Tom Hardy's life and his acting career is all here in pictures - from his birthday on 15th September, 1977 and his roles in Band Of Brothers, Star Trek, Inception and Warrior to The Dark Knight Rises, Lawless and Mad Max: Fury Road. On October 9th, 2012, we updated the slideshow to 70 HOT pictures and facts about Tom. In the future he'll star in Doug Liman's Everest, Greg Williams' Samarkand, Al Capone biopic Cicero, The Long Red Road, and maybe even the Fifty Shades Of Grey movie now his best friend Kelly Marcel is writing the script.
Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy is an English actor. Some of his most notable film roles include Star Trek: Nemesis, RocknRolla, Bronson, Warrior, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, This Means War, and Inception, ... Wikipedia
Born: September 15, 1977 (age 35), Hammersmith
Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Spouse: Sarah Ward (m. 1999–2004)
Children: Louis Thomas Hardy
Parents: Anne Hardy, Edward "Chips" Hardy
Tom Hardy has agreed to fight David Haye in a charity boxing match.
The 'Dark Knight Rises' actor - who played a cage fighter in 2011 movie 'Warrior' - wants to get in the ring with the professional heavyweight boxer, nicknamed the Hayemaker, but only if the money raised goes to good causes such as Help for Heroes, the Prince's Trust, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Bowel Cancer Research and homeless charity FLACK.
The 34-year-old star - who is currently in the Congo filming a TV documentary about survival - told The Sun newspaper: "Hardy v Hayemaker? No problem. Let me take my make-up off first. I'll fight him as soon as I get back from the Congo with my mates if he wants.
"I've never fought a professional heavyweight, it'll be an experience.
The British actor will also producer the as-yet-untitled motorcycle gang film for Warner Bros, with The Hole screenwriter Mark L Smith writing the script.
According to Variety, Hardy will play a Vietnam veteran who returns to San Francisco and forms a gang.
Hardy recently starred in mixed martial arts film Warrior and spy comedy This Means War. But his highest profile role to date will be as supervillain Bane in Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel The Dark Knight Rises.
British actor Tom Hardy is preparing to brave icy conditions as he drives across Siberia to raise money for a homeless charity.
The Inception star is a patron of U.K. organisation Flack, which helps the homeless by involving them in the production of a monthly magazine, and he is aiming to raise $48,000 (£30,000) by embarking on a journey across the isolated Russian region.
Hardy has set up an internet donation page on Justgiving.com and he's urging fans to donate whatever they can to help.
The Best Actor and Best Actress choices were the Nevada Critics' biggest surprises: the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises' Tom Hardy was selected as the Best Actor for his performance as a boxer in the little-seen Warrior. Jessica Chastain has been winning awards everywhere, but in the Best Supporting Actress category. The Nevada Critics chose her as the year's Best Actress "for her outstanding work in several films of 2011 including The Debt, The Help, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter."
With Chastain out of the way, the Best Supporting Actress Award went to Janet McTeer for her butch lesbian in Albert Nobbs. Albert Brooks was cited for his work as a mean gangster in Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive.
If you hadn't heard of the Nevada Film Critics Society, don't despair. They're a brand new (and apparently quite small) group, founded last year. Below is the full list of the Nevada Critics' choices.
Best Film - Hugo Best Director - Martin Scorsese (Hugo) Best Actor - Tom Hardy (Warrior) Best Actress - Jessica Chastain (The Debt, The Help, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter) Best Supporting Actor - Albert Brooks (Drive) Best Supporting Actress - Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) Best Ensemble Cast - The Help Best Child Actor - Asa Butterfield (Hugo) Best Breakthrough Performance (tie) – Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy Mae Marlene) and Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Best Animated Film - Puss in Boots
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Tom Hardy’s career just keeps moving onwards and upwards and he is now set to play the infamous gangster Al Capone, in the new movie based on his rise to power titled Cicero. Tom has been discussing how he has been getting himself in to the right mindset for the part and that he has been watching a lot of old gangster movies in a bid to portray Al Capone convincingly.
Hardy explained, "I’ve been working with Warner Bros, watching their gangster films, the ones with James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson. It’s interesting to get them, and a bit of Capone, into the bloodstream. The idea isn’t to remake those films but to get a flavour of them as we explore Capone’s career as a racketeer. The idea at the moment is of doing a trilogy of films, but nothing is set. Everyone is just talking and exploring."
Tom Hardy has three movies out this year, all of which look set to be impressive movies. This Means War is set to be released on February 17, while The Dark Knight Rises, which sees Tom playing the villain Bane, is released on July 20, with Wettest County being released on August 31. Tom Hardy was recently confirmed to be playing the role of Mad Max in the remake of the hit Mel Gibson movie. Cicero is set to begin production in 2013.
TOP OF THE POPS: Jennifer Lawrence in Winter s Bone, for which she was Oscar-nomined last year.
One of the most highly sought-after young actresses in Hollywood, Jennifer Lawrence, an Oscar-nominee for her role in Winter’s Bone last year, has topped the Internet Movie Data Base list of top emerging stars of 2011.
She turned her blonde beauty blue to play Mystique in the blockbuster X-Men: First Class, and won the prized role of Katniss in the big-screen adaptation of The Hunger Games, to be released this year.
Second spot on the list goes to Tom Hardy, breakout star of Inception, who went on to feature in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the action-heavy Warrior. This year he will be seen as the evil Bane, nemesis to Christian Bales’s Batman, in The Dark Knight Rises.
Third spot goes to Aussie actress Emily Browning, star of Sucker Punch and Sleeping Beauty; fourth position is occupied by Michael Fassbinder, of Jane Eyre and X-Men: First Class; and in fifth is Rosie Huntington-Whitely, the British model seen in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Henry Cavill, Dianna Agron, Alex Pettyfer, Jason Momoa and Saoirse Ronan complete the Top 10.
Back in the '60s, people said that there was a British invasion when it came to music because of the Beatles and Rolling Stones. However, the British may have been kicked out of America back in 1776 but they still keep trying to overtake America through film. It's not just the accent that gets many people excited with some British actors. Part of the appeal is that British actors have been trained by the best. In England, acting has been seen as a profession and many performers have been trained on the stage. The following actors represent some of the best in British exports that have arrived in Hollywood.
Hugh Grant
In 1994, Hugh Grant became a household name when he starred in Four Weddings and A Funeral. His English schoolboy charm and baby blue eyes instantly made Grant a press favorite. His romance with Elizabeth Hurley also helped cement him as a leading man. His drama training at Oxford must have paid off.
Daniel Craig
The London native is currently James Bond and the star of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Before his star turn as a 007, Craig was a fixture on the stage in England. Between his Bond roles, Craig appeared on Broadway with Hugh Jackman.
Tom Hardy Inception may have been a film for Leonardo DiCaprio but it surprised many by introducing them to Tom Hardy. Hardy is a British actor who can shape shift with his face and body. In Warrior, if you didn't know he was from England, you might actually believe that he was once a US Marine. Hardy has a Brando look with the acting chops of fellow Drama Center alumni Sir Anthony Hopkins. He is an actor who brings back classic Hollywood glamour and combines it with his modern bad boy looks.
James McAvoy
This Scottish actor is best remembered for his role in Becoming Jane with Anne Hathaway. He has also made a name for himself for being able to speak with a perfect American accent. McAvoy appeals to a range of fans for his sensitivity and ability to be a nice guy type of sex symbol.
Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler is also from Scotland and his fame began when he had those awesome six pack abs in 300. Butler was once considered for James Bond, but has played more romantic comedy leads recently. He can also sing like a rock star, which gives him a bad boy appeal.
To say that Tom Hardy has had a good 2011 is a bit of an understatement as Warrior and Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy were two of the best movies that I watched over the last twelve months.
And it seems that 2012 is going to do nothing but see his star rise even further. We are all excited to see him take on the role of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises but This Means War will be his first movie outing of the year.
He teams up with Chris Pine and Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon in what looks to be a laugh out loud action, romance, comedy.
McG is back in the director’s chair in what is his first movie since the rather unfairly treated Terminator Salvation, it really wasn’t that bad.
Now if you haven’t seen the trailer for this then you really should check it out as it really does look a lot of fun - two spies battling it out for the same woman what’s not to like?
Two of the world’s top secret agents are best friends who never let anything come between them -- until they inadvertently fall for the same woman.
It’s all-out war, as the two spies battle each other with high-tech surveillance, advanced tactics, and an arsenal capable of bringing down a small country.
We all know Witherspoon has great comic timing and it’s great to see her back in this type of role - it’s a genre where she has thrived in in the past.
But I am excited to really see Hardy and Pine take the comedy element of the movie by the scruff of the neck and run with it - we all know how good both actors are when it comes to the action roles.
Having enjoyed the early trailers for the movie This Means War is one comedy movie that I am really looking forward to seeing in the new year.
Tom Hardy stars as Tommy in "Warrior,"
a movie that both critics liked.(Photo via...
The movie couple takes a look at the year 2011 in review.
MICHELLE: This was a bad year, movie-wise. The big epics don't seem to be as thrilling as expected. If you read my review of "J. Edgar," you know what I mean. Ditto for "Hugo." Let me put it this way "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Cars 2" are making some reviewers' "Best Of" lists. I rest my case.
ALLEN: If you are, or have ever been, a teenage boy, "Thor" and "Captain America" didn't suck. I was going to vote for "Drive Angry"...
MICHELLE: Sometimes I can't believe I'm in the same column with you, let alone married to you. And I'm sure my husband thinks Charlize Theron's movie, "Young Adult" should win. He thinks her movies should win every year ever since he saw her naked behind in "Cider House Rules." Perhaps he'll give her an award for those perfume commercials.
ALLEN: Eat your heart out Angie! Yes my love for Charlize knows no bounds, but aside from her physical attributes, she actually makes good movies.
MICHELLE: I think "Warrior," "The Help," "Source Code" and "Drive" were actually some of my favorites. But I secretly want to vote for "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World," even though it came out in 2010. And I suspect I'm voting for "Source Code" because I'm obsessed with "Moon," director Duncan Jones earlier project. (I have no idea if it ever played here, but I doubt it. It's weird and awesome. Rent it. You'll like it if you're similarly weird and awesome.) "Warrior's" plot was a stretch, but it has some
amazing performances, especially from Tom Hardy, who wins my "best newcomer" award.
ALLEN: "Warrior" was my favorite film of the year and I didn't expect much from it. To the teenage fantasy I have to add "X-Men First Class" which did a good job reviving that franchise. I like things that go boom, but I really had trouble finding an inspiring drama. And in these times I just can't get my juices flowing for a Lars von Trier depression festival called "Melancholia." Give me a break.
MICHELLE: I guess we're saying it was a good year to stay home and watch television.
Posted December 27th, 2011, 1:12 PM by Matt Singer
Continuing our list from yesterday here are five more of the best genre movies of 2011. Click over for our picks for the best romance, Western, horror film, legal thriller, and comic book movie. Today it’s time for the best spy movie, cop movie, sports movie, mystery, and science-fiction. Let’s do it.
The Best Spy Movie of the Year
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” (In IMAX)
Directed by Brad Bird
Even fans of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” would admit the film is more of a character study about spies than a true spy movie. For real genre thrills, I’m going with something bigger: much bigger. “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” delivered everything we’ve come to expect from this series — high-tech gadgets, ferocious fights, Tom Cruise running — on a grander scale than ever before. Director Brad Bird’s IMAX action scenes, especially one dazzling, dangling sequence atop the tallest building in the world, were absolutely stunning. Badass Digest’s Devin Faraci makes some excellent observations about the gaping holes in the film’s story. So why isn’t anyone talking about them? Because people get so caught up in “Ghost Protocol”‘s enormous imagery they don’t have time to think.
he Best Sports Movie of the Year
“Warrior”
Directed by Gavin O’Connor
This might be the most inexplicable flop of the year. “Warrior” was a shameless crowd-pleaser, with twice the underdogs of your typical underdog sports movie, but for some reason the crowds never showed up to be pleased. Maybe the lack of a bankable star kept people away, but the lack of a bankable star meant two very good young actors, Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy, got to play the lead roles of Brendan and Tommy Conlon, estranged brothers who both enter the same mixed martial arts tournament in search of a big cash prize. The final fight felt seriously anticlimactic and Nick Nolte goes a bit overboard in his alcoholic suffering at times, but the rest of this movie is just about perfect. Any sports movie would be blessed to have a lead character as good as Hardy’s or Edgerton’s. This one has both. If I had to bank on one 2011 movie slowly becoming a massive word-of-mouth hit on DVD and Blu-ray, I’d pick “Warrior.” It could easily become this decade’s “Shawshank Redemption.” Read my full review here.
The Best Cop Movie of the Year
“The Guard”
Directed by John Michael McDonagh
The buddy cop movie has had its up and downs in recent years but it rose from the ashes like a phoenix who was getting too old for this shit with the comedy “The Guard.” Brendan Gleeson delivers a brilliant performance as Sgt. Gerry Boyle, a small town Irish cop who stumbles, accidentally and disinterestedly, onto a drug smuggling ring. He teams with an American FBI agent (Don Cheadle, whose Southern accent is the one weak spot in the film) and together they make a classic pair of mismatched partners. “The Guard” was written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, brother of “In Bruges” filmmaker Martin McDonagh. I suspect if you liked the latter, you’ll dig the former, which has a similarly picaresque setting and dark sense of humor. Listen to my full review here.
The Best Mystery of the Year
“Cold Weather”
Directed by Aaron Katz
Mysteries are all about finding things in unlikely places and the DIY, improvisational genre of mumblecore is probably the last place in moviedom you’d expect to find a good whodunit. Yet here is Aaron Katz’s “Cold Weather,” a very successful experiment in marrying the off-the-cuff mumblecore aesthetic with the rigid structure of a drawing room mystery. A college dropout with an interest in forensic science and Sherlock Holmes novels moves back home to Portland and gets a job in an ice factory. An old flame comes to visit then seemingly disappears. Was she kidnapped? Or even murdered? While Hollywood turned Sherlock Holmes into a six packed, speed ramping action hero, Katz proved you don’t need any of that to tell a compelling story. All you need are a few interesting characters, one good brainteaser, and a pipe. Read my full review here.
The Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year
“Attack the Block”
Directed by Joe Cornish
There was plenty of callbacks to old movies in “Attack the Block,” including 80s gang flicks like “The Warriors” and “Streets of Fire,” but the film was far more creative than your typical nostalgia pastiche. Even the design of the “gorilla-wolf” aliens that crash into a giant South London housing complex was refreshing (if something with glowing, razor-sharp teeth and a hunger for human flesh can be termed “refreshing”). Director Joe Cornish’s dazzling debut film was light on science but heavy on scares and humor, and it featured a cast of charismatic misfit kids who made the Goonies look like the Muppet Babies. Buried beneath the laughs and scares, there are even some powerful themes about personal responsibility and the dehumanizing nature of life in the projects. Believe, bruv: this movie deserved better than its $1.0 million domestic gross. Read my full review here.
Keep your eyes on Tom Hardy. Before the Brit starred in films like "Inception" or this year's "Warrior," he scorched the small screen as thuggish Freddie Jackson in the 2009 British miniseries "The Take" (8 p.m. Friday, Encore; 3.5 stars).
His unblinking, brutish presence has turned a rather traditional and ultra-violent crime drama into something exceedingly watchable and suspenseful. Encore is presenting the miniseries as an original for the network, premiering each of the four parts at 8 p.m. Dec. 2, 9, 16 and 23.
As the story opens, thuggish Freddie is picked up from prison in the 1980s by his cousin, Jimmy (Shaun Evans, also terrific). Freddie brings Jimmy into the crime business, where they do a little of this and a little of that for mob boss Ozzy (Brian Cox), who is serving a prison sentence himself.
But where Freddie shows absolutely no conscience and never misses the chance to use murder, betrayal or smashing beer bottle into a goodfella’s face, the smarter Jimmy talks thing out, settling disputes in a gentler way. Without spoiling too much, alliances shift in surprising ways over the 10 years covered by the miniseries.
We also meet the sisters Freddie and Jimmy marry. Jackie (Kierston Wareing) is Freddie’s long-suffering pill popper wife, while Jimmy’s gal, Maggie (Charlotte Riley), manages to keep her senses even if she, too, suffers from her man’s chosen profession. Both actresses are exceptional in the roles that you’ve probably seen in any number of mob movies.
Familiar characters like that and a fourth-hour payoff that doesn’t quite match the buildup are the main problems with “The Take,” which is adapted from a popular British novel by Martina Cole.
But Hardy and the supporting cast deliver. I can’t wait to see him bring that same menace to the role of baddie Bane in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” next year.
