Kurt Sutter As Otto Delaney

This week I thought it would be a great idea to make a post about the man behind the creation of Sons of Anarchy. If it weren't for Kurt Sutter, there would be no Sons of Anarchy. For those of you who do not know, Kurt Sutter also portrays Otto Delaney in SOA, and he is married to Katey Sagal (Gemma Teller) in real life. The two have three children together.

Besides portraying Otto, Kurt writes, directs, and produces for Sons of Anarchy. As a young kid he did not do well in school and came from a broken family. After watching lots of television and exploring his imagination he discovered his ability to come up with creative ideas for stories.

Relating to last weeks post, Sutter uses his resources well by having technical advisors such as David LaBrava help out with the show. Along with this Sutter also took some time to interact with an outlaw club in California as research for his writing for Sons of Anarchy. This all proved successful as the show is a hit.

Sons of Anarchy is currently on its fifth season. The show is so successful that FX recently signed a three year deal to continue playing Sons of Anarchy and create other projects with Sutter in the process. Some of his hobbies include playing video games and oddly birds, which probably makes you think of Gemma's bird obsession in the show just like I did. 

Check out my David LaBrava post and Gemma Teller post as well!

Sources:

http://www.fxnetworks.com/soa/crew/

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-104786504/stock-photo-los-angeles-june-katey-sagal-kurt-sutter-at-the-th-annual-chrysalis-butterfly-ball-held-at.html?src=3396e9006b06460b270ab9023991d11e-1-32

Sons of Anarchy Actor David LaBrava as Happy

Let me start by introducing you to the interesting actor who portrays Happy. David LaBrava fits right in to Sons Of Anarchy quite well. Originally hired to be a tech manager, LaBrava ended up behind the camera acting after meeting with Kurt Sutter, the wrtier of Sons of Anarchy. Besides acting, LaBrava often helps with writing the show, he  as also been tattooing for over twenty years and owns his own tattoo shop. He recently created a clothing line which profits contribute to animal rescue, and he has created his own film company. Labrava is perfect for the show as both a contributing writer, tech manager, and actor because he is a five diploma Harley Davidson mechanic and has had cars and bikes he has built feature in magazines. To add to all this, Labrava is also a member of the Hells Angels, so he knows the ins and outs of a real motorcycle 'club'. 

LaBrava's character, nick named Happy, is the Sons executor. Although his name is Happy, he never is. He does hits for the group and takes out rivals when necessary. It is shown through the show that Happy actually enjoys his job and keeps a count of all his hits by getting a smile face tattoo after every hit, hence the nickname Happy. Throughout the seasons we see that nothing disturbs Happy, often times he will be the only one in the group not to cringe in some instances.

Check out this funny video of the cast talking about LaBrava.

If you want to read an interview with David LaBrava click here

Sources:

http://www.fxnetworks.com/soa/cast/happy/
http://www.zimbio.com/Hells+Angels/articles/b3iDA3BFJfZ/David+LaBrava+charged+two+counts+felony+drug

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Juice Ortiz of Sons of Anarchy

Portrayed by Theo Rossi, Juice Ortiz is the 'techy' member of the Sons of Anarchy crew. Often nicknamed Juicey Boy by chibs, Ortiz specializes in hacking and manages the clubhouses many video surveillance's. We often see him giving the Sons of Anarchy crew a heads up when the police are entering their property.
In the first few seasons of Sons of Anarchy Juice Ortiz didn't have the involvement in the group like he does now in later seasons. This is mostly due to the fact that he was one of the newer members of the group and needed to prove his trust and involvement with the rest of the Sons. Juice is so loyal to the group that he often finds himself at conflict. We witness this during season four. Juice was always expressive of his claimed Puerto Rican roots. During this time in season four it is discovered by a cop that Juice's real father is actually African-American. Out to get the Sons, the cop threatens to release this information to the group in hopes to turn Juice into his rat in order to expose the deep dark secrets of the Sons of Anarchy. With all this and other stresses of current happenings and bad deals in season four Juice attempts to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. This attempt failed due to the tree branch breaking and Chibs shows up and finds Juice flustered. Later, Chibs confronts Juice about his change in attitude. Juice, realising Chibs concern, confides in Chibs and tells him everything. Chibs comforts Juice and assures him that the group would never view him differently and that they all love him.
To see how Juice Ortiz is doing now you need to tune into FX every Tuesday night!

Sources:Sons Of Anarchy DVD's S1-4 August 2009-2012
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