Trivia

He battled alcoholism and a crack cocaine addiction in his early-to mid-twenties, but has been sober since 2003. He spent much time drinking alcohol and using crack cocaine to cope with stresses and has suffered dysthymia.

Leonardo DiCaprio convinced him to read the screenplay of The Revenant (2015) and take the role of John Fitzgerald. They became friends after starring together in director Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010).

Hugh Jackman has expressed his desire to see Hardy take over the role that made him famous, Wolverine in the X-Men films.

The little finger on his right hand is permanently bent - he stabbed a knife into a chopping board and severed a tendon in his finger. This took three operations to be able to close his finger to make a fist, but it can not straighten.

He joined Drama Centre London in September 1998 and was taken out early to work on Band of Brothers (2001). One of his classmates at drama school was Michael Fassbender, both appeared in Band of Brothers (2001) and Hardy stated that Fassbender was the best actor in the school.

Jacob Tomuri worked as Hardy's stunt double in three films: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Legend (2015) and The Revenant (2015). During the promotion of Fury Road (2015), Hardy brought Tomuri for press junkets to be interviewed as well.

He assumed that Christopher Nolan cast him as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) because of his performance in Bronson (2008). He later found out that Nolan thought he would be a good fit based of his performance in RocknRolla (2008) and had not even seen Bronson (2008).

Trained as an actor at Richmond Drama School and the prestigious Drama Centre London.

He loves Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Capoeira. He has won a number of jiu-jitsu competitions, with one such occurrence being at the 2022 UMAC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championships on September 18, 2022.

Good friends with Benedict Cumberbatch. They starred together in Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Both stars also appeared in the very popular Star Trek series. Hardy appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Cumberbatch appeared in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).

Has appeared in four films with his idol Gary Oldman. These include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Lawless (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Child 44 (2015).

Hardy was cast as Rick Flag in Suicide Squad (2016), but dropped out on account of scheduling conflicts with The Revenant (2015). Joel Kinnaman (his co-star in Child 44 (2015)) replaced him.

Enjoys watching reality TV shows to get ideas for characters. He said: "It's great people-watching. I'll steal characters from Come Dine with Me (2005). Because they're real people. I take something from everybody. I'll steal you at some point...".

Has played both Charles Salvador (Bronson (2008)) and the Kray twins (Legend (2015)) who used to be very good friends in real life.

Had a dog named Max that was given to him when he was a teenager, he passed away in 2011. The dog's name was an honor to Mad Max (1979). Years later, Hardy played the title character in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

Has written two television series with Kelly Marcel, both of which have sold to production companies.

His performance in Bronson (2008) and Matthias Schoenaerts' performance in Bullhead (2011), were Steven Ogg's inspirations to play Trevor Phillips in Grand Theft Auto V (2013). Steven Ogg revealed his inspirations at the New York Comic-Con in October 2013. Hardy and Schoenaerts starred together in The Drop (2014), a film directed by Michaël R. Roskam, the same director of Bullhead (2011).

Ranked #1 on IMDb's "Top Stars" in 2012, 2015 and 2017.

Auditioned for the role of Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's adaptation of Pride & Prejudice (2005) and nearly won the role but inevitably lost to Matthew Macfadyen.

In 2009, director Nicolas Winding Refn (whom he worked with on Bronson (2008)) announced that Hardy would portray polemic and controversial English occultist, Aleister Crowley, in a biopic but as of 2016, the project has not been developed.

Named one of Variety magazine's Top Ten Actors to Watch (2009).

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Drama. He is an actor in Surrey, England.

He has appeared in four films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Inception (2010), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Revenant (2015) and Dunkirk (2017).

Tom Hardy and Christian Bale (his co-star in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)) were both Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2016 Academy Awards.

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 "In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings", performed at the Hampstead Theatre.

Hardy was ready to star as climber George Mallory in Doug Liman's drama Everest, but dropped out. Ewan McGregor (his co-star in Black Hawk Down (2001)) replaced him.

His father Chips Hardy (born Edward John Thomas Hardy Sr.) was the first firefighter in the family to attend a university.

Has co-starred in two films with his good friend Noomi Rapace: The Drop (2014) and Child 44 (2015). They played each other's love interest in both films.

The British indie rock band Trampolene named a song after him. The song was released on February 26, 2016.

He won "The Big Breakfast's Fine Me a Supermodel" competition at age 21 (and with this a brief contract with Models One) (1998).

Ranked #17 on Empire Online list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in 2013.

Has worked with Chris Pine in the action comedy This Means War (2012). Both stars appeared in the very popular Star Trek series. Tom appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Chris starred in Star Trek (2009).

He was awarded the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in "Blood" and "In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings" performed at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs and Hampstead Theatre. The same year he had a successful run, co-starring in "The Modernists" with Paul Popplewell, Jesse Spencer and Orlando Wells.

In 2015, Tom Hardy starred with Leonardo DiCaprio in director Alejandro G. Iñárritu's The Revenant (2015). The film garnered 12 Academy Award nominations, including Hardy's first nomination for supporting actor.

Is the only actor to play a villain in a Star Trek film (Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)) and a Batman film (The Dark Knight Rises (2012)).

Has worked with Idris Elba in the crime comedy RocknRolla (2008). Both stars appeared in the very popular Star Trek series. Hardy appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Elba appeared in Star Trek Beyond (2016).

Interviewed Matthias Schoenaerts, his co-star in The Drop (2014), for the May 2015 issue of Interview magazine. During the interview, Hardy expressed his desire to work with Schoenaerts again.

Tom Hardy has appeared in various military dramas including his breakout role in HBO's Band of Brothers (2001). He can also be seen in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Dunkirk (2017).

Hardy was cast in Takashi Miike's English-language debut, "The Outsider", a film about Yakuza, but he dropped out. Miike dropped out of the project as well.

In 2012, he played a role where he wore a mask for much of the film's runtime (The Dark Knight Rises (2012)). In 2013, he played a role where he was inside a vehicle for much of the film's runtime (Locke (2013)). In 2015, he combined the two...playing a role that, for much of the film's runtime, had him both inside a vehicle and wearing a mask (Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)).

He loves to drink coffee, Coke, fizzy water, fruit drinks, Red Bull and tea.

Has worked (in his movie debut) with Eric Bana in Black Hawk Down (2001). Both stars appeared in the very popular Star Trek series. Hardy appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Bana appeared in Star Trek (2009).

Tom Hardy can also be seen as Batman's nemesis Bane in director Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (2012), as antihero Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and as Tommy Conlon in the mixed martial arts drama Warrior (2011).

Very early in his career, he also worked as a rapper and a hip-hop producer with his friend Edward Tracy. Both performed under the name "Tommy No 1 + Eddie Too Tall" and even recording a mixtape ("Falling On Your Arse in 1999"), which remained unreleased until January 2018. He also performed under the name Frankie Pulitzer on multiple albums by the supergroup Czarface.

In 2010, Hardy became an ambassador for The Prince's Trust, a leading youth charity which provides training, personal development, business start-up support, mentoring and advice. In 2012, he and his fiancee (now wife) Charlotte Riley became supporters of Bowel Cancer UK. Before the 2014 Invictus Games held in Londpn, he, along with other entertainers and athletes, read the poem "Invictus" in a promotional video.

In 2018, Hardy became the lead ambassador for the REORG Brazilian Ju-Jitsu Foundation, a charity backed by the Corps of Royal Marines and allowing military personnel and veterans to learn the martial art as part of their recovery and to combat physical and mental challenges. He was promoted to purple belt in Brazilian ju-jitsu on June 19, 2023.

Pictured as the character Praetor Shinzon as one of a set of 18 British commemorative postage stamps issued 13 November 2020, celebrating the "Star Trek" television and film franchise. Stamps were issued as highlighting stamps, honoring captains and crew members; and 6 stamps in a single souvenir sheet, highlighting heroes and villains. All stamps were nondenominated and marked first class (76p on day of issue). Other honored by this set are William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula, Jason Isaacs, Leonard Nimoy, Marina Sirtis, Alexander Siddig, Dominic Keating, Sonequa Martin-Green, Shazad Latif, Simon Pegg, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Alice Eve, and Idris Elba.

Shares the same agent with Ewan McGregor. Hardy has a tattoo with his agent's name on his left arm. Shares the same agent with Olivia Colman. They have worked together on two films: Locke (2013) and London Road (2015).

Screenwriter and producer Brett C. Leonard was the godfather of his son Louis Thomas Hardy.

Speaks French fluently. As a child, he grew up going with his parents to the South of France.