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With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller Начало (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and screen since his television debut in the miniseries Братья по оружию (2001). After being cast in the World War II drama, Hardy left his studies at the prestigious Drama Centre in London and was subsequently cast as Twombly in Ridley Scott’s Черный Ястреб (2001) and as the villain Shinzon in Звездный путь: Возмездие (2002).
Edward Thomas Hardy was born on September 15, 1977 in Hammersmith, London; his mother, Elizabeth Anne (Barrett), is an artist and painter, and his father, Chips Hardy, is a writer. He is of English and Irish descent. Hardy was brought up in East Sheen, London, and first studied at Reed’s School. His education continued at Tower House School, then at Richmond Drama School, and subsequently at the Drama Centre London, along with fellow Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender. After winning a modeling competition at age 21, he had a brief contract with the agency Models One.
Tom spent his teens and early twenties battling delinquency, alcoholism and drug addiction; after completing his work on Звездный путь: Возмездие (2002), he sought treatment and has also admitted that his battles with addiction ended his five-year marriage to Sarah Ward. Returning to work in 2003, Hardy was awarded the Evening Standard Most Promising Newcomer Award for his theatre performances in the productions of «In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings» and «Blood». In 2003, Tom also co-starred in the play «The Modernists» with Paul Popplewell, Jesse Spencer and Orlando Wells.
During the next five years, Hardy worked consistently in film, television and theatre, playing roles as varied as Robert Dudley in the BBC’s Королева-девственница (2006), Bill Sikes in Оливер Твист (2007) and starring in «The Man of Mode» at the National Theatre. On the silver screen, he appeared in the crime thriller Слоеный торт (2004) with Daniel Craig, Sofia Coppola’s Мария Антуанетта (2006), and the romp Сцены сексуального характера (2006).
In 2006, Hardy created «Shotgun», an underground theatre company along with director Robert Delamere, and directed a play, penned by his father for the company, called «Blue on Blue». In 2007, Hardy received a best actor BAFTA nomination for his touching performance as Stuart Shorter in the BBC adaptation of Alexander Masters’ bestselling biography Жизнь задом наперед (2007). Hailed for his transformative character acting, Hardy was lauded for his emotionally and physically convincing portrayal in the ill-fated and warmhearted tale of Shorter, a homeless and occasionally violent man suffering from addiction and muscular dystrophy.
The following year, he appeared as gay hoodlum Handsome Bob in the Guy Ritchie film Рок-н-рольщик (2008), but this would be his next transformation that would prove his extensive range and stun critics. In the film Бронсон (2008), Hardy played the notorious Charles Bronson (given name, Michael Peterson), the «most violent prisoner in Britain». Bald, pumped-up, and outfitted with Bronson’s signature strongman mustache, Hardy is unrecognizable and gives a harrowing performance that is physically fearless and psychologically unsettling. Director Nicolas Winding Refn breaks the fourth wall with Hardy retelling his tales directly to viewers as well as performing them outright before an audience of his own imagining. The performance mixes terrifying brutality, vaudevillian showmanship, wry humor, and an alarming amount of commitment, and won Hardy a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor. The performance got Hollywood’s attention, and in 2009, Hardy was named one of Variety’s «10 Actors to Watch». That year, he continued to garner praise for his starring role in Прикуп (2009), a four-part adaptation of Martina Cole’s bestselling crime novel, as well as for his performance as Heathcliff in a version of Грозовой перевал (2009).
Recent work includes the aforementioned breakthrough appearance in Начало (2010) alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard and Elliot Page. The movie was released in July 2010 and became one of top 25 highest grossing films of all time, collecting eight Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and winning four.
Other films include Воин (2011), opposite Joel Edgerton, the story of two estranged brothers facing the fight of a lifetime from director Gavin O’Connor, and Значит, война (2012), directed by McG and co-starring Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine. Tom also starred in the heralded Cold War thriller, Шпион, выйди вон! (2011) with Colin Firth and Gary Oldman. Hardy rejoined Christopher Nolan for Темный рыцарь: Возрождение легенды (2012); he played the villain role of Bane opposite Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman. Hardy’s menacing physique and his character’s scrambled, hard-to-distinguish voice became a major discussion point as the film was released.
Outside of performing, Hardy is the patron for the charity «Flack», which is an organization to aid the recovery of the homeless in Cambridge. And in 2010, Hardy was named an Ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, which helps disadvantaged youth. On the recent stage, he starred in the Brett C. Leonard play «The Long Red Road» in early 2010. Written for Hardy and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, the play was staged at Chicago’s Goodman Theater.
In 2015, Hardy starred as the iconic Mad Max in George Miller’s reboot of his franchise, Безумный Макс: Дорога ярости (2015). He also collected a British Independent Film Award for his portrayal of both the Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie, in Легенда (2015), and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as John Fitzgerald in Выживший (2015). Hardy also starred on the BBC series Острые козырьки (2013), alongside Cillian Murphy, and on the television series Табу (2017), both created by Steven Knight.
He has an outlaw biker story among other projects in development. In 2010, Hardy became engaged to fellow English actress Charlotte Riley, whom he starred with in Прикуп (2009) and Грозовой перевал (2009), and is raising a young son, Louis Thomas Hardy, with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire at the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to drama.
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Family (3)
| Spouse | Charlotte Riley (4 July 2014 — present) (2 children) Sarah Ward (1999 — 2004) (divorced) |
| Children | Hardy, Louis Thomas |
| Parents | Hardy, Edward «Chips» Hardy, Anne Chips Hardy |
Trade Mark (6)
Deep raspy voice
Muscular physique
Extreme changes of physical appearance
Full lips and blue-green eyes
Frequently features his face partially covered
Trivia (58)
He joined Drama Centre London in September 1998 and was taken out early to work on Братья по оружию (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.
He loves to drink coffee, Coke, fizzy water, fruit drinks, Red Bull and tea.
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 Безумный Макс (1979). Years later, Hardy played the title character in Безумный Макс: Дорога ярости (2015).
He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affliate for his performance in «In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings», performed at the Hampstead Theatre.
He was awarded the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in «Blood» and «In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings» performed at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs and Hampstead Theatre. The same year he had a successful run, co-starring in «The Modernists» with Paul Popplewell, Jesse Spencer and Orlando Wells.
Trained under Sir Anthony Hopkins’ former mentor at the Drama Centre London.
His father Chips Hardy was the first firefighter in the family to attend a university.
Shares an agent with Ewan McGregor: Lindy King. Hardy has a tattoo with his agent’s name on his left arm.
Won «The Big Breakfast’s Find Me a Supermodel» competition at age 21 in 1998 (and with it a brief contract with Models One).
Has written two television series with Kelly Marcel, both of which have sold to production companies.
One of Variety magazine’s Top Ten Actors to watch (2009).
He battled alcoholism and a crack cocaine addiction in his early-to mid-twenties, but has been sober since 2003.
Ranked #17 on Empire Online list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in 2013.
His performance in Бронсон (2008) and Matthias Schoenaerts’ performance in Бычара (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 Общак (2014), a film directed by Michaël R. Roskam, the same director of Bullhead (2011).
He assumed that Christopher Nolan cast him as Bane in Темный рыцарь: Возрождение легенды (2012) because of his performance in Бронсон (2008). He later found out that Nolan thought he would be a good fit based of his performance in Рок-н-рольщик (2008) and had not even seen Bronson (2008).
He loves Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Capoeira.
Had been considered for the role of John Connolly in the crime drama Чёрная месса (2015), but dropped out. Joel Edgerton (his co-star in Воин (2011)) replaced him.
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.
Has co-starred in two films with his friend Noomi Rapace: Общак (2014) and Номер 44 (2015). They play each other’s love interest in both films.
Leonardo DiCaprio convinced him to read the screenplay of Выживший (2015) and take the role of John Fitzgerald. They became friends after starring together in Начало (2010).
Was set to star as climber George Mallory in Doug Liman’s Everest, but dropped out.
Interviewed Matthias Schoenaerts, his co-star in Общак (2014), for the May 2015 issue of Interview magazine. During the interview, Hardy expressed his desire to work with Schoenaerts again.
Hugh Jackman has expressed his desire to see Hardy take over the role that made him famous, Wolverine in the X-Men films.
Jacob Tomuri worked as Hardy’s stunt double in three movies: Безумный Макс: Дорога ярости (2015), Легенда (2015) and Выживший (2015). During the promotion of Fury Road, Hardy brought Tomuri for press junkets to be interviewed as well.
In 2012, he played a role where he wore a mask for much of the film’s runtime (Темный рыцарь: Возрождение легенды (2012)). In 2013, he played a role where he was inside a vehicle for much of the film’s runtime (Лок (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 (Безумный Макс: Дорога ярости (2015)).
Parents are Edward «Chips» and Anne (Barrett) Hardy.
Ranked #1 on IMDb’s «Top Stars» in 2012, 2015 and 2017.
Has played both Charles Salvador (Бронсон (2008)) and the Kray twins (Легенда (2015)) who used to be very good friends in real life.
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.
Enjoys watching reality TV shows to get ideas for characters. He said: «It’s great people-watching. I’ll steal characters from Званый ужин (2005). Because they’re real people. I take something from everybody. I’ll steal you at some point…».
The British indie rock band Trampolene named a song after him. The song was released on February 26, 2016.
In 2009, director Nicolas Winding Refn (whom he worked with on Бронсон (2008)) announced that Hardy would portray polemic and controversial English occultist, Aleister Crowley, in a biopic but as of 2016, the project has not been developed.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to Drama. He is an actor in Surrey, England.
He was considered for the role of Stephen Strange in Доктор Стрэндж (2016), which went to Benedict Cumberbatch. Although he was cast as Eddie Brock/Venom in another Marvel universe in Sony Pictures’ Веном (2018).
Tom Hardy has appeared in various military dramas including his breakout role in HBO’s Братья по оружию (2001). He can also be seen in Черный Ястреб (2001) and Дюнкерк (2017).
In 2015, Tom Hardy starred with Leonardo DiCaprio in director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Выживший (2015). The film garnered 12 Academy Award nominations, including Hardy’s first nomination for supporting actor.
Very early in his career, he also worked as a rapper and 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.
In 2010, Hardy became an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, a leading youth charity which provides training, personal development, business start-up support, mentoring and advice. In 2012, he and his fiancée actress Charlotte Riley became supporters of Bowel Cancer UK.
Pictured as the character Shinzon on 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.
Has one son with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed, Louis Thomas Hardy (born April 8, 2008). Tom and his wife Charlotte Riley have two children, born October 2015 and December 2018.
Screenwriter and producer Brett C. Leonard is the godfather of his son Louis Thomas Hardy.
Speaks French fluently. As a child, he grew up going with his parents to the South of France.
Has English and Irish ancestry.
Personal Quotes (37)
You don’t step on stage to eat, you go there to be eaten.
[acting tip on a movie or play] Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama in which they will go through some sort of dramatic human experience. Keywords: Alive and Experience. It is your job to make them become so. Anything you do on stage or film has a direct relation to something you have experienced in one form or another in real life. Use your imagination to exaggerate or lessen that sensation. Then, disguise it in characterization and don’t forget to make lots and lots of mistakes, and look like a complete asshole. You’ll do fine.
[on his nosiness] And I like people. I like to know what you’re really up to. I’m a bit of a nosey busybody. Why do they do the things they do? Why are they prepared to do the things they do to get what they want? When? Where? Who?
[on his career] I mean there I was. One moment in Wandsworth Police Station on the way to Wormwood Scrubs, looking at 14 years, to this!
[to his fans] Thanks for all the wonderful paintings and drawings and writings. I am very honoured to have your support, and love you for the energy and the inspiring work and comments that you bring to the table.
[on Shinzon, his character from Звездный путь: Возмездие (2002)] The character was like the Prince and the Pauper or more like Greystoke to me. He essentially has not had the same circumstances and experiences. Picard doesn’t have the same baggage that Shinzon carries. So that was more freeing. He is essentially an orphan and an abused child, who becomes an emperor. There were moves that I had to play with, that did not have anything to do with Picard. The whole film is about why they are not similar. So the relationship had a ground basis to work from.
[on his Shinzon action figure] My action figure is great! It’s big and bald. It’s very disturbing to look at a toy and see yourself. At the same time, it’s very cool.
[When asked by Simon Gage of Attitude magazine in a 2008 interview, «Have you ever had sexual relations with men?»] I’m an actor, for fuck’s sake. I’m an artist. I’ve played with anything and anyone. But I’m not into men sexually. I love the form and the physicality but the gay sex bit does nothing for me… To me, it just doesn’t compute to me now that I’m in my 30s and it doesn’t do it for me and I’m done experimenting.
I love people. People are lovely creatures. I’m one myself so I love to see people happy.
I’m from East Sheen, I went to public school where I learned Latin at the age of nine, and certain expectations were made of me to go to St. Paul’s, Oxbridge maybe, and all that kind of thing. And I failed systematically to meet the mark — who I am and what I should have been are two very different things.
[on working with Gary Oldman] Gary Oldman is my hero, that’s it. When I went to drama school everybody used to quote him in all his films, you know Адский котел (1990) right through to Леон (1994) or whatever. And I’d sit there really quietly and think, «No, no, you don’t know. I’m more of a Gary Oldman fan than you are.» [laughs] When you do an impression of him, that’s sacrilege! So to work with him, for him to look me in the eye, talk to me… acknowledge I exist! Cos I’m not star struck by people, but Gary just took the wind right out of me. I’m very lucky we had to reshoot those scenes on the couch [in Шпион, выйди вон! (2011)] because the first task that I did was just me watching him, because I was shocked to actually be working with him. Then for him to actually like me, and to work three times with him — cos we did Самый пьяный округ в мире (2012) afterwards. I remember saying «Would you look at the script, it’s really cool», and he’s like «Yeah, sure.» This is crazy, you know? This is a man that I’ve stolen everything that I’ve done from, like Бронсон (2008) and Жизнь задом наперед (2007). That’s me trying to emulate what Gary’s done, and to work with him makes me feel like I don’t have any characters of my own. [laughs]
I want to dispel that it’s all about celebrity-ism, I’m fucking bored of people looking at whose shoes are interesting and what hat is interesting. Storytelling is very important to people, it comforts them, unite us, cheers us up, we can affect change with these arts. We need to be entertained to connect.
[on getting sober in 2003] I went entirely off the rails and I’m lucky I didn’t have some terrible accident or end up in prison or dead, because that’s where I was going. Now I know my beast and I know how to manage it. It’s like living with a 400 pound orangutan that wants to kill me. It’s much more powerful than me, doesn’t speak the same language and it runs around the darkness of my soul.
[2010, on quitting drugs and alcohol] I thought I’d have a little bit of a party, and I’d end up high and frightened, in places that scared me. In a blackout I could end up anywhere, I might wake up somewhere on the other side of London, or in another country or in bed with someone I didn’t know, not knowing how I got there. Bleeding. This was on a daily basis and I was going to work, I didn’t want to appear rock ‘n’ roll, I didn’t want anyone to know I was out of control, but I couldn’t hide it. Eventually, the body gives up, my body told me — I was completely kaput, I was lucky I didn’t get hepatitis or AIDS.
[on working on Звездный путь: Возмездие (2002)] I was terrified. Every day on that set, I was terrified, which worked for the character anyway. You can’t hide that, the camera will pick it up. I was genuinely out of my depth. The whole thing was «How can I do this?» I took it very seriously, with my technique. I didn’t have a single drink when I did it, for three months. Friday night, nothing! I’d never been so focused in my life! I couldn’t get the job done otherwise. I was working 17-hour days. When I came back I just slept. I was just constantly at work. A lot of the Enterprise stuff was shot three months prior to me coming out. So they’d already shot half the movie before I turned up. So it was like walk in, straight in, out the frying pan, into the fire, get on with it.
I don’t feel very manly. I don’t feel rugged and strong and capable in real life, not how I imagine a man ought to be. So I seek it, to mimic it and maybe understand it, or maybe to draw it into my own reality. People who are scary, they terrify me, but I can imitate them. I’m not a fighter. I’m a petite little bourgeois boy from London. I don’t fight, I mimic.
[on how he viewed his character in Лок (2013)] Responsibility has a cost, and there’s no such thing as a perfection. So the argument of Ivan being a good guy or bad guy, in the same way, he’s not perfect, well fucking welcome to the human race.
[on having to craft an hour and a half performance in just eight days of shooting on Лок (2013)] There’s nothing too perfect [in his performance], his night is intrinsically fucked. The question is, how do you unfuck it, to the best of your ability, when inevitably it’s not going to be the best of nights? So there’s no point of affecting that with embellishments, it’s shit.
[on watching himself on screen] I see myself as a piece of meat. And it’s purely subjective. For me, I know that’s the best I can do.
I’m a bit of a micromanager. In the early days, directors and producers would get nervous about me being in the video village. But to me it really is a tool, just a fucking tool. I need to make sure that my tone is working, that’s not about vanity, it’s about is it working? I’m not saving lives, mate, but a surgeon would look at footage and the video of other people doing surgery, or a formula one racer would watch a lap where someone took a corner, or a boxer would watch another boxer fight, I’d watch a screen and say, «Okay, that’s bullshit, we’ve got to work on that.» Some people do have a problem looking at that, they say, «Oh shit, that changes everything.» But I’m 45 films deep now, I’m a bit old and ugly for it, I kind of get it, and I want to know how can I be more immersed in this world.
[on working on Лок (2013)] It’s a shift for me, but it was a pleasure to play in the realm of containment. I can’t describe it any other way, apart from there is so many layers to it. The car is a containment in some way, Locke is contained in his emotions. And each individual phone call, there are four walls to each relationship, which collapse or don’t. So it was quite a mathematical performance.
[on Значит, война (2012)] I didn’t understand how you could do something which is so much fun and be so miserable doing it.
I’m not really a road dog. I’m a bit of a homeboy. But the reality is, I love what I fucking do. I love to do things I hadn’t done before.
[on struggling with his life increasingly being «in the public domain»] I don’t like it when people say, «Well, you should have expected that when you accepted the job as an actor.» When you go to drama school, no one gives you a class on fame. Just treat people how you wish to be treated. Whether I’m married or not married, people will find out. But it’s also not something I’m going to offer.
[on Brazilian films] I’ve seen Последняя остановка 174-го (2008) and Город Бога 2 (2007). These films reminded me of a lot of the acting style of the ’70s, very manly and energetic. It is a very similar energy to the French and South African productions. I like the passion for living that Brazil has, it is in Capoeira, on dance and in the people. By the way, I love Capoeira, but I’m terrible at it.
[on going to drama school with Michael Fassbender at Drama Centre] — Yeah, Michael Fassbender was two years above me at drama school and he was the guy. Everybody wanted to be like him — not me, because that’s just the way I am and when people tell me they’re going to do something, I’m like «Nah, I’ll do the other.» But secretly, I was like «Ah, I wish I was as good as him!» He was really, really good. He was a special student in the third year, and then he left and I didn’t see him again until we did Братья по оружию (2001). I remember when we were there, he was doing the play «The Silver Tassie», a character who lost his legs in World War I, and he was spending a lot of time in a wheelchair. We only had half an hour for lunch and Michael would spend forever getting through the line in his wheelchair, so we’d all be like «Come on, Michael! Just order your food, man!» And he’d spin around in his wheelchair and yell, «Fuck off!».
[on how it must be surreal that he and Michael are considered by many to be two of the greatest actors of their generation] — It was always in the cards for Michael. It was always in the cards for him. I’m not surprised about him at all, because he was awesome. Me, I don’t know how I got here! I feel like I just came from delivering pizza and I got lucky.
[on how he pulled off «acting against himself» in Легенда (2015)] — I watched Sam Rockwell in Луна 2112 (2009) and thought, «He’s so fucking good. I’d love to do something like that one day if it came up.» As an acting challenge, it was something that I’d never done before, and it was something I wanted to do to test the muscle and see if I could pull it off. I don’t think Brian [Helgeland] saw me playing both characters, and wanted to cast two different actors. But he really wanted me to play Reggie and I really wanted to play Ronnie, so we had a dinner and it culminated in, «If you give me Reggie, I’ll give you Ronnie.» Then we had to figure out how it was going to work out. It boils down to split screens, a bit of face replacement.
[on «what was the most difficult part of testing this new muscle» in/with Легенда (2015)] — I think it was the ensemble thing — making sure everyone else on the team knows what’s going on when the cameras are rolling, so that they feel that they’re not left out or subject to something that’s a gimmick. You don’t want to let the team down, and you want to create drama. We don’t want it to be all about trying to hide a gimmick — «Oh, there’s Tom there… there’s Tom there» — but for the audience to get immersed in the story. The hardest thing was creating that alchemy so that it didn’t affect anyone else’s work.
[on if he’s he’s become «this hulking, hard man actor?»] — It’s funny in that because it is acting, and playing pretend, but I didn’t see myself being synonymous with these tough-guy roles. That’s not really me. I love acting. There was Bane, Warrior, Bronson, and now the Krays. I’m just surprised to be working, mate. Whatever gets me through the door.
[on his involvement with anti-poaching work and the killing of Cecil the Lion] — You know what? It’s really important. And poor Cecil paid the price, ultimately. It’s fascinating that it takes something like that to illuminate the subject. With ongoing anti-poaching and animal trafficking as well, it’s so rife. There is so much going on in that world. And it’s difficult to practice what one preaches, because I struggle with the concept of vegetarianism and veganism being the right step forward as well. The killing of animals is symptomatic of something else. There are millions of chickens killed a day, so what’s the difference between a wild, exotic, beautiful animal, and an animal we’ve been made to eat? I’m struggling in my head about sentient beings and the merciless killing of animals when we don’t really need to at all. How do you effect change and understanding in people in the killing of animals full stop? I’m struggling with that in my head because I eat meat.
[on being directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the play «The Long Red Road»] — He was my friend. And he became my friend, but at first I was a massive fan. And my friend wrote that play, Brett C. Leonard. I was a young actor and had just gotten out of rehab, funnily enough, and I didn’t think I would act again. I was in a really shit state. The long and short of it is, after rehab, I did a play called In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis for the LAByrinth Theatre Company, in London. Doing that play, I met Brett C. Leonard, who introduced me to Phil, and I went in and met him for The Long Red Road, and we workshopped that for three years, and I got to know him well. He’s my friend. This sounds silly, but I wanted to impress him, because he was just brilliant. And he fought for me to work in the theater because he got me my equity card on Broadway, and in Chicago. It was just beautiful to see him in his element directing. I remember one moment where I broke down onstage with him and said, «I can’t do this,» because it’s so difficult and soul-destroying to be with Phil in a room and try and do something in front of a man who can clearly do everything that I want to do better than me no matter how hard I try. So frankly, it was like being judged by someone who had the right to judge you, being a part of the team he’s on, and not wanting to let him down.
[on the Internet being fascinated by his «dog obsession»] — It’s not an obsession! I love dogs. I really love them. They’re always going to be around, doggies. They’re special creatures. I love all animals, but I think dogs are just fantastic. Just fantastic.
[after quoting an interview where he said, «Dog spelled backwards is God.»] — [laughs] Oh, did I say that? Well, that is true. But I do think there’s a lot about a dog that we can learn from, and I do put the dog into a lot of my characters because a dog, if you watch them, they’re so funny to watch. They speak with their eyes and their body, and I find that fascinating to observe. And another thing about the dog is you can never fool the dog into thinking that you’re somebody else, so they’re great bullshit monitors — especially for actors. So if you think you can transform, just try and pull off your transformation in front of your dog and I guarantee he’ll see right through your greatest transformation, which is quite humbling.
[on does he «test out new characters» in front of his dogs] — I do. I rehearse in front of them, yeah. But it’s very soul-destroying. They’re very harsh critics, dogs. And they’re very rarely impressed. [laughs]
There’s two types of acting: convincing and not convincing. People describe me as intense. It’s because I care. I am a pain in the ass because I care. Do I know what I’m doing? No. Do I have the best of intentions? Yes. Does that lead to hell? Sometimes.
[on being asked if he really did do 2500 push-ups a day for five weeks as preparation for the role of Charles Bronson by Interview magazine in late 2009] No, Charlie (Michael Peterson) does 2500 push-ups a day, I didn’t do that. I had to put on a lot of weight as quick as possible and I only had five weeks to do it, and a lot of that was fat. I ate everything.
[on gaining weight for movie roles] I think you pay the price with any drastic physical changes. It was alright when I was younger, to put myself under that kind of duress. But I think as you get into your 40s, you have to be more mindful of the rapid training, packing on a lot of weight and getting physical, and then not having enough time to keep training because you’re busy filming, so your body is swimming in two different directions at the same time. And then after the film I’m tired, and you maybe have to change your shape again and go back to your normal size for the next film. To go from one extreme to another has a cost. I haven’t damaged my body, but I’m certainly a bit achier than I used to be! I kind of miss it!
Compared to Christian Bale, I’ve been by no means extreme in my body changes, but for what little I’ve done, yeah, I certainly have joints that click that probably shouldn’t click, you know what I mean? And carrying my children is a little bit harder than it used to be but don’t tell them!
[on Дюнкерк (2017)] I think a lot of people who have some vague knowledge of Dunkirk probably think there were no RAF present but there were spitfires in the air, and one of the things Chris [Nolan] wanted to do with this film was to give them a fair representation.
[2017, when asked if he wants to play James Bond] You know, there’s a saying amongst us in the fraternity of acting, and in the fellowship of my peer group, that if you talk about it you’re automatically out of the race. So I can’t possibly comment on that one! If I mention it, it’s gone.
Salary (1)
Эдвард Томас Харди родился 15 сентября 1977 года в Хаммерсмите, Лондон, Англия, и был единственным ребенком в католической семье Энн и Эдуарда Харди. Вскоре семейство перебралось в Ист-Шин, уютный богемный район Лондона на самом берегу Темзы, любимое место обитания творческой элиты, писателей и особенно артистов. Родители Тома вполне соответствовали месту жительства: Энн — модная художница, Эдуард писал рекламные ролики и неплохие комедии.
Мальчик рос в творческой среде и уже в школьные годы начал посещать театральные курсы. Братьев и сестер у Тома не было, поэтому любовь и забота родителей досталась ему одному. Отец с матерью намеревались дать сыну хорошее образование, но в случае с Томом все было непросто, он не хотел учиться. Уже в тринадцатилетнем возрасте юный Харди узнал, что такое алкоголь. Через год испробовал на себе действие наркотиков. По этой причине и за плохое поведение его исключили из престижной школы-интерната.
В пятнадцать лет Том Харди сделал первую татуировку. В девятнадцатилетнем возрасте он победил в конкурсе и подписал контракт с одним из модельных агентств, но и оттуда его вскоре выгнали. Причина та же — наркотики. Недолгое время юноша проучился в одной из театральных школ Ричмонда. Обучение закончилось бесславно, как и все предыдущие. В итоге он продолжил театральное образование в школе Лондонского драмтеатра, где обучали по системе Станиславского.
Том Харди под началом талантливых преподавателей, в свое время, обучавших самого Энтони Хопкинса, учился три года. Но когда его позвали сыграть рядового Джона в популярном сериале «Братья по оружию», начинающий артист решил, что с учебой пора завязывать. Он снялся в этой картине о Второй мировой войне, но особого успеха не было. Зато историческая военная драма «Падение черного ястреба», вышедшая на экраны в 2001 году, стала отправной точкой для молодого артиста на пути к славе.
Вскоре Том Харди сменил тематику и появился на экране в мелодраме «Точки над i». Мелодраматическое направление не очень понравилось Харди, и постепенно он отказался от ролей в сериалах, переключившись на картины милитаристского характера.
Он переехал в Северную Африку, где снялся в картине «Симон: Английский легионер» 2002 года, рассказывающей историю Французского Иностранного легиона. В том же году он сыграл первую заметную роль в своей карьере, представ в образе Ремана Претора Шинзона, клона капитана «Энтерпрайза» Жан-Люка Пикара, в фильме «Звездный путь: Возмездие».
Для работы в следующей киноленте Том Харди приехал в родную Англию. Его пригласили на роль героя в триллере «LD50: Летальная доза», который вышел в 2003 году. В ленте режиссеры рассказали зрителям драматическую историю о налетах группы террористов Гринпис на лаборатории, где проводились опыты над животными.
В перерывах между киносъемками Харди успешно играет на театральной сцене. В 2003 году он получил престижную театральную премию за работу в спектаклях «Аравия, мы будем королями» и «Кровь». Через год ему досталась еще и премия Лоуренса Оливье.
Следующая работа Тома Харди — роль в исторической картине «Мария-Антуанетта». В 2007 году вышел фильм «Стюарт: Прошлая жизнь», где главную роль кроме Тома Харди исполнил Бенедикт Камбербэтч. Том не раз называл этот фильм своей лучшей работой в кинематографе, после которой он снимается в кино только для удовольствия.
В конце 2008 года Харди появился в нашумевшей комедии Гая Ричи «Рок-н-рольщик». Роль Тому досталась довольно скандальная: он сыграл преступника нетрадиционной сексуальной ориентации, который по сюжету влюбляется в главаря банды, в исполнении Джерарда Батлера.
В 2009 году Том получил значимую роль в автобиографической драме Виндинг Рефна «Бронсон». Это история о самом опасном преступнике Англии, который провел в тюремной камере почти 40 лет. Для большего сходства с оригиналом Том Харди даже поправился, значительно прибавив в весе. Один из фильмов, который особенно любим не только в Англии, но и в России, это «Грозовой перевал». В нем Харди исполнил главную роль, причем очень профессионально.
В начале 2010 года в чикагском Goodman Theatre Харди сыграл в спектакле Филипа Сеймура Хоффмана The Long Red Road по пьесе Бретта Си Леонарда. Харди получил хорошие отзывы критиков за исполнение роли алкоголика Сэма, пытающегося пропить своё прошлое. Харди также сыграл Имса, одного из главных персонажей в научно-фантастическом триллере Кристофера Нолана «Начало».
В 2012 году вышел фильм «Самый пьяный округ в мире», главные роли в котором сыграли Том Харди и Шайа ЛаБаф. Также к значимым работам Харди можно отнести триллер «Начало», драму «Воин», супергеройский боевик «Темный рыцарь: Возрождение легенды» и боевик «Безумный Макс».
Фильм «Выживший» принес Харди ошеломительный успех — вместе со знаменитым киноактером Леонардо Ди Каприо ему досталась главная роль. Британский актер — теперь желанный участник на многих крупных мероприятий в Голливуде, а известные режиссеры хотят видеть его на съемках своих кинолент.
Побывал Том Харди и в России. Однажды он в рамках проекта для канала «Discovery» прибыл в Якутию, где решил узнать об аномальных температурах и жизни местных жителей в экстремальных условиях. Спустя годы многие зрители назовут эту поездку своеобразной подготовкой к съемкам именно киноленты «Выживший».
В 2016 году после церемонии вручения «Оскара» Том набил татуировку «Лео знает все». На такой радикальный шаг актер пошел, проиграв спор с Леонардо Ди Каприо. Во время съемок фильма «Выживший» Лео заявил, что его коллега сможет получить номинацию на «Оскар» за роль второго плана в данной киноленте.
В свою очередь, британский актер был готов поспорить, что подобного не произойдет. В результате Харди был номинирован, но «Оскар» так и не получил. По словам Тома, американский киноактер все же «ужасным почерком» написал фразу «Лео знает все» для новой татуировки.
В 2017 году зрителям будут представлены новые фильмы с участием Тома Харди — «Табу» и «Дюнкерк». Пробует себя Том и в других амплуа. В британском драматическом телесериале «Табу», которые начали снимать в 2016 году, ему досталась не только главная роль. Он также выступил исполнительным продюсером киноленты.
В 1999 году актер женился на Саре Харди, но брак оказался непрочным, и супруги развелись. У Тома есть сын от бывшей подруги Рэйчел Спид. На съемках фильма «Грозовой перевал», в 2009 году актер ушел к Шарлотте Райли. Через год последовало предложение, но оформили отношения они только в 2014 году. В октябре 2015 у пары родился сын.
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Том Харди (Tom Hardy)
Эдвард Томас «Том» Харди (Edward Thomas «Tom» Hardy). Родился 15 сентября 1977 года в Хаммерсмите, Лондон (Англия). Английский актёр, продюсер и сценарист.
Том Харди родился 15 сентября 1977 года в боро Хаммерсмит города Лондон.
Был единственным ребёнком в семье.
Отец — Эдуард (Чипс) Харди, писал комедии.
Мать — Энн Харди, художница ирландского происхождения.
Обучался в школах: «Ридс», «Тауэр-Хаус», Ричмондской театральной школе, после чего поступил в Drama Centre London. Там его руководителем был Энтони Хопкинс.
В 19 лет стал победителем конкурса красоты «Breakfast’s Find Me», в качестве приза получив денежное вознаграждение и контракт с модельным агентством.
Впервые на экранах появился в военном сериале «Братья по оружию» в роли рядового армии США Джона Яновеча.
В 2002 году сыграл одну из главных ролей — Паскаля Дюпона — в военной драме «Саймон: Английский легионер». Саймон Мюррей — молодой англичанин, присоединяющийся к Французскому легиону во время войны за независимость Алжира. Том Харди играет его нового однокашника Паскаля Дюпона.
В 2005 году выступил в роли Джека Роуза в военном фильме «Побег из замка Колдиц». Вторая мировая война. Трое английских солдат бегут из немецкого плена, но добраться до своих удается лишь Нику, а двое других попадают в руки немецкого караула, и их отправляют в лагерь для военнопленных Колдиц.
В 2007 году исполнил главную роль — Стюарта Шортера — в драме «Стюарт: Прошлая жизнь». Это экранизация биографии Стюарта Шортера, бездомного алкоголика и наркомана, который выступал против действий полиции в отношении людей, живущих на улице. Был ведущей фигурой в кампании по освобождению Руфи Вайнер и Джона Брока, создателей центра помощи бездомным.
Том Харди в фильме «Стюарт: Прошлая жизнь»
Через год снялся в криминальном боевике Гая Ричи «Рок-н-рольщик» в роли Бобби, одного из членов преступной группировки «Дикая шайка».
В 2009 году сыграл главную роль — Хитклиффа — в ленте «Грозовой перевал». Это экранизация романа Эмили Бронте. Подкидыш Хитклифф воспитан в богатом английском доме, и влюблен в свою сводную сестру Китти. После смерти приемного отца, хозяином усадьбы становится сводный брат Хитклиффа, который отсылает его на конюшню. А Китти выходит замуж за красивого, заботливого соседа, потому что понимает, что бедный Хитклифф ей не пара…
Спустя год выступил в чикагском Goodman Theatre в спектакле Филипа Сеймура Хоффмана The Long Red Road по пьесе Бретта Си Леонарда. Актёр получил хорошие отзывы критиков за исполнение роли алкоголика Сэма, пытающегося пропить своё прошлое.
В том же 2010 году принимал участие в съёмках научно-фантастического триллера Кристофера Нолана «Начало», в главной роли с Леонардо ДиКаприо. Рассказ о Доме Коббе — талантливом воре, лучшем из лучших в опасном искусстве извлечения: он крадет ценные секреты из глубин подсознания во время сна, когда человеческий разум наиболее уязвим.
В 2012 году снова снялся в картине Кристофера Нолана «Тёмный рыцарь: Возрождение легенды» в роли злодея Бэйна. Это третья экранизация комиксов про Бэтмена. После долгих лет отсутствия Бэтмен вынужден вернуться вновь, чтобы защитить город от нового злодея Бэйна.
Том Харди в фильме «Тёмный рыцарь: Возрождение легенды»
С 2014 по 2019 год играл роль Алфи Соломонса в криминальной драме «Острые козырьки». Фильм повествует о криминальном мире Бирмингема 20-х годов прошлого века, в котором многолюдная семья Шелби стала одной из самых жестоких и влиятельных гангстерских банд послевоенного времени. Фирменным знаком группировки, промышлявшей грабежами и азартными играми, стали зашитые в козырьки лезвия.
В 2015 году исполнил яркую главную роль — Макс Рокатански — в приключенческом боевике «Безумный Макс: Дорога ярости». Вскоре после отмщения за смерть жены и сына, Макс Рокатански покинул ряды «Основного силового патруля» и уехал в глушь, не имея ничего, кроме своей машины «Перехватчик».
Том Харди в фильме «Безумный Макс: Дорога ярости»
В 2018 году выступил в главной роли — Эдди Брока / Венома — в фэнтези боевике «Веном». Картина основана на комиксах издательства Marvel Comics о персонаже Эдди Брока — Веноме. Эдди Брок — известный журналист и проницательный репортер, желающий разоблачить корпорацию Life Foundation, возглавляемую выдающимся ученым Карлтоном Дрейком, которая тайно проводит незаконные эксперименты над людьми, внедряя в их тела внеземные формы жизни — симбиоты.
Том Харди в фильме «Веном»
В 2020 году сыграл в криминальном фильме «Капоне: Лицо со шрамом» в роли Аль Капоне. Вернувшись из тюрьмы, Аль Капоне продолжает оставаться предметом пристального внимания ФБР. Ведь при аресте так и не была найдена крупная сумма денег – итог всей криминальной деятельности знаменитого мафиози.
Том Харди в фильме «Капоне: Лицо со шрамом»
В 2021 году Харди вновь исполнит роль Эдди Брока / Венома в ленте «Веном: Да будет Карнаж».
По слухам в июне 2021 года Том Харди прошел прослушивание на роль Джеймса Бонда. Фильм «Не время умирать» — пятая и последняя картина бондианы с участием Дэниела Крейга. Харди может стать седьмым актером, который исполнит роль легендарного британского шпиона после Шона Коннери, Джорджа Лазенби, Роджера Мура, Тимоти Далтона, Пирса Броснана и Дэниэла Крэйга.
Рост Тома Харди: 175 сантиметров.
Личная жизнь Тома Харди:
С 1999 по 2004 год был женат на продюсере Саре Уорд.
Том Харди и Сара Уорд
С 2005 по 2009 год состоял в отношениях с Рэйчел Спид, у них есть совместный сын Луи Томас Харди.
Том Харди и Рэйчел Спид
На съёмках сериала «Грозовой перевал» встретил актрису Шарлотту Райли. В 2014 году они поженились. У них есть двое детей.
Том Харди и Шарлотта Райли
Был зависим от наркотиков и алкоголя. В 2003 году покончил с зависимостями.
Фильмография Тома Харди:
2001 — Братья по оружию (Band of Brothers) — рядовой Джон А. Яновеч
2001 — Чёрный ястреб (Black Hawk Down) — специалист Лэнс Твомбли
2002 — Саймон: Английский легионер (Simon: An English Legionnaire) — Паскаль Дюпон
2002 — Точки над i (Dot the I) — Том
2002 — Звёздный путь: Возмездие (Star Trek: Nemesis) — реманский претор Шинзон
2003 — LD50: Летальная доза (LD 50 Lethal Dose) — Мэтт
2003 — День расплаты (The Reckoning) — Строу
2004 — Электромагнитное излучение (EMR) — Генри
2004 — Слоёный торт (Layer Cake) — Кларки
2005 — Побег из замка Колдиц (Colditz) — второй лейтенант Джек Роуз
2005 — Дочь Гидеона (Gideon’s Daughter) — Эндрю
2005 — Королева-девственница (The Virgin Queen) — Роберт Дадли, граф Лестер
2006 — Суини Тодд (Sweeney Todd) — Мэттью
2006 — Минотавр (Minotaur) — Тео
2006 — Для Андромеды (A for Andromeda) — Джон Флеминг
2006 — Мария-Антуанетта (Marie Antoinette) — Рамон
2006 — Сцены сексуального характера (Scenes of a Sexual Nature) — Ноэль
2007 — Наводнение (Flood) — Зак
2007 — Камера пыток w (Delta z) — Пьер Джексон
2007 — Наследование (The Inheritance) — папа
2007 — Медоуленд (Cape Wrath) — Джек Доннелли
2007 — Стюарт: Прошлая жизнь (Stuart: A Life Backwards) — Стюарт Шортер
2007 — Оливер Твист (Oliver Twist) — Билл Сайкс
2008 — Бронсон (Bronson) — Чарльз Бронсон
2008 — Запрещённый приём (Sucker Punch) — Роддерс
2008 — Кодекс вора (The Code) — Майклз
2008 — Рок-н-рольщик (RocknRolla) — красавчик Боб
2009 — Грозовой перевал (Wuthering Heights) — Хитклифф
2009 — Прикуп (The Take) — Фредди Джексон
2010 — Начало (Inception) — мистер Имс
2011 — Шпион, выйди вон! (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) — Рикки Тарр
2011 — Воин (Warrior) — Том Конлон
2012 — Значит, война (This Means War) — Так
2012 — Тёмный рыцарь: Возрождение легенды (The Dark Knight Rises) — Бэйн
2012 — Самый пьяный округ в мире (Lawless) — Форрест Бондурант
2014 — Лок (Locke) — Айвен Лок
2014 — Общак (The Drop) — Боб Сагиновски
2014-2019 — Острые козырьки (Peaky Blinders) — Алфи Соломонс
2015 — Номер 44 (Child 44) — Лев Демидов
2015 — Безумный Макс: Дорога ярости (Mad Max: Fury Road) — Макс Рокатански
2015 — Легенда (Legend) — Рональд Крэй, Реджинальд Крэй
2015 — Выживший (The Revenant) — Джон Фицджеральд
2017 — Табу (Taboo) — Джеймс Кезайя Делейни
2017 — Дюнкерк (Dunkirk) — Фарриер
2017 — Звёздные войны: Последние джедаи (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) — Штурмовик
2018 — Веном (Venom) — Эдди Брок / Веном
2020 — Лицо со шрамом (Capone) — Аль Капоне
2021 — Веном: Да будет Карнаж (Venom: Let There Be Carnage) — Эдди Брок / Веном
Сценарии Тома Харди:
2017 — Табу (Taboo)
Продюсерские работы Тома Харди:
2013 — Браконьерские войны (Poaching Wars)
2015 — Легенда (Legend)
2017 — Трофей (Trophy)
2017 — Табу (Taboo)
Награды Тома Харди:
2009 — Премия британского независимого кино — лучший актёр — Бронсон
2011 — Премия BAFTA — восходящая звезда
2018 — Орден Британской империи за выдающийся вклад в искусство
последнее обновление информации: 12.05.2021