Tom Hardy, whose filmography is four dozen films and TV shows, is currently at the peak of popularity. This British actor rightfully occupies a worthy place in a cohort of world stars of the first magnitude.
Tom Hardy Biography
The future movie star was born on September 15, 1977 in London. Tom's parents are also creative people, so from childhood he was accustomed to art. Mother was an artist, and father was a screenwriter of commercials and comedies. No one was surprised by the attraction of the little boy to the theater. He was often assigned roles in school performances. Young Tom decided to become an actor and enrolled in the Richmond Theater School. After her graduation, he continued his studies at the London Drama Center. He was taught by a teacher of Anthony Hopkins himself. Having not completed his studies, in 2001, newly-minted actor Tom Hardy began filming in the successful Brothers in Arms series, which was dedicated to the participation of Americans in World War II. After that, the young talent very quickly got its debut role in Ridley Scott's military drama The Fall of the Black Hawk. After the success of this picture, actor Tom Hardy began to receive one offer after another.
Career development
Films featuring Tom Hardy have always been popular with viewers. This actor with each picture confirmed its versatility, embodying on the screens a variety of images. After filming the movie “Points over I” (2003), he starred in another military drama “Simon: The English Legion” (2003). The picture was shot in North Africa and narrated about the
French Foreign Legion. Star Trek: Retribution starred in the same period, in which Tom Hardy also participated.
The filmography of the actor would be even more impressive if he did not devote much time to work in the theater. In 2006, Tom becomes co-founder of a major theater company, Shotgun. The actor is also the co-author of two scripts for the popular television shows. In addition to filming and working in theatrical productions, the actor participated in several popular entertainment programs.
Tom Hardy: filmography
Combining work on the stage with filming in television series and big movies, Tom at the beginning of his career managed to appear in many popular films. Of particular note are such paintings as “LD50: The Lethal Dose” (2003), “Day of Reckoning” (2004), “Minotaur” (2006), “WAZ: Torture Chamber” (2007). A notable role went to him in the film “Rock and Roll” (2008) of the popular English director Ritchie Ritchie. The audience also noted the criminal thriller Code of the Thief with Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas in the title roles. Hardy is completely committed to the profession, so for the role of a brutal criminal in Britain in the film "Bronson", released in 2008, he gained almost 20 kg of muscle mass and turned into an impressive healthy man. It was after the brilliant embodiment of this complex image that the most famous Hollywood agents drew attention to Hardy. First, he was offered a secondary role in the blockbuster “Beginning” (2010) by Christopher Nolan. Thanks to the painstaking work in this picture, Tom learned to ski. Among other popular works of Hardy in recent years, the films “Means War” (2012) and “Warrior” (2011) should be noted.
Of the other less visible films in which Tom was shot, the following can be distinguished: “The most drunken district in the world” (2012), “Spy, get out!” (2011) and “Perfect” (2009), “Forbidden Reception” (2008), “Inheritance” and “Flood” (2007), “Marie Antoinette” (2005), “Layered Cake” (2004).
Many people know what a great television actor Tom Hardy is. The filmography of his series includes not only the famous Brothers in Arms, but also Prikup (2009); Stuart: Past Life, Oliver Twist and Meadowland (2007); “The Virgin Queen” (2005). He also starred in such television films as Wuthering Heights (2009); “For Andromeda” and “Sweeney Todd” (2006); “Gideon's Daughter” and “Escape from Colditz Castle” (2005). Today, Hardy is busy working on five paintings, which will be released in the next two years: “The figurehead”, “Kid-44”, “Mad Max: The Road of Fury”, “Man-rocket”, “Everest”. In all these paintings, Tom Hardy in the title role. As the actor’s skill grows every year, these films will be real blockbusters.
Best Tom Hardy Movies
The most popular actor brought work in such famous films as “Warrior” (2011), “Beginning” (2010), “Bronson” (2008), “The Fall of the Black Hawk” (2001). The work in The Dark Knight: The Revival of the Legend (2012) by Christopher Nolan made Tom megapopular around the world. Viewers fell in love with him for his role in the TV series "Brothers in Arms" by Steven Spielberg.
Actor awards
In 2003, Tom Hardy received the London Evening Standard Theater Award for his theater work. He was later nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award. In 2011, Tom received the British Academy Award for "Rising Star." He was nominated for an award in 2007 for his role in the television film of the Air Force company Stuart: Past Life. Unfortunately, he never received it. Several times, Hardy was nominated for the MTV Channel Award as the best villain and for the most spectacular fight. He was twice nominated for the Saturn Award (“Beginning”; “Star Trek”).
Personal life and the fight against addictions
Like many talented and famous people, Tom Hardy is very susceptible to the effects of alcohol and drugs. For several years, he did his best to keep himself in control and fought with his "demons." Back in 1999, Tom got married, but constant problems with alcohol and drugs destroyed this marriage. In 2008, Hardy became a father. He had a son, Louis, from
Rachel Speed. The actor in 2010 made an offer to a little-known actress Charlotte Riley, but the wedding has not yet taken place. Despite his relationship with women, Tom openly confessed to several sexual relationships with men.