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Tom Hardy
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Hardy in October 2011
Born
Edward John Thomas Hardy

(1977-09-15) 15 September 1977 (age 46)
Hammersmith, London, England
Years active2001–present
SpouseSarah Ward (1999–2004; divorced)
PartnerCharlotte Riley (engaged)

Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in Bronson, Inception, Star Trek Nemesis, Warrior, RocknRolla and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. He will portray the primary villain Bane in the upcoming film The Dark Knight Rises. He also played Freddie Jackson in Martina Cole's The Take, based on her novel of the same name.

Early years

Hardy, an only child, was born in Barnstaple, and brought up in East Sheen, London.[1] His mother, Elizabeth Anne (née Barrett), is an artist and painter whose family was Irish Catholic. His father, Edward "Chips" Hardy, is an advertisement and comedy writer.[2][3] Hardy studied at two private schools, Reed's School and Tower House School, then at Richmond Drama School, and subsequently at the Drama Centre London. He began his career in war dramas, winning the part of United States Army Private John Janovec in the award-winning HBO and BBC miniseries Band of Brothers. He made his feature film debut in Ridley Scott's 2001 war thriller Black Hawk Down.


Career

In 2002, Hardy appeared in the independent film Dot the i, sharing the bill with Gael García Bernal. He then travelled to North Africa for Simon: An English Legionnaire, a story of the French Foreign Legion. In the same year, he gained some heavy international exposure as the Reman Praetor Shinzon, a clone of USS Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in Star Trek Nemesis. He returned to England to feature in the 2003 thriller LD 50 Lethal Dose.

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. He was also nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affiliate for his performance in the aforementioned production of In Arabia We'd All Be Kings.

Hardy appeared in the 2005 BBC miniseries The Virgin Queen as Robert Dudley, a childhood friend of Elizabeth I. The miniseries portrays them as having a platonic, though highly romantic, affair throughout her reign over England during the 16th century. Hardy featured in the Richard Fell adaptation of the 1960s sci-fi series A for Andromeda, on BBC Four.

In 2007, he appeared in the BBC Two drama based on a true story – Stuart: A Life Backwards. He played the lead role of Stuart Shorter, a homeless man who had been subjected to years of abuse and whose death was possibly suicide. In September 2008, he appeared in director Guy Ritchie's London gangster film, RocknRolla. He played the role of gay gangster Handsome Bob, one of the members of the criminal gang the Wild Bunch, led by One Two (Gerard Butler), on whom Bob has a crush. Hardy will reprise the role in Ritchie's sequel The Real RocknRolla.

In early 2009, Hardy starred in the film Bronson, about the real-life prisoner Charles Bronson, who has spent most of his adult life in solitary confinement. For the film, he put on three stone (19 kg/42 pounds) of muscle.[4]

In June 2009, Hardy starred in the Martina Cole written 4-part TV drama The Take on Sky One as a drugs and alcohol fuelled gangster. The role gained him a Best Actor nomination at the 2009 Crime Thriller Awards.[5]

In August 2009, he appeared in Wuthering Heights, playing the part of Heathcliff, the classic love character who falls in love with his childhood friend Cathy (played by Charlotte Riley), "the love that destroyed everything it touched". It was even suggested by tabloid paper The Sun that he began a relationship with Charlotte Riley shortly after finishing work on The Take, and that he left his partner of two years and mother of his infant son to be with Riley. Riley has disputed this rumour in interviews.[6]

In early 2010, Hardy starred in The Long Red Road at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.[7] The play was written by Brett C. Leonard and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hardy won some good reviews for his portrayal of Sam, an alcoholic trying to drink away his past.[8][9]

In 2010, he starred as Eames in Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller Inception for which he won a BAFTA Rising Star award.

In June 2010, Hardy announced on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that he will play the title role in a new version of Mad Max.[10] Hardy replaced Michael Fassbender in the 2011 adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, also featuring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth,[11] the second film by director Tomas Alfredson, released on 5 September 2011 at the 68th edition of the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica in Venice. He will play a bootlegger in John Hillcoat's The Wettest County in the World.[12] He will play the chemically enhanced villain Bane in The Dark Knight Rises which is the final film in the Christopher Nolan saga and is set for release in 2012.[13]

Tom starred as one of the two the main protagonists in the film Warrior, with Nick Nolte portraying his father, a washed up, alcoholic, former boxer that trains him to fight in a mixed martial arts tournament against his brother, portrayed by Joel Edgerton. It was released on 9 September 2011 by Lionsgate Films.

Hardy stated in January 2012 that he had begun watching gangster films for Warner Bros. in preparation for his role as Al Capone in director David Yates' Cicero trilogy, which is expected to begin filming in 2013.[14]

Personal life

Hardy married Sarah Ward in 1999; they divorced in 2004. He has a son, Louis Thomas Hardy (born 8 April 2008), with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed.[15] In an interview with Now magazine,[16] When asked if he has ever slept with men or if he was bisexual, Hardy said that he has "played with everything and everyone" but now that he is in his thirties he is done experimenting.[17] In July 2010, Hardy proposed to actress Charlotte Riley after a year of dating.[18]

Hardy battled alcoholism and a crack cocaine addiction in his early-to mid-twenties. He entered a rehab clinic and has been sober and clean since 2003.[19]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Band of Brothers Pfc. John Janovec Television miniseries: Two episodes
2001 Black Hawk Down Spc. Lance Twombly Credited as Thomas Hardy
2002 Simon: An English Legionnaire / Deserter Pascal Dupont
2002 Star Trek Nemesis Praetor Shinzon/Cloned Jean-Luc Picard Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2003 dot the i Tom
2003 The Reckoning Straw
2003 LD 50 Lethal Dose Matt
2004 Layer Cake Clarkie
2004 EMR Henry
2005 Batter Up Video short
2005 Colditz 2nd Lt. Jack Rose Television series
2005 The Virgin Queen Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Television miniseries: 4 Episodes
2006 Sweeney Todd Matthew Television film
2006 A for Andromeda John Fleming Television film
2006 Gideon's Daughter Andrew Television miniseries
2006 Minotaur Theo
2006 Marie Antoinette Raumont
2006 Scenes of a Sexual Nature Noel
2007 Flood Zack Television film
2007 Stuart: A Life Backwards Stuart Shorter Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
2007 WΔZ Pierre Jackson
2007 Cape Wrath Jack Donnelly Television series: Five episodes
2007 The Inheritance Dad
2007 Oliver Twist Bill Sikes Television miniseries
2008 Sucker Punch Rodders
2008 RocknRolla Handsome Bob
2008 Bronson Charles Bronson / Michael Peterson British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
2009 Thick as Thieves Det. Michaels
2009 Wuthering Heights Heathcliff Television miniseries
2009 The Take Freddie Nominated — Crime Thriller Awards for Best Actor
2010 Inception Eames Rising Star Award, BAFTA
Scream Award for Best Breakthrough Actor
Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actor
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated — People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Team
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Line From a Movie
2011 Warrior Tommy Conlon Nevada Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Women Film Critics Circle for Best Actor [20]
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy[21] Ricki Tarr Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Women Film Critics Circle for Best Actor [20]
2012 This Means War[22] Tuck Post-production
2012 The Wettest County Forrest Bondurant Post-production
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Bane Post-production

References

  1. ^ Head, Steve (9 December 2002). "An Interview with Tom Hardy". IGN. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  2. ^ Maher, Kevin (5 March 2009). "A tough life for Bronson actor Tom Hardy". The Times. London.
  3. ^ Fisher, Alice (4 July 2010). "Tom Hardy: the rake's progress". The Guardian. London.
  4. ^ "Actors Who've Gone Big". Empire. Bauer Consumer Media. 13 March 2009 or before. Retrieved 8 December 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Allen, Kate (7 September 2009). "Coben, Cole, Atkinson vie for crime awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  6. ^ Wigg, David (28 August 2009). "Heathcliff and Cathy reach such passionate Heights in ITV adaptation – is it for real?". Daily Mail. UK: Associated Newspapers Ltd.
  7. ^ Jones, Kenneth (13 February 2010). "Tom Hardy Journeys Goodman's Long Red Road, a World Premiere, Starting Feb. 13". Playbill Web site. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  8. ^ Potempa, Phillip (24 February 2010). "OFFBEAT: Goodman Theatre's 'The Long Red Road' is brilliant masterpiece". nwi.com. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  9. ^ Hieggelke, Brian (22 February 2010). "Review: The Long Red Road/Goodman Theatre". Newcity Stage. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  10. ^ Rosenberg, Adam. "Tom Hardy landing the starring role in "Mad Max: Fury Road" is an amazing turn of events for that franchise". mtv. Retrieved 3 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  11. ^ "Tom Hardy Replaces Fassbender in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
  12. ^ Zeitchik, Steven (7 December 2010). "Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy will be bootleggers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  13. ^ Ryan (13 October 2010). He will be filming in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal through the summer of 2011 for this role as well as other locations throughout Europe. "Tom Hardy Joins Batman 3 Cast; Fury Road Delayed". reelzchannel.com.
  14. ^ "Tom Hardy Preparing To Play Al Capone In David Yates' Trilogy 'Cicero'; Film(s) Aiming For 2013 Start". Indiewire. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  15. ^ Davies, Serena (11 June 2009). "Interview: Tom Hardy, from East End gangster to romantic hero". The Daily Telegraph. UK: Telegraph Media Group Limited.
  16. ^ Now magazine
  17. ^ "Tom Hardy: I've had sexual relations with men". Now Magazine. 29 July 2010.
  18. ^ Nicholl, Katie. "This time Heathcliff and Cathy will marry". Daily Mail. London.
  19. ^ McLean, Gareth (23 June 2009). "'I want adulation'". The Guardian. England: Guardian News and Media Limited. p. 13.
  20. ^ a b The Women Film Critics Circle Awards. Awardsdaily.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-23.
  21. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/
  22. ^ White, James (28 July 2010). "Now Tom Hardy's Saying This Means War".

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