Tom Hardy is often seen as one of the best “hard men” in Hollywood today, thanks to a string of memorable performances. He first rose to fame in the film "Bronson" (2008) before finding true stardom in two Christopher Nolan movies: "Inception" (2010) and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), in which he played the notorious Batman-breaking Bane. Hardy continued to showcase his range as the titular character in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015), "The Revenant" (2015), and "Legend" (2015) before making the leap to Marvel as Eddie Brock in the "Venom" franchise. In 2025, Hardy headlines "Havoc," a gritty Netflix action-thriller directed by Gareth Evans, where he plays a bruised detective navigating a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s son.