Known For: English actor (born 1977)
Category: Actors
Occupation: screenwriter, stage actor, film actor, model, executive producer, film producer, television actor, actor
Country: United Kingdom
City: Hammersmith
Date of Birth: Thursday, 15 September 1977
Language English
Edward Thomas Hardy is an English actor. After studying acting at the Drama Centre London, he made his film debut in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001). Hardy had supporting roles in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and RocknRolla (2008), and went on to star in Bronson (2008), Warrior (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Lawless (2012), This Means War (2012), and Locke (2013). In 2015, he starred as "Mad" Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road and both Kray twins in Legend, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Revenant. Hardy has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Bane, and Dunkirk (2017). He has since starred as the title character in the 2018 film Venom and its 2021 sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
| BirthPlace | Hammersmith |
| Education | Q7829703, Q7330759, Q1255631, Q7306601 |
| Awards | Q4835654, Q918660, Q12201477 |
| Spouses | Charlotte Riley |
| Wikipedia | Tom_Hardy |
Edward Thomas Hardy was born in the Hammersmith district of London on 15 September 1977, the only child of artist and painter Anne (née Barrett) and novelist and comedy writer Edward "Chips" Hardy. He is of Irish descent on his mother's side. He was raised in London's East Sheen suburb. Hardy attended Tower House School, Reed's School, and Duff Miller Sixth Form College. He later studied at Richmond Drama School and the Drama Centre London, now a part of Central Saint Martins. He has named Gary Oldman, with whom he would later work on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as his "hero" and added that he mirrored scenes from Oldman while at drama school.
