The Most Vicious Villains The Shelby Family Ever Had To Face On 'Peaky Blinders'

An evil fascist with a political agenda, Oswald Mosley is one of the more recent threats to the Shelby clan. He gets off on the wrong foot with Thomas after making mention of his second wife's former occupation as a woman of the night. After that affront, Mosley attempts to build support for his new political party, the British Union of Fascists. His antics nab the notice of Winston Churchill, who works with Thomas to "eliminate" the politician. Unfortunately, the plan goes awry and Mosley is made into a living martyr. 

His racist agenda, political power, and deep-seated evil tendencies make Mosley a terrifying and powerful enemy, one whom the Shelbys must never lose sight of. 

In Season 3, this man of the cloth is anything but an angel, working as a double agent both for the Crown and for the Russians, abetting plots both with and against the Communists. No stranger to using aggression as a means to an end, it isn't just his dirty double dealings that make him an antagonist. There's a far darker reason.

According to Michael Gray, Father Hughes is an abuser of children, with Michael himself being one of his victims. Because of this, Michael insists he be allowed to shoot Father Hughes when the time comes. And he does. 

Meticulous, mean, and focused on his mission, Luca Changretta is an Italian mobster from New York who has a vendetta with the Shelby family over the murder of his brother and father. With the blessings of the mob, Luca goes to Birmingham with the sole purpose of annihilating the Shelby family, with the exception of Tommy, for whom he has a special plan: Make him watch each and every member of his family perish, thus destroying his spirit.

During his time in London, Luca makes a back-handed deal with Polly to betray Tommy, attempts to eliminate Arthur Shelby, has his men eliminate John Shelby, and tries to seize the family bootlegging business from the Shelbys. It is only after Tommy makes a deal with rival Al Capone that Changretta realizes he's been defeated. He is later shot in the head for his part in the slaying of John Shelby. 

The main antagonist of the first two seasons, Chief Inspector Campbell has a darkness in him that he hides behind a badge. But even before he takes aim at Thomas Shelby and his family, Campbell is known for his brutal interrogation techniques and ability to look away when there is injustice. Initially looking to just capture and detain Thomas Shelby and his family members for stolen firearms, Campbell's intentions become more sinister after he is rejected by Grace Burgess, a spy who falls in love with Thomas while working undercover as a barmaid. After that, Campbell's mission becomes personal and he is unable to hide his darker side.

Campbell's fall from grace includes almost murdering Grace in cold blood, hurting a young woman at a brothel, blackmailing Thomas, and attacking Polly Gray. In the end, Polly gets her revenge by shooting Campbell in the heart. 

The head of a Jewish gang from Camden Town, Alfie Solomons has been a source of chaos for the Shelbys ever since the second season. He betrays the family on several occasions, but each time, his skills at the negotiating table and his sharp tongue are able to save him.

He only has his own interests in mind, and though making a deal with him might be lucrative, the Shelbys can never be sure if Alfie will keep his end of the bargain. 

Introduced in the fifth season, the new wife of Michael Gray is slowly turning him against his cousins by feeding his need for money and power. Originally from America, Gina comes back to England with Michael, and she immediately begins rubbing family members the wrong way with her arrogance and entitlement.

A bit of a snob who wants more out of life, Gina is leading Michael down a path that will eventually have him going to war with his family.