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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.
Tom Hardy
Eddie Brock
for Eddie Brock in Marvel Studios' The Defenders: Sinners of the City
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Rising from the ashes of Secret Wars, Kingpin establishes a global network, binding politicians and CEOs to his "Reign" doctrine. MGH (Mutant Growth Hormone) has evolved into a quasi-religious serum offering a fake "divine purpose." Symbiotic remnants in the main timeline have fused with quantum energy, crystallizing into diamond-like shards that rewrite human DNA. While Scarlet Witch and Namor pursue radical responses to this broken balance, Doctor Strange uncovers how Fisk’s MGH experiments deform reality. Lee Price (Venomania) and Nicola Zosimos (Hexfinder) rise as High Priests in Fisk’s faith network. Simultaneously, street cells like Reignguard and Sovereign Roses terrorize neighborhoods with "diamondized acolytes," forcing Daredevil, Punisher, and Luke Cage into brutal urban warfare. Fisk doesn't seek Thanos-style annihilation; he wants to conquer minds, crowning himself Earth’s "Thanos of dominion." The Defenders fight on street, cosmic, and psychic fronts. Ant-Man and Iron Fist reveal a "Reaper of Infinity" in quantum space manipulating Fisk. Star-Lord traces MGH’s origin to interstellar ruptures—quantum-symbiotic detritus crystallized into diamonds. Wonder-Man becomes the public face of the resistance, but sacrifices his reputation to protect the populace when Fisk weaponizes his image. In the climax, Strange enters the Ritual Dimension for a sealing rite. Star-Lord severs the quantum links, Ant-Man closes the portals, and Scarlet Witch heals the sorcerous wounds left by Zosimos. The clash shatters Fisk’s network and the MGH/symbiotic nexus. Yet, the seeds of Reign—ideological scars and buried symbiotic spores—remain embedded in the city’s soul. The victory is bloody and provisional; the war for freedom continues.
