Tom Hardy
Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy (born 15 September 1977) is a British actor. Notable film roles include the science fiction film Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), the Guy Ritchie crime film, RocknRolla (2008), the biographical psychological drama Bronson (2008), the science fiction thriller Inception (2010), the sports drama Warrior (2011), the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), the villain Bane in the superhero film The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the crime drama Lawless (2012) and the drama Locke (2013). Hardy's television roles include the BBC historical drama miniseries The Virgin Queen, ITV's Wuthering Heights (in which he played Heathcliff), the biographical drama Stuart: A Life Backwards, and as criminal sociopath Freddie Jackson in Martina Cole's The Take. He will star as Max Rockatansky in the post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth installment of the Mad Max franchise, scheduled for release in 2015.