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Home/People/Tom Hardy
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Born
Sep 15, 1977
Age 48
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

63
Movies
16
TV Shows
1
Directed
Also Known As
Edward Thomas Hardy
IMDb Profile

Tom Hardy

Acting

Biography
Edward Thomas Hardy CBE (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor, producer, writer and former model. After studying acting at the Drama Centre London, he made his film debut in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001). He has since been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and two British Academy Film Awards, receiving the 2011 BAFTA Rising Star Award. Hardy has also appeared in films such as Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), RocknRolla (2008), Bronson (2008), Warrior (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Lawless (2012), This Means War (2012), Locke (2013), The Drop (2014), and The Revenant (2015), for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2015, he 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) as Eames, The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Bane, and Dunkirk (2017) as an RAF fighter-pilot. He starred as both Eddie Brock and Venom in the 2018 anti-hero film Venom and its sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). 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), Heathcliff in ITV's Wuthering Heights (2009), the Sky 1 drama series The Take (2009), and as Alfie Solomons in the BBC historical crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2014–present). He created, co-produced, and took the lead in the eight-part historical fiction series Taboo (2017) on BBC One and FX. In 2020, he also contributed narration work to the Amazon docuseries All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur. 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 Blood, in which he played Luca. 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). Hardy is active in charity work and is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust. He was appointed a CBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hardy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Rhino poster

Rhino

as Narrator (voice)
2025
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller poster

Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller

as Self
2025
It’s a Mad Max World poster

It’s a Mad Max World

as Self (archive footage)
2025
Havoc poster

Havoc

as Walker
2025
Venom: The Last Dance poster

Venom: The Last Dance

as Eddie Brock / Venom
2024
The Bikeriders poster

The Bikeriders

as Johnny
2024
Spider-Man: No Way Home poster

Spider-Man: No Way Home

as Eddie Brock / Venom (uncredited)
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage poster

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

as Eddie Brock / Venom
2021
Capone poster

Capone

as Al Capone
2020
Venom poster

Venom

as Eddie Brock / Venom
2018
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road poster

Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road

as Self
2017
Dunkirk poster

Dunkirk

as Farrier
2017
The Revenant poster

The Revenant

as John Fitzgerald
2015
Legend poster

Legend

as Ronald Kray / Reginald Kray
2015
London Road poster

London Road

as Mark
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road poster

Mad Max: Fury Road

as Max Rockatansky
2015
Child 44 poster

Child 44

as Leo Demidov
2015
The Drop poster

The Drop

as Bob
2014
Locke poster

Locke

as Ivan Locke
2014
Ending the Knight poster

Ending the Knight

as Self
2012