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Tom Hardy

ACTOR · BORN 1977

Tom Hardy

Born
15 September 1977, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Known for
The Revenant (2015), Star Trek (2009), Inception (2010), Legend (2015)

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Tom Hardy (born 15 September 1977) is an actor best known for The Revenant, Star Trek and Inception.

Tom Hardy over the years

Tom Hardy in 2010 (age 33)
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Tom Hardy in 2018 (age 41)
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24 Interesting Facts About Tom Hardy

Interesting Facts (7)

  1. #001

    Has played both Charles Salvador (Bronson (2008)) and the Kray twins (Legend (2015)) who used to be very good friends in real life.

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  2. #002

    His performance in Bronson (2008) and Matthias Schoenaerts' performance in Bullhead (2011), were Steven Ogg's inspirations to play Trevor Phillips in Grand Theft Auto V (2013). Steven Ogg revealed his inspirations at the New York Comic-Con in October 2013. Hardy and Schoenaerts starred together in The Drop (2014), a film directed by Michaël R. Roskam, the same director of Bullhead (2011).

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  3. #003

    In 2012, he played a role where he wore a mask for much of the film's runtime (The Dark Knight Rises (2012)). In 2013, he played a role where he was inside a vehicle for much of the film's runtime (Locke (2013)). In 2015, he combined the two...playing a role that, for much of the film's runtime, had him both inside a vehicle and wearing a mask (Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)).

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  4. #004

    Shares the same press agent with Ewan McGregor. Hardy has a tattoo of his agent's name on his left arm. Shares the same press agent with Olivia Colman. They have worked together in two films: Locke (2013) and London Road (2015).

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  5. #005

    Has written two television series with Kelly Marcel, both of which have sold to production companies.

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  6. #006

    Hardy signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, calling an immediate and permanent ceasefire during the Gaza war, the release of all hostages, and the delivery of life-saving assistance to the civilians of Gaza. the letter reads: "We believe all life is sacred, no matter faith and ethnicity and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians.".

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  7. #007

    Pictured as the character Shinzon as one of a set of 18 British commemorative postage stamps issued 13 November 2020, celebrating the "Star Trek" television and film franchise. Stamps were issued as 12 individual stamps, honoring captains and crew members; and 6 stamps in a single souvenir sheet, highlighting heroes and villains. All stamps were nondenominated and marked first class (76p on day of issue). Others honored by this set are William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula, Jason Isaacs, Leonard Nimoy, Marina Sirtis, Alexander Siddig, Dominic Keating, Sonequa Martin-Green, Shazad Latif, Simon Pegg, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Alice Eve, and Idris Elba. Every stamp celebrates a starship or space station commander (James T. Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Kathryn Janeway), a series-pivotal character (Spock, Michael Burnham), and all the others are the British actors who appeared in any version (television or movie) of Star Trek.

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Production Story (7)

  1. #008

    Hardy was ready to star as climber George Mallory in Doug Liman's drama Everest, but dropped out. Ewan McGregor (his co-star in Black Hawk Down (2001)) replaced him.

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  2. #009

    Hardy was cast in Takashi Miike's English-language debut, "The Outsider", a film about Yakuza, but he dropped out. Miike dropped out of the project as well.

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  3. #010

    In 2009, director Nicolas Winding Refn (whom he worked with on Bronson (2008)) announced that Hardy would portray polemic and controversial English occultist Aleister Crowley in a biographical movie, but as of 2016, the project has not been developed.

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  4. #011

    Leonardo DiCaprio convinced him to read the screenplay of The Revenant (2015) and take the role of John Fitzgerald. They became friends after starring together in director Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010).

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  5. #012

    Auditioned for the role of Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's adaptation of Pride & Prejudice (2005) and nearly won the role but inevitably lost to Matthew Macfadyen.

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  6. #013

    Hardy was cast as Rick Flag in Suicide Squad (2016), but dropped out on account of scheduling conflicts with The Revenant (2015). Joel Kinnaman (his co-star in Child 44 (2015)) replaced him.

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  7. #014

    He assumed that Christopher Nolan cast him as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) because of his performance in Bronson (2008). He later found out that Nolan thought he would be a good fit based of his performance in RocknRolla (2008) and had not even seen Bronson (2008).

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Behind the Scenes (1)

  1. #015

    Jacob Tomuri worked as Hardy's stunt double in three films: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Legend (2015) and The Revenant (2015). During the promotion of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Hardy brought Tomuri for press junkets to be interviewed as well.

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Characters & Cast (2)

  1. #016

    Enjoys watching reality TV shows to get ideas for characters. He said: "It's great people-watching. I'll steal characters from Come Dine with Me (2005). Because they're real people. I take something from everybody. I'll steal you at some point...".

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  2. #017

    Has worked with Paddy Considine in three films: Peaky Blinders (2013), Child 44 (2015) and MobLand (2025). Has starred with his good friend Noomi Rapace in two films: The Drop (2014) and Child 44 (2015). They played each other's love interest in both films.

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Career & Awards (2)

  1. #018

    Very early in his career, he worked as a rapper and a hip hop producer with his friend Edward Tracy. Both performed under the name "Tommy No 1 + Eddie Too Tall" and even recorded a mixtape ("Falling On Your Arse In 1999"), which remained unreleased until January 2018. He also performed under the name "Frankie Pulitzer" on several albums for the supergroup Czarface.

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  2. #019

    He won "The Big Breakfast's Fine Me a Supermodel" competition at age 21 (and with this a brief contract with Models One).

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Life & Family (5)

  1. #020

    He loves Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Capoiera. He has won a number of jiu-jitsu competitions, with one such occurrence being at the 2022 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Chanpionships on September 18, 2022.

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  2. #021

    He joined Drama Centre London in September 1998 and was taken out early to work on Band of Brothers (2001). One of his classmates at drama school was Michael Fassbender, both appeared in Band of Brothers (2001) and Hardy stated that Fassbender was the best actor in the school.

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  3. #022

    In 2018, Hardy became the lead ambassador for the REORG Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Foundation, a charity backed by the Corps of Royal Marines and allowing military personnel and veterans to learn the martial art to combat physical and mental challenges. He was promoted to purple belt on June 19, 2023 and black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu on February 2, 2026.

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  4. #023

    Had a dog named Max that was given to him when he was a teenager, he passed away in 2011. The dog's name was an honor to Mad Max (1979). Years later, Hardy played the title character in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

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  5. #024

    The little finger on his right hand is permanently bent - he stabbed a knife into a chopping board and severed a tendon in his finger. This took three operations to be able to close his finger to make a fist, but it can not straighten.

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  • Wikipedia English Wikipedia article
  • IMDb IMDb name page (biography and trivia)

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