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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.
Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. recruits a team of extraordinary individuals: Tony Stark/Iron Man, Bruce Banner/Hulk, Hank Pym/Ant-Man, and Janet Van Dyne/Wasp. Loki, the exiled Asgardian prince, steals the Tesseract, a powerful energy source, and uses it to open a portal for an alien invasion and mind controls bruce banner. Thor, Loki’s adoptive brother, joins to stop him and retrieve the Tesseract. Despite their differences and clashing egos, the team tracks Loki, who is building a device to stabilize the portal. They fight and defeta Hulk. Captain America is unfrozen. Black Widow joins the team. Loki manipulates them into conflict, and his mind-controlled forces, led by Clint Barton/Hawkeye, attack S.H.I.E.L.D.’s helicarrier. After a fierce battle, the Avengers regroup when they realize the true scope of Loki’s invasion. Loki unleashes the Chitauri army on New York City, prompting the Avengers to assemble in full force. They engage in an epic battle to protect the city and close the portal. Tony Stark risks his life to guide a nuclear missile through the portal, destroying the alien mothership and ending the invasion. With the world saved and Loki captured, the team parts ways, leaving the door open for future threats. In the aftermath, Thanos, the orchestrator of the invasion, is revealed, hinting at greater challenges to come.
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