Aidan Gillen filmed scenes for Peaky Blinders series five rocking some new facial hair (Picture: Mercury Press)

Aidan Gillen has been spotted on the set of Peaky Blinders rocking a new look.

Aidan’s character, the mysterious Aberama Gold, surfaced in series four and went into business with Tommy and Arthur Shelby, who were backing his son Bonnie as a professional boxer.

It wasn’t always clear where he loyalties lay (except maybe to Pol) but maybe he has picked a side and will be helping out the Shelbys whenever he can once again in the next series.

Gillen filmed scenes for series five in Liverpool on Monday, at the Adelphi Hotel in the city centre.


Aberama has undergone a bit of a makeover since series four. Instead of his usual long wavy hair, he’s had a trim and let his facial hair grow out into an impressive mustache.



He also seems to have gone up in the world (hence the haircut and ‘tache) since we last saw him, wearing an oversized grey coat over a smart grey suit with a red tie.

Aidan shot scenes in Liverpool for the show (Picture: Mercury Press)

The actor, who plays Aberama Gold, was seen getting out of a classic car helped by one of the Peaky Blinders (Picture: Mercury Press)

Aiden carried a grey wide-brimmed hat in his hand as he got out of a classic car outside the hotel, escorted by one of the younger members of the Shelby clan wearing a trademark peaky blinder cap.

Series five filming kicked off in September and it already looks as though we’ll be losing another major character as Tommy, played by Cillian Murphy, was seen attending a funeral.

Paul Anderson, who plays Tommy’s brother Arthur, teased that the Shelby’s are set to be ‘more powerful and manipulative’ now they’ve got connections.

He told Metro.co.uk: ‘Arthur’s not gonna be a politician. He’s got political ties now, let’s put it that way. But you won’t see him at no rallies or in Parliament.

‘What it gives Arthur and his family is more power. Tommy is in a position of power, and he can only get stronger in that position.

‘So we’ll all have more cover, we’ll have more opportunity, and more protection. And by protection I mean by society and the police and so on. We’ll be able to get away with things under the guise of, “we’re politicians, we’re respectable”. But we’ll be able to manipulate things more. Arthur will be even more Arthur. So it will be a lot of fun.’

While there may be cast losses, Anya Taylor-Joy is a new face amongst the crowd, with her actress having begun filming scenes.

Few details of her character have been revealed, but she could have a connection to Finn Cole’s Michael Gray, judging by pics.

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