Conleth Hill, known for his role as Varys in Game Of Thrones, is set to join the cast of the highly anticipated Peaky Blinders spin-off series.
The new drama, set in 1950s Birmingham, will delve into the lives of gangster Tommy Shelby’s family as they navigate the challenging post-Second World War era.
The narrative will explore the struggle to rebuild the city, portraying it as a brutal contest of epic proportions.
Jamie Bell and Charlie Heaton are slated to star as Duke and Charles Shelby, respectively, as they find themselves amid a city brimming with both unprecedented opportunity and significant peril.
Hill will portray Clemmy Keeler, the formidable patriarch of a rival gangster family. His character is poised to challenge the Peaky Blinders’ ambitions in Birmingham.
Cal O’Driscoll joins as Clemmy’s son, Aidan Keeler, while Daniel Monks takes on the role of Detective Inspector Bell.
Filming for the series is currently underway at Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham and surrounding areas.
Other cast members include Samuel Bottomley as Eliot, Arturo Muselli as Angelo, Eugene Collins as Frank and Lucie Shorthouse as Kezia Lee.
Ned Dennehy and Packy Lee are also reprising their roles from the series and film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man as Charlie Strong and Johnny Dogs respectively.
The new cast join previously announced stars including Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch and Lucy Karczewski. Details of their roles will be shared at a later date.
The Peaky Blinders spin-off series is being directed by The Testaments’ Mike Barker and Detective Hole’s Anna Zackrisson.
The sequel follows the award-winning TV series, which ended in 2022 and starred Cillian Murphy as the ruthless Tommy, the leader of the Peaky Blinders.
It is set a decade after the events of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, a feature-length film released earlier this year in which Murphy returned as Tommy and Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan starred as Duke.
When it was announced, screenwriter Steven Knight said: “Once again it will be rooted in Birmingham and will tell the story of a city rising from the ashes of the Birmingham blitz. The new generation of Shelbys have taken the wheel, and it will be a hell of a ride.”
The new show has been commissioned for two series of six hour-long episodes and will premiere in the UK on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, as well as on Netflix across the rest of the world.
The original Peaky Blinders series launched on the BBC in 2013.
