Shelby; An ex-prostitute who works for Tommy as his secretary. She is his lover and the mother of his daughter Ruby.
• Packy Lee as Johnny Dogs, a Gypsy friend of Tommy Shelby's.
• Noah Taylor as Darby Sabini, the leader of an Italian gang in Camden Town.
• Paddy Considine as Father John Hughes, a priest working with the anti-communist Section D in the British government.
• Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Esme Shelby, née Lee, John Shelby's wife. She is a Gypsy.
• Alexander Siddig as Ruben Oliver, a portrait artist in a romantic relationship with Polly Gray.
• Gaite Jansen as Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna, a Russian princess.
• Jan Bijvoet as Grand Duke Leon Petrovna, Grand Duchess Izabella's husband.
• Dina Korzun as Grand Duchess Izabella, Princess Tatiana Petrovna's aunt.
• Aidan Gillen as Aberama Gold, an ally of the Shelby Family's and lover of Polly Gray's. He is a Gypsy.
• Adrien Brody as Luca Changretta, a New York mafioso with a vendetta against the Shelby family.
• Kate Phillips as Linda Shelby, Arthur Shelby's wife. She is a Christian.
• Charlie Murphy as Jessie Eden, a union convenor and lover of Tommy Shelby's.
• Jack Rowan as Bonnie Gold, Aberama Gold's boxing champion son.
• Ian Peck as Curly, a horse expert and assistant to Charlie Strong.
• Sam Claflin as Sir Oswald Mosley, a fascist politician.
• Anya Taylor-Joy as Gina Gray, Michael Gray's American wife.
• Kingsley Ben-Adir as Colonel Ben Younger, a young colonel who begins a relationship with Ada Thorne. He is also investigating socialist and fascist political activities.
• Brian Gleeson as Jimmy McCavern, leader of the Billy Boys, a gang.
• Cosmo Jarvis as Barney, a WWI comrade and old friend of Tommy's who is locked in an insane asylum. He is a sniper.
• Kate Dickie as Mother Superior, a nun who runs an orphanage.
• Andrew Koji as Brilliant Chang, a Chinese criminal leader involved in opium smuggling.

  Recurring

• Alfie Evans-Meese and Harry Kirton as Finn Shelby, the youngest of the Shelby siblings and the member of the gang.
• George Gwyther and Callum Booth-Ford as Karl Thorne, the only child of Ada and Freddie Thorne
• Jordan Bolger and Daryl McCormack as Isaiah Jesus, the son of Jeremiah Jesus and the member of the gang
• Samuel Edward-Cook as Danny "Whizz-Bang" Owen, a former comrade of Tommy Shelby and a loyal member of the gang.
• Tony Pitts as Sergeant/Inspector Moss, a police officer from Birmingham.
• Kevin Metcalfe as Scudboat, a henchman of the gang
• Neil Bell as Harry Fenton, a former landlord and owner of the Garrison pub.
• Lobo Chan as Mr Zhang
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Malacki Byrne, a member of the IRA and the cousin of one of the IRA members
• Isabelle Estelle Corbusier as Yasmin Lipscomb
• Jeffrey Postlethwaite as Henry, a Peaky Blinders henchman.
• Matthew Postlethwaite as Nipper, a Peaky Blinders henchman.
• Adam El Hagar as Ollie, the assistant to Alfie Solomons
• Sam Hazeldine as Georgie Sewell, the right hand man and consiglieri to Darby Sabini
• Paul Bullion as Billy Kitchen, a Black Country man, who briefly worked as a Head Baker for Tommy Shelby and Alfie Solomons
• Rory Keenan as Donal Henry, a spy who worked for the Irregulars against the Pro-Treaty Paddies
• Simone Kirby as Irene O'Donnell, a Pro-Treaty Paddies member, who works with Donal Henry and Inspector Campbell to blackmail Tommy Shelby into carrying out an assassination.
• Wanda Opalinska as Rosemary Johnson, the foster mother of Michael Gray, who she named Henry
• Daniel Fearn as King Maine, a boxing trainer in Birmingham who trains Arthur Shelby and Bonnie Gold
• Josh O'Connor as James, a friend and housemate of Ada Thorne
• Dorian Lough as Mario, the owner of The Eden Club, ran by Darby Sabini
• Allan Hopwood as Abbey Heath
• Stephanie Hyam as Charlotte Murray, a wealthy girl, who Michael Gray has a short affair with
• Kenneth Colley as Vicente Changretta, the father to Luca and Angelo Changretta
• Bríd Brennan as Audrey Changretta, the mother of Luca Changretta, wife of Vicente Changretta and head of the Italian gang in Birmingham, as part of being the enemy of the Peaky Blinders
• Frances Tomelty as Bethany Boswell, a wise old Gypsy woman living in Wales, who Tommy Shelby seeks out
• Richard Brake as Anton Kaledin, a Russian refugee, who attempted to discuss business with Darby Sabini and Tommy Shelby on Tommy and Grace Burgess' wedding day
• Alex Macqueen as Patrick Jarvis MP, a Member of Parliament and also a member and representative of The Economic League, working with Father Hughes
• Ralph Ineson as Connor Nutley, a Lancaster factory foreman.
• Peter Bankole as William Letso, a former diamond miner, a tunneler from the South African Labor Corps and a friend of Tommy Shelby
• Richard Dillane as General Curran, an uncle of Grace Burgess
• Dominic Coleman as Priest
• Wendy Nottingham as Mary, the housekeeper of Tommy Shelby
• Billy Marwood and Jenson Clarke as Charles Shelby, son of Tommy Shelby and Grace Burgess.
• Luca Matteo Zizzari as Matteo, one of Luca Changretta's henchmen.
• Jake J. Meniani as Frederico, one of Luca Changretta's henchmen.
• Graeme Hawley as Niall Devlin, a working man in the Shelby Company Limited, working for Tommy Shelby
• Pauline Turner as Frances, the housekeeper of Tommy Shelby
• Donald Sumpter as Arthur Bigge, the King's Private Secretary, who deals with the case of the execution of Polly Gray, Arthur Shelby, John Shelby and Michael Gray
• Jamie Kenna as Billy Mills, a former heavyweight boxing champion and a worker for the Shelby Company Limited, who fights against Bonnie Gold at the company
• Joseph Long as Chef
• Andreas Muñoz as Antonio, the Italian assassin who came in Tommy Shelby's house as a sous-chef and planned to kill Tommy
• Ethan Picard-Edwards as Billy Shelby, the first child of Arthur and Linda Shelby
• Dave Simon as Mulchay
• Emmett J. Scanlan as Billy Grade, an ex-footballer turned singer and an ally to the Peaky Blinders.
• Heaven-Leigh Clee as Ruby Shelby, the daughter of Tommy Shelby and Lizzie Stark.
• Elliot Cowan as Michael Levitt, a Birmingham journalist.
• Peter Campion as Mickey Gibbs, barman of The Garrison pub
• Charlene McKenna as Captain Swing, an IRA leader in Belfast.
• Tim Woodward as Lord Suckerby, a High Court Judge.

  Episodes

Production

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4 and 5

Future

Reception

Accolades

Broadcast and release