Tommy Flanagan ( actor ) - wikipedia Tommy Flanagan ( actor ) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( September 2012 ) Tommy Flanagan Flanagan at the 2012 San Diego Comic - Con International ( 1965 - 07 - 03 ) 3 July 1965 ( age 52 ) Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation Actor Years active 1992 -- present Spouse ( s ) Dina Flanagan ( m. 2010 ) Children Tommy 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. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links Personal life Flanagan was born in Easterhouse, Glasgow, the third of five children. He was an altar boy as a child. His facial scars are the result of a knife attack outside a nightclub where he had been working as a DJ. Flanagan is married to Dina, and together they have a daughter born in 2012. He is a supporter of Celtic F.C. 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. In July 2016, he appeared in the music video for the song `` Rotting in Vain '' by Korn. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Braveheart Morrison 1997 The Saint Scarface 1997 Face / Off Leo 1997 The Detail 1997 The Game Solicitor / Taxi driver 1999 Plunkett & Macleane Eddie 1999 Ratcatcher Da 2000 Gladiator Cicero 2000 Sunset Strip Duncan 2000 Hidden McCracken Short film 2001 Strictly Sinatra Michelangelo 2001 Dead Dogs Lie Michael 2002 All About the Benjamins Williamson 2003 Charlie 's Angels : Full Throttle Irish Henchman Trauma Tommy Alien vs. Predator Mark Verheiden 2005 Sin City Brian 2006 The Last Drop Pvt. Dennis Baker 2006 When a Stranger Calls The Stranger 2006 Smokin ' Aces Lazlo Soot 2008 Hero Wanted Derek Credited as Thomas Flannigan 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 2016 Sand Castle SG Major McGregor 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Tullk Ul - Zyn 2017 Papillon Masked Breton 2017 The Ballad of Lefty Brown Television Year Title Role Notes Screen One Episode : `` Black and Blue '' 1993 Tis the Season to be Jolly Prisoner TV film 1993 Taggart Tam McLeod Episode : `` Instrument of Justice '' 1995 Jolly : A Life Man at grotto TV film 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. '' 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 Snr Episode : `` Episode 5 '' 2015 Revenge Malcolm Black 3 episodes 2015 Gotham Tom `` The Knife '' 1 episode `` Rise of the Villains : The Son of Gotham '' 2016 Motive Jack Stoker 4 episodes References Jump up ^ Tommy Flanagan interview, thelabmagazine.com, 21 March 2012. Jump up ^ Booth, Samantha ( 21 March 2010 ). `` Scots actor Tommy Flanagan rocks on in Hollywood as biker gang drama takes off ''. Sunday Mail. Glasgow, Scotland. Jump up ^ Tommy Flanagan interview, thelabmagazine.com, 21 March 2012. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ `` Sons of Anarchy star Tommy Flanagan enjoying life in Malibu ''. Retrieved April 29, 2016. Jump up ^ Tommy Flanagan ( @ TommyFlanagan ) ( 8 January 2015 ). `` @ celticfc HH the hoops ! ! Congratulations ! mad life long fan Flanagan '' ( Tweet ) -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Kelley, Quinn. `` Tommy Flanagan talks ' Sons of Anarchy, ' motorcycles before Maryland Live Casino appearance ''. baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 26 March 2017. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tommy Flanagan. 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Question: how did chibs on sons of anarchy get the scars on his face
Answer: the result of a knife attack outside a nightclub where he had been working as a DJ