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Tom Hiddleston

Acting

Born February 9, 1981 · Westminster, London, England, UK

Also known as Thomas William Hiddleston

Biography

Thomas William Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is an English 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Empire Hero Award · 2017
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor – Miniseries or Television Film · 2016
  • MTV Movie AwardBest Villain · 2013
  • MTV Movie AwardBest Fight · 2013
  • Empire AwardBest Male Newcomer · 2012
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  • Laurence Olivier AwardBest Newcomer in a Play · 2008
  • Laurence Olivier Awards · 2008

Filmography50+ titles

Earthsounds

2024as Self - Narrator (voice)

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

2016as Kanjigar (voice)

Prehistoric Planet

2022as Self - Narrator (voice)

Loki

2021as Loki Laufeyson

Avengers: Endgame

2019as Loki

Avengers: Infinity War

2018as Loki

What If...?

2021as Loki (voice)

Earth at Night in Color

2020as Self - Narrator (voice)

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020as Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"

The Avengers

2012as Loki

The Night Manager

2016as Jonathan Pine

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2

2023as Self - 'Loki' / Executive Producer

Thor: Ragnarok

2017as Loki

Robot Chicken

2005as Lorax Narrator / Killer Robot #1 (voice)

Top Gear

2002as Self - Guest Star

Unity

2015as Narrator (voice)

The Hollow Crown

2012as Prince Hal

Midnight in Paris

2011as F. Scott Fitzgerald

Marvel Studios: Legends

2021as Loki (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wallander

2008as Magnus Martinsson

Family Guy

1999as Statue Griffin (voice)

Big Beasts

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Life of Chuck

2024as Charles 'Chuck' Krantz

War Horse

2011as Capt. James Nicholls

Conspiracy

2001as Phone Operator

The Good, the Bart, and the Loki

2021as Loki (voice)

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013as Adam

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Marvel Studios Assembled

as Self - Loki / Executive Producer

Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

2014as James (voice)

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

2021as Loki / President Loki (archive footage)

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

2014as Self

Thor

2011as Loki

Crimson Peak

2015as Sir Thomas Sharpe

The Gathering Storm

2002as Randolph Churchill

The Essex Serpent

2022as Will Ransome

Kong: Skull Island

2017as Captain James Conrad

Muse of Fire

2013as Self

Thor: The Dark World

2013as Loki

The Daily Show

1996as Self - Guest

Welcome to the Club

2022as Loki (voice)

Muppets Most Wanted

2014as The Great Escapo

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023as Loki (uncredited)

I Saw the Light

2015as Hank Williams

Casualty

1986as Chris Vaughan

Early Man

2018as Lord Nooth (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

Miss Austen Regrets

2008as Mr. John Plumptre

The Deep Blue Sea

2011as Freddie Page

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe

2019as Self