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Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy is an English actor of Irish decent, real name Edward Thomas Hardy. He was born on the 15th September 1977.
He is best known for playing the title character in the film Bronson and Eames in Inception. Since then he has appeared in many well known films such as Warrior and Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy. He will also appear in the upcoming film The Dark Knight Rises.


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  • Tom Hardy unsure about the future of Mad Max revamp - 21 May 2012
    -Tom Hardy fears the reboot of Mel Gibson's cult action movie Mad Max will never see the light of day because of countless production delays.-Hardy has been cast as the titular anti-hero character in Mad Max: Fury Road for over a year - but he has yet to start shoo


  • Hardy tipped to play Capone - 11 January 2012
    -Actor Tom Hardy is in talks to play Al Capone in the upcoming gangster trilogy Cicero.-The Inception star is close to finalising a deal to step into the infamous mobster's shoes in filmmaker David Yates' next project, which will chart Capone's childhood in Brookly


  • Hardy's flawed Batman fight scenes - 25 November 2011
    -Tom Hardy struggled to film fight scenes for the new Batman movie because he worried he'd attack extras by mistake.-The actor plays violent villain Bane, opposite Christian Bale's Caped Crusader, in the next installment of the superhero franchise, The Dark Knight

Tom Hardy - what members say


  • The Virgin Queen
  • The Virgin Queen review by stuartlala from Aylesbury
    Rated - 5.0 stars Elizabethan drama, literally 21 May 2007
    ...elevision drama in another series, 'Shameless', last year. Duff is joined by Tom Hardy, who plays the role of Robert Dudley, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth. Dudley ...   Read customer review
  • Oliver Twist
  • Oliver Twist review by kiddykat from Sheffield
    Rated - 3.0 stars BRILLIANT 20 December 2009
    ...r Twist....really good to see a Black actress cast as Nancy.. and the fantastic Tom Hardy as Bill Sykes..just genius...WOT AN ACTOR! The young boys that play Oliver and ...   Read customer review
  • RocknRolla
  • RocknRolla review by Rbsman from Blackburn
    Rated - 4.0 stars A good Guy Ritchie film...surprise! 14 September 2008
    ...eat drunk! There are some laugh out loud moments, especially from Gerard and Tom Hardy along with some more surreal drug induced ramblings but for me...4 stars. Watc...   Read customer review

Tom Hardy - filmography


  • This Means War - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Chris Pine,  Tom Hardy,  Reese Witherspoon
    Director: McG
    Certificate: Certificate: 12A
    STAR TREK'S Chris Pine and Tom Hardy (BRONSON) portray two spies whose close friendship is torn when an alluring female (Reese Witherspoon) comes between them in this 20th Century Fox comedy. McG directs from a script by Timothy Dowling.
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 4 members
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  • This Means War (2012)
    Starring: Chris Pine,  Tom Hardy,  Reese Witherspoon
    Director: McG
    Certificate: Certificate: 12A
    STAR TREK'S Chris Pine and Tom Hardy (BRONSON) portray two spies whose close friendship is torn when an alluring female (Reese Witherspoon) comes between them in this 20th Century Fox comedy. McG directs from a script by Timothy Dowling.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 154 members
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  • The Dark Knight Rises (2011)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Anne Hathaway,  Tom Hardy
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes.
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 263 members
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  • Warrior on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Joel Edgerton,  Tom Hardy,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Gavin O'Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Warrior stars Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) and Joel Edgerton (The Thing). An inspirational and exhilarating roller-coaster of a film, Warrior centres around Tommy (Hardy) – an ex marine haunted by a tragic past, who enlists the help of his estranged father (Nick Nolte) to train up ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 11,195 members
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  • Warrior - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Joel Edgerton,  Tom Hardy,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Gavin O'Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Warrior stars Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) and Joel Edgerton (The Thing). An inspirational and exhilarating roller-coaster of a film, Warrior centres around Tommy (Hardy) – an ex marine haunted by a tragic past, who enlists the help of his estranged father (Nick Nolte) to train up ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 4,405 members
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  • Inception on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Ken Watanabe,  Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 72,178 members
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  • The Take on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Tom Hardy,  Brian Cox,  Shaun Evans
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Screenwriter Neil Biswas' (BRADFORD RIOTS) adaptation of Martina Cole's novel THE TAKE, spans 10 years of British socio-political change. The backdrop of the Thatcher era and its transition into the birth of New Labour, is particularly relevant to the drama's theme of idealised new beginnings; ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 3,747 members
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  • The Take - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Kierston Wareing,  Charlotte Riley,  Tom Hardy
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Screenwriter Neil Biswas' (BRADFORD RIOTS) adaptation of Martina Cole's novel THE TAKE, spans 10 years of British socio-political change. The backdrop of the Thatcher era and its transition into the birth of New Labour, is particularly relevant to the drama's theme of idealised new beginnings; ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 651 members
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  • Bronson on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Tom Hardy,  Matt King,  Terry Stone
    Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Biopic of the notorious inmate Charles Bronson, a man who has spent 34 years in prison, 28 of which have been in solitary confinement, and was labelled "the most violent prisoner" in the UK.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 22,817 members
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  • Bronson - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Tom Hardy,  Matt King,  Terry Stone
    Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Biopic of the notorious inmate Charles Bronson, a man who has spent 34 years in prison, 28 of which have been in solitary confinement, and was labeled "the most violent prisoner" in the UK.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5,918 members
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  • RocknRolla on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Gerard Butler,  Tom Wilkinson,  Thandie Newton
    Director: Guy Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    London's criminal underworld takes notice of a Russian mobster's shady land deal, a scam that puts millions of dollars up for grabs.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 51,575 members
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  • Rocknrolla - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Gerard Butler,  Tom Wilkinson,  Thandie Newton
    Director: Guy Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Guy Ritchie returns to form with this cockney crime caper starring Gerard Butler and Tom Wilkinson. Lenny Cole (Wilkinson) is a bungling London crime boss who calls the shots in London's underworld. We learn all about Lenny from Archie (Mark Strong)--his second in command--who serves as the film's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 10,913 members
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  • Cape Wrath (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: David Morrissey,  Tom Hardy,  Lucy Cohu
    Director: Andrew Gunn,  Duane Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Underneath the welcoming facade of a suburban paradise lies a mixture of dark secrets, for Meadowlands is a place where everyone has something to hide. Running from a troubled past, the Brogan family are sent to Meadowlands to commence a life under the confines of the witness protection programme. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 343 members
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  • Stuart - A Life Backwards on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch,  Edna Dore,  Tom Hardy
    Director: David Attwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Based on the acclaimed book by Alexander Masters, STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS is the unconventional non-fiction biography of homeless alcoholic Stuart Shorter. Benedict Cumberbatch (ATONEMENT, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL) plays Masters, a reclusive writer and illustrator who strikes up an unlikely ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 2,314 members
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  • Flood - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig,  Tom Hardy,  David Suchet
    Director: Tony Mitchell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When the rising water levels combine with a deadly tidal wave, the Thames Barrier is powerless to defeat of flood of biblical proportions. With the lives of millions in the balance, a group of experts are called upon to deliver London from total devestation.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 526 members
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  • Minotaur (2006)
    Starring: Tom Hardy,  Michelle Van Der Water,  Tony Todd
    Director: Jonathan English
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In an Iron Age village eight youths must be sacrificed every five years to a bloodthirsty monster, the Minotaur. Seen as a god, the offerings are lowered into the Minotaur's vast labyrinth beneath the palace to face the beast... and their death. When his love is lost to the sacrifice, Theo believes ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 422 members
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  • Flood on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Jessalyn Gilsig,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: Tony Mitchell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a raging storm coincides with high seas the unthinkable happens; A colossal tidal surge slams into the Thames barrier, threatening the lives of millions of Londoners. It falls to three top marine engineers and barrier experts to find a way to save the city from total devastation.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 23,294 members
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  • Colditz (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Damian Lewis,  Sophia Myles,  Tom Hardy
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three prisoners, Jack Rose, Tom Willis and Nick McGrade, embark on an heroic plan to escape from a World War Two POW camp. As Rose And Willis are recaptured by the Germans, McGrade manages to traverse their clutches and travels to London to inform Rose's girlfriend of his capture. So begins a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 626 members
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  • The Virgin Queen (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Anne-Marie Duff,  Tom Hardy,  Joanne Whalley
    Director: Coky Giedroyc
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From teenage princess to accomplished queen, forever torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in lavish and spectacular style in The Virgin Queen. Anne-Marie Duff stars as the enigmatic 'Virgin Queen' in this spellbinding drama that portrays the full sweep of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,243 members
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  • The Reckoning on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Paul Bettany,  Marian Aguilera,  Trevor Steedman
    Director: Paul McGuigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in England during the late 1300s, Paul McGuigan's THE RECKONING follows Nicholas (Paul Bettany), a young priest literally running from his past. After encountering a band of wandering actors, Nicholas is grudgingly allowed into the fold by the good-natured Martin (Willem Dafoe). When the troupe ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,410 members
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  • Layer Cake - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Daniel Craig,  Kenneth Cranham,  Dexter Fletcher
    Director: Matthew Vaughn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As deeply cool and urbane as its unnamed hero, LAYER CAKE follows the precise, articulate XXXX (Daniel Craig) as he manoeuvres through what he intends to be his last business deal in modern-day London. His business...Drugs. On the cusp of turning 30, XXXX has amassed a personal fortune, deftly ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 3,547 members
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  • Layer Cake on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Daniel Craig,  Tom Hardy,  Jamie Foreman
    Director: Matthew Vaughn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As deeply cool and urbane as its unnamed hero, LAYER CAKE follows the precise, articulate XXXX (Daniel Craig) as he manoeuvres through what he intends to be his last business deal in modern-day London. His business...Drugs. On the cusp of turning 30, XXXX has amassed a personal fortune, deftly ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 74,194 members
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  • Dot The I on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal,  Natalia Verbeke,  James D'Arcy
    Director: Matthew Parkhill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Having experienced a violent relationship, Carmen finds solace and security in her new relationship with Barnaby, but is this enough? On the eve of her wedding, the relationship is put to the test as she becomes attracted to a mysterious stranger...
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,901 members
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  • LD50 (2003)
    Starring: Melanie Brown,  Katharine Towne,  Tom Hardy
    Director: Simon De Selva
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A group of animal rights protesters bite off more than they can chew when they set out to free a bunch of potential pets from a laboratory. Unfortunately their deed is interrupted by a noisy alarm being triggered, leading to them evacuating the premises before the police arrive. Unfortunately one ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 597 members
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  • Deserter on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Paul Fox,  Yorick van Wageningen,  Aitor Merino
    Director: Martin Huberty
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Simon Murray (Paul Fox) responds to his girlfriend breaking up with him by joining the French Foreign Legion. While suffering through harsh training, Simon befriends fellow Legionnaires Valdes (Aitor Merino), Dupont (Tom Hardy), and Rodriguez (Javier Alcina). Simon eventually falls in love with ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 79 members
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  • Star Trek 10 - Nemesis on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Patrick Stewart,  Brent Spiner,  LeVar Burton
    Director: Stuart Baird
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In STAR TREK: NEMESIS, based on the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION television series, the USS Enterprise is gearing up for a challenging mission. While responding to a call from the Romulan neutral zone, the crew comes across a signal on the nearby planet Remus. It turns out to be Data's (Brent ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 15,327 members
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Tom Hardy facts

5 most recent films

This Means War - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Wettest County - 3.0 stars
This Means War - 3.5 stars
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - 3.0 stars
The Dark Knight Rises - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Warrior - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Dark Knight Rises - 4.0 stars
Warrior - 4.0 stars
Inception - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Take - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Wettest County - 3.0 stars
This Means War - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
LD50 - 2.0 stars
Sucker Punch - 2.0 stars
Minotaur - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Burn Gorman - 8 times - show films
Charlotte Riley - 8 times - show films
Sarah Lancashire - 6 times - show films
Andrew Lincoln - 6 times - show films
Mark Strong - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Coky Giedroyc - 10 times - show films
Stuart Baird - 5 times - show films
Duane Clark - 4 times - show films
Christopher Nolan - 4 times - show films
Andrew Gunn - 4 times - show films