Peaky Blinders (TV series)

• Cillian Murphy as Thomas "Tommy" Shelby, the leader of the Peaky Blinders.
• Sam Neill as Chief Inspector/Major Chester Campbell (series 1–2), an Ulster Protestant policeman drafted from Belfast.
• Helen McCrory as Elizabeth "Polly" Gray, née Shelby, the aunt of Tommy and his siblings, and treasurer of the Peaky Blinders.
• Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby, Jr., the oldest Shelby sibling.
• Annabelle Wallis as Grace Shelby (main series 1–3, recurring series 5), née Burgess, a former undercover agent and Irish Protestant. First wife of Tommy Shelby and the mother of his son Charles.
• Iddo Goldberg as Freddie Thorne (series 1), a known communist who fought in the Great War; Ada's husband.
• Sophie Rundle as Ada Thorne, née Shelby, the Shelby brothers' only sister.
• Joe Cole as John "Johnny" Shelby (series 1–4), the third-youngest Shelby brother.
• Ned Dennehy as Charlie Strong, owner of a boatyard and an uncle figure to Tommy.
• Charlie Creed-Miles as Billy Kimber (series 1), a local kingpin who runs the local races.
• Benjamin Zephaniah as Jeremiah 'Jimmy' Jesus, a preacher and friend of the gang.
• Andy Nyman (series 1), Richard McCabe (series 2), and Neil Maskell (series 5) as Winston Churchill
• Tommy Flanagan as Arthur Shelby, Sr. (series 1), the father of Tommy and his siblings'; Polly's brother.
• Tom Hardy as Alfred "Alfie" Solomons (series 2-present), the leader of a Jewish gang in Camden Town.
• Finn Cole as Michael Gray (series 2–present), Polly's biological son.
• Charlotte Riley as May Carleton (series 2, 4), a wealthy widow who owns racehorses.
• Natasha O'Keeffe as Lizzie Shelby (main series 2–present, recurring series 1), née Stark; An ex-prostitute who worked for Tommy as his secretary. She is his second wife and the mother of his daughter Ruby.
• Packy Lee as Johnny Dogs (main series 2–present, recurring series 1), a friend of Tommy Shelby's.
• Noah Taylor as Darby Sabini (series 2), the leader of an Italian gang in Camden Town.
• Paddy Considine as Father John Hughes (series 3), a priest working with the anti-communist Section D (The Economic League) in the British government.
• Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Esme Shelby (main series 3–4, recurring series 1–2), née Lee, John Shelby's wife.
• Alexander Siddig as Ruben Oliver (series 3), a portrait artist in a romantic relationship with Polly Gray.
• Gaite Jansen as Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna (series 3), a Russian princess.
• Jan Bijvoet as Grand Duke Leon Petrovich Romanov (series 3), Grand Duchess Izabella's husband.
• Dina Korzun as Grand Duchess Izabella (series 3), Princess Tatiana Petrovna's aunt.
• Aidan Gillen as Aberama Gold (series 4–5), an ally of the Shelby family and lover of Polly Gray.
• Adrien Brody as Luca Changretta (series 4), a New York mafioso with a vendetta against the Shelby family.
• Kate Phillips as Linda Shelby (main series 4–5, recurring series 3), Arthur Shelby's wife. She is a Christian.
• Charlie Murphy as Jessie Eden (series 4–present), a union convenor and lover of Tommy Shelby's.
• Jack Rowan as Bonnie Gold (series 4–5), Aberama Gold's boxing champion son.
• Ian Peck as Curly (main series 4–present, recurring series 1–3), a horse expert and assistant to Charlie Strong.
• Alfie Evans-Meese (series 1) and Harry Kirton (series 2–5) as Finn Shelby, the youngest of the Shelby siblings and the member of the gang.
• George Gwyther (series 3) and Callum Booth-Ford (series 5) as Karl Thorne, the only child of Ada and Freddie Thorne.
• Jordan Bolger (series 2–4) and Daryl McCormack (series 5) as Isaiah Jesus, the son of Jeremiah Jesus and a member of the gang.
• Sam Claflin as Sir Oswald Mosley (series 5), a fascist politician.
• Anya Taylor-Joy as Gina Gray (series 5), Michael Gray's American wife.
• Kingsley Ben-Adir as Colonel Ben Younger (main series 5, recurring series 4), a young colonel who begins a relationship with Ada Thorne. He is also investigating socialist and fascist political activities.
• Brian Gleeson as Jimmy McCavern (series 5), leader of the Billy Boys, a Scottish Protestant gang.
• Cosmo Jarvis as Barney (series 5), a WWI comrade and old friend of Tommy's who is locked in an insane asylum. He is a sniper.
• Kate Dickie as Mother Superior (series 5), a nun who runs an orphanage.
• Andrew Koji as Brilliant Chang (series 5), a Chinese criminal leader involved in opium smuggling.

• Samuel Edward-Cook (series 1) as Danny "Whizz-Bang" Owen, a former comrade of Tommy Shelby and a loyal member of the gang.
• Tony Pitts (series 1−4) as Sergeant/Inspector Moss, a police officer from Birmingham.
• Kevin Metcalfe as Scudboat (series 1), a henchman of the gang
• Neil Bell (series 1) as Harry Fenton, a former landlord and owner of the Garrison pub.
• Lobo Chan (series 1) as Mr Zhang
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (series 1) as Malacki Byrne, a member of the IRA and the cousin of one of the IRA members
• Isabelle Estelle Corbusier (series 1) as Yasmin Lipscomb
• Jeffrey Postlethwaite (series 1−2) as Henry, a Peaky Blinders henchman.
• Matthew Postlethwaite (series 1−2) as Nipper, a Peaky Blinders henchman.
• Adam El Hagar (series 2) as Ollie, the assistant to Alfie Solomons
• Henry Garrett (series 2) as Clive Macmillan, first husband of Grace Burgess. He was a rich banker who lived in Poughkeepsie, New York.
• Sam Hazeldine (series 2) as Georgie Sewell, the right-hand man and consiglieri to Darby Sabini
• Paul Bullion (series 2) as Billy Kitchen, a Black Country man, who briefly worked as a Head Baker for Tommy Shelby and Alfie Solomons
• Rory Keenan (series 2) as Donal Henry, a spy who worked for the Irregulars against the Pro-Treaty IRA
• Simone Kirby (series 2) as Irene O'Donnell, a Pro-Treaty IRA member, who works with Donal Henry and Inspector Campbell to blackmail Tommy Shelby into carrying out an assassination.
• Wanda Opalinska (series 2, 4) as Rosemary Johnson, the foster mother of Michael Gray, whom she named Henry
• Daniel Fearn (series 2, 4) as King Maine, a boxing trainer in Birmingham who trains Arthur Shelby and Bonnie Gold
• Josh O'Connor (series 2) as James, a friend and housemate of Ada Thorne
• Dorian Lough (series 2) as Mario, the owner of The Eden Club, ran by Darby Sabini
• Allan Hopwood (series 2) as Abbey Heath
• Stephanie Hyam (series 3) as Charlotte Murray, a wealthy girl, with whom Michael Gray has a short affair
• Kenneth Colley (series 3) as Vicente Changretta, the father to Luca and Angelo Changretta
• Bríd Brennan (series 3–4) as Audrey Changretta, the mother of Luca Changretta, wife of Vicente Changretta and head of the Italian gang in Birmingham, as part of being the enemy of the Peaky Blinders
• Frances Tomelty (series 3) as Bethany Boswell, a wise old woman living in Wales, whom Tommy Shelby seeks out
• Richard Brake (series 3) as Anton Kaledin, a Russian refugee, who attempted to discuss business with Darby Sabini and Tommy Shelby on Tommy and Grace Burgess' wedding day
• Alex Macqueen (series 3) as Patrick Jarvis MP, a Member of Parliament and also a member and representative of The Economic League, working with Father Hughes
• Ralph Ineson (series 3) as Connor Nutley, a Lancaster factory foreman.
• Peter Bankole (series 3) as William Letso, a former diamond miner, a tunneler from the South African Labor Corps and a friend of Tommy Shelby
• Richard Dillane (series 3) as General Curran, an uncle of Grace Burgess
• Dominic Coleman (series 3) as Priest
• Wendy Nottingham (series 3) as Mary, the housekeeper of Tommy Shelby
• Billy Marwood (series 3) and Jenson Clarke (series 4–5) as Charles Shelby, son of Tommy and Grace Shelby.
• Luca Matteo Zizzari (series 4) as Matteo, one of Luca Changretta's henchmen.
• Jake J. Meniani (series 4) as Frederico, one of Luca Changretta's henchmen
• Graeme Hawley (series 4) as Niall Devlin, a working man in the Shelby Company Limited, working for Tommy Shelby
• Pauline Turner (series 4) as Frances, the housekeeper of Tommy Shelby
• Donald Sumpter (series 4) as Arthur Bigge, the King's Private Secretary, who deals with the case of the execution of Polly Gray, Arthur Shelby, John Shelby and Michael Gray
• Jamie Kenna (series 4) as Billy Mills, a former heavyweight boxing champion and a worker for the Shelby Company Limited, who fights against Bonnie Gold at the company
• Joseph Long (series 4) as Chef
• Andreas Muñoz (series 4) as Antonio, the Italian assassin who came into Tommy Shelby's house as a sous-chef and planned to kill Tommy
• Ethan Picard-Edwards (series 4) as Billy Shelby, the first child of Arthur and Linda Shelby
• Dave Simon (series 4−5) as Mulchay
• Emmett J. Scanlan (series 5) as Billy Grade, an ex-footballer turned singer and an ally to the Peaky Blinders.
• Heaven-Leigh Clee (series 5) as Ruby Shelby, the daughter of Tommy Shelby and Lizzie Stark
• Elliot Cowan (series 5) as Michael Levitt, a Birmingham journalist
• Peter Campion (series 5) as Mickey Gibbs, barman of The Garrison pub
• Charlene McKenna (series 5) as Captain Swing, an IRA leader in Belfast
• Tim Woodward (series 5) as Lord Suckerby, a High Court Judge

Peaky Blinders was created by Steven Knight, directed by Otto Bathurst, and produced by Katie Swinden. The writers are listed as Steven Knight, Stephen Russell and Toby Finlay.[11]

Screen Yorkshire provided funding for the production through the Yorkshire Content Fund, ensuring that the majority of the show was filmed in Yorkshire as part of the deal.[12] The series was filmed in Birmingham, Bradford, Dudley, Leeds, Liverpool, and Port Sunlight.[13] Railway sequences were filmed between Keighley and Damems, using carriages from the Ingrow Museum of Rail Travel (owned by Vintage Carriages Trust),[14] and carriages owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Trust.[15] Many of the scenes for the show were shot at the Black Country Living Museum.[16]

Ulster-born, New Zealand-raised Sam Neill enlisted the help of Northern Irish actors James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson to help him recover his lost Northern Irish accent for the role of C.I. Campbell. In the end, he had to tone down the accent since the series is being marketed in the United States.[17]

Controversially, the production did not hire linguists to assist in the show, leading to the Gypsies' frequently speaking broken Romanian (as opposed to Romani).[18]

A second series was commissioned shortly after the broadcast of the first and aired in October and November 2014.[9] On 11 January 2014, auditions were held in Digbeth area of Birmingham (near where parts of the series are set) for white and mixed race teenage male extras, resulting in lengthy queues.[19][20]

Shortly after the final episode of the second series, the show announced via its Twitter account that it had been renewed for a third series.[21] On 5 October 2015, the official Peaky Blinders Twitter account announced that filming had begun for series 3.[22] Filming wrapped on 22 January 2016, after 78 days of shooting.[23][24]

During the initial broadcast of series 3, the BBC renewed Peaky Blinders for series 4 and 5, each of which comprises six episodes.[25] Filming for series 4 started in March 2017 and premiered on 15 November 2017 on BBC Two.[26] The fourth series did not include The Weinstein Company or its logo in its credits, even though the company was formerly involved in the US distribution of the series.[27]

The BBC commissioned a fifth series in mid-2016. On 22 August 2018, it was confirmed that series 5 would be broadcast on BBC One.[28][29] Having already premiered to a select audience at Birmingham Town Hall on 18 July 2019, the series began airing on BBC One on 25 August 2019.[30]

On 5 May 2018, Steven Knight told Birmingham Press Club that "we are definitely doing [series] six and we will probably do seven".[31] Knight has indicated that once the series is complete, a film or spin-off could follow.[32] During 2020, rumors emerged linking comedian Rowan Atkinson to the show for the role of Adolf Hitler in Series 6, but the producers denied the involvement saying that the news is "completely false".[33]

On 18 January 2021, it was announced that series six, which had just begun filming, would be the final television series of Peaky Blinders; though Knight revealed "the story will continue in another form".[4]