About
| Birth Name: | Edward Thomas Hardy |
| Birth Notes: | 15 September 1977, Hammersmith, London, England, UK |
| Height: | 5' 9" |
| Family: | * 'Sarah Hardy' (2 January 1999 - ?) (divorced) |
Filmography
| Flood (2007) as Zack |
| Inception (2010) as Eames |
| Layer Cake (2004) as Clarkie |
| LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003) as Matt |
| Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) as Noel |
| Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) as Praetor Shinzon |
| Thick as Thieves (2009) as Michaels |
| Black Hawk Down (2001) as Twombly |
| Bronson (2008) as Charles Bronson/Michael Peterson |
| Dot the I (2003) as Tom |
| EMR (2004) as Henry |
| Mad Max: Fury Road (2012) as Max Rockatansky |
| Marie Antoinette (2006) as Raumont |
| Minotaur (2006) as Theo |
| Perfect (2009) as Doctor |
| RocknRolla (2008) as Handsome Bob |
| Simon: An English Legionnaire (2002) as Pascal Dupont |
| Sucker Punch (2008) as Rodders |
| The Inheritance (2007) as Dad |
| The Reckoning (2003) as Straw |
| This Means War (2011) |
| Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) as 'Tricky' Ricky Tarr |
| w Delta z (2007) as Pierre Jackson |
| Warrior (2011) as Tom Conlon |
Trivia
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* Tom joined Drama Centre London in September 1998 and was taken out early to work on "Band of Brothers" (2001). * He loves to drink coffee, Coke, fizzy water, fruit drinks, Red Bull, and tea. * Has a dog named Max * 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 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 Arabia We'd All Be Kings performed at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs and Hampstead Theatre. * Trained under Sir Anthony Hopkin's former mentor at the London Drama Center. * His father, Chips Hardy, was the first firefighter in the family to attend a university. * He shares an agent with Ewan McGregor. * Among his list of favorite Hollywood Actors are Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Sir Ian McKellen, Gary Oldman, Peter O' Toole, and Brad Pitt. He likes Vincent Cassel and Monica Belucci. He thinks that Johnny Depp is a very versatile actor. * His favorite films include Amadeus, Amelie, Big Lebowski, Bringing Out The Dead, Dog Day Afternoon, Dracula flicks, Full Metal Jacket, Irreversible, La Haine, Man Bites Dog, Meet Joe Black, Mr. Holland's Opus, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Platoon, Princess Bride, Silence Of The Lambs, The Piano, and Time Bandits. The movies, Meet Joe Black and Mr. Holland's Opus, made Tom cry when he watched it. * Some of his favorite foods include American hot pizza, cheese on toast, crackling, lobster, pork, roast beef, roast duck, spinach with sesame and soy sauce, and some Yorkshire Pudding. He loves Chinese and Japanese cuisine also. * Won "The Big Breakfast's Find Me a Supermodel" competition at age 19 (and with it a brief contract with Models One). * His son, Louis Thomas Hardy was born on April 8, 2008 with his longterm girlfriend Rachel Speed. * Has written two television shows with Kelly Marcel, both of which have sold to production companies. * One of Variety's Top Ten Actors to watch (2009). * Auditioned for the role of Mr. Darcy in Joe Wrights adaption of Pride and Prejudice and nearly won the role but inevitably lost to Matthew Macfadyen. * Engaged to his Wuthering Heights Co-Star, Charlotte Riley. |
Quotes
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* You don't step on stage to eat, you go there to be eaten. * "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. Anthing 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." - acting tip on a movie or play * "And I like people. I like to know what you're really up to. I'm a bit of a nosey busy body. 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 nosiness * "I mean there I was. One moment in Wandsworth Police Station on the way to Wormwood Scrubs, looking at 14 years, to this!" - on his career * "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." - to fans * 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 Shinzon, his character from "Nemesis * "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." - on his Shinzon action figure * [When asked by a "Daily Mail" interviewer if he's ever had sex with another man] "Of course I have. I'm an actor, for fuck's sake. I've played with everything and everyone. I love the form and the physicality, but now that I'm in my thirties, it doesn't do it for me. I'm done experimenting but there's plenty of stuff in a relationship with another man, especially gay men, that I need in my life." |
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