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Tom Hardy

CBE
Tom Hardy by Gage Skidmore
Hardy at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con promoting Venom
Born
Edward Thomas Hardy

(1977-09-15) 15 September 1977 (age 46)
Hammersmith, London, England
Alma materDrama Centre London
Occupation
  • Actor
  • producer
  • model
Years active1998–present
Spouse(s)
  • Sarah Ward (m. 1999–2004)
  • Charlotte Riley (m. 2014)
Children3
Parent(s)Chips Hardy (father)

Edward Thomas Hardy CBE (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer. After studying acting at the Drama Centre London, he made his film debut in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001) and has since appeared in such films as Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), RocknRolla (2008), Bronson (2008), Warrior (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Lawless (2012), Locke (2013), The Drop (2014), and The Revenant (2015), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2015, Hardy portrayed "Mad" Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road and both Kray twins in Legend. He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Bane, and Dunkirk (2017) as an RAF fighter-pilot. He starred as Eddie Brock / Venom in the 2018 anti-hero film Venom.

Hardy's television roles include the HBO war drama mini-series Band of Brothers (2001), the BBC historical drama mini-series The Virgin Queen (2005), Bill Sikes in the BBC's mini-series Oliver Twist (2007), ITV's Wuthering Heights (2009), the Sky 1 drama series The Take (2009), and his highly praised role as Alfie Solomons in the BBC historical crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2013–present). He created, co-produced, and took the lead in the eight-part historical fiction series Taboo (2017) on BBC One and FX.[1]

Hardy has performed on both British and American stages. He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his role as Skank in the production of In Arabia We'd All Be Kings (2003), and was awarded the 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in both In Arabia We'd All Be Kings and for his role as Luca in Blood. He starred in the production of The Man of Mode (2007) and received positive reviews for his role in the play The Long Red Road (2010). In 2020, he also contributed narration work to the Amazon docuseries All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur.

Hardy is active in charity work and is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust.[2][3] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[4][5]

Early life[]

Edward Thomas Hardy was born on 15 September 1977[6][7] in Hammersmith, London,[8] the only child of artist and painter Anne (née Barrett) and novelist and comedy writer Edward "Chips" Hardy.[9][10][11] His mother is of Irish descent.[12] Hardy was brought up in East Sheen, London.[13] He studied at Tower House School, Reed's School and Duff Miller Sixth Form College. He later studied at Richmond Drama School and the Drama Centre London, a part of Central Saint Martins.[14][15] He has named Gary Oldman as his "hero", adding that he mirrored scenes from the actor while at drama school.[16][17]

Career[]

1998–2010[]

In 1998, Hardy won The Big Breakfast's Find Me a Supermodel competition at the age of 21, earning him a brief contract with Models 1.[18] Hardy joined Drama Centre London in September 1998, and was taken out early after winning the part of US Army Private John Janovec in the HBO-BBC mini-series Band of Brothers.[19] He made his feature film debut in Ridley Scott's war thriller Black Hawk Down (2001).[20] During this time, Hardy also had a brief stint as a rapper and hip hop producer with his friend Edward Tracy (under the name "Tommy No 1 + Eddie Too Tall"), with whom he recorded a mixtape called Falling On Your Arse In 1999 that remained unreleased until 2018.[21]

In 2002, Hardy appeared as the Reman Praetor Shinzon, a clone of USS Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis.[22] The following year, he appeared in the film Dot the i, and then travelled to North Africa for Simon: An English Legionnaire, a story of the French Foreign Legion. He then returned to the United Kingdom to feature in the horror film LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003).[23]

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Hardy at the London premiere of Inception in 2010

Hardy was awarded the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in Blood and In Arabia We'd All Be Kings performed at the Royal Court Theatre and Hampstead Theatre.[24] He was also nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affiliate for his performance as Skank in the aforementioned production of In Arabia We'd All Be Kings.[25] Hardy appeared with Emilia Fox in the BBC mini-series The Virgin Queen (2005) as Robert Dudley, a childhood friend of Elizabeth I. Dudley's character has been described as an ambiguous young man who is torn between the affection of his wife (played by Fox), his love for Elizabeth and his own ambitions.[26] Hardy featured in the BBC Four adaptation of the 1960s science fiction series A for Andromeda.[27]

In 2007, he appeared in BBC Two's drama based on a true story, Stuart: A Life Backwards. He played the lead role of Stuart Shorter, a homeless man who had been subjected to years of abuse and whose death was possibly a suicide.[28] The same year he played Bill Sikes in the BBC mini-series Oliver Twist, an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel that aired on PBS Masterpiece Classic in the US. In February 2008, he played a drug-addicted rapist in the British horror-thriller WΔZ.[29] In September 2008, he appeared in Guy Ritchie's London gangster film, RocknRolla; Hardy played the role of gay gangster Handsome Bob.[30]. In 2008, Hardy starred in the film Bronson, about the real-life English prisoner Charles Bronson, who has spent most of his adult life in solitary confinement. For the film, he put on three stone (19 kg/42 pounds).[31]

In June 2009, Hardy starred in Martina Cole's four-part TV drama The Take on Sky One, as a drug and alcohol-fuelled gangster. The role gained him a Best Actor nomination at the 2009 Crime Thriller Awards.[32] In August 2009, he appeared in ITV's Wuthering Heights, playing the role of Heathcliff, the classic love character who falls in love with his childhood friend Cathy.[33][34] In early 2010, Hardy starred in The Long Red Road at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.[35] The play was written by Brett C. Leonard and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hardy won some good reviews for his portrayal of Sam, an alcoholic trying to drink away his past.[36][37] In 2010, he starred as Eames in Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller Inception for which he won a BAFTA Rising Star award. Hardy replaced Michael Fassbender in the 2011 film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,[38] released on 5 September 2011 at the 68th edition of the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica in Venice. In March 2010, Hardy signed a first-look deal at Warner Bros.[39]

2011–present[]

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Hardy at the premiere of The Drop, 2014 Toronto Film Festival

In 2011, Hardy appeared in the film Warrior, which was released on 9 September 2011 by Lionsgate Films. His performance as Tommy Riordan, who is trained by his father to fight in a mixed martial arts tournament against his brother, gained praise from critics. Hardy also starred in This Means War (2012), a romantic comedy directed by McG. He played the supervillain Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, released on 20 July 2012.[40] He played a bootlegger in John Hillcoat's crime drama Lawless (2012).[41] Hardy has signed up to play the lead role of Sam Fisher in Ubisoft's forthcoming film adaptation of their video game series Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.[42][43] He also appeared in Riz Mc's music video for the song "Sour Times".[44]

In 2014, Hardy appeared in the crime film The Drop alongside James Gandolfini, in what would be the latter's final appearance in a feature film before his death. Hardy also joined the cast of the BBC crime drama Peaky Blinders in its second series. He portrays Alfie Solomons, the head of a Jewish gang and runner of a distillery which disguises itself as a bakery.

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Hardy (right) with George Miller and Charlize Theron at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Hardy starred in five films in 2015. The first, Child 44, set in 1950s Soviet Union, saw him playing Leo Demidov, a Soviet secret police agent who investigates a series of child murders. Despite mild praise for his acting, Child 44 was reviewed negatively by critics and was a box office failure.[45] Hardy then played the title character, Max Rockatansky, in the action film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).[46][47] His performance was praised by critics[48][49] and overall the film received critical acclaim and became a box office success,[50] grossing over $378 million against a $150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film in the Mad Max franchise.[51] He played a dual role as London gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray in the crime thriller Legend (2015).[52] On 7 December 2015, Hardy won Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards for his portrayal of the Kray twins, and on the same night attended the premiere of the biographical western thriller The Revenant, in which he reunited with his Inception co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, at Leicester Square, London.[53] On 14 January 2016, Hardy received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Revenant.[54]

Hardy played a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in Christopher Nolan's action-thriller Dunkirk (2017), based on the British military evacuation of the French port of Dunkirk in 1940 during the Second World War. He appeared alongside Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy and Harry Styles.[55] Hardy also co-produced and starred in the eight-part BBC One television drama series Taboo. It was created by Hardy, Steven Knight, and Hardy's father, Edward "Chips" Hardy. Taboo was aired in the United States by FX.[56]

In 2018, Hardy starred in the film Venom,[57][58] as the title comic book sometime hero, Eddie Brock / Venom. Based on the Marvel source material, the film was released on 5 October, and is meant to be the start of "Sony's Universe Of Marvel Characters" (along with Silver and Black). It is connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as an "adjunct" film.[59][60] In 2019, Hardy served as an executive producer in the 2019 BBC/FX three-part miniseries A Christmas Carol.[61][62] In 2020, Hardy starred in Josh Trank's Al Capone biopic Capone.[63]

Upcoming projects[]

In 2020, he is attached to star as British war photographer Don McCullin in a film based on McCullin's autobiography, Unreasonable Behaviour.[64] Hardy will also reprise the role of Eddie Brock in the sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

Causes[]

In 2010, Hardy became an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, a UK youth charity which provides training, personal development, business start-up support, mentoring, and advice.[65] In 2012, he and then-girlfriend actress Charlotte Riley became patrons of Bowel Cancer UK.[66] Prior to the inaugural Invictus Games held in London in September 2014, he, along with other entertainers and athletes, read the poem "Invictus" in a promotional video.[67]

In December 2018 Hardy became lead ambassador[68] for the "Reorg Brazilian Jiu Jitsu foundation"[69] which was launched in association with The Royal Marines Charity with the mission to provide a platform for serving personnel and veterans to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, as part of their recovery pathway and to combat the challenge of mental health and physical disabilities. Hardy himself is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and has been seen training at Roger Gracie affiliate schools.[70]

Personal life[]

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Hardy at the premiere of Locke in 2014

Hardy married producer Sarah Ward in 1999; they divorced in 2004.[71] He has a son (born 2008)[72] with his then-girlfriend, assistant director Rachael Speed, whom he met on the set of The Virgin Queen in 2005. They separated in 2009 after four years together.[73] That same year, Hardy began a relationship with actress Charlotte Riley, after they met on the set of the UK TV serial Wuthering Heights. They were married in July 2014.[74] In October 2015, their first child was born;[75] in December 2018 the couple's second child, a son, was born.[76] They had two rescue dogs, Max and Woodstock, one of which Hardy appeared with in a PETA advert to promote pet adoption.[77] Woodstock died on 5 June 2017 due to an aggressive case of polymyositis.[78]

Hardy was named one of GQ magazine's 50 best-dressed British men in 2015.[79] He appeared on Debrett's 2016 list of the most influential people in the United Kingdom.[80] Hardy was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[81]

Hardy was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine during his mid-20s, after which he checked himself into rehab following a particular low point. He has said that he was "out of control" on drink and drugs before he turned his life around, and was lucky that he did not contract HIV/AIDS while he was at his lowest.[82][83]

During the filming of Bronson, Hardy met prisoner Charles Bronson several times and the two became friends. Bronson was impressed with how Hardy managed to get as muscular as he was and how well he could mimic his own personality and voice. Bronson stated that he believes Hardy was the only person who could play him.[84]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Black Hawk Down Lance Twombly Credited as Thomas Hardy
2002 Deserter Pascal Dupont
Star Trek: Nemesis Shinzon
2003 The Reckoning Straw
Dot the i Tom
LD 50 Lethal Dose Matt
2004 EMR Henry
Layer Cake Clarkie
2006 Marie Antoinette Raumont
Minotaur Theo
Scenes of a Sexual Nature Noel
2007 Flood Zack
WΔZ Pierre Jackson
The Inheritance Dad
2008 Sucker Punch Rodders
RocknRolla Handsome Bob
Bronson Charles Bronson / Michael Peterson
2009 Thick as Thieves Michaels
Perfect Doctor Short film
2010 Inception Eames
2011 Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother Dan Short film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Ricki Tarr
Warrior Tommy Riordan Conlon
2012 This Means War Tuck Hansen
The Dark Knight Rises Bane
Lawless Forrest Bondurant
2013 Locke Ivan Locke
2014 The Drop Bob Saginowski
2015 Child 44 Leo Demidov
Mad Max: Fury Road Max Rockatansky
London Road Mark
Legend Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray
The Revenant John Fitzgerald
2017 Dunkirk Farrier
Star Wars: The Last Jedi FN-926 Deleted scene
2018 Venom Eddie Brock / Venom Also executive producer
2020 Capone Al Capone
2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Eddie Brock / Venom Post-production

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Band of Brothers John Janovec Episodes: "Why We Fight" and "Points"
2005 Colditz Jack Rose 2 episodes
2005 The Virgin Queen Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 3 episodes
2005 Gideon's Daughter Andrew Television film
2006 A for Andromeda John Fleming Television film
2006 Sweeney Todd Matthew Television film
2007 Cape Wrath Jack Donnelly 5 episodes
2007 Oliver Twist Bill Sikes 5 episodes[85]
2007 Stuart: A Life Backwards Stuart Shorter Television film
2008 Wuthering Heights Heathcliff 2 episodes
2009 The Take Freddie 4 episodes
2013 Driven to Extremes Himself 1 episode
2013 Poaching Wars Himself 2 episodes; also executive producer
2013–present Peaky Blinders Alfie Solomons 11 episodes
2017 CBeebies Bedtime Stories Himself 5 episodes
2017–present Taboo James Delaney 8 episodes
Also co-creator and executive producer
2019 A Christmas Carol N/A Executive producer
2020 All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur Narrator Documentary

Stage[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2003 In Arabia We'd All Be Kings Skank Hampstead Theatre, London [86]
2003 The Modernists Vincent Crucible Theatre, Sheffield [87][88]
2003 Blood Luca Royal Court Theatre, London [89]
2004 Festen Michael Almeida Theatre, London [90]
2007 The Man of Mode Dorimant National Theatre, London [91]
2010 The Long Red Road Sammy Goodman Theatre, Chicago [92]

Awards and nominations[]

See also[]

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  • List of actors with Academy Award nominations

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