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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Chibs Telford

Actor Tommy Flanagan portrays everyone's favourite Scotsman of the group, Chibs Telford. We learned early in the show that Chibs got his nickname after receiving his facial scar from a rival, Jimmy O. After doing a little bit of research I discovered that the actors scars are actually real. Tommy was working as a DJ at a nightclub before he started his acting career. That is when he received the scars from an altercation outside the nightclub he was working at. He was leaving the night club to go home when a robber attacked him and left him with a 'Glasgow smile' on his face.

Most of the members of Sons of Anarchy group are American, but Chibs was born in Scotland and raised in Ireland, eventually joining the SAMBEL chapter in Ireland. He eventually was received in the Sons of Anarchy Motor Club chapter based in Charming, California. It's in Charming when we see Chibs become very close to Jax and very supportive of Jax when he became president of the club. We also witness how warming and fatherly like Chisb was to Juice when Juice was dealing with his personal issues in season four.

Just like many of the other characters in the show, Chibs has escaped death a few times. He spent half of season two in a hospital bed after a sever explosion that was set up against the group during a 'business deal'. It's during this time that we learn more about Chibs and his life he left back home. We are introduced to his wife Fiona and their daughter Kerrianne. 

Throughout the rest of the show his character is pretty quiet. Besides being supportive of Jax, Chibs is seen throughout the whole series being a mentor to many of the characters. He is often compassionate to his close friends. When half-sack was learning to box to raise money for the club Chibs was there to help him train and learn.



Sources: http://www.mandatory.com/2012/05/23/celebrities-with-distinct-scars/#photo=14
Sons Of Anarchy DVD's S1-4 August 2009-2012
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The Dreaded Death

As I mentioned before in one of my previous blogs, it was confirmed by Kurt Sutter (one of the main writers of the show) late last week, that one of the main characters near and dear to our hearts would end up dead in this past Tuesdays episode of Sons of Anarchy.

If you haven't watched any of season five yet, your in for quite a ride. Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, well spoiler alert, they do!

But seriously, SPOILER ALERT!! If you don't want me to ruin anything for you that you haven't seen yet don't read on! You've been warned! If you would like to know what I'm referring to than please watch the video below. Head's up though, if you have a sensitive stomach it's a tid bit graphic.

I've come to have a love hate relationship with Tuesdays now. I'm sure many of you reading this share that same feeling with me. I get to watch this amazing show, yet deep down I know this season brings much tragedy. If there has been this much in the first three episodes I can't bear in mind what the rest of season five has up it's sleeves.

Let me say, I'm shocked but not surprised by the death of Opie. It was sad that he died, but like many others, I feel that his death was of a heroic fashion

I would love to hear from all of you though. What are your thoughts on the episode? And how are you liking season five so far? And on that note I will end today's blog with this: R.I.P Opie