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Living in East Sheen, Hardy was a pupil at Tower House School in the 1980’s. He began his acting career in war dramas. He studied at the Drama Centre, London and subsequently at Richmond Drama School He made his feature film debut in Ridley Scott's war thriller ‘Black Hawk Down’ (2001).
Hardy 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 and Hampstead Theatre. He was also nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affiliate for his performance in the aforementioned production.
Hardy appears in the 2005 BBC mini series ‘The Virgin Queen’ as Robert Dudley, a childhood friend of Elizabeth. |
In 2007, he appeared in the BBC2 drama based on a true story - Stuart: ‘A Life Backwards ’. Tom played the lead role of Stuart Shorter, a homeless man who had been subjected to years of abuse and whose death was possibly suicide.
In September 2008, Hardy appeared in director Guy Ritchie's London gangster film, ‘RocknRolla’. He played the role of gay gangster Handsome Bob, one of the members of the criminal gang, the Wild Bunch, led by One Two (Gerard Butler), whom Bob has a crush on. Hardy will reprise the role in Ritchie's sequel "The Real RocknRolla".
In late 2009, Hardy will star in the movie ‘Bronson,’ about real life British prisoner Charles Bronson, who has spent almost his entire life in solitary confinement. |
