Tom Hardy (real name Edward Thomas Hardy) was born on 15 September 1977 in Hammersmith, London. The actor’s parents are creative and intelligent people. Mom – Elizabeth Berret, father – Edward Hardy – a famous writer and screenwriter.
Tom was the only child in the family, so he got all the love of his parents. His mother devoted almost all her time to him. In a house in the suburbs of London, he had a huge amount of books and records, and his father regularly provided gifts. With the onset of time to study, the boy was sent not to a public, but to a private school.
Hardy’s character is contradictory and rebellious, so it was difficult to call him a role model and an exemplary child. He was rebellious, did not understand the bohemianism and status of his parents, and was friends, mostly not with classmates from an elite private school, but with children from dysfunctional families.
The only thing that brought him pleasure was performing arts. Along with addiction, but at the request of his mother, Hardy enters the Richmond School of Art, from which he is almost immediately expelled, and then he enters the London School of Drama.
Short biography
- At 21, he gets his first role in the TV series Band of Brothers.
- After the series, there were several major projects, such as Black Hawk Down, Day of Reckoning. Filming took place in 2001
- The actor’s next major film is Simon (2002). In it, Tom had one of the main roles.
- After Simon, Tom played in another project – Star Trek: Retribution (2002).
- During the filming of the film “Simon” the actor did not stop using drugs, his addiction lasted for about ten years. According to him, during this period he tried everything, even homosexuality. One day, Hardy has a seizure due to an overdose of cocaine and he realizes that it can’t get any worse. As he said later, he was so disgusted with himself that it discouraged him from any desire to use further.
- Tom was sent to rehab and hasn’t touched drugs since. He devoted all his free time to filming, thanks to which he achieved significant success.
- After the rehabilitation center, Tom acted in theatrical productions. Then he starred in the film “Layer Cake” (2004).
- 2005 is marked by the painting “The Virgin Queen”.
- Stuart: Past Life is Hardy’s next project, stretching throughout 2007.
- In 2008, Hardy reincarnated as Bronson in the eponymous drama Bronson. For this role, he gained 40 feet and grew a mustache.
- This role was followed by another, for which the actor had to lose weight urgently. The picture is called “Warrior” (2008).
- This was followed by a role in the mini-series “Prikup” (2009).
- In 2010, the actor began working with Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of the film Inception.
- Together with Shia LaBeouf and Jason Clarke, the actor transforms into one of the bootlegger brothers in the crime drama The World’s Drunkest County.
- After its release, the film was nominated for the Palme d’Or.
- The filming of the last part of the Dark Knight trilogy, where Hardy plays the main antagonist, the terrorist Bane. For this role, he again had to urgently lose weight. This is already 2013-2014.
- In 2015, he starred in the reboot of the Mad Max series. As you know, the actor asked a kind of permission from the predecessor of the role of Max, and he was answered in the affirmative. This time Tom was photographed by the gorgeous Charlize Theron.
- After “Mad Max”, he takes part in four seasons of the world-famous crime series “Peaky Blinders” along with Cillian Murphy.
- 2015 brought Hardy another epic role, this time in the drama Legend, where the actor plays two twin brothers. And then again, together with Leonardo DiCaprio, he takes part in the film “The Revenant”.
- In 2016, Hardy is involved in two big projects at once. This is the series “Taboo” and the film “Dunkirk”. The director of the film dressed the actor in a mask, believing that he could play with only his eyes.
- In 2018, Tom Hardy joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring in Venom. This time, he reincarnates as journalist Eddie Brock, who is unlucky (or lucky) to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and accidentally hook the terrifying Venom symbiont into himself.
- At the moment, the actor is working intensively in several projects. This is the release of the new season of Taboo, and the continuation of Mad Max, and the continuation of Venom.
- It is also known that the actor signed a contract to shoot in the film “On the Warpath” and the drama “Everest”.
Private life
In 1999 he married producer Sarah Wyrd. It is noteworthy that the marriage took place after only three weeks of dating. Despite Hardy’s problems with alcohol and drugs, Sarah filed for divorce only in 2004. Even the fact that Tom went to rehab couldn’t prevent a divorce. Apparently, the girl was too tired of this behavior of Tom.
After a series of stormy romances, the actor met actress Charlotte Riley in 2009. Before meeting her, Hardy had already become a father. The child’s mother is actress Rachel Speed, whom he met on the set of The Virgin Queen.
Charlotte and Tom met on the set of Wuthering Heights, where they played lovers. The actress was categorically against the so-called “office romances”, but Tom got his way, and after 5 years of relationship, the couple tied the knot.
In 2015, Hardy becomes a father for the second time. The couple did not advertise the name and gender of the child. The public is still unaware of this information. It’s most likely a girl. The couple simply does not want to put the baby at risk of her father’s fame.
In 2019, Charlotte gave birth to Tom’s son Forest.
Contribution to the history of culture
Movies with Tom Hardy are truly amazing. He, like no other, has become a symbol of Hollywood films. People will watch films with his participation for more than a dozen years, because it is simply impossible to find an actor cooler and more artistic. Tom Hardy deserves the attention of the public with his game, interesting decisions, which, by the way, he himself can make on the set. This makes him indispensable in the film industry.
Edward Thomas Hardy is an example of a defiant and rebellious person. The only child from a wealthy family, whose parents are an example of intelligence and imitation. A man who was able to cross the threshold of a decade of alcohol and drug addiction and make a name for himself. Tom Hardy annually enters the lists of the most beautiful actors in Hollywood, is the idol of millions around the world, and his acting is really talented and multifaceted.
