Tommy Flanagan
Thomas Flanagan (born 3 July 1965) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role as Filip "Chibs" Telford in the FX crime drama television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014) and its spin-off Mayans M.C. (2019), Cicero in Gladiator (2000), Morrison in Braveheart (1995), Tullk in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Williamson in All About the Benjamins (2002), and The Stranger in When a Stranger Calls (2006).
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Tommy Flanagan

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- Name
- Tommy Flanagan
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Born
- 3 July 1965
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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Thomas Flanagan (born 3 July 1965) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role as Filip "Chibs" Telford in the FX crime drama television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014) and its spin-off Mayans M.C. (2019), Cicero in Gladiator (2000), Morrison in Braveheart (1995), Tullk in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Williamson in All About the Benjamins (2002), and The Stranger in When a Stranger Calls (2006).
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Biography
Biography
Flanagan worked across actor, film actor, stage actor and television actor. This article rests on 2 published texts and 3 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Tommy Flanagan • Birthplace — Glasgow, Scotland • Born — 3 July 1965 • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1991–present • Children — 1
Early life
Early life
Flanagan was born in Easterhouse, Glasgow, the second of four children. His sister Sue is a nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow. He was an altar boy.
Career
Career
His first television roles were in Screen One (1992) and Taggart (1993). Flanagan worked in Robert Carlyle and Alexander Morton'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), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and the TV mini-series Attila. He portrayed arms dealer Gabriel Schector in the first episode of 24s 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 appeared in the music video for the song "Rotting in Vain" by Korn. Flanagan played McCullough on the Netflix series Wu Assassins which ran for one season, and as Walter Flynn in the Starz series Power Book IV: Force. He was cast as Roderick Dustin in House of the Dragon in 2025.
Personal life
Personal life
Flanagan's facial scars are the result of a knife attack outside a nightclub where he had been working as a DJ. After leaving the club, he was attacked by a gang who stabbed and slashed him with a knife, leaving the scars on each side of his mouth. Flanagan and his wife, Dina, have a daughter. He was previously married to Rachel Flanagan and Jane Ford.
Television
Television
• 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 • 2025 — MobLand — Moody — 2 episodes • 2026 — House of the Dragon — Roderick Dustin — Main role; 6 episodes
Career and working life
Career and working life
Flanagan worked as actor, film actor, stage actor and television actor. Flanagan was active from 1992. Flanagan worked in English.
Catalogued output
Works documented in more than one form
3 titles are catalogued under more than one form, which is to say the registers hold them both as a work and as a distinct object, score, recording or edition. Where a title is documented in several forms the evidence behind it is correspondingly wider, and the article treats those forms as separate records of the same work rather than as separate works. Chibs Telford — catalogued as fictional human and television character. Arthur Shelby Sr. — catalogued as fictional human and television character. Tullk — catalogued as film character and fictional humanoid.
Film
• 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
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Flanagan, Tommy, Oxford Music Online, 2012
Flanagan, Tommy, African American Studies Center, 2013
Flanagan, Tommy (jazz), Oxford Music Online, 2003
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