Filip "Chibs" Telford is a fictional character, on the FX television series Sons of Anarchy, played by Tommy Flanagan. He is nicknamed "Chibs" because of his facial scars ("chib" is Scots slang for a knife or blade). Flanagan's scars are real, having received them in a knife-fight. Chibs is extremely loyal to Jax Teller and the club; he also seems to have a good relationship with Tig Trager and appears to be an increasingly fatherlike figure to Juice Ortiz, which ends after Juice's eventual betrayal. Telford is originally from Glasgow, Scotland, but grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He served as a medic with the British Army for five months, before being court-martialed. He is married to Fiona Larkin but they are estranged, and he and Fiona have a daughter named Kerrianne. However, when he was thrown out of the True IRA, the group's leader, Jimmy O'Phelan, took Chibs' family from him out of jealousy, scarred his face, and told him never to return to Ireland. Chibs was originally a ...