Tom Hardy is from the Hammersmith district of London, England.
Tom Hardy was born on September 15, 1977, in the Hammersmith district of London, England. His mother is of Irish descent and named Anne Hardy, who was a painter. His father, Edward Hardy, was a writer of comedy and also a novelist. Hardy has no siblings and is the only child of his parents. Hardy lived and was raised in the East Sheen suburb of London. Hardy studied acting and drama at Drama Centre in London and Richmond Drama School.
Who is Tom Hardy?
Tom Hardy is an accomplished English actor. When Hardy was young, he looked up to Gary Oldman as his idol and hero; interestingly, Oldman was the reason he got interested in acting. He was cast in an HBO miniseries called Band of Brothers that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks created, early in his career. Later, he made his debut in a feature film with Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down in 2001. Then he made a reappearance in Star Trek: Nemesis.
Benedict Cumberbatch, an English actor, and Hardy teamed up for the BBC drama Stuart: A Life Backwards. Tom Hardy portrayed Charles Bronson in the biopic Bronson, a real-life account of the actor's life, who spent the majority of it behind bars. He has done a lot of charity work in his career. He received a CBE in the 2018 Birthday Honors for the services that he gave to drama.
What is Tom Hardy known for?
Hardy and renowned director Christopher Nolan worked together on the 2010 movie Inception, which also starred Leonardo DiCaprio. The Dark Knight Rises, the concluding chapter in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, was released in 2012 and starred him as the villainous Bane. The action comedy This Means War from 2012 featured Hardy, Chris Pine, and Reese Witherspoon as the main characters.
In George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, which was a commercial and critical success and was nominated for Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards, Hardy portrayed Max Rockatansky. In the critically acclaimed movie The Revenant, he and Leonardo DiCaprio once again worked together; for The Revenant, Hardy received a nomination at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
Peaky Blinders was a BBC drama in which Hardy portrayed Alfie Solomons. In the war drama Dunkirk, Hardy worked with Christopher Nolan for the third time. The superhero films Venom and its 2021 sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage, both of which are a part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe, featured him as Eddie Brock/Venom. In the biopic Capone, Hardy portrayed the infamous criminal Al Capone (2020). A Christmas Carol also included Hardy.
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