Tommy Flanagan (actor)
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" (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), and Williamson in "All About The Benjamins" (2002). Early life. Flanagan was born in Easterhouse, Glasgow, the second of four children. He was an altar boy. His 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, whereupon he was stabbed and physically assaulted with a knife that resulted in him being left with scars. Personal life. Flanagan is married to Dina Flanagan, and together they have a daughter born in 2012. He was earlier married and divorced from Rachel Flanagan, and casting director Jane Ford. Flanagan's sister Sue is a nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow. 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), "" (2003), "Alien vs. Predator" (2004), "Sin City" (2005), "Smokin' Aces" (2006), "When a Stranger Calls" (2006), "The Last Drop" (2006), "" (2010), "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017) 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. In July 2018, it was announced that Flanagan was cast in one of the main roles, Alec McCullough, on the Netflix series "Wu Assassins". In 2022, he was cast as Walter Flynn for the Starz series .