Finn Cole

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Finn Cole – Actor Profile, Career & Background

Full Name & Birth
Finlay Lewis J. Cole (born 9 November 1995) is an English actor.

Nationality & Family
He is English and comes from a family of five brothers. His elder brother is actor Joe Cole.

Early Life & Background

  • Raised in London (Kingston upon Thames).

  • As a young person, he had aspirations unrelated to acting, such as working on boats like his father.

  • His brother Joe Cole helped him secure his first audition, which led to his breakout role.

Career & Major Roles

Television

  • He is best known for playing Michael Gray in Peaky Blinders from 2014 to 2022.

  • He also starred as Joshua “J” Cody in the U.S. drama series Animal Kingdom (2016–2022).

Film

  • He appeared in Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018).

  • He starred in Dreamland (2019) and Here Are the Young Men (2020).

  • In F9 (2021), he played a young version of Jakob Toretto.

  • More recently, he appeared in Locked In (2023).

  • He has a role in Last Breath (2025).

Articles by the author

Everything in that era of the 1930s was built to last - cars, buildings, weapons. There was so much passion in everything that was created. The design on vehicles, the costumes, it's like a different world.

Finn Cole