- Born
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Tommy Flanagan was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland where he made his stage debut at the Raindog Theatre Company and appeared in such productions as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and MacBeth.
Flanagan soon landed the role of Scottish rebel 'Morrison' in the Mel Gibson epic Braveheart (1995) and went on to work with an array of top directors in films such as Phillip Noyce's The Saint (1997), John Woo's Face/Off (1997), and David Fincher's The Game (1997).
Tommy Flanagan stars alongside Russell Crowe in Sleeping Dogs (2023) which reunites the actors following their work together on Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning classic, Gladiator. Flanagan is perhaps best known for his role as Filip 'Chibs' Telford in FX's Emmy-nominated biker gang drama Sons of Anarchy (2008 - 2014), which ran for seven seasons. Flanagan stars opposite Joseph Sikora in Starz's Power Book IV: Force (2022) - a spin-off of the premium cabler's hugely popular crime drama Power, which has been picked up for a second season. He has appeared on HBO's Westworld (2020) opposite Evan Rachel Wood and Vincent Cassel and has also been seen on series like Peaky Blinders (2013) and Netflix's Wu Assassins (2019), among others.
Recent film credits for Flanagan include the James Gunn-directed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); the action-thriller Boon (2022) opposite Neil McDonough; the crime actioner Killers Anonymous (2019) opposite Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; A24's acclaimed Western The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017) opposite Bill Pullman, Jim Caviezel and Peter Fonda; Bleecker Street's Papillon (2017) remake, which reunited him with Sons of Anarchy's Charlie Hunnam; Netflix's Iraq War pic Sand Castle (2017) opposite Henry Cavill and Nicholas Hoult; and Heidi Greensmith's indie drama Winter (2015) opposite Tom Payne.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Authentic
- SpousesDina Livingston(August 1, 2010 - present)Jane Ford(December 23, 2007 - June 10, 2010) (divorced)Rachel Flanagan(May 1998 - June 2001) (divorced)
- RelativesAndrew Flanagan(Sibling)
- Two facial scars, one on each side of his face, known as a 'Glasgow Grin' or a 'Glaswegian Smile'. Result of being attacked by thugs in Scotland.
- Thick Scottish accent
- He got his famous scar when, walking home after a DJ gig, he was attacked by a group and cut with a knife. The scar is often referred to as the 'Glasgow Smile' in Scotland which is his homeland. Aptly enough he played the character Scarface in The Saint (1997) early in his career.
- He says he likes the rain and misery of Scotland over the sun of California.
- He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Braveheart (1995) and Gladiator (2000).
- Portrays two different characters, in two very different genres, who has his wife forcibly taken by another man, and who seeks his revenge, murdering his adulterous enemy, and then spitting on the corpse: Braveheart (1995) and Sons of Anarchy (2008).
- His brother Andrew is also an actor who is based in Glasgow.
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