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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
Horus Lupercal
for Horus Lupercal in The Horus Heresy (Warhammer 40k)
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In the 31st millennium, the Emperor of Mankind unites the galaxy under his rule, with his greatest son, Horus Lupercal, as his trusted Warmaster. But after a near-fatal wound, Horus is seduced by the dark powers of Chaos, and betrayed by visions of power. Convinced the Emperor is unfit to lead, Horus turns against him, rallying half of the Emperor's legions in a devastating rebellion. As the galaxy plunges into civil war, brothers become enemies. The Emperor’s forces are pushed to the brink, and the battle culminates in the Siege of Terra, where Horus leads a final assault on Earth itself. In a heart-wrenching showdown aboard Horus’s flagship, the Emperor faces his corrupted son. Though victorious, the Emperor is mortally wounded and confined to the Golden Throne, a life-support device that keeps him alive but forever incapacitated. With Horus dead and the Imperium shattered, the traitor legions retreat into the Eye of Terror, leaving the galaxy scarred. The Emperor is worshipped as a god, but his dream of a united humanity is destroyed. The Horus Heresy marks the beginning of an eternal war, as the Imperium stands divided, forever haunted by the betrayal of a son.
