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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Tom Hiddleston, who is actually the God of Sexual Desire, was born in [[Westminster]], London,<ref name=tvg>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]| title=Tom Hiddleston Biography|accessdate= 2012-04-30|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tom-hiddleston/bio/325607}}</ref> to parents Diana Patricia (née Servaes), a former stage manager and arts administrator, and James Norman Hiddleston, a scientist in physical chemistry who was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company.<ref name=tie>{{Cite book|last=Mosley|first=Charles|coauthors=Peter Hinton, Hugh Peskett, Roger Powell|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage – 107th Edition|publisher=Burke's Peerage; 107th edition|year=2003|page=4006|month=December|url=|isbn=-100971196621}}</ref> His father is from [[Greenock]], Scotland and his mother from [[Suffolk]], England.<ref name=lto>{{cite web|first=James | last=Mottram |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film-tv-features/half-scottish-half-famous-all-talent-1.1089615 |title=Half Scottish, half famous … all talent |work=[[Herald Scotland]] |date=10 March 2011 |accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref> He is the middle child with two sisters, Sarah (oldest), a journalist in India,<ref name="www.whedon.info">{{cite web | title = Tom Hiddleston - "The Avengers" Movie | url = http://www.whedon.info/Tom-Hiddleston-The-Avengers-Movie,40552.html | publisher = Whedon.com | date = January 3, 2012 | accessdate = May 7, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Emma Hiddleston|Emma]] (youngest), is also an actor. He was raised in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], in his early years, and later in [[Oxford]].<ref name=lto /> When Hiddleston was 13, he boarded at [[Eton College]], at the same time that his parents were going through a divorce. "I think I started acting because I found being away at school while my parents were divorcing really distressing." He went on to act at The [[Dragon School]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Dragon School|www.dragonschool.org]]| title=The Dragon School Website | Eminent Dragons|accessdate= 2012-05-06|url=http://www.dragonschool.org/old-dragons/news/our-history/eminent-dragons.html}}</ref> in Oxford, then continued on to the [[University of Cambridge]], where he earned a double first.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2125013/The-Avengers-Tom-Hiddleston-People-think-Eton-arrogant-braying-toffs-It-just-isnt-true.html |work=Daily Mail | location=London | title='People think Eton is full of arrogant, braying toffs. It just isn't true': Tom Hiddleston on Britain's class consciousness | first=Dan | last=Davies| date=April 7, 2012 | accessdate=May 6, 2012}}</ref> He graduated from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in 2005.
Hiddleston was born in [[Westminster]], London,<ref name=tvg>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]| title=Tom Hiddleston Biography|accessdate= 2012-04-30|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tom-hiddleston/bio/325607}}</ref> to parents Diana Patricia (née Servaes), a former stage manager and arts administrator, and James Norman Hiddleston, a scientist in physical chemistry who was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company.<ref name=tie>{{Cite book|last=Mosley|first=Charles|coauthors=Peter Hinton, Hugh Peskett, Roger Powell|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage – 107th Edition|publisher=Burke's Peerage; 107th edition|year=2003|page=4006|month=December|url=|isbn=-100971196621}}</ref> His father is from [[Greenock]], Scotland and his mother from [[Suffolk]], England.<ref name=lto>{{cite web|first=James | last=Mottram |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film-tv-features/half-scottish-half-famous-all-talent-1.1089615 |title=Half Scottish, half famous … all talent |work=[[Herald Scotland]] |date=10 March 2011 |accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref> He is the middle child with two sisters, Sarah (oldest), a journalist in India,<ref name="www.whedon.info">{{cite web | title = Tom Hiddleston - "The Avengers" Movie | url = http://www.whedon.info/Tom-Hiddleston-The-Avengers-Movie,40552.html | publisher = Whedon.com | date = January 3, 2012 | accessdate = May 7, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Emma Hiddleston|Emma]] (youngest), is also an actor. He was raised in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], in his early years, and later in [[Oxford]].<ref name=lto /> When Hiddleston was 13, he boarded at [[Eton College]], at the same time that his parents were going through a divorce. "I think I started acting because I found being away at school while my parents were divorcing really distressing." He went on to act at The [[Dragon School]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Dragon School|www.dragonschool.org]]| title=The Dragon School Website | Eminent Dragons|accessdate= 2012-05-06|url=http://www.dragonschool.org/old-dragons/news/our-history/eminent-dragons.html}}</ref> in Oxford, then continued on to the [[University of Cambridge]], where he earned a double first.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2125013/The-Avengers-Tom-Hiddleston-People-think-Eton-arrogant-braying-toffs-It-just-isnt-true.html |work=Daily Mail | location=London | title='People think Eton is full of arrogant, braying toffs. It just isn't true': Tom Hiddleston on Britain's class consciousness | first=Dan | last=Davies| date=April 7, 2012 | accessdate=May 6, 2012}}</ref> He graduated from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in 2005.


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 16:12, 19 May 2012

Tom Hiddleston
Hiddleston at the Avengers Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in NY, April 2012
Born
Thomas William Hiddleston

(1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 (age 43)
Westminster, London, England
Alma materEton College
The Dragon School
University of Cambridge
RADA
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Thomas William "Tom" Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981)[1] is an English film, television, radio, and stage actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and he rose to prominence through a number of TV roles and more recently major film roles. He played Loki in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor, Captain Nicholls in Steven Spielberg's World War I film War Horse (2011), and also Freddie Page in the British drama The Deep Blue Sea, alongside Rachel Weisz. He played author F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris (2011). He returned to his role as Loki in The Avengers (2012) and is set to reprise the character again for Thor 2 (2013).

Early life and education

Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London,[1] to parents Diana Patricia (née Servaes), a former stage manager and arts administrator, and James Norman Hiddleston, a scientist in physical chemistry who was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company.[2] His father is from Greenock, Scotland and his mother from Suffolk, England.[3] He is the middle child with two sisters, Sarah (oldest), a journalist in India,[4] and Emma (youngest), is also an actor. He was raised in Wimbledon, in his early years, and later in Oxford.[3] When Hiddleston was 13, he boarded at Eton College, at the same time that his parents were going through a divorce. "I think I started acting because I found being away at school while my parents were divorcing really distressing." He went on to act at The Dragon School[5] in Oxford, then continued on to the University of Cambridge, where he earned a double first.[6] He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2005.

Career

During Hiddleston's second term at Cambridge, he was seen in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire by talent agent Lorraine Hamilton, of Hamilton Hodell. While still doing student plays, he began doing British television, landing parts in Stephen Whittaker’s adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby for ITV[7] the BBC/HBO co-production Conspiracy, and as Randolph Churchill, the son of Winston Churchill, inthe BBC/HBO drama The Gathering Storm.

On graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Hiddleston won his first film role, playing Oakley in Joanna Hogg’s first feature, Unrelated. He also appeared in the leading role of Edward in Joanna Hogg's second feature, Archipelago, and had leading roles in Declan Donnellan's company Cheek by Jowl's productions The Changeling, and Cymbeline. His Donmar Warehouse credits include Cassio in Michael Grandage's production of Shakespeare's Othello alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor to critical acclaim[8][9][10] and later Lvov in their West End revival of Chekhov's Ivanov.

His TV credits include Magnus Martinsson in the BBC detective drama Wallander, Bill Hazledine in Suburban Shootout, John Plumptre in the BBC costume drama TV film Miss Austen Regrets and William Buxton in the BBC drama series Return to Cranford.

He is best known for his portrayal of Loki in the 2011 Marvel Studios film, Thor. He was invited to audition by Kenneth Branagh, the film's director, after having previously worked with Branagh on Ivanov and Wallander. "Ken has had a life-changing effect. He was able to say to the executives, 'Trust me on this, you can cast Tom and he will deliver'. It was massive and it's completely changed the course of what is available to me to do. Ken gave me my break."[11] In the beginning, he originally auditioned for the part of Thor. "I initially auditioned to play Thor. That was what I was being considered for, because I’m tall and blonde and classically trained, and that seemed to be the mold for what Thor was, he was to be a classical character. And it was in my auditions. I owe this entirely to Marvel and their open-mindedness, they saw something that they thought was interesting. They saw some temperament that they liked."[12] The casting director gave Hiddleston six weeks to bulk up, so he went on a strict diet and gained twenty pounds of muscle. In the end, Branagh decided he was more suitable as the antagonist and cast him as Loki. To prepare for his role as Loki, Hiddleston trained in the Brazilian martial art of capoeira.[13]

In 2011, he portrayed novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald in writer-director Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. The noble Captain Nicholls in War Horse, a film based on the 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, directed by Steven Spielberg. And Freddie Page, a RAF pilot in the British drama The Deep Blue Sea, alongside Rachel Weisz.

He reprised his role as the supervillain Loki in the 2012 movie The Avengers. While filming a scene with Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, the film's director, Joss Whedon told the fighting duo that the scene didn't look real enough, so Hiddleston told Hemsworth to really hit him for the fight scene. "I said to Chris, 'Dude, just hit me. Just hit me because I'm protected here and it's fine.' He's like, 'Are you sure?' I was like, 'Yeah, it will look great. Just go for it.'"[14] Hiddleston is scheduled to reprise his Loki role again in Thor 2, which is set to start filming in August 2012.[15]

In 2012, he will portray Prince Hal in the TV-movie adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1 & 2 and Henry V in Henry V. Other scheduled projects include Jim Jarmusch's film Only Lovers Left Alive, set to shoot in 2012,[16] and the film adaptation of Elliott Chaze's 1953 crime novel Black Wings Has My Angel, co-starring Anna Paquin and Elijah Wood.[17]

Hiddleston narrated the audio book The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner,[18] poetry for iF Poems on iTunes,[19] for the British Museum on the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, and was the voiceover for BBC's documentary on the Galapagos Island.[20]

Awards and nominations

Awards:

Nominations:

Filmography

Hiddleston at a press conference for Thor in April 2011

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Lord TV movie
Conspiracy Phone Operator TV movie
Armadillo Toby Sherrifmuir TV series
2002 The Gathering Storm Randolph Churchill TV movie
2005 A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets John Hall TV movie
2006 Victoria Cross Heroes Capt. 'Jack' Randle TV series
Suburban Shootout Bill Hazeldine TV series (10 episodes)
Unrelated Oakley
Galápagos Charles Darwin (voice) TV documentary
2007 Casualty Chris Vaughn TV series (1 episode: "The Killing Floor")
2008 Miss Austen Regrets Mr. John Plumptre TV movie
Wallander Magnus Martinsson TV series (6 episodes)
2009 Return to Cranford William Buxton TV series (2 episodes)
Darwin's Secret Notebooks Charles Darwin (voice) TV documentary
2010 Archipelago Edward
2011 Thor Loki
Midnight in Paris F. Scott Fitzgerald
War Horse Captain Nicholls
Friend Request Pending Tom short
2012 The Deep Blue Sea Freddie Page
The Avengers Loki
Henry IV Part 1 Prince Hal post-production
Henry IV Part 2 Prince Hal post-production
Henry V Henry V post-production
2013 Thor 2 Loki pre-production
Black Wings Has My Angel Tim Sunblade pre-production
Only Lovers Left Alive In development

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue
2005 Yorgjin Oxo: The Man Yorgjin Oxo Theatre503
2006 The Changeling Alsemero Cheek by Jowl/Barbican/European Tour
2007 Cymbeline Posthumus Leonatus & Cloten Cheek by Jowl/Barbican/World Tour
2008 Othello Cassio Donmar Warehouse
Ivanov Lvov Donmar Warehouse
2010 The Children's Monologues Prudence Old Vic Theatre
2012 The Kingdom of Earth Criterion Theatre

Radio

Year Title Role Director Notes
2002 The Angry Brigade John Barker Peter Kavanagh BBC Radio 4
2006 Dracula Jonathan Harker Marion Nancarrow BBC World Service
Another Country Tommy Judd Marc Beeby BBC Radio 4
2007 Caesar III: An Empire Without End Romulus Jeremy Mortimer
2008 Othello Cassio Michael Grandage BBC Radio 3
The Leopard Tancredi Lucy Bailey
Cyrano de Bergerac Christian David Timson
2009 Carnival Lords of Misrule Zahid Warley

Video game

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Thor: God of Thunder Loki Voice

References

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  2. ^ Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage – 107th Edition. Burke's Peerage; 107th edition. p. 4006. ISBN -100971196621. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b Mottram, James (10 March 2011). "Half Scottish, half famous … all talent". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Tom Hiddleston - "The Avengers" Movie". Whedon.com. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  5. ^ "The Dragon School Website". www.dragonschool.org. Retrieved 6 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Text "Eminent Dragons" ignored (help)
  6. ^ Davies, Dan (7 April 2012). "'People think Eton is full of arrogant, braying toffs. It just isn't true': Tom Hiddleston on Britain's class consciousness". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 6 May 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
  7. ^ Synnot, Siobhan (18 April 2011). "My dad didn't think acting was good enough for me – he's proud of me now, says Thor star Tom Hiddleston". Daily Record.
  8. ^ Nightingale, Benedict (5 December 2007). "Othello". The Times. London. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Stars must align before Othello can go west". Daily Mail. London. 7 December 2007.
  10. ^ Clapp, Susannah (9 December 2007). "An Othello for our times". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  11. ^ Singh, Anita (8 April 2012). "Tom Hiddleston: Eton unfairly portrayed as 'full of braying toffs'". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  12. ^ Leader, Michael (25 April 2012). "Tom Hiddleston interview: The Avengers, modern myths, playing Loki and more". Den of Geek!. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  13. ^ Wilding, Josh (29 July 2010). "Tom Hiddleston Talks Loki, Thor And The Avengers!". ComicBookMovie.com. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  14. ^ McDaniel, Matt (2 May 2012). "'Avengers' star Tom Hiddleston told Chris Hemsworth to really hit him". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Eisenberg, Eric (9 January 2012). "Thor 2 To Shoot This Summer In London". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  16. ^ Roxborough, Scott (30 January 2012). "Tilda Swinton, John Hurt Join Jim Jarmusch's Vampire Film 'Only Lovers Left Alive' - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  17. ^ Trumbore, Dave (12 February 2012). "'Black Wings Has My Angel' to Star Anna Paquin, Tom Hiddleston and Elijah Wood". Collider. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  18. ^ Gardner, Sally. "The Red Necklace: Amazon.co.uk: Sally Gardner, Tom Hiddleston: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  19. ^ "iF Poems Educational app for kids: poetry for children ages 3–93!". if Poems. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  20. ^ Tom Hiddleston – Hamilton Hodell. Hamilton Hodell Talent Management. 2012. <http://www.hamiltonhodel.co.uk>
  21. ^ O'Hara, Helen (26 March 2012). "Jameson Empire Awards 2012 Winners!". Empire Online. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  22. ^ "Gary Oldman honoured by public vote at critics awards". BBC. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  23. ^ "Whatsonstage.com Awards – Theatregoers' Choice Awards". Whatsonstage.com. 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  24. ^ "Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play". eNotes. 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  25. ^ "Ian Charleson Awards". eNotes. 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  26. ^ "The 38th Saturn Award Nominations". Saturn Awards. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  27. ^ Jury, Louise (17 January 2012). "Evening Standard British Film Awards for 2011 - SHORTLIST REVEALED". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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  32. ^ "ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Night – Friday October 8th". TypePad. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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