Biography
Tom Hardy is the British theater and film actor, producer and screenwriter, who became famous for participating in high-profile Hollywood projects. Charismatic and confident, it is of interest among the public with ambiguous roles, whose creation is suitable with all seriousness. Most often, his heroes are people outstanding, with difficult fate and character.Childhood and youth
Tom Hardy was born in mid-September 1977 in Hammersmist, the western part of the London district, and was the only child in the Catholic family of Ann and Eduard (Chips) Hardy. By the sign of the Zodiac Virgo. Soon the family moved to the East Shin, the cozy bohemian district of London on the bank of the Thames, the favorite habitat of the creative elite, writers and artists. Parents of Toma Places of residence met: Ann - Fashionable artist, Edward was a screenwriter, created commercials and comedies.
The boy grew up in a creative environment and already at school years began to attend theatrical courses. Since the brothers and sisters at Tom was not, then all the love and care of the parents went to him alone. Father and mother intended to give his son a good education, but in the case of Tom everything was not easy: a teenager did not want to learn. Already at the age of 13, young Hardy found out what alcohol is. A year later, I tried the action of drugs. For this reason, and for bad behavior, it was excluded from the prestigious boarding school.
In 15 years, Tom made the first tattoo. Subsequently, they became a lot.
In the youth, the future actor tried himself in the model business. In the late 1990s, he won the beauty contest The Big Breakfast 'S Find Me, which gave him the opportunity to conclude a contract with the One model agency. However, he was soon kicked out from there. The reason is the same drug. For some time he studied in one of Richmond's theater schools. Study ended in default, like all previous attempts.
Later, Tom entered Drama Center London. His classmate was Michael Fassbender, according to which, it was Hardy who was considered the most talented flow student.
Personal life
Personal life Tom Hardy until some time was stormy. As he himself claims, in this life you need to try everything. The actor admits that he has started relations with both women, and men, but solely for the sake of the experiment.While studying in London, Hardy met with actress Sarah Ward. A bright three-week novel ended with a wedding. The girl took the surname of the spouse. But the Union soon collapsed: Sarah Hardy left Tom, learning that he was in a rehabilitation center, where he was treated for drug addiction.
For a while, the famous Briton met with TV presenter Linda Pak. When these relationships dried up, others began - with the actress Rachel AIDS. She gave birth to the son of Louis, but did not register a couple's relationship.
The press also appeared information that Emily Browning became a new girl of Tom, but they themselves did not confirm. Previously, celebrities together participated in the filming of the film "Legend".
It is known that Hardy has warm friendly relationships with the Rapass, actress of the theater and cinema from Sweden. Colleagues together starred in the Criminal Drama "Cashpower".
In 2009, Tom became acquainted with Charlotte Riley at the filming of the "Thunderstorm Pass". According to their scenario between their heroes, the novel flashes and Katie. Lovers were one, as a result, the feeling overtook them and in real life. Hardy made Riley's proposal, and in 2014 she became his wife. With children, the couple did not delay - the son was born in October 2015.
It is known that the famous actor loves dogs. In 2015, Tom, together with his dog, named Woodstock, who once picked up on the street, starred in the Peta advertising campaign, and the urn with the ashes of the first pet Max is still in his house.
In July 2018, the actor appeared on a red carpet under his arm with his wife. Journalists could not help but notice the free dress of Charlotte. It turned out, Hardy will soon become the Father for the third time. Tom did not comment on this news.
In January 2019, it became known about the birth of the third son of the actor, whom Tom called in honor of the chief hero of the film "Forrest Gump".
Films
Once at the School of the London Dramatic Theater, where they were trained according to the method of Konstantin Stanislavsky, Tom imbued with art. Under the start of talented teachers, at one time who had learned the most Anthony Hopkins, Hardy spent 3 years. But, when a young man was called to play ordinary John in the popular series "Brothers in Arms", a novice artist decided that it was time to finish.
He starred in this picture about World War II, but the success and popularity of the film Hardy did not bring. But the military drama "Fall of the Black Yastreb", released on the screens in 2001, "lit up" a young artist. Participation in the ribbon has become a sign for the creative biography of Toma.
Soon Hardy changed the genre and appeared on the screen in the "point above" melodrama. " But this direction did not like the actor, gradually he refused roles in the series, switched to the paintings of a militarist nature. For filming in the next military film, he even moved to the north of Africa.
The most notable film of this period was the scientific fiction film "Enterprise". It followed even more successful work - a project with a budget of $ 60 million "Star Path: Retribution". A picture of some consider a peculiar springboard in Hardy career.
To work in the next ribbon, Tom came to Native England. He was invited to the role of the hero in the thriller "LD 50: Female Dose". The film was released in 2003. In it, the director told the audience a dramatic story about the rates of the Greenpeace activists at the laboratory, where animals were experimed.
It is noteworthy that in the intervals between filming, Hardy plays on the theater scene. In 2003, he even received a prestigious award for work in performances "Arabia, we will be kings" and "Blood". A year later he got also the Prize of Lawrence Olivier.
I joy met numerous fans of Hardy His appearance in the picture "Maria-Antoinette". In the film, Tom revealed to the full acting talent, and the viewers enjoyed the handsome man and his brilliant game.
In 2007, the film "Stuart: Last Life" came out, where the main role, except Hardy, performed Benedict Cumberbatch. Tom more than once called this picture with its best work in cinema, after which he is filmed into the cinema only for fun.
At the end of 2008, the artist replenished with a comedy of Gaya Richie "Rock-n-Roller". It is worth noting that the character gets pretty scandalous: he played a criminal with unconventional sexual orientation. His hero in the plot falls in love with the leader of the gang, who was represented by Gerard Butler.
In 2009, the actor received a role in the biographical drama of Windows Refna "Bronst". This is a story about the most dangerous criminal of England, who spent almost 40 years in the prison chamber. For greater similarity with the original Tom changed the hairstyle, completely shaking, and scored weight.
Hardy has always been a strong guy, and more than once he had to recruit an additional muscle mass for filming in the next film. However, for the image of Charles Bronson, he had to undergo a strengthened course of preparation by completing the workout program. Celebrities managed to pump up to the state of the "Mountain": the actor scored 19 kg of pure muscles. His weight was 86 kg, and height - 175 cm.
One of the films that love not only in England, but also in Russia, "Thunderstorm Pass". In it, Hardy performed a major role. It was on the set of this painting that Tom met and made friends with Charlotte Riley, a future wife. After the next joint project - the mini-series "Bakeup" - a novel broke out between them.
In 2012, the film "The Most Drunk District in the World" was announced. Tom Hardy and Shay Labaf received the main roles in the film. Despite the fact that they played brothers, the general language actors could not find. It is known that the first loves sometimes to be conserved in humans and hard to joke. But Shaia, on the contrary, is characterized by a more closed character.
According to the American, his jokes of Hardy were annoyed, and once the usual verbal sword was turned into a scuffle, from which Labafe came out the winner. Nevertheless, the result of the work was predominantly positive feedback. Along with them, Jessica Chestyne, Gary Oldman, Guy Pier, starred in the picture.
In the same year, a comedy fighter "means war" came to the screens. The key characters went to the Hardy, Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine.
Actor appeared in the drama "Warrior", the militant "Mad Max: Road of Freak", where his partner spoke Charlize Theron, the superhero militant "Dark Knight: Revival of the Legend", Thriller "Cashpower".
In 2014, it became known that Hardy would join the acting of the series "Acute Visrats", where Killian Murphy came to the actual role. By the way, this is no longer the first joint work of artists. They met on the shooting sites of the "beginning" and "Dark Knight".
"Acute Visors" is the story of the Shelby brothers, a cruel gangster group, which was performed in Birmingham after the end of World War. Her sign was stuck in the visors of the blades. Hardy got the role of the leader of the London criminal Jewish group named by Although Solomons. At the same time, his hero combines the most dark aspects of the representative of the criminal world and at the same time - decency and humanity.
In 2015, Hardy embodied on the screen images of the twin brothers in the Criminal thriller "Legend". He played in the film of two gangsters, terrorizing the capital of Great Britain for several years. The point of action of the picture tolerates viewers in the 60s of the 20th century. Emily Browning and Paul Anderson also starred in Kinolent. For the work in it, the actor was nominated for the Satellite Prize in the category "Best Artist of the Main role".
Successful success and worldwide popularity brought Hardy film "Survivor". In the picture, he starred with Leonardo di Caprio. The film was created on the basis of the real history of Mauntinian Hugh Glass, leo appeared in whose image.
We are talking about the events of the first half of the XIX century, when the stems are hunting in the north-western part of North America. The group of hunters on fur animals is on the territory of the Tribe of Indians, where the land in armed conflict comes with indigenous inhabitants, as a result of which dozens of pioneers die. Soon in a fight with a bear, the Glass gets severe injuries. Understanding that the fate of the skillful hunter is predetermined, the band decides to divide into two parts. The fascinating story of the survival of the main character begins.
Tom Hardy played in the picture of the evil and mercenary John Fitzgerald, who is guided only by personal interests, and also contributes to the earliest death of Hugh Glass. Contrary to the circumstances, Glasku can survive and revenge Fitzgerald.
This work can be called a peculiar example of life, where hatred and revenge helps a person to survive even seemingly in a hopeless situation. At the same time, Hardy's character became the embodiment of a person from the modern world, in which moral qualities for a long time forgotten, and the desire for the material component destroys the last remnants of humanity. The Briton clearly demonstrated to its game, forcing the audience about the symbols of the morality of the present time.
Tom Hardy also visited Russia. Once, during the project for the Discovery channel, he arrived in Yakutia, where he decided to learn about the anomalous temperatures and the lives of local residents in extreme conditions. After years, some viewers called this trip a kind of preparation for filming the film "Survivor".
Indeed, the work on this picture was given to the filmmaker not easy, the actors had to literally survive in harsh weather conditions. But difficulties just rallied the group. So Leonardo Di Caprio and Tom Hardy became friends while working on the film.
Then the dispute took place between the colleagues. Di Caprio stated that his comrade would certainly receive a nomination for Oscar. In turn, Hardy was confident that this would not happen. As a result, the image of Fitzgerald volume was nevertheless nominated for Oscar in the category "The Best Male Role of the Second Plan." However, the award was received by Mark Rielanx for the Spy Bridge. One way or another, from now on, the actors dreamed of getting in their pictures of eminent directors.
But the word His Briton still kept restrained, "navigating" on the forearm tattoo with the text "Leo knows everything" (Leo Knows all). The provision of the dispute was that the phrase should be written as if by the hand of Dae Caprio, and his handwriting, according to Tom, well, very clouded.
By the way, this is not the first acting artist. On the body of Tom Hardy there is the name of his agent Lindi King. He promised to make such a tattoo if she "tries" to him the road in Hollywood.
In 2017, the premiere of the dramatic mystical series "Tabu" took place. Here, celebrities got not only the main role. He made a screenwriter and executive producer of film. Also in creating the painting, his father Chips Hardy and Stephen Knight participated.
The series was positively appreciated by film critics and warmly met by the audience, so immediately spoke to its extension for two seasons at least.
In the same year, with the participation of Tom, the Military Drama Christopher Nolan "Dunkirk" came out. The story was based on the evacuation of the British, French and Belgian parts by the Sea, which were blocked by the city of Dunkirk by German troops. The film is nominated for 8 Oscar premiums, including for the best film and director, and eventually took three of them.
In March 2018, the actor published in the "Instagram" the first frame with the filming of the criminal drama "Phonzo". The Tom is captured in the image of the famous gangster Al Capone. Soon it became known about the plot of a new film. It went about the life of a powerful criminal authority after imprisonment. Later, the documentary was changed.
In October 2018, the audience saw a new Hardy work in the superhero film "Vienna". He is based on Marvel comics about Eddie Brkin's Character. He was played by a British actor. As later in the interview, he was remembered when creating an image was inspired by the Irish fighter Konor McGregor.
In the same year, Hardy visited Russia. Together with the participants of the expedition, organized by the Flack charitable organization, he visited Siberia. The artist also saw Moscow, but ignored the invitation from the editorial office of the Popular TV show "Evening Urgant". The actor explained his decision by the fact that he did not like various shows. The interview with it appeared only on the broadcast of the "time". Chatting with journalists, he said that he had Russian roots: his DNA test showed that by 22% of Sibiryak.
Tom Hardy now
2020 became the year of the next revelations for Tom. In May, the long-awaited premiere of the film about the criminal authority Al Capone "face with a scar" was held. The drama show started on the Stregnation Platforms. The film made an indelible impression on the viewers: the actor again used his gift of reincarnation, presenting the image of the elderly gangster on the screen.Now the artist is negotiating with the film company EON Productions about participation in the next picture dedicated to the adventures of James Bond. It is assumed that in the famous Franchise Hardy will change the previous artist leading role Daniel Craig.
In addition, the Briton is involved in the filming of the sequel "Venom: Let Carnazh be", which appears in the middle of 2021.
Filmography
- 2001 - "Brothers in Arms"
- 2002 - "Fall of black hawk"
- 2002 - "Star Path: Retribution"
- 2003 - "LD50: Female Dose"
- 2008 - "Rock-n-roller"
- 2008 - Bronon
- 2009 - "Thunderstorm Pass"
- 2015 - "Legend"
- 2015 - "Mad Max"
- 2015 - "Survivor"
- 2017 - Taba
- 2017 - "Dunkirk"
- 2018 - "Vienna"
- 2019 - "Christmas Song"
- 2020 - "Capone: face with scramble"