15 September 1977, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Birth Name
Edward Thomas Hardy
Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Mini Biography
With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan 2010 science fiction thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. But the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and screen since his television debut in the 2001 miniseries "Band of Brothers" (2001). After being cast in the WWII drama, Hardy left his studies at the prestigious Drama Centre in London and was subsequently cast in Ridley Scott Black Hawk Down (2001) and as the villain Shinzon in 2002's Star Trek Nemesis (2002).
As an only child to a writer father, Edward, and an artist mother, Anne, Hardy won a modeling competition when he was 19, but he spent his teens and early twenties battling delinquency, alcoholism and drug addiction. After completing his work on Nemesis, he sought treatment and has also admitted that his battles with addiction ended his five-year marriage. Returning to work in 2003, Hardy was awarded the Evening Standard Most Promising Newcomer Award for his theatre performances in the productions of 'In Arabia We'd All Be Kings', and 'Blood.'
During the next five years Hardy worked consistently in film, television and theatre, playing parts as varied as Robert Dudley in the BBC's "The Virgin Queen" (2005), Bill Sikes in "Oliver Twist" (2007), and starring in 'The Man of Mode' at the National Theatre. In 2006, Hardy created Shotgun, an underground theatre company along with director Robert Delamere, and directed a play for the company penned by his father, called 'Blue on Blue'.
In 2007 Hardy received a best actor BAFTA nomination for his touching performance as Stuart Shorter in the BBC adaptation of 'Alexander Master's' bestselling biography, Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV). Hardy, hailed for his transformative character acting, was lauded for his emotionally and physically convincing portrayal in the ill-fated and warm-hearted tale of Shorter, a homeless and occasionally violent man suffering from addiction and muscular dystrophy.
The following year he appeared as gay hoodlum Handsome Bob in the Guy Ritchie film RocknRolla (2008), but it would be his next transformation that would prove his extensive range and stun critics. In the film Bronson (2008), Hardy played the notorious Charles Bronson (given name, Michael Peterson), the "most violent prisoner in Britain". Bald, bulked-up, and outfitted with Bronson's signature strong-man moustache, Hardy is unrecognizable and gives a harrowing performance that is physically fearless and psychologically unsettling. Director Nicolas Winding Refn breaks down the fourth wall with Hardy retelling his tales directly to viewers as well as performing them outright before an audience of his own imagining. The performance mixes terrifying brutality, vaudevillian showmanship, wry humor, and an alarming amount of commitment, and won Hardy a British Independent Film Award for best actor.
The performance got Hollywood's attention and in 2009 Hardy was named one of Variety's '10 actors to watch.' That year he continued to garner praise for his starring role in "The Take" (2009), a 4-part adaptation of 'Martina Cole's' bestselling crime novel, as well as for his performance as Heathcliff in a 2009 version of Wuthering Heights.
Sober since 2003, Hardy has dedicated himself to assisting others who struggle. His theatre company, Shotgun, has an outreach program which helps disadvantaged people write their own material for stage and screen. Hardy is also the patron for the charity Flack, which is an organization to aid the recovery of the homeless in Cambridge. And in 2010 Hardy was named an Ambassador for The Prince's Trust, which helps disadvantaged youth.
In early 2010 he starred in the Brett C. Leonard play, 'The Long Red Road'. Written for Hardy and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, the play was staged at Chicago's Goodman Theater.
With a history of accomplished performances, and a scene-stealing turn in the blockbuster Inception (2010), Hardy has become one of the most exciting and in-demand actors in Hollywood. He has been cast as the iconic Mad Max in George Miller's reboot of his franchise, and has reportedly been drafted by Christopher Nolan once more for a major part in the finale to his Batman trilogy.
In 2010 Hardy became engaged to fellow English actress Charlotte Riley, whom he starred with in "The Take" (2009) and Wuthering Heights, and is raising a young son, Louis, with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed.
IMDb Mini Biography By: bemorecynical2001
Spouse
Sarah Hardy (2 January 1999 - ?) (divorced)
Trivia
Tom joined Drama Centre London in September 1998 and was taken out early to work on "Band of Brothers" (2001).
He loves to drink coffee, Coke, fizzy water, fruit drinks, Red Bull, and tea.
Has a dog named Max
He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affliate for his performance in Arabia, We'd All Be Kings performed at the Hampstead Theatre.
He was awarded the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in Blood and Arabia We'd All Be Kings performed at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs and Hampstead Theatre.
Trained under Sir Anthony Hopkin's former mentor at the London Drama Center.
His father, Chips Hardy, was the first firefighter in the family to attend a university.
He shares an agent with Ewan McGregor.
Among his list of favorite Hollywood Actors are Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Sir Ian McKellen, Gary Oldman, Peter O' Toole, and Brad Pitt. He likes Vincent Cassel and Monica Belucci. He thinks that Johnny Depp is a very versatile actor.
His favorite films include Amadeus, Amelie, Big Lebowski, Bringing Out The Dead, Dog Day Afternoon, Dracula flicks, Full Metal Jacket, Irreversible, La Haine, Man Bites Dog, Meet Joe Black, Mr. Holland's Opus, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Platoon, Princess Bride, Silence Of The Lambs, The Piano, and Time Bandits. The movies, Meet Joe Black and Mr. Holland's Opus, made Tom cry when he watched it.
Some of his favorite foods include American hot pizza, cheese on toast, crackling, lobster, pork, roast beef, roast duck, spinach with sesame and soy sauce, and some Yorkshire Pudding. He loves Chinese and Japanese cuisine also.
Won "The Big Breakfast's Find Me a Supermodel" competition at age 19 (and with it a brief contract with Models One).
His son, Louis Thomas Hardy was born on April 8, 2008 with his longterm girlfriend Rachel Speed.
Has written two television shows with Kelly Marcel, both of which have sold to production companies.
One of Variety's Top Ten Actors to watch (2009).
Auditioned for the role of Mr. Darcy in Joe Wrights adaption of Pride and Prejudice and nearly won the role but inevitably lost to Matthew Macfadyen.
Engaged to his Wuthering Heights Co-Star, Charlotte Riley.
Personal Quotes
You don't step on stage to eat, you go there to be eaten.
"Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama in which they will go through some sort of dramatic human experience. Keywords: Alive and Experience. It is your job to make them become so. Anthing you do on stage or film has a direct relation to something you have experienced in one form or another in real life. Use your imagination to exaggerate or lessen that sensation. Then, disguise it in characterization and don't forget to make lots and lots of mistakes, and look like a complete asshole. You'll do fine." - acting tip on a movie or play
"And I like people. I like to know what you're really up to. I'm a bit of a nosey busy body. Why do they do the things they do? Why are they prepared to do the things they do to get what they want? When? Where? Who?" - on his nosiness
"I mean there I was. One moment in Wandsworth Police Station on the way to Wormwood Scrubs, looking at 14 years, to this!" - on his career
"Thanks for all the wonderful paintings and drawings and writings. I am very honoured to have your support, and love you for the energy and the inspiring work and comments that you bring to the table." - to fans
The character was like the Prince and the Pauper or more like Greystoke to me. He essentially has not had the same circumstances and experiences. Picard doesn't have the same baggage that Shinzon carries. So, that was more freeing. He is essentially an orphan and an abused child, who becomes an emperor. There were moves that I had to play with, that did not have anything to do with Picard. The whole film is about why they are not similar. So, the relationship had a ground basis to work from." - on Shinzon, his character from "Nemesis
"My action figure is great! It's big and bald. It's very disturbing to look at a toy and see yourself. At the same time, it's very cool." - on his Shinzon action figure
[When asked by a "Daily Mail" interviewer if he's ever had sex with another man] "Of course I have. I'm an actor, for fuck's sake. I've played with everything and everyone. I love the form and the physicality, but now that I'm in my thirties, it doesn't do it for me. I'm done experimenting but there's plenty of stuff in a relationship with another man, especially gay men, that I need in my life."
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