---
name: "Tom Hardy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-hardy"
fi1m_id: "tom-hardy"
imdb_id: "nm0362766"
tmdb_id: 2524
wikidata_id: "Q208026"
roles: ["Actor","Producer","Writer"]
born: "15 September 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 22
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 21
updated: "2026-10-07T14:21:54.396430+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tom Hardy

## Identity

Tom Hardy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-hardy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-hardy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0362766
- **TMDB ID:** 2524
- **Wikidata ID:** Q208026
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hardy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362766/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2524

Actor and producer. Born 15 September 1977 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 15 September 1977, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Edward Thomas Hardy
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 22: 21 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Christopher Nolan](https://film.one/person/christopher-nolan.md), [Emma Thomas](https://film.one/person/emma-thomas.md), [Kelly Marcel](https://film.one/person/kelly-marcel.md), [Matt Tolmach](https://film.one/person/matt-tolmach.md), [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md), [Gary Oldman](https://film.one/person/gary-oldman.md), [Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://film.one/person/joseph-gordon-levitt.md), [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://film.one/person/leonardo-dicaprio.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 21 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (5), 2010s 75 (12), 2020s 62 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 20 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 9 at 60–79, 5 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 13 of 18 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 14, Action 10, Adventure 6, Crime 6, Science Fiction 6, Thriller 5
- **Screen time:** 32 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,542m across 16 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hardy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362766/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2524

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Warrior*](https://film.one/film/warrior.md) (80), [*Inception*](https://film.one/film/inception.md) (80), [*The Virgin Queen*](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md) (78), [*Bronson*](https://film.one/film/bronson.md) (73)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dunkirk*](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md) (86), [*MobLand*](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md) (63), [*Star Trek: Nemesis*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-nemesis.md) (50)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Revenant*](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md) (74), [*The Dark Knight Rises*](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*Venom: Let There Be Carnage*](https://film.one/film/venom-let-there-be-carnage.md) (56), [*Venom*](https://film.one/film/venom.md) (51)
- **Peacock:** [*Taboo*](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Tom Hardy

> Tom Hardy makes dangerous men funny by letting their irritation show through the threats. We rate him most when the voice reveals a recognisable person; the elaborate accents and physical transformations do not always help.

In *MobLand* (2025), Tom Hardy makes a criminal fixer sound faintly put out by the amount of fixing required. His Harry Da Souza speaks low and slowly, letting irritation creep into the threat without making it harmless. We laughed at his muttered menace because dealing with gangsters sounds, in his delivery, like another tiresome obligation. We like him most when those peculiar voices tell us something ordinary about the person using them.

The physical transformation in *Bronson* (2008) brought his breakthrough, and *Inception* (2010) took him to a wider audience through his work with Christopher Nolan. That progression helps explain why muscle and vocal invention receive so much attention, though the charm and comic timing of his Eames matter too. As Bane in *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), the modified voice became a distraction for some critics.

Jeff Nichols gets something quieter from him as Johnny in *The Bikeriders* (2024). Hardy plays him softly, with the insecurity of a man afraid of losing the position he has made for himself. The smallness of the performance is its strength: authority seems to cost him effort, and that makes him worth watching. Alongside Jodie Comer’s alert, fast-talking Kathy, he makes the film worth an evening despite a script that keeps its people at a distance.

With *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), the excess is part of the pleasure. As Eddie Brock and the alien who inhabits him, Hardy can turn an argument with his own shoulder into a workable comic partnership. Director Kelly Marcel developed the story with Hardy, so he shares responsibility for a film that keeps abandoning its strongest material for soldiers, scientists and explanations. We enjoy the bickering but cannot recommend the whole film on its strength.

The same limitation shows up in *MobLand*. Writers Jez Butterworth and Ronan Bennett give Harry competing criminal and family obligations, but the familiar plotting often needs Hardy to supply the surprise. Editors James Barham and Danny Salas are among the team behind a slow opening that leaves him too much time to fill. Try it for his disgruntled fixer if gangster drama is already a pleasure; do not expect him to make ten episodes move faster.

## Biography

Tom Hardy is an English actor. He was born Edward Thomas Hardy on 15 September 1977 in Hammersmith, London. He trained at the Drama Centre London and made his film debut in Ridley Scott's *Black Hawk Down* (2001).

Hardy is known for roles including Eames in *Inception* (2010), Bane in *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), Max Rockatansky in *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), John Fitzgerald in *The Revenant* (2015), Farrier in *Dunkirk* (2017), Eddie Brock / Venom in the *Venom* films (2018–2024), and Alfie Solomons in *Peaky Blinders* (2013–2022). He received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2011 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for *The Revenant*. He has story credit on *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024) and appears as Johnny in *The Bikeriders* (2024) and Harry Da Souza in the series *MobLand* (2025).

*Sources: themoviedb.org, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (22)

### Performed in (21) — the average rests on these

- *MobLand* (2025), Fi1m 63, as Harry Da Souza — [page](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Johnny — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), Fi1m 48, as Eddie Brock / Venom — [page](https://film.one/film/venom-the-last-dance.md)
- *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), Fi1m 56, as Eddie Brock / Venom — [page](https://film.one/film/venom-let-there-be-carnage.md)
- *Venom* (2018), Fi1m 51, as Eddie Brock / Venom — [page](https://film.one/film/venom.md)
- *Dunkirk* (2017), Fi1m 86, as Farrier — [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *Taboo* (2017), Fi1m 62, as James Keziah Delaney — [page](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md)
- *Legend* (2015), Fi1m 57, as Ronald Kray / Reginald Kray — [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Fi1m 88, as Max Rockatansky — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *The Revenant* (2015), Fi1m 74, as John Fitzgerald — [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)
- *Locke* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Ivan Locke — [page](https://film.one/film/locke.md)
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), Fi1m 77, as Alfie Solomons — [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Bane — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), Fi1m 84, as Ricki Tarr — [page](https://film.one/film/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.md)
- *Warrior* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Tommy Conlon — [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *Inception* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Eames — [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Bronson* (2009), Fi1m 73, as Michael Peterson / Charles Bronson — [page](https://film.one/film/bronson.md)
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Raumont — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *The Virgin Queen* (2006), Fi1m 78, as Robert Dudley - Earl of Leicester — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md)
- *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002), Fi1m 50, as Praetor Shinzon — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-nemesis.md)
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, as John A. Janovec — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Spider-Man: No Way Home* (2021), Fi1m 74, as Eddie Brock / Venom (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-no-way-home.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rhino* (2025), as Narrator (voice)
- *Havoc* (2025), as Walker · Producer
- *MobLand* (2025), series, as Harry Da Souza · Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md)
- *Special Forces: Most Daring Missions* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), as Eddie Brock / Venom · Producer, Story — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/venom-the-last-dance.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), as Johnny — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby* (2024), as Alfie Solomons (voice)
- *Great Expectations* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Spider-Man: No Way Home* (2021), as Eddie Brock / Venom (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-no-way-home.md)
- *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), as Eddie Brock / Venom · Producer, Story — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/venom-let-there-be-carnage.md)
- *Capone* (2020), as Al Capone
- *FX's A Christmas Carol* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Venom* (2018), as Eddie Brock / Venom · Executive Producer — Fi1m 51, [page](https://film.one/film/venom.md)
- *Sticky* (2018), series, as Herbert
- *Dunkirk* (2017), as Farrier — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *Taboo* (2017), series, as James Keziah Delaney · Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md)
- *The Revenant* (2015), as John Fitzgerald — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)
- *Legend* (2015), as Ronald Kray / Reginald Kray · Executive Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *London Road* (2015), as Mark
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), as Max Rockatansky — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Child 44* (2015), as Leo Demidov
- *The Drop* (2014), as Bob
- *Locke* (2014), as Ivan Locke — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/locke.md)
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Alfie Solomons — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Lawless* (2012), as Forrest Bondurant
- *Heroes and Demons* (2012), as Doctor (segment "Perfect")
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), as Bane — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *This Means War* (2012), as Tuck
- *Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life* (2011), Actor
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), as Ricki Tarr — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.md)
- *Warrior* (2011), as Tommy Conlon — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *From the Ashes* (2011), as Narrator
- *Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother* (2011), as Dan
- *Inception* (2010), as Eames — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Wuthering Heights* (2009), series, as Heathcliff
- *The Take* (2009), series, as Freddie
- *Perfect* (2009), as Doctor
- *Bronson* (2009), as Michael Peterson / Charles Bronson — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/bronson.md)
- *Thick as Thieves* (2009), as Michaels
- *RocknRolla* (2008), as Handsome Bob
- *Sucker Punch* (2008), as Rodders
- *Oliver Twist* (2007), series, as Bill Sikes
- *The Inheritance* (2007), as Dad
- *Stuart: A Life Backwards* (2007), as Stuart Shorter
- *Flood* (2007), as Zak
- *Meadowlands* (2007), series, as Jack Donnelly
- *WΔZ* (2007), as Pierre Jackson
- *Scenes of a Sexual Nature* (2006), as Noel
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), as Raumont — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *A for Andromeda* (2006), as John Fleming
- *Minotaur* (2006), as Theo
- *The Virgin Queen* (2006), series, as Robert Dudley - Earl of Leicester — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md)
- *Sweeney Todd* (2006), as Matthew
- *Gideon's Daughter* (2005), as Andrew
- *Colditz* (2005), series, as Jack Rose
- *Colditz* (2005), as Jack
- *Layer Cake* (2004), as Clarkie
- *The Reckoning* (2004), as Straw
- *EMR* (2004), as Henry
- *Dot the I* (2003), as Tom
- *LD 50 Lethal Dose* (2003), as Matt
- *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002), as Praetor Shinzon — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-nemesis.md)
- *Deserter* (2002), as Pascal Dupont
- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), as Twombly — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as John A. Janovec — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *Get a Grip* (2001), as No. 1 · Writer, Producer, Director
- *Tommaso* (2001), as Tommaso · Producer
- *Untitled Venom Animated Film*, Producer
- *Shackleton*, as Ernest Shackleton
- *War Party*, Actor
- *My War Gone By, I Miss It So*, as Producer
- *100 Bullets*, Producer
- *Blood on Snow*, Producer
- *77 Blackout*, Actor
- *Mad Max: The Wasteland*, as Max Rockatansky

## Gallery

- ![Tom Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-3998faa3e0ae.jpg) Tom Hardy — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Tom_Hardy_by_Gage_Skidmore_in_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Riz Ahmed speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Venom", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to ](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-483d01696f60.jpg) Riz Ahmed speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Venom", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Riz_Ahmed_%2842774772625%29.jpg/1280px-Riz_Ahmed_%2842774772625%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ruben Fleischer, Riz Ahmed and Tom Hardy speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Venom", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, C](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-a8b51c3a2357.jpg) Ruben Fleischer, Riz Ahmed and Tom Hardy speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Venom", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, C — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Ruben_Fleischer%2C_Riz_Ahmed_%26_Tom_Hardy_%2841869486460%29.jpg/1280px-Ruben_Fleischer%2C_Riz_Ahmed_%26_Tom_Hardy_%2841869486460%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ruben Fleischer, Riz Ahmed and Tom Hardy speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Venom", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, C](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-21cb8248ae20.jpg) Ruben Fleischer, Riz Ahmed and Tom Hardy speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Venom", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, C — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Ruben_Fleischer%2C_Riz_Ahmed_%26_Tom_Hardy_%2842774753905%29.jpg/1280px-Ruben_Fleischer%2C_Riz_Ahmed_%26_Tom_Hardy_%2842774753905%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-46319bdb5f4e.jpg) Tom Hardy — Image via TMDB
- ![Tom Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-566b05922406.jpg) Tom Hardy — Image via TMDB
- ![Tom Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-a2fb79086c0a.jpg) Tom Hardy — Image via TMDB
- ![Noomi Rapace checking out Tom Hardy's arrival at the premiere of The Drop, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-3571d9294a11.jpg) Noomi Rapace checking out Tom Hardy's arrival at the premiere of The Drop, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/The_Drop_31_%2815253474272%29.jpg/1280px-The_Drop_31_%2815253474272%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Hardy at the premiere of The Drop, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-f5d8cb876c0b.jpg) Tom Hardy at the premiere of The Drop, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/The_Drop_32_%2815067102739%29.jpg/1280px-The_Drop_32_%2815067102739%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-aa1a2c6f53f4.jpg) Tom Hardy — Image via TMDB
- ![Tom Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-b1f011baf487.jpg) Tom Hardy — Image via TMDB
- ![Tom Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/262/gallery-3cffc43845ac.jpg) Tom Hardy — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2016: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *The Revenant*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2011: BAFTA Rising Star Award (won)

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Actor 2014: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Locke*
- British Independent Film Awards 2009: Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (won), for *Bronson*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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