Tom Hiddleston

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Tom Hiddleston at Comic Con (2019)

Thomas "Tom" William Hiddleston (born February 9, 1981 in Westminster , London ) is a British actor .

life and career

His father James Norman Hiddleston is the managing director of a pharmaceutical company, his mother Diana Patricia Hiddleston was a stage manager and art administrator. He grew up the middle of three children at Wimbledon and Oxford . His older sister Sarah is a journalist in India while the younger sister Emma is also an actress. He first attended the Dragon School in Oxford and then Eton College . When he was 13 years old, the parents divorced. After graduating from Eton, Hiddleston began studying Classical Literature at Pembroke College at Cambridge University .

From 2001 he took on minor roles in television films. After completing his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 2005, he got his first major supporting role in Joanna Hogg's film Unrelated, in which his sister Emma can also be seen. He also took on roles in plays, such as that of Cassio in the Shakespeare play Othello in London's Donmar Warehouse at the side of Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor , for which he received consistently outstanding reviews.

Hiddleston became known to a larger audience in the role of the Norse god Loki in the comic book version Thor (2011) alongside Chris Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins . He also played Loki in the 2012 film adaptation of the superhero comic The Avengers under the title Marvel's The Avengers and the 2013 to 2019 films Thor - The Dark Kingdom , Thor: Day of Decision , Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame . In 2011 Hiddleston appeared in Woody Allen's comedy film Midnight in Paris and Steven Spielberg's war film Companions . In 2012 he took over the roles of Prince Hal in from BBC -produced TV adaptations of Shakespeare's Henry IV and the title role in Henry V . In the on le John Carré spy novel The Night Manager -based television series The Night Manager he played the spy Jonathan Pine . For this role he received the Golden Globe Award in 2017 . The film company Disney also announced that it would publish its own series with Tom Hiddleston in the role of Loki on Disney's future streaming service Disney + in spring 2021 .

In 2016, Hiddleston was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . In German it is mostly dubbed by Peter Lontzek .

Filmography (selection)

Hiddleston in April 2011 at a Thor press conference

Theater (selection)

  • 2005: Yorgjin Oxo: The Man (Theatre503, London) - as Yorgjin Oxo
  • 2006: The Changeling (European tour) - as Alsemero
  • 2007: Cymbeline (world tour) - as Posthumus Leonatus & Cloten
  • 2008: Othello ( Donmar Warehouse , London) - as Cassio
  • 2008: Ivanov (Donmar Warehouse, London) - as Lvov
  • 2010: The Children's Monologues ( Old Vic Theater , London) - as Prudence
  • 2012: The Kingdom of Earth (Criterion Theater, London) - as Lot
  • 2013: Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse, London) - as Cajus Marcius Coriolanus
  • 2017: Hamlet ( RADA , London) - as Hamlet
  • 2019: Betrayal (Harold Pinter Theater, London) - as Robert

Nominations & Awards

year Award plant Result
2018 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scene Stealer THOR: Ragnarok Nominated
2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Movie The Night Manager Won
2017 Empire Hero Award Won
2016 Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie The Night Manager Nominated
2016 TV Choice Award for Best Actor The Night Manager Won
2015 British Independent Film Award for Best Actor High rise Nominated
2014 Evening Standard Theater Award for Best Actor Coriolanus Won
2014 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Thor: The Dark Kingdom Nominated
2014 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor Coriolanus Nominated
2013 MTV Movie Awards for Best Fight Marvel's The Avengers Won
2013 MTV Movie Awards for Best Villain Marvel's The Avengers Won
2012 Total Film Hotlist Award for Hottest Actor The Avengers , The Deep Blue Sea , Midnight in Paris Won
2012 Glamor Award for Man of the Year Won
2012 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Villain Marvel's The Avengers Nominated
2012 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Thor Nominated
2012 Jameson Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer Thor Won
2012 London Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Archipelago Nominated
2012 BAFTA Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award Thor Nominated
2012 Richard Attenborough UK Regional Film Critics' Awards, Rising Star Award Companions , Thor , The Deep Blue Sea , Midnight in Paris and Archipelago Won
2012 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting (with the cast) Nominated
2011 SAG Award for Best Ensemble Acting Midnight in Paris (with the cast) Nominated
2011 My Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, Action or Horror Thor Nominated
2010 Crime Thriller Award for Best Supporting Actor Commissioner Wallander Nominated
2009 Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play Othello and Ivanov Won
2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play Cymbeline Won
2007 Ian Charleson Award Third Prize Othello Won

Web links

Commons : Tom Hiddleston  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ - Thomas William Hiddleston Director Profile ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed September 7, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ukcompanylist.co.uk
  2. ^ Nils Pape: Tom Hiddleston. In: film-zeit.de ( Memento from May 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed April 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ http://www.whedon.info/Tom-Hiddleston-The-Avengers-Movie,40552.html
  4. ↑ Tom Hiddleston Biography at imdb.com, accessed May 19, 2013
  5. ↑ Othello: Benedict Nightingale at the Donmar Warehouse at timesonline.co.uk, accessed April 29, 2011
  6. ^ To Othello for our times at guardian.co.uk, accessed April 29, 2011
  7. ↑ Stars must align before Othello can go west at dailymail.co.uk, accessed April 29, 2011
  8. ↑ Emma Thrower: Tom Hiddleston, Emma Watson, Idris Elba, John Boyega and more join the Academy In: empireonline.com, June 30, 2016.
  9. ↑ Alistair Smith: Yorgjin Oxo - The Man . The Stage. December 14, 2005. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  10. ↑ Homepage RADA Hamlet ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 13, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / radahamlet.com
  11. ↑ Betrayal. Retrieved June 10, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Total Film Hotlist . Total film. August 3, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  13. ↑ Teen Choice Awards 2012 - News . Teen Choice Awards. June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  14. ^ Louise Jury: Evening Standard British Film Awards for 2011 - Shortlist revealed . London Evening Standard. January 17, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  15. ^ Gary Oldman honored by public vote at critics awards . BBC. February 2, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  16. ^ Herb Stratford: Phoenix Film Critics Society Nominations . Arts & Culture Guy. December 15, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  17. ↑ Kelly Bedard: The 2011 My Cinema Award Nominees . My Entertainment World. January 12, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  18. ↑ Whatsonstage.com Awards - Theatregoers' Choice Awards . Whatsonstage.com. 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Hiddleston, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hiddleston, Thomas William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Westminster , London, England, United Kingdom