Tom Hardy's first appearance? It was in Brothers in Arms at 24

The Venom star debuted in 2001 in Steven Spielberg's series. Class!

Tom Hardy has just returned in the third part of Venomat the cinema. A good excuse to focus on your career. And on his first appearance on screen.

After studying drama, Tom Hardy made his breakthrough in 2001, at the age of 24, both on television and in the cinema, being hired in quick succession to play soldiers in Band of Brothersthe military series produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, et The Fall of the Black Hawkby Ridley Scott. The diffusion of Brothers in Arms preceding the release of the blockbuster by a few weeks, John Janovek's role, although brief, marks his first appearance on screen. From this first ambitious project, he came across some key actors of his generation, such as Michael Fassbender, Colin Hanks, Dominic Cooper and James McAvoy.

The same year, Hardy also participated in two short films titled Get a Grip And Tommaso.

Subsequently, Tom will regularly play soldiers again, notably in the mini-series Colditzin 2005, and In Dunkirkby Christopher Nolanin 2017, but he also quickly showed his desire to diversify roles, genres and types of filming, moving easily from small English productions to Hollywood blockbusters.

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From 2002, he played in particular in the SF saga Star Trek against Patrick Stewart. If Nemesis turns out to be an unloved episode of the franchise (to the point of having to reboot the story seven years later), Tom gains enough notoriety to pursue a series of projects, moving from thrillers such as Layer Cakeby Matthew Vaughn, or RocknRollaby Guy Ritchie, to the historical film by Sofia Coppola, Marie Antoinetteor even the romantic comedy Love and consequencein 2006.

In 2009, the leading role of Bronsona punchy film by Nicolas Winding Refn, changes its status. Already considered an actor to follow, he instantly becomes an essential actor, imposing his strength, his madness and his grunts so particular that he never stopped playing afterwards. From this turning point, he carried more and more ambitious productions on his shoulders, such as the boxing film Warrior or well-crafted dramas Men without law And When night comes. He also accepted several notable supporting roles: in Inception, The Mole Or The Dark Knight Risesa superhero film for which he puts on exaggerated muscles and speaks even more unintelligibly than usual by threatening Batman through a mask.

At the same time, he also returned to television, stunning in Peaky Blindersthen carrying his series Taboowhich he co-wrote, co-produced -with Ridley Scott- and in which he plays the title role. In 2015, he succeeded Mel Gibson as Mad Max for George Miller: Fury Road marks its era for its feminism and incredibly well-staged action scenes. Then he faces Leonardo DiCaprio a year later in The Revenantwhich received the Oscar for best film. A busy career, therefore, including he spoke in detail in Firstat the time of the cinema release of Venom.

Here is the trailer for the third opus, The Last Danceto be seen at the moment in cinemas:

Tom Hardy found Venom's voice… by imitating his dog!

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