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Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy (born September 15, 1977) portrayed Max Rockatansky in the George Miller film: Mad Max: Fury Road.
Biography[]
Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy[1] is an English actor, screenwriter, and producer. He made his debut in Ridley Scott's 2001 war film Black Hawk Down. Hardy's other notable films include the science fiction film Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), the crime film RocknRolla (2008), biographical psychological drama Bronson (2008), science fiction thriller Inception (2010), sports drama Warrior (2011), Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), crime drama Lawless (2012), drama Locke (2013), mobster film The Drop (2014), and the biographical western thriller The Revenant (2015), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also portrayed Bane in the superhero film The Dark Knight Rises (2012), "Mad" Max Rockatansky in the post-apocalyptic film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and both Kray twins in the crime thriller Legend (2015).
Hardy's television roles include the HBO war drama miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), the BBC historical drama miniseries The Virgin Queen (2005), ITV's Wuthering Heights (2008), the Sky 1 drama series The Take (2009), and the BBC British historical crime drama television series Peaky Blinders (2013).
Hardy has also performed on British and American stages. He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his role as Skank in the 2003 production of In Arabia We'd All Be Kings, and was awarded the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in both In Arabia We'd All be Kings and for his role as Luca in Blood. He starred in the 2007 production of The Man of Mode and received positive reviews for his role in the 2010 Philip Seymour Hoffman-directed play The Long Red Road.Hardy starred in four films in 2015. The first, Child 44, set in 1950s Soviet Russia, saw him playing Leo Demidov, a Soviet secret police agent who investigates a series of child murders. Despite mild praise for his acting, Child 44 was reviewed negatively by critics and was a box office failure. Hardy then played the title character, Max Rockatansky, in 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road. His performance was praised by critics and overall the film received critical acclaim and became a box office success. As of July 2015, it has grossed $366 million against a $150 million budget, becoming the highest grossing film in the Mad Max franchise
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Black Hawk Down | Spc. Lance Twombly | Credited as Thomas Hardy |
2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Shinzon | |
2003 | The Reckoning | Straw | |
dot the i | Tom | ||
2003 | LD 50 Lethal Dose | Matt | |
2004 | Layer Cake | Clarkie | |
2006 | Minotaur | Theo | |
Marie Antoinette | Raumont | ||
Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Noel | ||
2007 | Flood | Zack | |
WΔZ | Pierre Jackson | ||
The Inheritance | Dad | ||
2008 | Sucker Punch | Rodders | |
RocknRolla | Handsome Bob | ||
Bronson | Charles Bronson/Michael Peterson | ||
2009 | Thick as Thieves | Det. Michaels | |
Perfect | Doctor | Short film | |
2010 | Inception | Eames | |
2011 | Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother | Dan | Short film |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Ricki Tarr | ||
Warrior | Tommy Riordan Conlon | ||
2012 | This Means War | Tuck Hansen | |
The Dark Knight Rises | Bane | ||
Lawless | Forrest Bondurant | ||
2013 | Locke | Ivan Locke | |
2014 | The Drop | Bob Saginowski | |
2015 | Child 44 | Leo Demidov | |
Mad Max: Fury Road | Max Rockatansky | ||
London Road | Mark | ||
Legend | Ronald Kray / Reginald Kray | ||
The Revenant | John Fitzgerald |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | Band of Brothers | Pfc. John Janovec | 2 episodes |
2005 | Colditz | 2nd Lt. Jack Rose | 2 episodes |
The Virgin Queen | Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester | 3 episodes | |
Gideon's Daughter | Andrew | Television film | |
2006 | A for Andromeda | John Fleming | Television film |
Sweeney Todd | Matthew | Television film | |
2007 | Cape Wrath | Jack Donnelly | 5 episodes |
Oliver Twist | Bill Sikes | 5 episodes[59] | |
Stuart: A Life Backwards | Stuart Shorter | Television film | |
2008 | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 2 episodes |
2009 | The Take | Freddie | 4 episodes |
2013 | Poaching Wars | Himself | 2 episodes; also executive producer |
2014 | Peaky Blinders | Alfie Solomons | 5 episodes |
2016 | Taboo | James Keziah Delaney | 8 episodes; also executive producer and writer |
Stage[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | In Arabia We'd All Be Kings | Skank | Hampstead Theatre[60] |
Blood | Luca | Royal Court Theatre[61] | |
2007 | The Man of Mode | Dorimant | National Theatre[62] |
2010 | The Long Red Road | Sammy | Goodman Theatre |
Awards and Nominations[]
Year | Work | Award | Result |
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2003 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
2004 | In Arabia We'd All Be Kings | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play | Nominated |
2008 | Stuart: A Life Backwards | British Academy Television Award for Best Actor | Nominated |
2009 | The Take | Crime Thriller Award for Best Leading Actor | Nominated |
Bronson | British Independent Film Award for Best Actor | Won[63] | |
2010 | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor | Nominated | |
London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year | Nominated | ||
Village Voice Film Poll - Best Actor | Nominated | ||
Inception | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast | Nominated | ||
Scream Award for Breakout Performance - Male | Won[64] | ||
2011 | BAFTA Rising Star Award | Won[65] | |
MTV Movie Award for Best Line From a Movie | Nominated | ||
People Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Team | Nominated | ||
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
2012 | Warrior | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (Shared with Joel Edgerton) | Nominated |
Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | Nominated | ||
Teen Choice Award Best Choice Movie Actor - Action | Nominated | ||
The Dark Knight Rises | Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Villain | Nominated | |
2013 | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain | Nominated | |
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Christian Bale) | Nominated | ||
Locke | British Independent Film Award for Best Actor | Nominated | |
2014 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | Won[66] | |
European Film Award for Best Actor | Nominated | ||
2015 | London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year | Nominated | |
The Drop | Nominated | ||
Legend | British Independent Film Award for Best Actor | Won | |
The Revenant | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | Runner-up | |
Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
Phoenix Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
2016 | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actor of the Year | Nominated | ||
Mad Max: Fury Road | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie | Won | |
Legend | London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year | Nominated | |
Mad Max: Fury Road, Legend, The Revenant and London Road | London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year | Won
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External Links[]
- Tom Hardy on Wikipedia
- Tom Hardy on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)