Alfie Solomons

Alfred "Alfie" Solomons is a fictionalised character in the British period crime drama television series Peaky Blinders, created by Steven Knight and portrayed by Tom Hardy. Based loosely on a London gangster born in the late 1880s, he is the leader of a Jewish gang based in Camden Town and was introduced in Series 2.

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.

Alfie is introduced as the leader of a Jewish criminal gang and owner of an alcohol distillery. He is at war with Italian mob boss Darby Sabini (Noah Taylor), with whom he competes for territory and resources. Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) tries to convince him to align with his brothers Arthur (Paul Anderson) and John Shelby (Joe Cole) against Sabini but is not successful. Tommy and John then meet with Billy Kitchen (Paul Bullion) of the Black Country Boys, a group of former soldiers who control a segment of the black market. Tommy tells Billy to round up his men for them to go to work in Alfie's distillery, resulting in an alliance with Alfie. Later, Alfie and Sabini meet and patch up their differences. Alfie then hosts a Passover Seder and invites an unaware Arthur and some of his men, who are soon slaughtered. Alfie has Arthur sent to prison. Following this, Tommy meets with Alfie to forget their differences and join forces once again. Alfie secures Arthur's release from prison as a result.

Alfie during the earlier seasons is usually seen with his long suffering and constantly nervous assistant, Ollie (Adam El Hagar).