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Thomas William Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is an British and American actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Thor in 2011 and including the Disney+ series Loki (2021–2023). Hiddleston started his film career with Joanna Hogg's films Unrelated (2007) and Archipelago (2010). In 2011, Hiddleston portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris and appeared in Steven Spielberg's War Horse. That year, he was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He continued working with auteurs in independent films, including Terence Davies' drama The Deep Blue Sea (2012), Jim Jarmusch's vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) and Guillermo del Toro's horror film Crimson Peak (2015). He also played the troubled country music singer Hank Williams in the biopic I Saw The Light (2015) and led the big-budget adventure film Kong: Skull Island (2017). On television, Hiddleston starred in and executive produced the limited series The Night Manager (2016), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Hiddleston made his stage debut in Journey's End in 1999. He continued acting in theatre, including in the West End productions of Cymbeline (2007) and Ivanov (2008). He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for his role in Cymbeline. He was nominated for the same award for his role as Cassio in Othello (2008). Hiddleston starred as the title character in a production of Coriolanus (2013–2014), receiving a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. He made his Broadway debut in a 2019 revival of Harold Pinter's drama Betrayal, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hiddleston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Episode 2: The Hydra Learning of Heracles mission to repent his sins, King Eurystheus called him to his kingdom of Tiryns. Eurystheus made Heracles an offer, he would provide the nine remaining labours. Should Heracles succeed, Heracles would complete his labours and Tiryns would no longer be threatened by the beasts which tormented it. Heracles accepted. As Heracles prepared for his next labour he reunited with his nephew, Ioalus, whom, unlike all of Greece, did not believe Heracles could have killed his family. Ioalus and Heracles set out for Lernea where they were tasked with killing the immortal Hydra. On their journey, Heracles told Ioalus he was framed for his crimes and then cursed with nightmares. Heracles promised himself he would find the one responsible for the death of his family. Arriving in the deadly swamps of Lernea, Heracles and Ioalus held cloths to their mouths to protect themselves from the toxic fumes. As the Hydra emerged from the swamp, Heracles began slicing off the beast's numerous heads only for more to grow back in their place. Ioalus tried cauterizing the Hydra's wounds to avoid more heads from growing back. The strategy proved effective but Ioalus was struck with the Hydra's venomous blood and collapsed in lethal pain. In a rage, Heracles crushed the Hydra under a cliff. As the Hydra died, Heracles ran to hold Ioalus in his arms. His nephew, the only one who had faith in his innocence, died in Heracles' arms.
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