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Edward Thomas Hardy CBE (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor, producer, writer and former model. After studying acting at the Drama Centre London, he made his film debut in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001). He has since been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and two British Academy Film Awards, receiving the 2011 BAFTA Rising Star Award. Hardy has also appeared in films such as Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), RocknRolla (2008), Bronson (2008), Warrior (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Lawless (2012), This Means War (2012), Locke (2013), The Drop (2014), and The Revenant (2015), for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2015, he portrayed "Mad" Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road and both Kray twins in Legend. He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: Inception (2010) as Eames, The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Bane, and Dunkirk (2017) as an RAF fighter-pilot. He starred as both Eddie Brock and Venom in the 2018 anti-hero film Venom and its sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). Hardy's television roles include the HBO war drama mini-series Band of Brothers (2001), the BBC historical drama mini-series The Virgin Queen (2005), Bill Sikes in the BBC's mini-series Oliver Twist (2007), Heathcliff in ITV's Wuthering Heights (2009), the Sky 1 drama series The Take (2009), and as Alfie Solomons in the BBC historical crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2014–present). He created, co-produced, and took the lead in the eight-part historical fiction series Taboo (2017) on BBC One and FX. In 2020, he also contributed narration work to the Amazon docuseries All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur. Hardy has performed on both British and American stages. He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his role as Skank in the production of In Arabia We'd All Be Kings (2003), and was awarded the 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in both In Arabia We'd All Be Kings and Blood, in which he played Luca. He starred in the production of The Man of Mode (2007) and received positive reviews for his role in the play The Long Red Road (2010). Hardy is active in charity work and is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust. He was appointed a CBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hardy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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for Fred Schneider in Butcher's Crossing
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In the 1870s, Will Andrews, a young Harvard student from Boston, leaves his scholarly life behind in search of adventure. He travels to the fictional frontier town of Butcher’s Crossing, Kansas, which thrives on the buffalo hide trade. Will is captivated by the romanticism of going on a buffalo hunt and seeks out McDonald, a former acquaintance of his father’s who runs the buffalo trade in the town. When McDonald refuses to help, Will joins forces with Miller, an intense and experienced buffalo hunter. Miller spins a tale of a remote Colorado pass where one of the last massive buffalo herds can be found. Despite warnings about Miller’s reputation and the risks involved, Will invests all his money to fund the expedition. The journey to the mountain pass is grueling, and Will, unaccustomed to such hardships, faces physical and mental challenges. Along the way, they encounter difficulties that test their resolve. Eventually, they reach the untouched herd of thousands of buffalo, and Will is both ecstatic and awed by the beautiful nature surrounding them. Butcher’s Crossing explores themes of adventure, wilderness, and the human spirit against the backdrop of the American West. The novel, originally published in 1960, delves into the complexities of human desire and the pursuit of something greater than oneself.
