Tom Hardy
QUICK FACTS
NAME
Tom Hardy
OCCUPATION
Television Actor, Film Actor
BIRTH DATE
September 15, 1977 (age 41)
DID YOU KNOW?
Tom Hardy is slated to play Al Capone in the biopic film Cicero (2014).
EDUCATION
The Drama Centre London, Richmond Drama School
PLACE OF BIRTH
Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom
AKA
Thomas Hardy
Tom Hardy
FULL NAME
Edward Thomas Hardy
ZODIAC SIGN
Virgo
Biography of Tom Hardy
Television Actor, Actor, Movie Actor (1977-)
Tom Hardy is a British actor best known for his roles in films such as 'Inception', 'Mad Max: Fury Road' and 'The Revenant'.
Synopsis
Born in England on September 15, 1977, the first role of actor Tom Hardy in Band Of Brothers (2001) highlighted it. Other important roles followed, including in the films Black Hawk Down (2001), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises and Lawless (2012) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2014). Hardy received the first Oscar nomination of his career for his role as John Fitzgerald in the drama The Revenant (2015).
Early life
Tom Hardy was born as Edward Thomas Hardy on September 15, 1977 in Hammersmith, London, England. The only child of comedy writer and novelist Edward Hardy and artist and mother Anne, Tom Hardy suffered from alcoholism, drug addiction and delinquency during his adolescence and early life.
Despite his demons, Hardy continued to perform at the Drama School in Richmond and at the prestigious Drama Center London. His intense commitment honed Hardy's acting skills. In a December 2002 interview with IGN, the actor stated: "When other schools perform, around 30 hours, we would be doing 60. And we would be doing things that will prepare you in a very different way."
Television and film success
Tom Hardy came to the public in 2001 with his first role in the acclaimed miniseries Band Of Brothers on HBO. That same year, he acted in the successful war movie Black Hawk Down, playing a soldier left behind. When breaking with the military dramas, Hardy gained the paper of villain main in the film Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), carried out next to Patrick Stewart.
During the next few years, Hardy starred in several film and television projects. In 2006, he collaborated with the director of Shotgun, Robert Delamare, to launch an underground theater company. He directed Blue On Blue, a work written by his father, and his role in Stuart: a Life Backwards (2007) earned him a nomination for honor as best actor of the British Academy of Film and Television.
'Wuthering Heights' and 'Mad Max'
In 2008, Hardy was chosen to play a unique role as a gay thug in the movie RocknRolla, directed by Guy Ritchie, and won a British Independent Film Award (best actor) for his turn as Britain's most violent prisoner in Bronson. . He approached the Heathcliffe game at Wuthering Heights the following year, and gained more fame for his portrayal of Eames in Inception (2010), a surreal blockbuster directed by Christopher Nolan.
In the summer of 2012, Hardy starred as a pirate brother in the Depression-era drama Lawless and as Bane, the villain in the movie The Dark Knight Rises (2012). In 2014, Hardy appeared as Alfie Solomons in the series of British gangsters Peaky Blinders before obtaining the role of titular figure in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), much praised. The same year, also starred in Legend (2015), playing the two roles of the infamous British gangster brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray.
READ OUR REVISION OF THE "LEGEND", INSPIRED BY KRAY TWINS
That year, Hardy also starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, a heartbreaking nineteenth-century drama that focuses on two men who become enemies in the desert. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the acclaimed project received 12 nominations for the Academy Awards, and Hardy received an Oscar (his first prize) in the category of supporting actor.
The following year, Hardy returned to the small screen in the British series Taboo, which he created together with his father Chips Hardy and Steven Knight.
In May 2017, it was announced that Hardy will play the antihero Venom in Sony's Spider-Man spin-off.
Personal life
Hardy has a son, son Louis Thomas Hardy (born April 8, 2008), with his ex-girlfriend Rachel Speed. In 1999, he married Sarah Ward; The couple separated in 2004. Hardy blames his drug habit for the split, after which he spent some time in rehabilitation to recover. He married the English actress Charlotte Riley in 2014 and the couple received their first child together in 2015.
NAME
Tom HardyOCCUPATION
Television Actor, Film Actor
BIRTH DATE
September 15, 1977 (age 41)
DID YOU KNOW?
Tom Hardy is slated to play Al Capone in the biopic film Cicero (2014).
EDUCATION
The Drama Centre London, Richmond Drama School
PLACE OF BIRTH
Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom
AKA
Thomas Hardy
Tom Hardy
FULL NAME
Edward Thomas Hardy
ZODIAC SIGN
Virgo
Biography of Tom Hardy
Television Actor, Actor, Movie Actor (1977-)
Tom Hardy is a British actor best known for his roles in films such as 'Inception', 'Mad Max: Fury Road' and 'The Revenant'.
Synopsis
Born in England on September 15, 1977, the first role of actor Tom Hardy in Band Of Brothers (2001) highlighted it. Other important roles followed, including in the films Black Hawk Down (2001), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises and Lawless (2012) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2014). Hardy received the first Oscar nomination of his career for his role as John Fitzgerald in the drama The Revenant (2015).
Early life
Tom Hardy was born as Edward Thomas Hardy on September 15, 1977 in Hammersmith, London, England. The only child of comedy writer and novelist Edward Hardy and artist and mother Anne, Tom Hardy suffered from alcoholism, drug addiction and delinquency during his adolescence and early life.
Despite his demons, Hardy continued to perform at the Drama School in Richmond and at the prestigious Drama Center London. His intense commitment honed Hardy's acting skills. In a December 2002 interview with IGN, the actor stated: "When other schools perform, around 30 hours, we would be doing 60. And we would be doing things that will prepare you in a very different way."
Television and film success
Tom Hardy came to the public in 2001 with his first role in the acclaimed miniseries Band Of Brothers on HBO. That same year, he acted in the successful war movie Black Hawk Down, playing a soldier left behind. When breaking with the military dramas, Hardy gained the paper of villain main in the film Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), carried out next to Patrick Stewart.
During the next few years, Hardy starred in several film and television projects. In 2006, he collaborated with the director of Shotgun, Robert Delamare, to launch an underground theater company. He directed Blue On Blue, a work written by his father, and his role in Stuart: a Life Backwards (2007) earned him a nomination for honor as best actor of the British Academy of Film and Television.
'Wuthering Heights' and 'Mad Max'
In 2008, Hardy was chosen to play a unique role as a gay thug in the movie RocknRolla, directed by Guy Ritchie, and won a British Independent Film Award (best actor) for his turn as Britain's most violent prisoner in Bronson. . He approached the Heathcliffe game at Wuthering Heights the following year, and gained more fame for his portrayal of Eames in Inception (2010), a surreal blockbuster directed by Christopher Nolan.
In the summer of 2012, Hardy starred as a pirate brother in the Depression-era drama Lawless and as Bane, the villain in the movie The Dark Knight Rises (2012). In 2014, Hardy appeared as Alfie Solomons in the series of British gangsters Peaky Blinders before obtaining the role of titular figure in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), much praised. The same year, also starred in Legend (2015), playing the two roles of the infamous British gangster brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray.
READ OUR REVISION OF THE "LEGEND", INSPIRED BY KRAY TWINS
That year, Hardy also starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, a heartbreaking nineteenth-century drama that focuses on two men who become enemies in the desert. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the acclaimed project received 12 nominations for the Academy Awards, and Hardy received an Oscar (his first prize) in the category of supporting actor.
The following year, Hardy returned to the small screen in the British series Taboo, which he created together with his father Chips Hardy and Steven Knight.
In May 2017, it was announced that Hardy will play the antihero Venom in Sony's Spider-Man spin-off.
Personal life
Hardy has a son, son Louis Thomas Hardy (born April 8, 2008), with his ex-girlfriend Rachel Speed. In 1999, he married Sarah Ward; The couple separated in 2004. Hardy blames his drug habit for the split, after which he spent some time in rehabilitation to recover. He married the English actress Charlotte Riley in 2014 and the couple received their first child together in 2015.
