Plenty of gangster movies take inspiration from real life, which gives actors an opportunity to play real-life criminals.

Thomas Shelby could cross paths with notorious real-life London gangsters in the Peaky Blinders sequel series.

Steven Knight’s period crime series Peaky Blinders is loosely based on the titular criminal gang, notoriously famous in 1880s Birmingham for illegal bookmaking and violence.

Action superstar Chow Yun-Fat portrays real-life gangster Chen Daqi as he rises to the upper echelons of power, finding himself torn between the love of two women, the murderous plots of the ...

Emraan Hashmi shines as Shoaib Khan in “Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai,” bringing a suave yet dangerous edge to the character inspired by real-life gangster Dawood Ibrahim. These actors have ...