Tom Hiddleston
Birthdate: February 9, 1981 (45 Years Old)
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England, UK
Tom Hiddleston (birthname: Thomas William Hiddleston) has a distinguished career as an actor in cinema, theater and television (to say nothing of his appearances in radio, audiobook and music recording productions), ranging from his recurring Marvel movie role as Loki to his work with filmmakers Woody Allen, Ben Wheatley, Steven Spielberg, Terence Davies and, in his feature debut, with independent British filmmaker Joanna Hogg for her fine debut film, Unrelated (2006), starring Kathryn Worth, Mary Roscoe, David Rintoul and Henry Lloyd-Hughes.
Hiddleston reunited with Hogg in the lead role for her acclaimed film, Archipelago (2010), with Kate Fahy, Lydia Leonard, and Amy Lloyd, which earned rave reviews in an Artificial Eye theatrical release after premiering at the London Film Festival.
Hiddleston then began his multi-decade run of appearances as the Norse epic inspired character of Loki Laufeyson in a long roster of major Marvel Studios movies: Thor (2011), directed by Kenneth Branagh; The Avengers (2012), directed and written by Joss Whedon; Thor: The Dark World (2013), directed by Alan Taylor; Thor: Ragnarok (2017), directed by Taika Waititi; Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and its immediate sequels, Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Avengers: Doomsday (2026), all co-directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.
Tom Hiddleston portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald in Woody Allen’s fanciful romance, Midnight in Paris (2011), with Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Alison Pill, Corey Stoll, Adrien Brody, Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen and Lea Seydoux, and grossing $151.7 million globally for several distributors including Sony Pictures Classics (U.S.) after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. Hiddleston co-starred with Rachel Weisz in British director/writer Terence Davies’ beautiful screen version of Terence Rattigan’s 1952 play, The Deep Blue Sea (2011), premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and then earning over $3 million for distributor Artificial Eye.
Hiddleston joined director/producer Steven Spielberg for the adaptation (by co-writers Lee Hall and Richard Curtis) of Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 novel and Nick Stafford’s 2007 play of War Horse (2011), co-starring Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup and Jeremy Irvine, and which earned over $177 million for Disney Studios Motion Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures. Hiddleston played a vampire in director/writer Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), with Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, and John Hurt, and returned a poor $7.6 million on $7 million costs. For various distributors, including Sony Pictures Classic, after premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Tom Hiddleston reunited once again with filmmaker Joanna Hogg for her third feature, the highly acclaimed Exhibition (2013), co-starring Liam Gillick and Viv Albertine, and, after premiering in competition at the Locarno Film Festival, was released via Artificial Eye. Hiddleston co-starred with Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain in director/co-writer/producer Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic ghost movie, Crimson Peak (2015), with Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver, but grossed only $74.7 million against $55 million costs for Legendary Pictures/Universal Pictures.
Hiddleston was cast in the lead of director/co-editor Ben Wheatley’s and writer/co-editor Amy Jump’s bold adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel of social dissolution, High-Rise (2015), with Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, and Elisabeth Moss, and which lost money for distributor StudioCanal ($4 million gross against $8 million costs). Hiddleston portrayed Hank Williams (including singing voice) in director/writer/producer Mark Abrahams’ critically and commercially failed Williams biopic, I Saw the Light (2015), co-starring Elizabeth Olsen, with Cherry Jones, Bradley Whitford, Maddie Hasson, and Wrenn Schmidt, grossing a poor $1.8 million for Sony Pictures Classics after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Tom Hiddleston co-starred in his first Hollywood studio franchise outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures “Monsterverse” reboot, Kong: Skull Island (2017), with the colorful ensemble of Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins and Shea Whigham under Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ direction, and delivering a solid $568.7 million box office that re-started the franchise’s commercial viability.
Hiddleston was cast in one of his few animated voice roles by the creators of the renowned Aardman Animations group, in director/co-story writer/producer Nick Park’s Stone Age comedy, Early Man (2018), with the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall, Miriam Margoyles, Kayvan Novak, Rob Brydon and Ricard Ayoade, but proving commercially disappointing for producers Aardman, BFI and StudioCanal, which also distributed with Lionsgate ($54.6 million gross against $50 million costs).
Hiddleston’s first main lead role in a live-action theatrical release in a decade happened with Neon’s wide release of director/writer/producer Mike Flanagan’s movie adaptation of Stephen King’s novella The Life of Chuck (2025), co-starring Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jacob Tremblay and Mark Hamill, and premiering in 2024 at the Toronto Film Festival, where it won the People’s Choice Award for best film in the program.
Hiddleston portrayed another legendary figure, the daring mountaineer/explorer Edmund Hillary, in the Apple Studios/See-Saw Films-backed biopic, Tenzing (date to be announced), about famed Himalayan sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, and co-starring Willem Dafoe, Caitriona Balfe, and Thinley Lhamo under Jennifer Peedom’s direction.
Personal life
Known For
I Saw the Light
Hank Williams ()
Tom Hiddleston Movies
Actor
Previous (14)
- 2025 |
The Life of Chuck
asCharles 'Chuck' Krantz
A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.
- 2018 |
- 2018 |
Avengers: Infinity War
asLoki
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
- 2017 |
Thor: Ragnarok
asLoki
Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela.
- 2017 |
Kong: Skull Island
asJames Conrad
After the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong and must fight to escape a primal Eden.
- 2016 |
- 2016 |
I Saw the Light
asHank Williams
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
- 2015 |
Crimson Peak
asThomas Sharpe
A new bride investigates ghostly visions at a remote gothic mansion that holds dark secrets.
- 2013 |
Thor: The Dark World
asLoki
When the Dark Elves attempt to plunge the universe into darkness, Thor must embark on a perilous and personal journey that will reunite him with doctor Jane Foster.
- 2012 |
The Avengers
asLoki
Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
- 2011 |
- 2011 |
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