1. Edward Thomas Hardy was born on 15 September 1977 and is an English actor.
61 Facts About Tom Hardy
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Tom Hardy had supporting roles in the films Star Trek: Nemesis and RocknRolla, and went on to star in Bronson, Warrior, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Lawless, This Means War, and Locke.
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Tom Hardy appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and Dunkirk.
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Tom Hardy has since starred as the title character in the film Venom and its two sequels.
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Tom Hardy created, co-produced, and took the lead in the historical fiction mini-series Taboo.
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Tom Hardy was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in the production of In Arabia We'd All Be Kings.
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Tom Hardy has starred in productions of The Man of Mode and The Long Red Road.
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Tom Hardy is active in charity work and is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust.
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Tom Hardy was appointed a CBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama.
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Edward Thomas Tom Hardy was born in the Hammersmith district of London on 15 September 1977, the only child of artist and painter Anne and novelist and comedy writer Edward "Chips" Tom Hardy.
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Tom Hardy is of Irish descent on his mother's side.
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Tom Hardy attended Tower House School, Reed's School, and Duff Miller Sixth Form College.
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Tom Hardy later studied at Richmond Drama School and the Drama Centre London, now a part of Central Saint Martins.
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Tom Hardy has named Gary Oldman, with whom he would later work on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as his "hero" and added that he mirrored scenes from Oldman while at drama school.
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In 1998, Tom Hardy won The Big Breakfast Find Me a Supermodel competition at the age of 21, earning him a brief contract with Models 1.
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Tom 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.
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Tom Hardy made his feature film debut in Ridley Scott's war thriller Black Hawk Down.
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In 2002, Tom Hardy appeared as the Reman Praetor Shinzon, a clone of USS Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis.
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Tom Hardy then returned to the United Kingdom to feature in the horror film LD 50 Lethal Dose.
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Tom 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.
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Tom Hardy was 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.
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Tom Hardy featured in the BBC Four adaptation of the 1960s science fiction series A for Andromeda.
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Tom Hardy 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.
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In September 2008, he appeared in Guy Ritchie's London gangster film, RocknRolla; Tom Hardy played the role of gay gangster Handsome Bob.
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In 2008, Tom 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.
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In June 2009, Tom Hardy starred in Martina Cole's four-part TV drama The Take on Sky One, as a drug and alcohol-fuelled gangster.
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In early 2010, Tom Hardy starred in The Long Red Road at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
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Tom Hardy won some good reviews for his portrayal of Sam, an alcoholic trying to drink away his past.
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Tom Hardy replaced Michael Fassbender in the 2011 film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.
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In March 2010, Tom Hardy signed a first-look deal at Warner Bros.
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In 2011, Tom Hardy appeared in the film Warrior, which was released on 9 September 2011 by Lionsgate Films.
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Tom Hardy starred in This Means War, a romantic comedy directed by McG.
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Tom Hardy 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.
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Tom Hardy played a bootlegger in John Hillcoat's crime drama Lawless.
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Tom Hardy appeared in Riz Mc's music video for the song "Sour Times".
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In 2014, Tom 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.
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Tom Hardy joined the cast of the BBC crime drama Peaky Blinders in its second series.
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Tom Hardy portrays Alfie Solomons, the head of a Jewish gang based in Camden Town, north London and runner of a distillery which disguises itself as a bakery.
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Tom Hardy then played the title character, Max Rockatansky, in the action film Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Tom Hardy played a dual role as London gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray in the crime thriller Legend.
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On 7 December 2015, Tom 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.
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On 14 January 2016, Tom Hardy received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Revenant.
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Tom Hardy played a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in Christopher Nolan's action-thriller Dunkirk, based on the British military evacuation of the French port of Dunkirk in 1940 during the Second World War.
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Tom Hardy appeared alongside Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy and Harry Styles.
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Tom Hardy co-produced and starred in the eight-part BBC One television drama series Taboo.
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In 2018, Tom Hardy starred in the film Venom as the title comic book sometime hero, Eddie Brock, and the symbiote Venom.
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In 2020, Tom Hardy starred in Josh Trank's Al Capone biopic Capone.
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Tom Hardy is attached to star as British war photographer Don McCullin in a film based on McCullin's autobiography, Unreasonable Behaviour.
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Tom Hardy reprised the role of Eddie Brock and Venom in the sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage and co-wrote the story for the film.
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Tom Hardy is slated to star as the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in a biopic being created by the same makers of Taboo.
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In 2010, Tom 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.
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Tom Hardy married producer Sarah Ward in 1999, and they divorced in 2004.
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Tom Hardy met and began dating assistant director Rachael Speed on the set of The Virgin Queen in 2005, and they later had a son before separating in 2009.
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Tom Hardy spent much time in his youth drinking alcohol and using crack cocaine to cope with stresses and has suffered significant bouts of dysthymia.
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Tom Hardy has previously said that he was "out of control" with his alcohol and drug use before going to rehab in 2003.
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Tom Hardy is the lead ambassador for the REORG Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Foundation, a Royal Marines-backed charity allowing current and former military personnel to learn the martial art as part of their recovery and to combat physical and mental challenges.
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Tom Hardy was promoted to purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu on 19 June 2023.
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Tom Hardy received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2011 in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Television Award, a European Film Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.
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Tom Hardy has received two British Independent Film Awards and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.
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Tom Hardy appeared on a 2016 Debrett's list of the most influential people in the United Kingdom.
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Tom Hardy was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama.