Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy
Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy is an English actor, screenwriter, and producer. He made his debut in Ridley Scott's 2001 action film Black Hawk Down. Hardy's other notable films include the science fiction film Star Trek: Nemesis, the crime film RocknRolla, biographical psychological drama Bronson, science fiction thriller Inception, sports drama Warrior, Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, crime drama Lawless, drama Locke, mobster film The Drop, and the biographical western thriller The Revenant, for which he received an...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 September 1977
CityLondon, England
I get hired more then I get seen more. I get seen more then maybe celebrity and fame happens but at the end of the day there's no difference between my five dollar performance and my fifty million dollar performance. It's not going to make me a better father.
Then there's your diet. You cut out sugars, fat, soy sauces... anything that's nice. Tea and coffee is replaced by boiling water with lemon. It's amazing how quickly you get into it. There's also herbal tea and a lot of water, obviously... about two litres a day.
t's much less daunting once you've put your foot on the road to it. I'm a notorious couch potato and I don't like exercise. Half an hour of physical exercise, like jogging or fast walking a day is a start.
I had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character.
I set myself that decision, otherwise I'm driving an opinion at you, and I think that would be treating you like you're an idiot. I don't want to force-feed you my opinion.
The problem with prime beef is that there are so many people out there selling offal. So you don't know when you're going eat a shitty gangster movie. Because everybody knows there's good stuff to be involved in.
I'm into parlor dramas. I'm into theatre. I'm trained for the stage. I trained to do Chekhov and Shakespeare, I was trained for the stage.
I spent my entire experience with Gary [ on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy] staring at him and not returning any lines because I think he's God. The second time [ on The Dark Knight Rises] I was playing God, so I ignored him. Kicked him a bit, that kind of thing. Gary Oldman is one of my heroes, I did nothing but glean from him.
Vanity is normal in performers. Does it bother other people? All the time. But nine times out of 10, that says more about them than you.
I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.
I love dogs. Like, A LOT. They’re my favorite animal. Ever.
Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.
A lot of people say I seem masculine, but I don't feel it. I feel intrinsically feminine. I'd love to be one of the boys but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I'm not one of the boys.
The only thing I can do is wipe my arse, brush my teeth, turn up and do the best work I can.