Tom Hardy

For British writer and poet, see Thomas Hardy.

Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy, CBE, (born 15 September 1977) is an English movie, television, stage, voice actor and screenwriter. He is a leading actor in "tough guy" roles on screen and stage.

Tom Hardy CBE
Hardy at the Birmingham premiere of Locke in April 2014
Born	Edward Thomas Hardy (1977-09-15) 15 September 1977 (age 47) Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater	Richmond Drama School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse(s)	Sarah Ward (1999–2004) Charlotte Riley (2014–present)
Children	2
Relatives	Chips Hardy (father)

He is known for his roles in Black Hawk Down, Star Trek: Nemesis, RocknRolla, Bronson, Inception, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, This Means War, and the television series Stuart: A Life Backwards.

For his work in Stuart he earned a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He also played Freddie Jackson in Martina Cole's The Take. That was a television movie based on Cole's novel of the same name. He played Bane in Christopher Nolan's 2012 movie The Dark Knight Rises. Hardy also played Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road and as Venom in the 2018 movie Venom. Hardy appeared as Farrier in the 2017 Nolan movie Dunkirk.

Hardy created, co-produced, and took the lead in the eight-part historical fiction series Taboo (2017) on BBC One and FX.^[1]

He was born on 15 September 1977 in Hammersmith, London. and is an only child. His parents were Anne (née Barrett) and Edward "Chips" Hardy. He was raised in East Sheen, London.^[2] Hardy went to Reed's School, Tower House School, and the Drama Centre London.

Hardy married Sarah Ward in 1999. They divorced in 2004. He has a son with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed, Louis Thomas Hardy (born 8 April 2008). Hardy proposed to actress Charlotte Riley, after a year of dating. They were married in 2014.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama.^[3][4]