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Alfie Solomons
Alfie Solomons is a fictional character played by Tom Hardy in the British period crime drama ''Peaky Blinders''. He is the leader of a Jewish gang based in Camden Town and was introduced in Series 2. Casting and background The exact details of the casting process have not been revealed, but the character of Alfie Solomons was not initially devised with Tom Hardy in mind. The character is based on a real-life Jewish gangster named Alfred Solomon. ''Peaky Blinders'' writer Steven Knight says, "We have portrayed him as funny but with an edgy character. The Jewish gangs of the East End would have been just as famous but for some reason history seems to have remembered Alfie Solomons. I don't know why. Maybe, he was prosecuted more often." In the series, Solomons is the leader of a Jewish gang based in Camden Town and runs an illegal distillery. Storylines Series 2 Alfie is introduced as the leader of a Jewish criminal gang and owner of an alcohol distillery. He is at war with It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peaky Blinders (TV Series)
''Peaky Blinders'' is a British period drama, period crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. Set in Birmingham, England, it follows the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang in the direct aftermath of the World War I, First World War. The fictional gang is loosely based on a real urban youth gang Peaky Blinders, of the same name who were active in the city from the 1880s to the 1910s. It features an ensemble cast led by Cillian Murphy, starring as Tommy Shelby, Helen McCrory as Elizabeth "Polly" Gray, Paul Anderson (actor), Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby, Sophie Rundle as Ada Shelby, and Joe Cole (actor), Joe Cole as John Shelby, the gang's senior members. Sam Neill, Annabelle Wallis, Iddo Goldberg, Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Finn Cole, Natasha O'Keeffe, Paddy Considine, Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sam Claflin, Amber Anderson, James Frecheville, and Stephen Graham are also starring. It premiered on 12 September 2013, telecast on BBC Two until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Country
The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands county, England covering most of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall. Dudley and Tipton are generally considered to be the centre. It became industrialised during its role as one of the birth places of the Industrial Revolution across the English Midlands with coal mines, coking, iron foundries, glass factories, brickworks and steel mills, producing a high level of air pollution. The name dates from the 1840s, and is believed to come from the soot that the heavy industries covered the area in, although the 30-foot-thick coal seam close to the surface is another possible origin. The road between Wolverhampton and Birmingham was described as "one continuous town" in 1785. Extent The Black Country has no single set of defined boundaries. Some traditionalists define it as "the area where the coal seam comes to the surface – so West Bromwich, Coseley, Oldbury, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Frecheville
James Aitken Frecheville (; born 14 April 1991) is an Australian actor known for his lead role in the Australian film '' Animal Kingdom'' as Joshua "J" Cody, a confused teenager and youngest member of a criminal family in Melbourne's underworld. Early life Frecheville was born in Melbourne and grew up in the suburb of Malvern East. He attended Lloyd Street Primary School as a child and was educated at McKinnon Secondary College as a teenager. He found a particular interest in drama and the arts at a young age and continued to excel in this field throughout his schooling life. Initially, Frecheville was involved with various youth theatre groups (mostly amateur theatre, including school productions) before starting work as an extra on the Australian television series ''City Homicide''. Prior to his big break, Frecheville took part in a series of acting courses at schools such as The Australian Film & Television Academy (TAFTA). Film career Auditions for ''Animal Kingdom'' took pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Claflin
Samuel George Claflin (born 27 June 1986) is an English actor. After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009, he began his acting career on television and had his first film role as Philip Swift in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' (2011). Claflin gained wider recognition for playing Finnick Odair in ''The Hunger Games'' film series (2013–2015) and for his starring role in the romantic comedy ''Me Before You'' (2016). He has since starred in the films '' Adrift'' (2018) and '' The Nightingale'' (2018), and portrayed Oswald Mosley in the television series ''Peaky Blinders'' (2019–2022) and Mycroft Holmes in the mystery film '' Enola Holmes'' (2020). Early life Claflin was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, to Mark, a finance officer, and Sue Claflin (née Clarke), a teaching assistant. He has two older brothers, Benjamin and Daniel, and a younger brother, Joseph (born 1989), who is also an actor. He grew up in Norwich, Norfolk. As a chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswald Mosley
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician during the 1920s and 1930s who rose to fame when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was a member of parliament and later founded and led the British Union of Fascists (BUF). After military service during the First World War, Mosley was one of the youngest members of parliament, representing Harrow from 1918 to 1924, first as a Conservative, then an independent, before joining the Labour Party. At the 1924 general election he stood in Birmingham Ladywood against the future prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, coming within 100 votes of defeating him. Mosley returned to Parliament as Labour MP for Smethwick at a by-election in 1926 and served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Labour Government of 1929–31. In 1928, he succeeded his father as the sixth Mosley baronet, a title that had been in his family for more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margate, England
Margate is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook. The town has been a significant maritime port since the Middle Ages, and was associated with Dover as part of the Cinque Ports in the 15th century. It became a popular place for holidaymakers in the 18th century, owing to easy access via the Thames, and later with the arrival of the railways. Popular landmarks include the sandy beaches and the Dreamland amusement park. During the late 20th century, the town went into decline along with other British seaside resorts, but attempts are being made to revitalise the economy. History Margate was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as lying within the hundred of Thanet and the county of Kent. Margate was recorded as "Meregate" in 1264 and as "Margate" in 1299, but the spelling continued to vary into modern times. The name i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Brody
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring as Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's '' The Pianist'' (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, becoming the youngest actor to win in that category. Brody is the second male American actor after Christopher Lambert to receive the César Award for Best Actor. Other successful films that Brody has starred in are '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), '' The Village'' (2004), ''King Kong'' (2005), ''Predators'' (2010) and ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011). He is a frequent collaborator of Wes Anderson's, having starred in four of Anderson's films, ''The Darjeeling Limited'' (2007), ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' (2009), ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), and ''The French Dispatch'' (2021). In 2017, he portrayed Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series ''Peaky Blinders''. In 2022, he portrayed Arthur Miller in the Marilyn Monroe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicilian American
Sicilian Americans ( Sicilian: ''Sìculu-miricani; Italian: Siculoamericani'') are Americans of Italian Sicilian birth or ancestry. They are a large ethnic group in the United States. The first Sicilians who came to the territory that is now the United States were explorers and missionaries in the 17th century under the Spanish crown. Sicilian emigration to the United States then increased significantly in the starting from before 1880 to 1906, Direct connections by sea departed from the ports of Palermo and Castellammare del Golfo. Since emigration from Sicily began in the United States before the unity of Italy, and reached its peak at a time when regional differences were still very strong and marked, both linguistically and ethnically, many of the Sicilian immigrants identified (and still identify) primarily on a regional rather than a national basis. Today, there are many studies also dedicated to the history of Sicilian Americans. The Sicilian-American community include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Gillen
Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series '' Queer as Folk'' (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series ''The Wire'' (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series '' Love/Hate'' (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2017), and Dr. J. Allen Hynek in The History Channel's ''Project Blue Book'' (2019–2020). In 2021, he appeared in the crime dramas ''Mayor of Kingstown'' and ''Kin''. His film roles include Miles Jackson in '' 12 Rounds'' (2009), CIA operative Bill Wilson in ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), Janson in '' Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials'' (2015) and '' Maze Runner: The Death Cure'' (2018), Robert in '' The Lovers'' (2017), Queen's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Rowan (actor)
Jack Rowan (born 18 February 1997) is an English actor, nominated for best actor at the BAFTAs for his performance in ''Born to Kill'' (2017). Rowan has appeared in ''Peaky Blinders'', ''Casualty'', ''Silent Witness'', and '' Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands''. In 2020, he played Callum McGregor in the BBC drama series ''Noughts + Crosses''. Early life Rowan was born 18 February 1997 in Pimlico, Westminster, London. Before becoming an actor, Rowan was an amateur boxer from age 12, winning 18 of 27 fights. Career Known for his roles as Sam in ''Born to Kill'' and Bonnie in ''Peaky Blinders''. He has also had small roles in numerous television dramas including ''Casualty'', ''Silent Witness'', and ''Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands''. In 2020, he played Callum McGregor in the BBC drama series ''Noughts + Crosses''. In 2022, Rowan joined the cast of the upcoming television series '' A Town Called Malice'', where he plays protagonist Gene Lord in a cast which includes Jason Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Cole
Finlay Lewis J. Cole is an English actor from Kingston, London. He is known for his role in the BBC series ''Peaky Blinders'' as Michael Gray. He is currently starring as Joshua "J" Cody in TNT's '' Animal Kingdom'', and played young Jakob Toretto in the film '' F9''. Career As a child, Cole wanted to work on boats like his father. His older brother Joe is also an actor and helped Finn get the audition for his first acting job. In 2015, Finn appeared as Eric Birling in Helen Edmundson's BBC One adaptation of ''An Inspector Calls''. Personal life Cole was born in London, the second-youngest of five brothers. One of his elder brothers is Joe Cole, whom he starred alongside in ''Peaky Blinders The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1910s. The group consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to middle-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racke ...''. Filmography References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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