John Shelby

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fictional character television character

John Shelby is a key member of the Shelby crime family in the British television series "Peaky Blinders," known for his fierce loyalty, volatility, and role in the gang's violent operations.

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Label Occurrences
John Shelby canonical 12

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
allegiance Shelby Company Limited ⓘ
appearsIn Peaky Blinders ⓘ
appearsInSeason Peaky Blinders ⓘ
surface form: Peaky Blinders season 1

Peaky Blinders ⓘ
surface form: Peaky Blinders season 2

Peaky Blinders season 3 ⓘ
Peaky Blinders ⓘ
surface form: Peaky Blinders season 4
basedInFictionalLocation Birmingham ⓘ
businessRole partner in Shelby Company Limited ⓘ
causeOfDeathInSeries gunshot ⓘ
characterTrait fiercely loyal ⓘ
hot-headed ⓘ
violent ⓘ
volatile ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn First World War (fictional backstory) ⓘ
countryOfWork United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Steven Knight ⓘ
deathInSeries killed in Peaky Blinders season 4 ⓘ
familyName Shelby ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Peaky Blinders ⓘ
surface form: Peaky Blinders universe
firstAppearance Peaky Blinders, series 1 episode 1 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn crime drama ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasChild unnamed children with Esme Shelby ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
loyalTo Shelby family ⓘ
Thomas Shelby ⓘ
marriedTo Esme Shelby ⓘ
memberOf Peaky Blinders gang ⓘ
Shelby family ⓘ
nationalityInFiction British ⓘ
occupation bookmaker ⓘ
gangster ⓘ
portrayedBy Joe Cole ⓘ
relative Polly Gray ⓘ
roleInOrganization enforcer for the Peaky Blinders ⓘ
senior member of the Shelby crime family ⓘ
servedIn British Army ⓘ
surface form: British Army (fictional backstory)
setInDecade 1920s ⓘ
settingTimePeriod post-World War I era ⓘ
sibling Ada Shelby ⓘ
Arthur Shelby ⓘ
Finn Shelby ⓘ
Thomas Shelby ⓘ
weaponOfChoice razor cap ⓘ
revolver ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peaky Blinders → mainCharacter → John Shelby ⓘ
Tommy Shelby → sibling → John Shelby ⓘ
Arthur Shelby → hasRelative → John Shelby ⓘ
Arthur Shelby → sibling → John Shelby ⓘ
Polly Gray → relative → John Shelby ⓘ
Ada Shelby → siblingOf → John Shelby ⓘ
Thomas Shelby → sibling → John Shelby ⓘ
Finn Shelby → relative → John Shelby ⓘ
Esme Shelby → spouse → John Shelby ⓘ
Shelby crime family → hasMember → John Shelby ⓘ
Michael Gray → relative → John Shelby ⓘ
Joe Cole → characterRole → John Shelby ⓘ