52 Facts About Tommy Shelby

Tommy Shelby is from a Romani family based in Birmingham.

Tommy Shelby is a veteran of the First World War and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his experiences during the war; something that is a recurring theme throughout the series.

Thomas Michael Tommy Shelby was born in Birmingham, England, around 1890 to an Irish Traveller and Romani family.

Tommy Shelby grew up in the Small Heath neighbourhood of Birmingham.

Tommy Shelby dated Greta Jurossi, a woman of Italian descent during his 20s, but she died of tuberculosis.

In 1919, Tommy Shelby leads the Peaky Blinders into appropriating a consignment of guns from the Birmingham Small Arms factory.

Tommy Shelby is involved with fixing horse races, which has potential for conflict with Billy Kimber, who runs the races.

Tommy Shelby saves Grace from harm after initially offering her to Kimber, as part of a deal for the Peaky Blinders to become the security at Kimber's establishment.

Tommy Shelby meets Grace and she tells him she loves him and will go to London for a few days.

Tommy Shelby meets with his aunt Polly Gray and she informs him that Grace is the reason Inspector Campbell found the guns.

Tommy, Arthur and their brother John Shelby decide to get familiar with the London scene and start a fight at Darby Sabini's club.

Inspector Campbell has agreed with Churchill that Tommy Shelby will be useful to them.

Tommy Shelby meets with gang leader Alfie Solomons there.

Tommy Shelby has a hard time convincing Alfie that he should align with the Peaky Blinders against Sabini.

Tommy Shelby tells Billy to round up his men for them to go to work in Camden Town for Alfie.

Tommy Shelby finds his fledgling empire crumbling before him, as his power-base in London is obliterated.

Tommy Shelby collects the Peaky Blinders and gives them their mission at the races.

Inspector Campbell's men from Northern Ireland, members of the Ulster Volunteers, kidnap Tommy Shelby and take him to an empty field, while Polly meets with Inspector Campbell and shoots him.

Tommy Shelby is let go with a message from Churchill promising future contact.

Tommy Shelby informs her that Kaledin provided the wrong code name, meaning the man must be killed.

Tommy Shelby meets with Mr Romanov, who pays him for murdering Kaledin with a sapphire.

Grace wears the sapphire, which Tommy gave her, to the Shelby Charity Foundation dinner.

Father Hughes then makes Tommy Shelby go tell the Russians that he was misinformed about Father Hughes betraying them.

Three months later, Tommy Shelby has recovered and the planned massive heist involving the Russians is drawing near.

When Tommy Shelby discovers and kills a mafia agent among his staff, he realises the assassination attempts are due to take place on Christmas Day and gets word to the rest of the family.

Tommy Shelby suggests contacting Aberama Gold, a contract killer.

Tommy Shelby goes to his jacket to grab his gun and shoots Changretta, but Changretta already took the bullets out and sets them on the table, stating that each is for a member of the family.

Tommy Shelby has figured out Polly and Michael have betrayed him, but goes to the meeting Polly has set for him, and finds himself engaged in a shootout with Changretta's men.

Tommy Shelby explains what happened, it appears he had been in on it with Polly, he does not tell the family of Michael's betrayal.

Luckily, Tommy Shelby finds Arthur in time to save his life, but tells Polly to inform everyone that he has died, as a part of Tommy Shelby's elaborate plan.

Tommy Shelby reveals to Changretta that he has sent Michael to America to negotiate with Al Capone and turn Changretta's men against him.

Tommy Shelby confronts Alfie for his betrayal, who reveals he did so knowing Tommy Shelby would track him down and kill him, and that he has cancer.

In 1929, Tommy Shelby goes up to a phone booth on Lickey Hills, where on the phone Arthur reads a letter from "Angels of Retribution", which states that they have never even heard of the Peaky Blinders and therefore are not scared of their threats.

Tommy Shelby gets the news from Arthur about the Stock Market crash and becomes furious after learning that Michael held on even after being instructed not to do so.

Later, the family have a meeting at the Garrison, where Tommy Shelby reveals that Aberama and Isaiah Jesus were sent to kill a pimp, who was blackmailing a senior member of House of Lords.

At the House of Commons, Tommy Shelby meets Sir Oswald Mosley.

Mr Levitt, a journalist, conducts an interview with Tommy Shelby and asks him questions about his past, with a view to damaging his image as MP, but Tommy Shelby outmanoeuvres him with personal and sensitive information he has on him.

At his mansion, Tommy Shelby gets a call from Captain Swing, who informs that she captured Michael from a cabin of the men who supposedly wants to kill Tommy Shelby, and asks whether to spare him or kill him.

At the Garrison, Arthur and Tommy Shelby warn Finn not to get involved with guns.

Tommy Shelby tells Arthur that he doesn't sleep because he dreams that someone wants his crown and that it might be Michael.

Tommy Shelby tells Mosley that Ada advised against meeting him, as he seems to be moving in direction of fascism.

Later, Tommy Shelby is phoned by Lizzie who announces she, Charles and Ruby cannot travel to Canada due to Ruby's sudden illness.

Tommy Shelby has a seizure in the bathroom and Lizzie urges him to see a doctor, but he refuses.

Tommy Shelby sees an opportunity to ally himself with Captain Swing.

Tommy Shelby is informed that Ruby is sick again and decides to contact Esme.

Distraught in grief, Tommy Shelby ignores letters from his personal doctor as his relationship with Lizzie strains even further.

Tommy Shelby meets with Doctor Holford and is told that due to coming into contact with Ruby while she was ill, he has developed inoperable tuberculoma and that he now only has between 12 and 18 months left to live.

Tommy Shelby introduces his newly found son, Erasmus "Duke" Shelby, at a family meeting, to Lizzie's disliking.

Tommy Shelby sleeps with Diana as a payment for her cause.

Tommy Shelby arrives at the family home with Mosley, and tells Lizzie that Tommy was disloyal to her, in an act purely devised to split her and Tommy away from each other, with Mosley believing that Tommy deserves better if he is to move up in the world.

On Miquelon Island, Tommy Shelby meets Michael, who has been released from prison.

Tommy Shelby goes off to kill Holford, but realises he has finally changed and ends up sparing his life.